Letterman Review

[Ponce De Leon]

Good evening folks. Today I was fortunate enough to be one of the videographers for the Letterman performance. Many spoilers are below so you may want to stop reading if you want to be suprised..


Jon Doran (eternal thanks my friend) hit me up last night with the oppurtunity to reprise my role as a camera operator. I arrived at 2:00pm and got a chance to hangout with lyneday and youngremmy again. Quality peeps, your company and conversation is always enjoyed. I met with Jon at 3:00 and had the oppurtunity to meet MMM and his wife. They are such down to earth people. It was a nice conversation. MMM's wife was actually filming the dress rehearsals with her own video camera.

The beasties ran through their performance three times during rehearsal.. They perform thirty seconds of 3 MC's before going into So Whatcha Want. Mix Master cut into Fabolous's Breathe, Jadakiss's Knock Yourself Out, and a couple of basic break beats. I can't say he cut into those beats during the filmed performance because I was too busy filming.

For anyone who wants to know, tonights performance will be similiar to the brass monkey video, but with no post production effects, just cuts as there isn't time to add those in 4 hours. Letterman and Paul Shafer had their own video cameras and played with them in the beginning of the show as well as filmed the beasties. Dave really seemed to be a fan. There were a few other camera operators but they were all tied to the show. I would say their were 6 hi eight cameras total, plus the regular television cameras.

I got an oppurtunity to speak with yauch after the performance who actually knew my board name. He is such a stickler for detail he spent time after the performance making sure letterman's sound team had the sound up to par. Yauch was repping Oscilloscope with one of the studios t-shirts.

No couch time, and the chick they interview is a pretty boring time.

Jon, thanks for another great experience and definitely hope to see you around this summer. Remmy and Lyneday, I'm glad we had the oppurtunity to sit together. You guys are true fans..

[kleptomaniac]

that sounds awesome :cool: (y)


...but a little disappointed about there not being an interview...


ps: can't wait to check out your camera work ;)

[talita]

I'm waiting to watch it on you tube...

[YoungRemy]

ponce-appreciate the heads up, its like lotto, you gotta be in it to win it...

lyneday- youre an absolute sweetheart, we got the geriatric crowd into the beastie boys...


we had v.i.p. seats, on the front row of the balcony!

[Space]

im so happy, i have not missed this!!!

[Jmoney77]

I dont have much to say but mainly WOW, I cant wait to see it, I hope it ends up on the DVD. Good job guys! (y) ;)

[Laver1969]

Thanks for the info Ponce!

I'm glad you guys got to experience it!

[Space]

im ready to record :D

[dirtydan11]

it's on in a couple minutes from now so it's time to tune in y'all

[Jmoney77]

Letterman is on my TV but its the beginning, BORING, But its cool how Dave was explaining the camera and how they handed them out at MSG.

[rage]

This is gonna be awsome. First Helter Skelter, now the Beasite Boys!

YAY!!

[YoungRemy]

here we go!!!

Dave Fuckin Shot That!

[jennyb]

Good evening folks. Today I was fortunate enough to be one of the videographers for the Letterman performance. ...

...Letterman and Paul Shafer had their own video cameras and played with them in the beginning of the show as well as filmed the beasties. Dave really seemed to be a fan....

Thanks for the report you lucky son-of-a-gun! It's way cool to hear that Dave seems to be a fan. Awesome. I really cannot wait to watch this tonight. Good to know that our MB home boys and girls were taken care of.


but... but... but... NO COUCH TIME?! *cries*

[rage]

Thier totally teasing us right now.

[rage]

(y) (y) (y)

That was cool as hell.

[steve-onpoint]

yeah... so that was fun. :D

[YoungRemy]

ponce got some face time (y)


that was all edited in between taping and when it was aired... nice job J. Doran and Hornblower...

[djc1980]

i just watched it was a good performance i'm glad they did so whatcha want

[Brother McDuff]

looks like Yauch is teasing a little beard action.... maybe their next album he'll be sportin' the "father time" look.....

[gorilla]

that was one of the tightest live performances. and yo' Yauch does have that Sweet Lou Pinella look, that's a hard one to pull off.

[Space]

so raw it couldnt get freshER (y) !



OH GOD I HOPE I MAKE THE SXSW SHOW!!

[lyrics505]

I can't beleive they didn't do an interview that really bummed me out. I was soooooo sad I had been waiting all night for this. ahh well it was still great to see them out there doing their thing. They are my all time fav :D , Adrock whenever you are in Detroit and you wanna hang out just halla at your girl ROYAL-T I GOT MADD LOVE FOR YOU :cool:

[LedDuck63]

That was Flippin' Sweet. It makes me long to see them live in concert though (somthing I have not gotten to do.... yet)

[Ponce De Leon]

I got like one millisecond of face time, which is great in my book... All the arial shots were mine as I was the only person on the balcony.. Great performance, sounded really tight on the recording too.. Editing was great, if you guys were wondering who the random girls are that are just sitting there, those shots are from daves camera at his staff.

[Space]

i like the balcony shots the best..!

[razmatazern]

that lil show made me a very happy person :D

and my mom said yauch is cute...i would have to agree :o

[Adrobin]

Damn that was a great performance with dave letterman. I just finished watching it. They can still rap like nobody's buisness. I was especially happy to see Yauch rockin' the same oscilloscope shirt that I was wearing. I'm glad I didng miss that.

[YoungRemy]

good thing you started a new thread about it, I would have missed it!

[Shadbells]

im so happy, i have not missed this!!!

Me too!! :D

The crowd needed to be more lively. YoungRemy and Lyneday they needed your energy! It was a hard time for me to even get there so I had to pass but I'm glad others were able to be there. Glad you guys could make it there and show love for us fans, and camera operators. :)

[Shadbells]

I got like one millisecond of face time, which is great in my book... All the arial shots were mine as I was the only person on the balcony.. Great performance, sounded really tight on the recording too.. Editing was great, if you guys were wondering who the random girls are that are just sitting there, those shots are from daves camera at his staff.
So how was it shooting from the balcony? lol WhenI shot the concert I was up in the very last row of the Garden. Nice work. (y)

[Documad]

Beastie Boys were great.

Dave's audience is horrid. I can't believe BBs can seem that into it when the audience isn't. I was impressed.

