I've got the book and have been meaning to dig in soon, is it worth holding off on the doc, and reading the book first? Thanks loves.
― piscesx, Saturday, 25 April 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
i think sobook is a legit wealth of riches - doc kinda skims the cream, as it were
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 25 April 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
Makes sense yeah, thanks!
― piscesx, Sunday, 26 April 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
it’s no biggie to watch the doc first though - honestly it’s a good advertisement for the book & is a good way to make you wanna read morewin win either way
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 April 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
I don't feel like any band ever truly copped to being shitheads and pigs as sincerely as the Beastie Boys. really loved that Kate Schellenbach got a chapter to tell the story of her being kicked out of the band, and call Rick Rubin an asshole
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 26 April 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
otm
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 April 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
man..."Year and a Day" is so fucking good
― frogbs, Friday, 22 January 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 January 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
YES
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Friday, 22 January 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
homeboy threw in the towel
Man. RIP Ricky Powell, my favorite hip hop photographer ever. A year and a half ago I bought a few photo prints of his for my crib. He signed everything and was so cool about it. He always had so much flavor. pic.twitter.com/DWy8CogUNN— Kibbutzy Collins (@atrak) February 2, 2021
RIP Ricky Powell. pic.twitter.com/AT7njTDTAc— ItsTheReal (@itsthereal) February 2, 2021
Photography Legend Ricky Powell #RestInPower 📸🕊 pic.twitter.com/zzl2lStPhK— Mpressionism (@Mpressionism) February 1, 2021
― shivers me timber (sic), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 01:13 (three years ago) link
aw man,RIP
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 03:06 (three years ago) link
that sucks. my local sandwich shop in bk where i like to shoot the shit with the guy behind the counter has a framed Powell of MCA hanging in the shop. RIP
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 05:39 (three years ago) link
Damn. I was just listening to PB this weekend and wondering if it was Ricky who took that snap of them underwater.
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 07:27 (three years ago) link
i am still waiting for the rerelease of licensed to ill with the rock hard ep and other extra material!
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
iirc AC/DC won't let them reissue Rock Hard, or at least they wouldn't last time they tried it
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
I always thought that was weird, because "Dope Beat" from BDP's "Criminal Minded" also samples "Back in Black." I guess the Beasties erred in asking.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not sure about any of their more recent comps, but iirc they really tried hard to get "Rock Hard" on that 1999 Sounds of Science anthology, but AC/DC was still saying no at that point.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
yeah, here we go:
Later, when the group planned to include the out-of-print song on their 1999 compilation, Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science, AC/DC refused to allow the sample to be used. Mike D spoke to AC/DC's Malcolm Young personally on the phone when their lawyers refused to clear the sample, and later said that "AC/DC could not get with the sample concept. They were just like, 'Nothing against you guys, but we just don't endorse sampling.'" Ad-Rock then added "So we told them that we don't endorse people playing guitars."
lol Ad-Rock
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
"we, the members of ac/dc, are constantly striving for originality and pushing ourselves to the creative limits in crafting our musical compositions, and the idea of artists using previously-released music in a recording is anathema to our muse. we simply dont endorse sampling."
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
lol, but I'd imagine it's more just a case of old rockers just not even understanding what sampling is, especially back in 1999.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link
Malcolm Young no like your rap
― shivers me timber (sic), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link
I mean it's possible all these weren't cleared but I dunno, been sampled so many times
https://www.whosampled.com/ACDC/Back-in-Black/sampled/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
Ad-Rock then added "So we told them that we don't endorse people playing guitars."
this is gold
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link
There was an article in Pitchfork just the other day about how websites like WhoSampled - or even discussing samples on the internet in general? - is causing trouble for producers.
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/sample-snitching-how-online-fan-chatter-can-create-legal-trouble-for-rap-producers/
― peace, man, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
xp
― peace, man, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 20:35 (three years ago) link
I still feel sad that on a college road trip, for a school club no less, either a couple cd cases fell out of my car or were swiped. It was right after the anthology came out and I lost the case and one of the cds, along with a couple others.
― mh, Thursday, 4 February 2021 02:56 (three years ago) link
Chris Read, the London-based company’s head of content, said that using the website as a fact-finding tool for potential lawsuits is a violation of its terms of service
"You're violating the TOS" is a big threat from a website that... doesn't even require you log in?
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:13 (three years ago) link
I was 13 when the anthology came out and I listened to it nonstop for like an entire year. I love how they tried to accomplish two goals - one: include all the best stuff, two: make them seem as weird and eclectic as possible. And it worked!!
― frogbs, Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:18 (three years ago) link
otm, that Anthology is one of my all time favorite single artist comps, just so lovingly put together and really reflected how much they evolved and grew.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:38 (three years ago) link
came out just as I started my senior year of high school and some classmates recreated the intergalactic music video dance, in costume, at a talent show
― mh, Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:54 (three years ago) link
sorry, I screwed it up: anthology had just come out when I was in college, and thinking back to that prior year!
― mh, Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:57 (three years ago) link
always really loved the track "Live Wire", at the time it was kind of the weirdest pop song I'd ever heard
― frogbs, Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:57 (three years ago) link
I think I’m stuck on Mike D being third coolest now. Sorry, Mike
― mh, Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:31 (three years ago) link
'twas ever thus
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:56 (three years ago) link
usually fourth at best, depending who else was in the group at the time
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 06:59 (three years ago) link
Blockhead's personal remembrance of Ricky Powell:
https://phatfriend.com/2021/02/03/the-complicated-death-of-an-iconic-scumbag/
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:12 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/l2aZJqV_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― juristic person (morrisp), Friday, 17 September 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
PTSD from that time I had to review the Yeastie Girlz EP
― Citole Country (bendy), Friday, 17 September 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
Didn't like it?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 17 September 2021 22:23 (two years ago) link
hahaha, love them
― sleeve, Friday, 17 September 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
(in small doses ofc)
ProfessorWhat’s another name for pirate treasure?Well I think it’s booty
― calstars, Friday, 17 September 2021 23:15 (two years ago) link
sue sue sue your friendssue your mom and dad
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 18 September 2021 04:26 (two years ago) link
i had everything except their last couple few releases but i like their def jam material the best!
― xzanfar, Saturday, 18 September 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
I’ve heard that track they did with qtip twice in the wild in the last week
― calstars, Saturday, 18 September 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
shout out to being 13 and finally deciding the CD you want to buy is Hello Nasty. still haven't forgotten what it felt like to hear Super Disco Breakin' right out of the gate, was immediately like "this is obviously the best group on the planet"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 04:11 (one month ago) link
awwww
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 04:18 (one month ago) link
I only saw it on a video clip later since I didn’t go to the high school talent show but three dudes I knew approximated the costumes from the intergalactic video and lip synched it while doing the dances
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 04:23 (one month ago) link
its a genuinely fascinating career arc like I know they were always goofballs but they did start playing this real hip and kinda jazzy music and suddenly just took a hard turn into sci-fi and started using a ton of really goofy noises and stuff like hockey rink organ. and writing rhymes about Boggle. and it turned out to sell really really well, in fact it fit in perfectly with what MTV was doing at the time which was this proto-Adult Swim thing. not only that but it's very much a defining "CD era" album - it's stuffed, but not like other CDs are where it's just the same thing forever. it's genuinely all over the place. also it does fun things with the negative space between tracks which I'd never seen before.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 04:49 (one month ago) link
I believe I am on record here as calling it their best album, and I was super into the two before it
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 04:52 (one month ago) link