PWR2BEASTIES

[MsPacMan]

5th August, 2012


#HappyBirthdayMCA
#MCAForever
#BeastieFansForever



Keeping MCA in our hearts.


Today.


And every day.


PWR2MCA
PWR2BEASTIES

http://t.co/RjI35yru


PS. Thankyou to my dear friend Juliana (in Boston) who helped me to create this.

[MsPacMan]

August 5th, 2012

I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate Yauch’s birthday than to share this with y’all.

Here is a list of all the charities and non-for-profits that we have supported since April 14th (the day PWR2MCA started).

All of these wonderful organisations have received donations from Beastiefans who wanted to take positive action as part of their involvement in the PWR2MCA / PWR2BEASTIES project.

We don’t hesitate in giving direct credit to Adam Yauch, Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond.

This all happened BECAUSE OF THEM.

Because they inspired us.
Because they taught us well.
Because we love and respect them.
Because this was our way of showing GRATITUDE.

(y)



Thankyou to EVERYONE who’s made a contribution so far. For me, doing something positive in a time of such great sadness was very cathartic…….….."and I'll be glad if it helps anyone else out too"..………..

Here’s the list.

And remember, ALL of these great things occurred because of one man named ADAM, one man named MIKE………..and another one called ADAM.

Happy birthday, MCA. I hope this would’ve made you smile.

xoxo



…………………

Charities we’ve supported:

A Casa de Apoio à Criança com Câncer Santa Teresa
Adopt-A-Spot program
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer
American Cancer Society
Amnesty International
Annual Ottawa Race Weekend
ASPCA
Australian Cancer Council
Autism Society
Autism Speaks
Barnados
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Canadian Cancer Society
Cancer Research
Cancer Research Institute
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Society
Cat Sanctuary of Torre Argentina
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Child and Youth Services
Children With Cancer UK
Children's Wish Foundation
Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
Child's Play
Create Your Dreams
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Danish Cancer Society
DEBRA
DKMS Bone Marrow Donor Center
Doctors Without Borders
Donors Choose (art supplies for kids in Brooklyn)
Drive Out Hunger
Dutch Cancer Research Fund (KWF)
Empty Bowls at Gateway High School
Equality Now
Food Pantry of St. Joseph Parish
FRESHCASSETTE
Gay Straight Alliance
Goodwill Donation Center
Greyhound Pets of America
Hopeful Hearts
Irish Cancer Society
Islamic Aid
Jimmy Fund
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson
Kids Company
La Liga Chilena Contra el Cáncer
LA Regional Food Bank
Les petits bouchons
London Buddhist Centre
Luminaria (Relay For Life)
March of Dimes
Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Research Center in NYC
Milarepa Fund
Mile High chapter of the Red Cross
Miracle League of Massachusetts
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
No More Stolen Sisters
Pablove Foundation
PETA
Power of Sport for Kids
Projeto Apae em Rede
Prop8films.org
Red Cross
Relay for Life (American Cancer Society)
Ride To Conquer Cancer - Head and Neck Cancer Fund
Ronald McDonald House
S.O.S Kinderdörfer
Santa Barbara Cancer Center Run
Save the Sensory Camp
Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston
Sussex Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Centre
Swedish IM (Individuell Människohjälp)
The Association of Assistance to the Disabled Child
The Leukaemia & Lymphoma Society
Tibet Fund
Tibet Initiative Deutschland
Tibetan Center of NYC
VH1 Save The Music
World Vision
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

+ people volunteered at hospitals, homeless shelters, choir competitions, animal hospitals, schools, churches, women’s shelters and soup kitchens

+ we received photos of tribute artworks, graffiti, sketches, paintings, jewellery, models, sculptures, etc and copies of remixes, video compilations, photo galleries, etc!

+ people registered as organ donors/gave up smoking/threw tribute parties/got tribute tattoos!

+ and some offered tribute performances (singing/rapping/dancing, etc)

+ MORE!

…………………..and we ain’t done yet!

TO BE CONTINUED……………………..

(y)

[beasties#1fan]

I might be buying the car.
I'll be represtin' even on the road;)(y)

[YoungRemy]

http://t.co/RjI35yru



it's perfect...

[MsPacMan]

the PWR2MCA car is UNREAL.

what are the details? is that a permanent paint job? who is responsible for that piece of beauty?

OK - he found me on Facebook.

His name is Dave Sussman.

http://www.facebook.com/DAVE.BIGDS.SUSSMAN

What. A. Legend.