I'm officially over the handheld camera stuff. It still reminds me of the Bad Medicine video. :o

Sigur Ros on Conan any minute now. :) BBs need to go on Conan again.

[dox5573]

new to the bbmsgb. i realy wanted to say that their performance was the shit. hot like fire, cool like ice, drop the grammies its time to get nice! in a night of grammy props, dave brought us a winner. thanks guys!

[Astra]

*a similar post was copied in this thread*)

It was AWESOME!! I'm glad they did the remix that they did and that MMM was there too! SWEET!
Anyone else notice the switch up on the words "fly" and "high?"
* rubs chin with index and thumb*
Oh and the audience looked like they all had a dose of thorazine..
I was at home happy and rockin' with ya..err.. although it's not live it's still pretty great.


*Hello to Lyrics505! I'm from Michigan but moved out to the east coast in Aug.*

-Ponce De Leon (y)

Wow what a wonderful opportunity! I'm happy for you!
It's great to hear about it from someone who was there and participated in the show. I love hearing stories like this.
You're right that lady was pretty "zzzzzz."
Good Luck to you in the future :)

My bf is a local Dj and we were talking about MMM and a few other djz after the show. I'm not in the scene for scratch or anything like that. If it were not for the beasties I'd never have known about MMM.
MMM's influence brings good things to the music.

[Chocowallet, Jr]

Here's my review. I fell asleep on my couch before Letterman even started. I woke up during whoever does the show after Letterman. That weird English or Scottish or Irish dude from the Drew Carey show. I am quite interested in when this will be replayed. Next time I definately have to do some speed to stay awake. Damn Damn Damn.

[Ponce De Leon]

Chocowallet, I'm sure someone will have it scanned and on the internet by tommorow.


Shadbells, filming from the balcony was cool... I was right behind remmy and lyneday in the second row, by pure coincidence. I'm happy about it because I can easily tell which shots are mine.


For all the people that haven't been involved in the making of this but are excited to see the release of the film, I will give you this. The people involved in the film are fans, just like us. They love the beasties and have their concert memories or their memories involving listening to a beasties cd just like us. This is really a work of love, not some sort of commercial endeavor. From the producer down to the guys in charge of clearing the songs, they love the beasties just like you and I do.

I encourage you guys to see this film early and often when it is released. I promise you won't be dissappointed. Yauch, good talking to you sir and thank you for giving the fans the anthology dvd and now this movie.

[Shadbells]

Chocowallet, I'm sure someone will have it scanned and on the internet by tommorow.


Shadbells, filming from the balcony was cool... I was right behind remmy and lyneday in the second row, by pure coincidence. I'm happy about it because I can easily tell which shots are mine.


For all the people that haven't been involved in the making of this but are excited to see the release of the film, I will give you this. The people involved in the film are fans, just like us. They love the beasties and have their concert memories or their memories involving listening to a beasties cd just like us. This is really a work of love, not some sort of commercial endeavor. From the producer down to the guys in charge of clearing the songs, they love the beasties just like you and I do.

I encourage you guys to see this film early and often when it is released. I promise you won't be dissappointed. Yauch, good talking to you sir and thank you for giving the fans the anthology dvd and now this movie.

That's awesome :) I'm glad you got to do that, you guys must have had a blast.
I agree, true love for the Beastie Boys from us fans who filmed, and were involved. (y)

[DandyFop]

I got like one millisecond of face time, which is great in my book... All the arial shots were mine as I was the only person on the balcony.. Great performance, sounded really tight on the recording too.. Editing was great, if you guys were wondering who the random girls are that are just sitting there, those shots are from daves camera at his staff.

I had to bother my parents to watch it since we have guests staying in my house and when it showed you I was like "hey I think that guy posts on the board" and it was strange and awkward.

Then my mom tried asking me what the song "So Watcha Want" is about and I had no explanation.

Anyway, nice job!!

[DandyFop]

I'm officially over the handheld camera stuff. It still reminds me of the Bad Medicine video. :o



I promise the movie is a billion times better.

Dave is so fucking boring.

[Ponce De Leon]

Thanks for looking out for me! There is nothing wrong with "strange and akward" . This reminds of the premier, because the camera operators hadn't seen each other for nearly a year and a half. Before the movie was screened everyone at the bar inside tribeca cinemas were basically keeping to themselves. After it was over everyone came up to each other and talked like old friends. Its interesting how music can unite people like that. I think we can all take a page from that.

[NiceJerk]

I promise the movie is a billion times better.

Dave is so fucking boring.

You just dont know Dave yet. The Beastie Boys love Dave, and vice versa. Dave shares the same crown that the Beastie Boys do. Look at the way the Beastie Boys shake Dave's hand, and vice versa. There is a lot of mutual respect. You may be a bit young, but you need to know that Dave is not boring, and Dave loves the Beastie Boys, and vice versa. So don't diss on Dave here. Please.

[Astra]

Ponce De Leon

:cool:

can't wait for it. Keep us updated if you don't mind. :p

nothing but love for the beasties

[Jmoney77]

Very cool show, they were totally teasing up till the performance

[Jmoney77]

So much teasing up until they performed.

[NiceJerk]

So much teasing up until they performed.

David Letterman has major respect for the Beastie Boys... David will drag it out for respect. Mike and Adam and Adam are good at coming across as real nice people. And that's not an act. They just rock and they're just real good folks.

[Jmoney77]

David Letterman has major respect for the Beastie Boys... David will drag it out for respect. Mike and Adam and Adam are good at coming across as real nice people. And that's not an act. They just rock and they're just real good folks.

What are you talking about, im refering to when they showed like three commercials and didnt get to the performance, The Anticipation Man!

By the way im sharing it on the HUB, try the smaller one its faster. (y)

[BGirl]

great show (y)


Dave was so cute with his camera :D

"If I point it at the monitor it's like the Hindu wheel of life!"

(after doing CUs of his ear and bald spot) "that's going to be in the big Beastie Boys video"

LOL


on point performance of course (y)


<3

[midzi]

remember?


Or let Letterman and Shaffer film. I'd really like to see that, and I bet Letterman's audience would too. Letterman's viewers are the people you have to convince to see the film, not us fans. Hook in mouth, we've already been reeled in.


you're a magician Miramanee :D

[midzi]

What are you talking about, im refering to when they showed like three commercials and didnt get to the performance, The Anticipation Man!

