(Nirvana)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
Oh, re: Nirvana? Good calls.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
The Wipers?
Raincoats
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link
Killing Joke
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
I get a vibe from Cobain’s promotion of obscure artists that it was more of a reaction to success, the feeling that he did not deserve this level of fame and had an obligation to offload some of that attention and acclaim onto the musicians he loved.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
Cobain’s liner notes for the Raincoats reissue are so sweet and charming.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:00 (four years ago) link
uh other hip hopxp
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
this is from same song:I’m like "Sweetie Pie" by the Stone AllianceEverybody know I'm known for dropping science‘Cause I'm electric like Dick Hyman
Well, I'm not coming out goofy like the fruit of the loom guysJust strutting like The Meters with the “Look-ka Py Py"
Jimmy Smith is my man, I want to give him a pound
It's like Harlem World Battles on the Zulu Beat ShowIt's Kool Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee
Bob Marley was a prophet for the freedom fight"If dancin' prays to the lord then I will feel alright"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
Beastie Boys ... what did they hip people on to?
off the top of my head for me personally:Eddie HarrisJimmy Smiththe Car Wash soundtrackKool Moe Dee vs. Busy BeeSlayerLee "Scratch" PerryLee DorseyChuck ChilloutBoogie Down ProductionsGroove MerchantThe TurtlesIdris Muhammad
lots more
xps
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
They were real enthusiastic about Kid Rock before he was famous, so thanks?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
kiss!
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― mark s, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
agree that this was their most unfortunate endorsement
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
Too Short is to blame for Kid Rock
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
I think I still have the Grand Royal issues with Miami Bass and the Moog synth on the covers
one of the first music websites I went to a bunch was someone's breakdown of all the samples on Paul's Boutique. lots of gems!
― babu frik fan account (mh), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
i have a copy on a high shelf somewhere i think -- but my labyrinthitis makes me dizzy if i look upwards so i can't check sad lol
― mark s, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
one of my prized possessions is a framed, unfolded poster from GR with all kinds of different turntable models
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
I hung that same poster in many apartments until one day it got destroyed. I wish I had the foresight to save it / preserve it for later in life than just thowing it up on the wall in the shitholes I rented.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
Leaving aside writers, as a gateway into pop culture minutiae probably only MST3K did more for me than Beastie Boys.
― Chris L, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
I get a vibe from Cobain’s promotion of obscure artists that it was more of a reaction to success
this is otm. Cobain gave off a strong sense of "ive got to make the most of my time as a celebrity to direct attention to my favorite obscure stuff" almost as a means of apology or penance. Beasties seemed like exploring & discovering different music and introducing it to people was one of their animating reasons for doing the band in the first place. Nirvana did not strike me as 'enthusiasts' in the same way, it almost felt transactional, like "while you're picking up our album make sure to buy a Vaselines or Half Japanese record to balance out the sin of us being on a major."
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
Are we talking about fleeting samples and references as gateways? I mean, I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
Though I suppose people who bother to seek out sources of those dozens or hundreds of samples might be more prone to finding music on their own anyway.
pre-internet hunting down sample sources was a very time-consuming and hit-and-miss endeavor
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
but yeah I noticed when the Beastie Boys namedropped, and then if I happened to be able to find a record by one of those guys, I would buy it
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
what more did you want them to do? personally take you record shopping?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
xp
"my two sealed copies of "Expansions"" for example (what Expansions was he referring to? McCoy Tyner? Lonnie Liston Smith? sometimes I discovered things by mistake!)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
create a magazine or something that promoted things aligned with their tastes???
Ad Rock sent me a care package full of Meters records and Godzilla toys when I moved into the dorms freshman year 🙂
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
Mike D once knocked on my front door and when I answered, all he said was "make sure you listen to some records by Curtis Mayfield!" before spinning around and walking away
― babu frik fan account (mh), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
Ad-Rock randomly appears on a few Japanese hip-hop records I have which is pretty amusing since I have no clue how their paths would cross. as far as I know they just called him up and asked him to do it
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
xpost Good advice, tbh.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
I'm guessing Miho Hatori is the link there
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:01 (four years ago) link
They were real enthusiastic about Kid Rock before he was famous, so thanks?― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, January 31, 2020 4:06 AM (four hours ago) agree that this was their most unfortunate endorsement― Οὖτις, Friday, January 31, 2020 4:08 AM (four hours ago)
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, January 31, 2020 4:06 AM (four hours ago)
― Οὖτις, Friday, January 31, 2020 4:08 AM (four hours ago)
Some people who were Beastie Boys at some point:
Mike DiamondAdam YauchKate SchellenbachJohn BerryAdrockDJ Double RThe HurraMoney MarkBoboAWOLFredoMario C, m/l
Some people who were never Beastie Boys:
icr
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Thursday, 30 January 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link
(iirc Mike in particular was "you sure about this?" to Ian about running the piece)
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Thursday, 30 January 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
ian criese-romaine?
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 30 January 2020 21:31 (four years ago) link
a single dad who went from dorm-room DIY to music biz millionaire, Kid Rock obviously an unalloyed good influence
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Thursday, 30 January 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
no idea who icr is
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
the dude that wrote the Kid Rock article in Grand Royal, in the face of the Beastie Boys complete absence of enthusiasm for Mr Ritchie's music
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
https://www.beastiemania.com/whois/rogers_ian_c/
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:10 (four years ago) link
my memory is that Mike D was the only Beastie that paid much (if any) attention to the magazine
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:10 (four years ago) link
He's had a few jobs since that fansite bio was written
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:20 (four years ago) link
Just noticed that the e-version of the Beastie Boys Book is $1.99 on Amazon/Apple/etc.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 15 March 2020 03:56 (four years ago) link
the extended trailer giving me so many feelsv excited for the doc
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 15 March 2020 04:34 (four years ago) link
I bought the ebook for cheap, I can't imagine it will be the same since I got the impression a lot of what was cool was the layout/pix etc but for $2 figured I'm gonna need stuff to read
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 15 March 2020 12:39 (four years ago) link
it's a great read too, tho. i totally swear by the audiobook btw, am gonna listen to the whole thing again someday.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Sunday, 15 March 2020 16:53 (four years ago) link
The "Pass the Mic" video came up in my Youtube recommendations yesterday. Listened to it and was blown away by the beat. I've heard the song hundreds of times but I'd never really appreciated it before. Not only does it make excellent use of a Bad Brains sample, the whole arrangement is just masterful. The instrumental alone is thoroughly entertaining from beginning to end.
― JRN, Monday, 16 March 2020 01:59 (four years ago) link
was blown away by the beat
Mike never sounded bigger on any record. IIRC from the box set notes they rolled a giant tube of cardboard to extend the bass drum to two metres long for that dusty boom.
― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Monday, 16 March 2020 02:09 (four years ago) link
I'm surprised how underrated Check Your Head seems these days. The whole record has tons of great beats like that.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 16 March 2020 02:25 (four years ago) link
It’s a little strange how taken for granted it is maybe? It’s kind of in the centre of that 1986-1994 run so you might assume it would be talked about now a little more but I think it’s maybe a case of another good BB album amid a glut of amazing hip hop albums released 90-92
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 16 March 2020 02:39 (four years ago) link