Thanks Dave.

This is one of those times where "thankyou" really doesn't cut it!

No words. I have no words.

(Don't get your hopes up, people. Speechlessness? It ain't gonna last!) ;)

[MsPacMan]

I might be buying the car.
I'll be represtin' even on the road;)(y)

This I've GOTTA see!

:D

[MsPacMan]

Diego from Italy created this PWR2MCA artwork. Sweeeeet.

http://t.co/9wFubw11

(y)

Thanks Diego!

[MsPacMan]

Our mate Jon Sink created this PWR2MCA birthday tribute:

http://t.co/faMvgaUl

AND he wanted to share this remix:

BBoy Bouillabaisse 2012 (FRESHCASSETTE/PWR2MCA Tribute) :cool:


http://soundcloud.com/freshcassette/bboy-bouillabaisse-2012 (http://soundcloud.com/freshcassette/bboy-bouillabaisse-2012)

Sick! Thanks Jon!

(Don't forget to check out Jon's clean water campaign: http://www.freshcassette.com/ - inspiring work right here.)

[MsPacMan]

DEAR BEASTIE BOYS, THIS IS A LOVE LETTER
TO YOU, AND HOW YOU BROUGHT US TOGETHER

Don’t know if I’ve said this formally. So I’m doing it now.

I just wanted to let you all know that I wrote a note to Mike and Adam, and I put it in the box. Sorta like a cover sheet.

This is what’s in the letter:

1) I explained about PWR2MCA; why it started, what it was, what we did.

2) I told them that we didn’t know what to do after May 4th, until Adrock put the photo on the blog.

3) I told them about our efforts with PWR2BEASTIES.

4) I made it explicitly clear that they are under no obligation to a) open the scrapbooks; b) respond/react in any way, shape or form. We aren’t THOSE kind of fans.

5) I thanked them personally for their kindness to the fans and passed on some of the general feelings that have been expressed to me by PWR2MCAers.

6) I made a point to say that I don’t represent ALL of the fans; and I listed all of the names of the people who chose to be involved.

7) I mentioned the criticisms some people had about the project, so they’d know that we’re not trying to speak for everyone.

8) I also expressed my own doubts about the appropriateness of the project, and apologised to them if we’d put them in an awkward position.

9) Many PWR2MCAers asked me to tell A+M that they’d like to help in any way possible (even though we’re pretty sure there’s nothing we could do). They wanted to make the offer, just in case. So I passed that on.

10) I acknowledged that many of us got involved with PWR2MCA/BEASTIES as a way to deal with our own grief, and that none of us pretend to understand what they’re going through. We’re not naïve enough to think we could ever make them feel “better”. We just want to offer our love and respect.

11) I told them that the PWR2MCAers are gonna stick together and keep doing positive things. We can’t, we won’t, and we DON’T stop.



So that’s whaz up.

Hope I did right by y’all. :o


xoxoSarah

[MsPacMan]

THE UPDATE

Checked the tracking number on USPS today. No movement. I am hoping this is because it’s Sunday in the US of A? :confused:


I’m getting’ twitchy, party people. :(


Eeeeeeshck.

DON’T lose our saucy box, USPS! :eek:








BTW; I should just mention to y’all – I didn’t put Adam and Mike’s names (or “Beastie Boys”) on the box. I thought that might be asking for trouble. You never know if some idiot might deliberately “sabotage” the box. :mad:


I just put Aaron’s name on it. (Aaron Oscoper.) He’ll make sure it gets where it’s supposed to. He is our trusty ally. <3


xoxoSarah


(damn these smilies are COOL) :cool:

[WhoMoi?]

Yup, it's definitely because yesterday was Sunday. No USPS mail movement of any kind on Sundays. That hot sauce will be moving again today though...it's 7:30 AM US Eastern time now, so maybe check again about 9 hours from now? (I have a feeling you'll check sooner than that, and I don't blame you one bit. :D)

Hope that calmed your worries a little bit, my friend. :)

[MsPacMan]

Hope that calmed your worries a little bit, my friend. :)

Indeed it did.

Thankyou.

Removing ants from pants. ;)

[BboyLover#1]

I want to get PWR2MCA tattooed on my wrist. Are there any copywright issues with this? K Thanks. Jess. ;)

[MsPacMan]

I want to get PWR2MCA tattooed on my wrist. Are there any copywright issues with this? K Thanks. Jess. ;)

oooh goddamn!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=226030180840299&set=a.223641914412459.43547.210870055689645&type=3&theater

Send us a photo, Jess!