By the way im sharing it on the HUB, try the smaller one its faster. (y)

Big thanks jmoney for sharing this. :)

[Jmoney77]

No prob

[NiceJerk]

What are you talking about, im refering to when they showed like three commercials and didnt get to the performance, The Anticipation Man!

By the way im sharing it on the HUB, try the smaller one its faster. (y)

Did you like the performance? I've been watching Letterman for 20 years plus, since I was a young kid. I thought the performance was real nice.

[DandyFop]

You just dont know Dave yet. The Beastie Boys love Dave, and vice versa. Dave shares the same crown that the Beastie Boys do. Look at the way the Beastie Boys shake Dave's hand, and vice versa. There is a lot of mutual respect. You may be a bit young, but you need to know that Dave is not boring, and Dave loves the Beastie Boys, and vice versa. So don't diss on Dave here. Please.


Uhh, I do "know" Dave, I used to be a big fan of his actually. I just meant in general, his show is a lot more boring than it used to be, too bad really. I still enjoyed the performance, just don't think Dave's what he used to be.

[NiceJerk]

Uhh, I do "know" Dave, I used to be a big fan of his actually. I just meant in general, his show is a lot more boring than it used to be, too bad really. I still enjoyed the performance, just don't think Dave's what he used to be.

Hey hey hey hey hey... I'm almost as old as Dave is now. And I'm damn boring now too. But don't diss Dave. I mean really, don't diss Dave. Dave is a bit older and may appeal to the older folks like your grandpa, but don't diss on Dave. And again, don't diss on Dave. And again, don't diss on Dave. Dave is Dave and he has done way cool stuff. Dave deserves proper props. And again, don't diss Dave. And by Dave I mean Mr. David Letterman.

[tpk]

i just merged the other late show review thread with this one since they are covering the same topic. all posts from the other thread can be found in this one in chronological order combined with the posts in this original thread.

[DandyFop]

Hey hey hey hey hey... I'm almost as old as Dave is now. And I'm damn boring now too. But don't diss Dave. I mean really, don't diss Dave. Dave is a bit older and may appeal to the older folks like your grandpa, but don't diss on Dave. And again, don't diss on Dave. And again, don't diss on Dave. Dave is Dave and he has done way cool stuff. Dave deserves proper props. And again, don't diss Dave. And by Dave I mean Mr. David Letterman.

Dude don't get your panties in a bunch. It's just a matter of opinion. As I said, I used to be a fan so I know he's got some good shit under his belt. I'm not sure why you're trying to patronize me because I'm younger, but whatever.

Tpk, props on merging the threads, having more than one is silly.

[jennyb]

Gah! This is on the hub already as I sit here waiting for it to come on television?! This internet age is nutz, simply nutz I say. Yes! Dave has a camera. (y)

[tpk]

Tpk, props on merging the threads, having more than one is silly.yes it drives me crazy.

[midzi]

Gah! This is on the hub already as I sit here waiting for it to come on television?! This internet age is nutz, simply nutz I say. (y)

Yes it's insane!

You haven't seen it yet?

[DJ_Skrilla]

just recorded it, it was good. 3mcs- into sowatchwant. feat Breathe Beat. Sounded ill. Time to make a new remix.....

[jennyb]

You haven't seen it yet?

Oh yeah baby! I saw it! :D Rewound that shit and played it again too.

Yauch, reppin Oscope. Tres Chic. And what the "Sweet Lou"? Was that what Horovitz said? And, he's still sporting that Jay-Z ring by the way.

Great job filming the whole thing for us board members!

[yeahwho]

That shit was a real acme package, fucking roadrunner's gonna get blasted this time for sure!

Dave was (as usual) class and the beastie boys (as usual) kicked ass. (y)

I know it was great because I can't stop smiling! (y) :D

[paulb]

pretty sick ass beat MMM throws in there right before MCA kicks in. Awesome performance....Letterman has one boring ass crowd. Overall, AWESOME.

[Laver1969]

I'll give the performance a (y) . Very nice...great energy, great beats.

Dave's audience was very typical...I didn't expect them be jumping around. But it still looks weird when you see them just sitting there.

Maybe they'll be back a little closer to the release date to sit down and talk with Dave.

I hope there is another wave of promotions/appearances closer to the release date.

[midzi]

I'll give the performance a (y) . Very nice...great energy, great beats.

Dave's audience was very typical...I didn't expect them be jumping around. But it still looks weird when you see them just sitting there.


I know what you mean they looked like they were frozen.
But I saw one girl in the first row that was feeling it.

[ILLMIX]

i cant connect tothe hub at my university, is it up on You Tube or on a site where i can either download it or stream it??

[dave790]

What are you talking about, im refering to when they showed like three commercials and didnt get to the performance, The Anticipation Man!

By the way im sharing it on the HUB, try the smaller one its faster. (y)

Cheers jmoney, I'm downloading now!

[cj hood]

put it on youtube...

[ragdoll_92]

Yeah help those of us who arent interweb savvy enough to have this crazy hub ya'll are always banging on about.

Teehee...interweb...

[saml]

dopest fucking performance on Letterman EVURRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Kid Presentable]

Nobody on the hub wants to share?

[Micodin]

I'll be willing to trade a shit load of Beststie dvds if someone could send me a copy for my collection. Hit me up!

[dave790]

KP it's on the hub, jmoney has it. I'll share it too once it's finished downloading, and I'll try and post it somewhere online.

[WillMac]

I have to work at 5am so I went to bed @ 10pm last night with the alarm on my phone set for 1am. When I woke up and flipped on the tube they were in a commercial and I thought I'd missed it. Then they come back to dave w/ a Camera in his hand and out roll the BB's.

I thought it was dope how they started off with a bit of 3mc's. It struck me as an obvious nod to the skillz of MMM....a little bit of a "hey, our dj is a badass" type shout out. I can't help but think that RUN DMC influenced the BBs w/ the way they used to prop JMJ at all times.

So whatcha want was a great pick. MMM used multiple beats and the BBs mixed up the lyrics enough to make it nice and green.

Afterwards I tried to go back to sleep but it was tough.

[Documad]

It was appropriate to do the camera stuff with Letterman because he used to have the monkey cam and his dog bob's cam. And anything that draws attention to the movie is smart.

