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03-15-2006, 09:33 PM
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Beasties bring the randomness
By Jim Welte | more stories by this author
March 15, 2006 at 05:52:00 PM
Brooklyn rap trio, appearing at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival to promote Awesome: I F***in' Shot That!, touch on an array of unrelated topics.
AUSTIN, TEXAS--Pampers, the woes of the New York Knicks, the movie Purple Rain, Russell Simmon's hangover cures, Dolly "Partner" getting robbed at the Oscars, and Clear Channel's connections to Scientology.
That's the subject matter you get when you put the Beastie Boys on oversized comfy chairs in a roomful of inquisitive fans without a moderator.
The legendary Brooklyn rap trio, appearing at South by Southwest (SXSW) to promote their new concert documentary, Awesome: I F***in' Shot That!, took questions from hundreds of fans today without a moderator, and result was summed up in one fan's question.
"I have a two-part question," the inquisitor chimed in. "Do you guys smoke pot? And the second part is, 'Do you want to hang out later?'"
"I don't personally, but I would be interested in seeing your stash," MCA (Adam Yauch) responded.
"Do you have a Bart Simpson bong?" Mike D (Mike Diamond) chimed in.
Another fan asked the group to play at her house party next weekend
There were plenty of less ridiculous questions, however, mostly focusing on the band's perspective on its career and, of course, the movie, but rarely did the material stray far from comedy.
"It's about a guy coming back from Vietnam," MCA said sarcastically.
Yauch, who helmed the new film and edited down the dozens of hours of footage over the past year, said his only regret about the film was not telling the lucky fans to begin filming before the concert started to get footage outside the venue and leading up to the start of the show.
The biggest challenge, he said, was getting samples cleared from a legal perspective.
"Our DJ, Mixmaster Mike, was throwing in all kinds of beats that aren't on the records," he said. "So we had to clear all of that. Some of it was beats that a friend of him gave him and he didn't know where it came from, so that process took a while."
But most of the session was filled with non-sequiturs and drivel.
"Nothing against [Three 6 Mafia], but we just said that we think Dolly was robbed," Ad-Rock said. "Someone was clearly the victim there."
The trio went on to comment on the state of the hapless Knicks, Ad-Rock's theory that Clear Channel Communications has connections to the Church of Scientology, the greatness of Prince's Purple Rain, Mike D's faux endorsement of Pampers, and the fact that the greatest thing they ever learned from famed hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons was how to cure hangover.
They did, however, mention the best hip-hop lyric they'd wished they'd written.
"When Big Daddy Kane says, 'Put a quarter in your ass 'cause you played yourself,'" MCA said.
Beasties bring the randomness
By Jim Welte | more stories by this author
March 15, 2006 at 05:52:00 PM
Brooklyn rap trio, appearing at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival to promote Awesome: I F***in' Shot That!, touch on an array of unrelated topics.
AUSTIN, TEXAS--Pampers, the woes of the New York Knicks, the movie Purple Rain, Russell Simmon's hangover cures, Dolly "Partner" getting robbed at the Oscars, and Clear Channel's connections to Scientology.
That's the subject matter you get when you put the Beastie Boys on oversized comfy chairs in a roomful of inquisitive fans without a moderator.
The legendary Brooklyn rap trio, appearing at South by Southwest (SXSW) to promote their new concert documentary, Awesome: I F***in' Shot That!, took questions from hundreds of fans today without a moderator, and result was summed up in one fan's question.
"I have a two-part question," the inquisitor chimed in. "Do you guys smoke pot? And the second part is, 'Do you want to hang out later?'"
"I don't personally, but I would be interested in seeing your stash," MCA (Adam Yauch) responded.
"Do you have a Bart Simpson bong?" Mike D (Mike Diamond) chimed in.
Another fan asked the group to play at her house party next weekend
There were plenty of less ridiculous questions, however, mostly focusing on the band's perspective on its career and, of course, the movie, but rarely did the material stray far from comedy.
"It's about a guy coming back from Vietnam," MCA said sarcastically.
Yauch, who helmed the new film and edited down the dozens of hours of footage over the past year, said his only regret about the film was not telling the lucky fans to begin filming before the concert started to get footage outside the venue and leading up to the start of the show.
The biggest challenge, he said, was getting samples cleared from a legal perspective.
"Our DJ, Mixmaster Mike, was throwing in all kinds of beats that aren't on the records," he said. "So we had to clear all of that. Some of it was beats that a friend of him gave him and he didn't know where it came from, so that process took a while."
But most of the session was filled with non-sequiturs and drivel.
"Nothing against [Three 6 Mafia], but we just said that we think Dolly was robbed," Ad-Rock said. "Someone was clearly the victim there."
The trio went on to comment on the state of the hapless Knicks, Ad-Rock's theory that Clear Channel Communications has connections to the Church of Scientology, the greatness of Prince's Purple Rain, Mike D's faux endorsement of Pampers, and the fact that the greatest thing they ever learned from famed hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons was how to cure hangover.
They did, however, mention the best hip-hop lyric they'd wished they'd written.
"When Big Daddy Kane says, 'Put a quarter in your ass 'cause you played yourself,'" MCA said.