[MsPacMan]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!!!!

PREPARE THY SELVES!

http://t.co/vW2ki92Y (http://t.co/lYYVZLWC)

http://t.co/lYYVZLWC (http://t.co/lYYVZLWC)

THE HOT SAUCE HAS LANDED!!!!!

:D

[MsPacMan]

(Aaron Oscoper.) He is our trusty ally. <3


HOT SAUCE IN THE LAB!!!

http://t.co/rEpIGE9w

Thankyou so much Aaron at Oscope, for sending this pic!

WORLDWIDE BEASTIEFAN RELIEF!

We're THERE!

:D

[WhoMoi?]

HOT SAUCE IN THE LAB!!!

http://t.co/rEpIGE9w

Thankyou so much Aaron at Oscope, for sending this pic!

WORLDWIDE BEASTIEFAN RELIEF!

We're THERE!

:D

(y):D

[MsPacMan]

Thanks again to the Labs; for sayin' they'd take our sauce.

They really didn't have to do that. Above and beyond.

<33333333333

O-S-C-O-P-E spells relief!

http://t.co/8ONP0hbm

http://t.co/EQYcKhIC


PS. Aaron says there is a PWR2MCA sticker on their building!!!

...........Birthday weekend crew?.......... You guys are crafty!

[MsPacMan]

………just wanted to say a monster-sized “thankyou” to everyone for your support this week. I won’t front – I’ve been pretty edgy for the past seven days.

I was so worried about our saucy box! What if it gets lost???!!!!!

If I could have managed it; I would’ve flown it to New York myself!

But it got there……..in one week flat.

Now that the box is in NYC we can all breathe a sigh of relief.

It is safe at Oscope – home of the hot sauce.

It doesn’t matter what happens now.

We have done our best to let Mike and Adam know that we’re thinking of them. I hope we’ve done it respectfully.

We're not trying to make them feel BETTER. We can't make them “happy”.

Not. Going. To. Happen.

That was never the point of this project.

All we wanna do is let them know how much love and respect there is for them.

If we can do that; it’ll all be worth it.

“…………dear Beastie Boys; this is a love letter – to you and how you brought us together…………”


I’ve read ALL your messages, remember? Every single one. I know what’s in that box.

You guys are hilarious. Your letters / photos / stories are incredible. Heartfelt.

Some of you wrote spectacularly mind-blowing messages. Others kept it really simple.

I haven’t met any of you. But I think you’re genuinely awesome.

Some of you made me cry. Some of you made me LMFAO. Most of you managed to do BOTH.

When I’d finished putting all three scrapbooks together; I was completely overwhelmed with emotion. I can’t believe how lucky I am. I’m the only one (besides the boys) who will ever get to see the completed project.

I’m glad to be in that box. I’m thankful that I’m a member of this group.

I hope the beastly brothers have a chuckle over this. I hope they shake their heads at their silly / weird / funny / funky fans!

“……..until then and forever I'm proud to be associated with you.”

#BeastieFansForever

A+M – if you happen to read this; you’ve gotta understand that we don’t want anything from you. You don’t need to acknowledge us. The reason we did it is because we wanted to thank YOU.

And once again – gratitude to Oscope. I can’t say it enough. You have no idea how relieved we felt when we saw Aaron’s photo of our box, sittin' safe and sound on that familiar wooden floor.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=264558493654134&set=a.262659600510690.52338.210870055689645&type=1&theater

xoxoSarah

[MsPacMan]

Lovely tweet from Oscope a few hours ago:

Oscilloscope Labs ‏@OscopeLabs (https://twitter.com/OscopeLabs) We can't thank #PWR2MCA (https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23PWR2MCA&src=hash) enough for the incredible care package... you guys are INCREDIBLE. Getting it to Adam & Mike http://ow.ly/i/PBNc (http://t.co/hteeDq68)


Nup. YOU guys are incredible. PWR2 Oscopers!







This is another pic taken by our trusty ally: OScoper Aaron! VERY happy to see that box safe and sound in NYC!


http://t.co/w4J7QuKB

(BTW a few people have been asking me about the black box. The hot sauce box is for Mike and Adam; the black box is filled with goodies for the Oscopers.)

:)

[Hiphopdancer]

Thanks again to the Labs; for sayin' they'd take our sauce.

They really didn't have to do that. Above and beyond.