I was a Letterman fan in college (early 80s) but it's painful to watch now. He might be a better person but he's less interesting. With the size of the theater and his appeal to middle aged tourists from the midwest, it's a given that the audience is going to be lame.

P.S. I posted in the other thread on purpose! :mad: I wouldn't have mentioned my aversion to handheld concert footage in a thread created by a guy who helped shoot the movie. I've been careful not to do that. Makes me look shitty. Damn.

[Weezman]

Whenever the Grammy's went to the commercial break, i must say that I got chills when David Lettermans commercial came on. "BEASTIE BOYS tonite!!" Everytime that part came on i smiled. My son (who digs Em/50cent) just looked over to me and shook his head....like i was his age.

I really enjoyed seeing the boys perform.

MMM :D is very talented. Which explains why he's a Beastie.

Adrock :p is ALWAYS ready to rock steady....
Mike D :cool: in the place to be, so full of raw energy......
MCA :rolleyes: is here to stay no matter how much he gray.

I was rather disappointed in the crowd. I felt that they were'nt as worthy as you or I would have been. Other than that, thanks Dave....you are truly a fan.


- the Weez

[Subculture]

Can some one PLEASE post the Letterman video!?!?! It will be appreciated. Thanks!

[midzi]

I'm uploading and it takes ages

I'm going out now but I'm leaving the pc on so that it finishes uploading.
So if nobody alse puts it here first you have to wait about 3 hours.

[Subculture]

excellent! :D

[pshabi]

that was one of the tightest live performances. and yo' Yauch does have that Sweet Lou Pinella look, that's a hard one to pull off.
Ha! Horovitz called him "sweet Lou" in the performance and I saw it posted by you and I still didn't put 2 and 2 together until it was mentioned in yet another thread!

That's funny as fuck!

[Subculture]

I'm uploading and it takes ages

I'm going out now but I'm leaving the pc on so that it finishes uploading.
So if nobody alse puts it here first you have to wait about 3 hours.

OK :( Thanks dude.

[Extra Cheese]

I think the band forgot to eat their Wheaties

[YoungRemy]

I think the audience forgot to wear their Depends...

[Travis Bickle]

F'ing great performance. Who else caught the lyric change from "Eddie Harris" to "Gary Harris?" Think it refers to this cat? http://funkygsaxman.com/

[Rhys T]

My favourite band + My favourite show = Guaranteed Solid Gold Every Time

[laurie_hammy]

Im not gonna sleep tonight (n)

Just watched the whole show, every commercial break was heart pumping cause Dave would always say "and the Beastie Boys" and I could feel my face grin.

Everything about the performance was great, Adrock running up the crowd, Mike D really getting into it - (one verse in particular), MCA's SUPER DOOPER COOLNESS :cool:.

They all look so healthy too, so much energy.

I seriously get emotional an shit while watching them, like I saw them and was thinking "THAT IS THEM, ONLY A FEW HOURS AGO !". It makes me so happy yet so sad that there on the otherside of the world. If I shake there hands before I die then I will die a happy man (y) .

When they shook hands with Dave, just the smile on Yauch, and Adrock just trying to get in there all excited like he's a little kid. "DONT BE AFFRAID TO BE YASELF". Seriously I have never had such a passion to people in my life. The Beastie Boys will always be my all time favourite musicians, people, everything.

SiK filming by those who got in and congratulations on getting in, yous are very very lucky.

Im gonna go TRY to sleep.

Hail The Beastie Boys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dave790]

Excellent Performance (y)

Adrock seemed a little confused on which verse MCA was doing though, which I found brilliant! (as in he added 'with topping' and 'no stopping' an MCA verse too early!)

edit: and great post above, it makes me smile seeing them 'still doin' it' so precisely, and having a real good time. I honestly think that's as good a tv appearence as there's ever been, and they seem to be loving it more than ever (y)

[laurie_hammy]

Excellent Performance (y)

Adrock seemed a little confused on which verse MCA was doing though, which I found brilliant! (as in he added 'with topping' and 'no stopping' a MAC verse too early!)

edit: and great post above, it makes me smile seeing them 'still doin' it' so precisely, and having a real good time. I honestly think that's as good a tv appearence as there's ever been, and they seem to be loving it more than ever (y)

It was brillaint ay ! Yeah shit yeah they love it ! Im so friggin emotional right now.

[CBeastieGirl]

Yikes! My VCR spazzed out and I didn't get a copy of the show. According to the Letterman site, they don't sell them (wack). Anyone have a copy I can buy off you?

From one fan to a sea of others,
Cbeastiegirl

[lyneday]

ponce got some face time (y)


that was all edited in between taping and when it was aired... nice job J. Doran and Hornblower...

I really don't think there was much editing done. While they were performing I had one eye on the boys and one on the TV and for the most part, it looked the same. Ponce, I told you I saw you!! I think you can see the back of my head at one point too lol. I wanted to turn around and sing to the camera, but I didn't want to miss anything.

[dave790]

This is Fatty Lumpkin's rip of the performance, just put it up on youtube...enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/?v=lVPCNpStgNM

[Praying Mantis]

They changed to Gary Harris awhile ago

[Travis Bickle]

This is Fatty Lumpkin's rip of the performance, just put it up on youtube...enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/?v=lVPCNpStgNM
Good lookin' out, dave790! I watched and taped and re-watched the performance last night and this morning, but just watched it twice again here in the office with a co-worker. And I threw my mousepad and a pen and some Post-It Notes because I started getting hyped up again.

[lyneday]

First I'd like to thank my mom for letting me use her as an excuse to get out of work earlier than I was supposed to so I was able to make it to the city early enough.

When I got to the theater around 2:30, Remy and Ponce were already there and there were about 20 or so people on line already. Since my brother couldn't make it Remy waited in line with me and we were going to try to get him in. Long story shot, as you already know, they let him in after one of the list guys checked with his supervisor. I don't know if it was the fact that I tried to tell everyone how important it was for us to see the show because we fuckin' shot that or that I kept telling the workers it was Remy's birthday (sorry if I embarrassed you at all, but something worked).

So we get our tickets and they write something on it and when we walk out the door the girl we had to meet goes "oh your one of my VIP's" I asked her what that entailed and she said we'd have the best seats in the house. When it was time to come back and line up as we were waiting to be seated in the theater, Remy and I are standing in a crowd and as I look around I’m saying in my head, wow we’re the youngest in this line by far. Something wasn’t right.

When they brought us into the lobby to prep us we were told that we would have the best seats in the house, so I’m automatically thing yes, front row finally. They guy goes “The first two rows of the balcony, no view obstructions”. I was hoping to be on the floor to maybe have the chance to get on camera if I was bopping around enough, but the view up there was awesome and like Pone said, Remy and I ended up sitting smack in front of him in the first row of the balcony which also happened to be dead center.
I asked the lady sitting next to me how she ended up with VIP tickets and they won them in a charity auction. A lot of people on line with us were out of towners and a bit older (no offense to anyone, but most were late 40’s and up). Anyways, we ended up speaking before the show started and I told her about the movie and she was either being really nice or was a bit interested in the whole concept. I noticed her clapping along and tapping her feet a bit during their performance.

It was funny that Dave and Paul had the cameras like Miramanee had said a few days ago. I was hoping that I wish Dave would say ‘the movie’s not this bad’ lol Dave was more into shooting his crew than the audience (which I guess was kind of hard to see with the lights and cameras in the way).

It would have been cool if the guys had those light sabers when they started in the triangle at the beginning.
I was so tempted to yell out Awesome or something since I was seated right in front of a mic, but I didn’t have the balls to carry it out =o/

After everyone filed out, I was standing in the lobby for a bit and one of the Letterman employees came out saying how phat it was to see the Beasties and Remy and I just kind of looked at each other and laughed then got to work "Well you know they have a movie coming out (he didn't) so we briefly explained how it was done and that it's being released on 3/31 but with a special showing on 3/23.

I had said to a few of the employees I wish that there could have been more fans there. I wish the balcony could have been people from the board and they would have showed our energy.

Then we went out to the stage door entrance and there were a few people standing there with stuff to be signed. Most of them had no clue about the film either, so we tried to fill them in and told them they should check in on the message board. (Someone really has to do something about putting a pop up page or SOMETHING on the front page to let people know. I honestly feel like the world outside of this board and people we speak with have NO clue about the movie.

[Kid Presentable]

Amazing performance. (y)

[ILLMIX]

thanks Dave.

[Ponce De Leon]

Just watched the performance a few times on my home theater.. Mike D's first verse of so watcha want is redubbed, from a studio performance, other than that it was all live.. Lyneday, at least the back of your head made it on!

[Mr. Juice]

My highlights of the performance:

Mike D wearing a sock cap (always love when they break 'em out).

MCA showing the beginning stages of a "billy goat" beard.

Adrock's lyric change, "Sweet Lou."

MMM, swithing up the beat after Fabolous' "Breathe." Those beats had some balls!

The Beastie Boys never cease to amaze me. They still freakin' got it!

[Mr. Juice]

Ponce De Leon?

You say that Mike's first verse was a redub?

It makes sense now. I was at the taping and swore that I heard Mike reference Adrock's "Sweet Lou" line in his subsequent verse. When I watched later that night, I only caught one blast of "Sweet Lou."

Do you know why they did this?

[2sweet2Bsour]

"DONT BE AFFRAID TO BE YASELF". Seriously I have never had such a passion to people in my life.

I appreciated your comments! So sweet and sincere - would it be sexist of me to say "especially for a guy?" :p (you are a guy, keerect? :o ) For me too at some point they transcended simple entertainment to inspire the heck outta me. There's lots of talented entertainers out there but one in a million has the power to make you feel glad to be alive.

Thanks all for the reviews and the video. I missed the performance but I am excitedly off to check it out on youtube.

[ncee]

fuckin dope performance. thats all i can say.

[Ponce De Leon]

Mr Juice as I said , I got a chance to hangout with yauch in the sound studio after the performance and he listened to the recording mulitple times looking for every little nuance. Maybe MCA just felt that mikes verse wasn't tight enough and he wanted to make sure the performance was solid gold the whole way, but it was definitely redubbed. Notice they only show wide shots during that part.

[Irena]

I just watched the video..and its great!!!
God damn that DJ REALY made my day :D :D

its nice when small things like this can make your so happy :)

[beastieangel01]

pretty sweet inside recap (y)

[cj hood]

excellent as always!

[DandyFop]

Thanks for the inside reviews, sounds like it was a blast.

I have to admit I'm kinda dissapointed they didn't just go with the original audio, that's what I love about them, when they screw up sometimes, but I guess I can understand that's not what they wanted to present on the show.

[DapperDiverge]

HA! that was such a cool show!! (y) (y)

When Dave was using the camera, he looked like he was the BBoy's uncle tapping his nefews at a highschool talent show... he's so proud of them, you can just tell... everytime Horovitz, Yauch and Mike D. show up it's like a family reunion or something... BBoys are like, " Hey uncle Dave, we were just in the neigborhood and thought we could stop by and hang around for a while." Then Dave's all like, " Sure guys, you know you're always welcome!! Wanna get lunch??"

so cool... those 2 go way back... I think we should call the Beastie Boys " Dave's Boys" :D

[Shadbells]

Very cool show, they were totally teasing up till the performance
Yes, I must have seen like 5 commercials before they actually had the Beastie Boys come on and perform. It was worth the wait though. I wanted to be back at their concert again just watching, I was so excited. :D

[talita]

Well, I don't think the show was that awesome, It could been better... Maybe if they had a interview....

[Shadbells]

First I'd like to thank my mom for letting me use her as an excuse to get out of work earlier than I was supposed to so I was able to make it to the city early enough.

When I got to the theater around 2:30, Remy and Ponce were already there and there were about 20 or so people on line already. Since my brother couldn't make it Remy waited in line with me and we were going to try to get him in. Long story shot, as you already know, they let him in after one of the list guys checked with his supervisor. I don't know if it was the fact that I tried to tell everyone how important it was for us to see the show because we fuckin' shot that or that I kept telling the workers it was Remy's birthday (sorry if I embarrassed you at all, but something worked).

So we get our tickets and they write something on it and when we walk out the door the girl we had to meet goes "oh your one of my VIP's" I asked her what that entailed and she said we'd have the best seats in the house. When it was time to come back and line up as we were waiting to be seated in the theater, Remy and I are standing in a crowd and as I look around I’m saying in my head, wow we’re the youngest in this line by far. Something wasn’t right.