<33333333333

O-S-C-O-P-E spells relief!

http://t.co/8ONP0hbm

http://t.co/EQYcKhIC


PS. Aaron says there is a PWR2MCA sticker on their building!!!

...........Birthday weekend crew?.......... You guys are crafty!

;)

http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s491/ilovesinatra1/O-Scope.jpg

[MsPacMan]

Eoin is donating to the Irish Cancer Society in support of PWR2BEASTIES and he asked me to post THIS message:

I'm from Ireland and I would like to share this small story with fellow Beastie Boys fans such as yourself. I flew to New York for a wedding the day MCA died. I was listening to Hot Sauce Committee on the flight and I was devastated to hear the news when I landed at JFK. After the wedding and dinner (where we poured out some beer for our fallen comrade and toasted him by the pool) we took a party bus to a nightclub and I got guys I didn't even know singing Beastie songs such as "Paul Revere" and I sang the chorus to "An Open Letter to NYC." When we arrived, despite only being 19, I walked straight past the bouncers into the 21's club Beastie style and drank with my cousins all night until half 4 in the morning. I even got the DJ to play "Intergalactic" which meant a lot and later he played "Paul Revere." It was fitting to be in NY that day and even though it was sad news it was nice to party in tribute of Yauch. There is more to this story with plenty more Beastie references but I won't go on for too long. (We also flew over Manhattan in a small plane and saw Madison Square Garden which was nice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHB0nft8F5c )

Thanks for listening,

Eoin

"Mike and Adam have got my back, you bring the mics and we'll bring the rap." - This is for them, they taught us to love life.

"If you learn to love then you might love life."


http://t.co/hCniQtrK

.........well, you may remember that Eoin was planning to write out his whole story for us in more detail, because lots of people requested more after they read what he wrote above.

So here it is! Thanks Eoin. I don't know about you guys, but this made me laugh AND cry. I know we all have vivid memories of that weekend. Reading about what Eoin got up to took me straight back to where I was, what I was doing...........

It's a great idea to write it all down, actually. I think I might do mine, just like Eoin did. Not to share with anyone..............just to get it all out. I don't know why..........maybe I'd just like to have a record of it. Some of us feel like we haven't made any progress at all since May the 4th. But I guess we have.

i feel like a bunch of us been walking around lonely bumping into walls.


(BTW Eoin; I'm still emailing Fox every week......we'll get there, buddy!)


MCA and My New York Adventures
By Eoin McLernon.

This piece was written in spurts between May and July 2012.

It has been a month and a day but it is still difficult to put down these words... But I’ll give it a sure shot. - June 5th 2012