When they brought us into the lobby to prep us we were told that we would have the best seats in the house, so I’m automatically thing yes, front row finally. They guy goes “The first two rows of the balcony, no view obstructions”. I was hoping to be on the floor to maybe have the chance to get on camera if I was bopping around enough, but the view up there was awesome and like Pone said, Remy and I ended up sitting smack in front of him in the first row of the balcony which also happened to be dead center.
I asked the lady sitting next to me how she ended up with VIP tickets and they won them in a charity auction. A lot of people on line with us were out of towners and a bit older (no offense to anyone, but most were late 40’s and up). Anyways, we ended up speaking before the show started and I told her about the movie and she was either being really nice or was a bit interested in the whole concept. I noticed her clapping along and tapping her feet a bit during their performance.

It was funny that Dave and Paul had the cameras like Miramanee had said a few days ago. I was hoping that I wish Dave would say ‘the movie’s not this bad’ lol Dave was more into shooting his crew than the audience (which I guess was kind of hard to see with the lights and cameras in the way).

It would have been cool if the guys had those light sabers when they started in the triangle at the beginning.
I was so tempted to yell out Awesome or something since I was seated right in front of a mic, but I didn’t have the balls to carry it out =o/

After everyone filed out, I was standing in the lobby for a bit and one of the Letterman employees came out saying how phat it was to see the Beasties and Remy and I just kind of looked at each other and laughed then got to work "Well you know they have a movie coming out (he didn't) so we briefly explained how it was done and that it's being released on 3/31 but with a special showing on 3/23.

I had said to a few of the employees I wish that there could have been more fans there. I wish the balcony could have been people from the board and they would have showed our energy.

Then we went out to the stage door entrance and there were a few people standing there with stuff to be signed. Most of them had no clue about the film either, so we tried to fill them in and told them they should check in on the message board. (Someone really has to do something about putting a pop up page or SOMETHING on the front page to let people know. I honestly feel like the world outside of this board and people we speak with have NO clue about the movie.

That's so awesome. I'm glad you had a good time, and good one for spreading the word about the film. :)

[Shadbells]

Im not gonna sleep tonight (n)

Just watched the whole show, every commercial break was heart pumping cause Dave would always say "and the Beastie Boys" and I could feel my face grin.

Everything about the performance was great, Adrock running up the crowd, Mike D really getting into it - (one verse in particular), MCA's SUPER DOOPER COOLNESS :cool:.

They all look so healthy too, so much energy.

I seriously get emotional an shit while watching them, like I saw them and was thinking "THAT IS THEM, ONLY A FEW HOURS AGO !". It makes me so happy yet so sad that there on the otherside of the world. If I shake there hands before I die then I will die a happy man (y) .


When they shook hands with Dave, just the smile on Yauch, and Adrock just trying to get in there all excited like he's a little kid. "DONT BE AFFRAID TO BE YASELF". Seriously I have never had such a passion to people in my life. The Beastie Boys will always be my all time favourite musicians, people, everything.

SiK filming by those who got in and congratulations on getting in, yous are very very lucky.

Im gonna go TRY to sleep.

Hail The Beastie Boys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I absolutely loved what you just posted. I could relate completely to what you just said. It's like you never lose that excitement for them. I've had it since I started being a fan as a kid and it just never goes away. :)

[DapperDiverge]

I agree... an interview would've been awesome!!

maybe the beasties were more interested in the snacks in the green room than talking... i dunno... last time Dave was promoting Popeye's fried okra... they probably sent out for chinese before the show :D

when the show started with the stupid human tricks... I was so hoping to see one of the beasties pop out and do something crazy!! I dunno, running around on stage with a pair of boxer shorts on would've been cool... I wonder what kinda abilities do they posess?? :p

[b-grrrlie]

Oooh I'm so happy I didn't have to wait a week to see this! (For those in Scandinavia: ZTV airs this show on the 15.2. at 23.30, rerun on the 16.2. at 18.00.) I'm so gonna tape it then as well, cause I want it on old skool video as well, and I want the whole of the handshakes!!! :p
Man those boys still rock my world!

[Justin]

it looked like mike d and adrock actually prepared for the performance, dress wise. Then you got MCA who's gonna be a gray haired sasquatch in a few days (y)

[Friis gal]

thanks b-grrrlie for the date and time, it's allways nicer to se tv-shows on tv :)

[Travis Bickle]

When Dave was using the camera, he looked like he was the BBoy's uncle tapping his nefews at a highschool talent show... he's so proud of them, you can just tell... everytime Horovitz, Yauch and Mike D. show up it's like a family reunion or something... BBoys are like, " Hey uncle Dave, we were just in the neigborhood and thought we could stop by and hang around for a while." Then Dave's all like, " Sure guys, you know you're always welcome!! Wanna get lunch??"
:D

COMEDY. :D

[Jmoney77]

Exellent show

[Chicka B]

The performance was fucking great! As it always is, I can never get over how amazing they are and how much energy they have live. Just the way they deliver their rhymes, it's so much better then any other rapper and that's what makes them so unique. It's really nice to see them doing things again, I get so excited always wondering what they're going to do next you know? I'll never stop being a fan and lose that giddy feeling when they perform, or come out with something new. :D They sure know how to keep their fans anticipated that's for sure.

And I agree with everything laurie_hammy said, couldn't of said it better myself. (y)

[jackrock]

hehe loved it as i suspected, and i also enjoyed biff :D

[NiceJerk]

[QUOTE=DandyFop]Dude don't get your panties in a bunch. It's just a matter of opinion. QUOTE]

I wear boxers and they get in a bunch by themselves. I hate it.

[jackrock]

I wear boxers and they get in a bunch by themselves. I hate it.
that's the worst (n)

[brmanuk]

That was fucking great. I was sorta worrying about the boy the other day, what with them all getting a little older and esp with the lack of live shows lately but that was so awesome. They havent changed a bit in 10 years, so much energy and power. Plus Mike D was wearing a green hoodie like mine so thats extra kudos ;)

Anyone know when this will be shown on TV in the UK? I wanna add it to my Beastie Boys vhs tape!! :D

[laurie_hammy]

I absolutely loved what you just posted. I could relate completely to what you just said. It's like you never lose that excitement for them. I've had it since I started being a fan as a kid and it just never goes away. :)

Thanks, yeah the excitement will never leave.

[canucklehead200]

Question: who's "Remy"?

[dirtydan11]

somebody has GOT to make an MP3 of this WICKED PERFORMANCE

[laurie_hammy]

somebody has GOT to make an MP3 of this WICKED PERFORMANCE

True that.

[lyneday]

Question: who's "Remy"?

YoungRemy (http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/member.php?u=4502)

[talita]

they need to put some information in the fucking site, I'm tired of searching information when they could make it so achievable and easy.
*hunf*

[lyneday]

they need to put some information in the fucking site, I'm tired of searching information when they could make it so achievable and easy.
*hunf*

I agree 100%. When I was talking to people outside after the show last nite, one of them said he was just ont he site and didn't see anything. I told him it's all over the boards.

But I'm sure if someone goes to just take a quick look at bb.com, they're not going to check each forum/thread.

If the front page isn't redone to incorporate the movie, it should at least be a splash/pop up. Same with Solid Gold Hits.. no wonder sales are so down, people don't KNOW about it.

[CrankItUp!]

I just wish that the end of the show would've shown the Beasties sitting around on the couch near Letterman before the credits rolled at least.

[midzi]

somebody has GOT to make an MP3 of this WICKED PERFORMANCE

mp3 download (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2RW9OK91Q53YO02KUZEMQ9F34E)

[jennyb]

Thanks Midzi!

I just watched it again and am completely in awe. I sure adore these guys and this performance had so much energy and spirit to it. Awesome.

[Kid Presentable]

I like the fact that it was two songs blended into one.

I liked the 'Goddamn that DJ made my day' sample being used.

I love the fact that the Beastie Boys are still doing what they do so very well.

[laurie_hammy]

I like the fact that it was two songs blended into one.

I liked the 'Goddamn that DJ made my day' sample being used.

I love the fact that the Beastie Boys are still doing what they do so very well.

Word

[saml]

the beat in the end is how tt5b should've sounded

[Jay Stone]

The beat used at the end is from the new G-Unit (Mobb Deep and 50 Cent) song that I don't know the name of. I hate G-Unit but I dig that beat, It's a shame good beats get wasted on those idiots. The Beasties ripped that shit. It was Ill seeing them on my new high-def TV!

[Kid Presentable]

The Beasties ripped that shit.

[Laver1969]

Thanks for the inside reviews, sounds like it was a blast.

I have to admit I'm kinda dissapointed they didn't just go with the original audio, that's what I love about them, when they screw up sometimes, but I guess I can understand that's not what they wanted to present on the show.

What's funny is only Beastie geeks like us notice this stuff. :)

[Jmoney77]

"Sweet Lou." might be an inside joke, after Adrock says that Yauch has a smile on his face, something to think about i guess

[A Nice Bon Bon]

What's funny is only Beastie geeks like us notice this stuff. :)

Mmm, not so sure. When you can hear Yauch's voice and see that his lips aren't moving and the mic is nowhere near his mouth, it's pretty obvious that something's being forked with. Opens the Beasties up to charges of lip-synching, I think, and I really wish they hadn't futzed around with the re-dubbing.

[Laver1969]

Mmm, not so sure. When you can hear Yauch's voice and see that his lips aren't moving and the mic is nowhere near his mouth, it's pretty obvious that something's being forked with. Opens the Beasties up to charges of lip-synching, I think, and I really wish they hadn't futzed around with the re-dubbing.

Well according to Yauch...they've substituted quite a bit of AIFST with other concert audio and MMM beats.

Sure, there's something raw and cool about a "real bootleg"...and I have plenty and love 'em...but I'm glad they've put a lot of work into making the audio sound really tight for AIFST as well as the Letterman show. To me, it shows that Yauch is a stickler for detail and cares about the quality of the sound.

[jackrock]

mp3 download (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2RW9OK91Q53YO02KUZEMQ9F34E)
awesome, thanks!
I have to turn the volume way up for this one, it kinda quiet.. not complainin! good job ;)

[pshabi]

"Sweet Lou." might be an inside joke, after Adrock says that Yauch has a smile on his face, something to think about i guess
He was talking to Yauch:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/photogallery/gen/lou/piniellapic18.jpg&imgrefurl=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/photogallery/gen/lou/10.html&h=377&w=302&sz=21&tbnid=_ZekZ4cT31UJ:&tbnh=119&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlou%2Bpiniella%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D&oi=imagesr&start=3

I couldn't find a more recent picture, but he wears the beard thicker now.

[Kid Presentable]

Watched it three times this morning on our video. Other half says she prefers Yauch's hair shorter. I explained that he and Adam and D were born to MC.

Seriously, that performance brings me much joy.

[laurie_hammy]

Iv watched ths performance a LOT and still not sick of it.

[lyneday]

My favorite thing about the whole thing was seeing Letterman get into it. He seemed like he was digging the concept. It's unfortunate that his explanation of the film wasn't quite accurate. He referred to AIFST as a video, which kind of diminishes its magnitude. He did, however, correct his mistake as he introduced the band. It's also unfortunate that the band didn't get an opportunity to talk and clarify a few things. I wonder if an interview was planned and they ran out of time.


I asked afew of the Late Show employees as we were waiting to get into the theater if there was going to be an interview and they all said they think it's just a performance.

As for running out of time, these tapings are usually scripted and pretty on point.

It would have been nice to have them talk about it a bit, but maybe closer to the time of the theater release or dvd release they'll be on again (I can dream can't I). At least the theater release date was mentioned and hopefully it will be re-run closer to the time if they don't appear again since this show was on a bit later than normal due to the Grammy's and I'm sure most working people didn't stay up to watch it.

I just had a brain fart.. did Dave even mention that it was going to be on DVD also? If not that makes me think that they could be back in the early summer.

[Nerd Fight]

I just saw it on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/w/Beastie-Boys?v=GismxlOuems&search=beastie%20boys%20letterman

That was so cool ! Lookin good, sounding good!
PLEASE MAKE A NEW ALBUM NOW!

[midzi]

awesome, thanks!
I have to turn the volume way up for this one, it kinda quiet.. not complainin! good job ;)

I have the video from two sources and in both cases the sound is subdued.
Hopefully somebody will post a beter version.