I'm from Ireland and I would like to share this little story with fellow Beastie Boys fans, and hopefully maybe one day, the boys themselves. I flew to New York for a wedding the day MCA died. It wasn’t my first time going there, but it would certainly be the most memorable. In the few weeks running up to my trip I was thinking how cool it would be to meet the Beastie Boys. Out of all the people I wanted to bump into and speak with in the middle of New York City it was those 3 wacky guys. I kept imagining what it would be like to meet them, Ad-Rock would be funny, Mike D, very kind and MCA, most sincere.
I was listening to Hot Sauce Committee Part Two on my flight across the Atlantic. When I landed at JFK, I was met by my mother, aunt and uncle and we drove to their house. I had been thinking about MCA and his illness on the flight and eerily thought that it had been a while since I had any seen any news update about his condition. When we got to the house stuff got pretty surreal.
I ate, washed up and put on my suit before the wedding. I had had no internet access since leaving Shannon Airport in Ireland so I quickly booted my laptop and naturally checked Facebook. There at the very top of my newsfeed was a post by my friend “MCA died today” accompanied by the video for “Three MCs and One DJ.” I simply could not believe what I was reading. Needless to say, like the rest of you, I was stunned. That news hit me hard but I had the wedding to go to and I didn’t want to be in a bad mood. I decided to mourn by celebrating MCA’s life rather than just being glum all day.
After the wedding, we went to the after party. On the way my cousin Tracy and her husband John told me about how they had seen the Beastie Boys years ago, of course I was jealous! We reached the hotel for the after party. There, my cousins and I lounged on deck-chairs by the pool with beers. We poured out some for our fallen comrade and toasted him by the pool. I must mention that I had brought some aviator sunglasses with me for my Irish cousin, Jamie (another B-boy fan), and I. We were told we looked like secret service agents wearing them with the suits but it was reminiscent of the “Sabotage” video. Later on, following dinner, we took a party bus to a nightclub. I got guys I didn't even know singing Beastie songs on the bus such as "Paul Revere" and I rapped the chorus to "An Open Letter to NYC." When we arrived, despite only being 19, I walked straight past the bouncers into the 21's club “Licensed To Ill” era style and drank with my cousins all night until half 4 in the morning. (I can legally drink in Ireland, I’m used to it.) I even got the DJ to play "Intergalactic" which meant a lot and later he played "Paul Revere." It was fitting to be in New York that day and even though it was sad news it was nice to party in tribute of Yauch. It felt like the right way to do things in that situation, losing a hero as soon as you go on holiday is tough.
The following night we checked out a couple of bars. I was with my cousins Jamie and Brian, (Brian lives in NY) and his girlfriend Julie. We walked into one bar and Jamie and I were pleased to hear Metallica’s “Seek & Destroy” playing. I was even more pleased when “Nonstop Disco Powerpack” was next up on the jukebox. Anyway, we were kicked out of that bar when they discovered I was underage. (I understood their reasoning and left without much fuss.) So we took a taxi back to the bar where Julie worked, had a beer and then had to run out of the place as the cops were there “checking the liquor license.” The cops were all over the car park too, there were rumours of a fight. It was kind of funny to run from the police, “Running from the law, the press and the parents.” We bought beers and food and retired for the night to watch films at Brian’s place.
The following morning we were up early as my cousin Kathleen’s husband, John had agreed to take Jamie and myself up in a small four-seater plane. He gave Jamie a tutorial on how to fly the plane. (He was a natural having played so many flight-simulators.) We then flew into the city and right over Manhattan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHBn0ft8F5c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHB0nft8F5c) We got to see the city’s skyline from a new perspective and we of course saw Madison Square Garden, a place that I relate as much with the Beasties as I do with basketball. That plane ride was an incredible experience.
A few days later, Jamie and I journeyed into Manhattan for a day trip. The first thing I see when I get off the Subway car at Times Square 42nd Street Station? A poster of Mix Master Mike. I knew it would be an awesome day, so I set off proudly wearing my “Check Your Head” t-shirt. We did the usual stuff, visited shops, bars and a few landmarks. We then went downtown to the 9/11 Memorial and Freedom Tower. We paid our respects to the victims of that cruel day.
We went back uptown and had some fun. We had bought Power Rangers masks in a Toys “R” Us and as we sat in the Subway cars, we made fart jokes and noises behind the masks, something which I think the Beasties would appreciate seeing as they say a lot of their studio time is spent doing that. On another kind of Beastie note, we went looking for more disguises, specifically, top hats and monocles. We tried our best and did find the hats, but could’t afford them. It was a funny quest anyway, two Irish guys going into every upmarket clothes shop we could find and asking for their finest (cheapest) top hats.
Soon evening approached, and like Homer Simpson we could’t stay in New York after sundown (when all the weirdos turn crazy according to Homer). Not really though, we would have loved to have hung around for longer but we were tired and had to get back to Flushing. Not without one long awaited meal though. For years we had craved this meal, due to a certain film about one Harold and a certain Kumar. So about halfway through our train journey home, we spotted that restaurant and jumped off at the nearest stop. We had finally made it to White Castle, home of the Beastie Boys’ seemingly favourite food, at least in the “Licensed To Ill” days.

Reflection:

At the end of the wedding dinner every guest received a small card. Rather than giving everyone a small token favour before going home, my cousin Catherine, the new bride and a survivor of childhood cancer, and her husband Tom, had decided to put the money towards a donation to the American Cancer Society. I thought that this was a most beautiful sentiment and personally, rather fitting on a day when I had lost a hero.

Earlier in the year, I had dyed my hair green for the Irish Cancer Society. Sarah, the founder of the PWR2BEASTIES and PWR2MCA campaign pointed out that Yauch also used to have green hair, a comparison which I loved. People sponsored me and I raised funds for the charity through the campaign organised by the Irish radio station, Today FM. That was a fun way of collecting donations and I would like to do it again next year. Next time I’ll hopefully go for blue, again like Yauch. I have made other small personal contributions to cancer charities since Yauch left us and I will also purchase the “New Yauch City” t-shirt, the proceeds of which go to the Milarepa Foundation that Yauch set up for Tibet in its quest for freedom and Tibetfund.org. Love and respect to the end to Sarah. Her campaign inspired me to share this piece. Her perseverance in the name of fandom also led me to start my own little initiative to try to get an episode of Futurama dedicated to Adam.