[Jmoney77]

I have the video from two sources and in both cases the sound is subdued.
Hopefully somebody will post a beter version.

Better not be talkin about mine Midzi, What the crap,

JK bro

[midzi]

Better not be talkin about mine Midzi, What the crap,

JK bro


The quality is good but it's relatively quiet. I really appreciate that you shared this video and let me download it. (y)

Besides I didn't make the mp3 out of your version.

I'll try to do another one.

[midzi]

I made another mp3 this time it's better.

download (http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AVBRHAG8X5DX14GWQWLZ4Z8QC)

[JohnnyChavello]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed this, but when Mike is about to get into the "illest muthafucka from here to Gardenia line," MMM cuts into a sample from the score to Kill Bill. It's significant because that noise is played throughout the movie wherever there's some element of danger. Putting it in just as Mike is about to use profanity is pretty witty stuff.

[dave790]

the beat in the end is how tt5b should've sounded

I love TT5B, but see what you're saying. There just seems to be a lot of potential if they were to go in that sort of direction beat-wise, but whatever...I'm happy with them making whatever beast they like however they like or returning to instruments etc

[YoungRemy]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed this, but when Mike is about to get into the "illest muthafucka from here to Gardenia line," MMM cuts into a sample from the score to Kill Bill. It's significant because that noise is played throughout the movie wherever there's some element of danger. Putting it in just as Mike is about to use profanity is pretty witty stuff.

yeah, he threw in that RZA beat over the illest muthafucka line

[jennyb]

My next trick will be pulling some concerts out of a hat. Abracapocus! Hocus cadabra! :eek: Can you find some Quasar shows in that hat please?Hey, Horovitz was smokin' on Letterman, wasn't he? Yeah, but he's always smokin'!Some people don't know what they've got...Boy, you can say that again.I guess I should have been in the studio to tell them that they should have labeled the footage so viewers could distinguish between the cameras. You should be right by their side telling them everything Miramanee. You've, bar none, got some of the best ideas. It would've been cool for us on the board to see, for instance, the "Remy Cam". No one but us here would know that and it would be fun!My favorite thing about the whole thing was seeing Letterman get into it. You know, mine too. I watch Letterman almost every night. Dave's the best and I don't know if I was trippin or what but it sure seems like there's some mutual admiration between Dave and the Beastie Boys.I gleaned that he was calling Mike "Sweet Lou." Yeah, I felt it was Mike he called "Sweet Lou".

[YoungRemy]

I guess I should have been in the studio to tell them that they should have labeled the footage so viewers could distinguish between the cameras. Camera 1 should have been Letterman, Camera 2 should have been Shaffer, Camera 3 should have been audience camera operator 1, etc. Viewers should have seen which footage was coming from a particular camera operator with labels. Not only would it have been interesting to know who was shooting what and how many people/cameras were involved, it also would have conveyed what a complex undertaking "Awesome, I Shot That!" (as Letterman called it) was.

I still hope they utilize this feature for the DVD release of Awesome I...Shot that

It would've been cool for us on the board to see, for instance, the "Remy Cam". No one but us here would know that and it would be fun! You know, mine too.

in all fairness, the night of the Letterman show it would have said "Ponce De Leon cam"
My favorite thing about the whole thing was seeing Letterman get into it. He seemed like he was digging the concept. It's unfortunate that his explanation of the film wasn't quite accurate. He referred to AIFST as a video, which kind of diminishes its magnitude. He did, however, correct his mistake as he introduced the band. It's also unfortunate that the band didn't get an opportunity to talk and clarify a few things. I wonder if an interview was planned and they ran out of time.




I wasnt upset that there wasnt an interview, I think Dave conveyed the concept of the film, and I think it was great that the entire program Wednesday night revolved around the DIY theme...

just the fact that he gave the audience and the viewers at home an idea of what happened in MSG on 10/9/04, "you can see it in a movie picture theater house" was good enough for me...

the crowd, although it was weak, was at least interested in the concept, and again, I believe this will be good for the release...

p.s. We ran into Alex after the show at the stage entrance and he said they will list each theater in the cities participating in the one-night release, he said it was something they were doing for the fans...

[jackrock]

I made another mp3 this time it's better.

download (http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AVBRHAG8X5DX14GWQWLZ4Z8QC)
much better, thanks again :)

[Kid Presentable]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed this, but when Mike is about to get into the "illest muthafucka from here to Gardenia line," MMM cuts into a sample from the score to Kill Bill. It's significant because that noise is played throughout the movie wherever there's some element of danger. Putting it in just as Mike is about to use profanity is pretty witty stuff.

It's not from that film alone, it's an old sample from The Green Hornet I think. Nor is it RZA. By the same token, I'm not sure who it is, but check out the start of 30 minute massacre. It's on there.

I edited my shit, cause I believe the sample was played alone. And yeah, it was cool as.

[Jay Stone]

It's not from that film alone, it's an old sample from The Green Hornet I think. Nor is it RZA. By the same token, I'm not sure who it is, but check out the start of 30 minute massacre. It's on there.

I edited my shit, cause I believe the sample was played alone. And yeah, it was cool as.


It's from the theme song to "Ironsides" an old TV show with I think Raymond Burr in a wheelchair. The reason it was used in Kill Bill was it was an homage to it being used in 5 Fingers of Death aka King Boxer, an old kung fu flick. It was used there in similar situations as Kill Bill, with the screen going red and all that.

[Laver1969]

It's from the theme song to "Ironsides" an old TV show with I think Raymond Burr in a wheelchair. The reason it was used in Kill Bill was it was an homage to it being used in 5 Fingers of Death aka King Boxer, an old kung fu flick. It was used there in similar situations as Kill Bill, with the screen going red and all that.

Ride around town like a Raymond Burr.

[Kid Presentable]

It's from the theme song to "Ironsides" an old TV show with I think Raymond Burr in a wheelchair. The reason it was used in Kill Bill was it was an homage to it being used in 5 Fingers of Death aka King Boxer, an old kung fu flick. It was used there in similar situations as Kill Bill, with the screen going red and all that.

True that. Thank you.

[fonky pizza]

Thanks for the links to this great performance!!

I really enjoyed it! wow! Beastie boys still rocking hard (y)

[laurie_hammy]

Thanks for the links to this great performance!!

I really enjoyed it! wow! Beastie boys still rocking hard (y)

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