We will never forget you Adam. Thanks for the music and the laughs.

R.I.P.

Thanks for reading,

Eoin McLernon.
Completed 25/07/2012

"Mike and Adam have got my back, you bring the mics and we'll bring the rap." - This is for them, they taught us to love life.

"If you learn to love then you might love life."

[MCA4ever]

Thank you Ms. Pacman and Eoin for sharing that story. Adams death impacted all of us to the point where we will never forget what we were doing when we heard the news. My story is not nearly as interesting but I will never forget that day as long as I live. The only other (sad) time in my life that would compare would be 9/11.

It's great to see you back Ms. Pacman and rested up :)

[MCA4ever]

Thanks Sarah :)

[MsPacMan]

It was only a matter of time………

…………the hardcore handicrafters have RISEN!!!!!!!!!!!

Kristy “Bombastitch” Kizzee has created a PWR2MCA CROSS STITCH PATTERN.

Yes. You heard right! TAKE A BREATH PEOPLE.




(I’m just gonna give you a few seconds to recover from the impact.)


:p


OK.




Y’aiight?

I found Kristy via Google and she was kind enough to email me the pattern (and a list of directions). She’s CRAFTY.

So just CANCEL any plans you have for the weekend; ’cause THIS is whatz going down:

1) first we’re gonna learn how to knit so we can make our Pussy Riot balaclavas
(……….SO HOW WE GONNA KNIT IT? GONNA KNIT IT ROOT DOWN!)

2) then we’ll move on to our PWR2MCA cross stitch (threadin’ the needle, y’all)

3) and we’ll finish with your choice of whittling or lace-making (or possibly weaving………I put a bid on a goddamn righteous antique loom………eBay’s got us covered)

Kickin’ it OLD SKOOL!

(FYI - I already have clout in the south-western Sydney craft community. SERIOUS clout. Hey - yo - whoa; I delivered THREE scrapbooks, didn’t I? You saw ’em. I can scrap like a BOSS.

………..scrapbooking IS a type of craft! YES it is!!!!! I’ll have you know that I’m on a FIRST-NAME BASIS with the dude at the craft store..........YEAH. Speaks volumes, dunnit? Yo, Shawn?! Crafty Shawn!……….back me up, bro.)

xoxoSarah


PS. thankyou Kristy. Hand to heart. This is legit. Turns out Sir Yauch looks pretty damn handsome on a cross stich pattern; I’ve gotta say. Still finding new things to love about the man. <3333333

Pattern: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.214059405370710.41630.210870055689645&type=3

Directions: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.214059405370710.41630.210870055689645&type=3

[MsPacMan]

awwwww........you guys.........

http://t.co/vgnif9xP (http://t.co/vgnif9xP)

awwwwwwww..........................I love the Oscopers.

sorry I have something in my eye

<3333333333333



thankyou so much Oscope crew xoxo

[Heather_D]

That's awesome, Sarah! Enjoy your goodies! Well deserved

[WhoMoi?]

awwwww........you guys.........

http://t.co/vgnif9xP (http://t.co/vgnif9xP)

awwwwwwww..........................I love the Oscopers.

sorry I have something in my eye

<3333333333333



thankyou so much Oscope crew xoxo

(y)

[MCA4ever]

awwwww........you guys.........

http://t.co/vgnif9xP (http://t.co/vgnif9xP)

awwwwwwww..........................I love the Oscopers.

sorry I have something in my eye

<3333333333333



thankyou so much Oscope crew xoxo

That is sooo sweet! I bet your heart stopped for a second when their package arrived! I know that was the last thing you were expecting but it does feel really good when someone acknowledges your kindness :)

[RobMoney$]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/RobMoney004/599461_453866254646208_1297379067_n.jpg

[MCA4ever]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/RobMoney004/599461_453866254646208_1297379067_n.jpg

Amazing!!!

[MsPacMan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/RobMoney004/599461_453866254646208_1297379067_n.jpg

:eek:

THUMP.

(my jaw hitting the floor)

thanks RobMoney.........you got money - you've got juice! (y)

[MsPacMan]

Aisha in the UK donated to Cancer Research UK, DEBRA (organisation for people with a rare genetic skin blistering condition) and Islamic Aid. She made this artwork in support of PWR2MCA!


http://t.co/K3Rung2o


:) (http://t.co/K3Rung2o)

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

.........well, you may remember that Eoin was planning to write out his whole story for us in more detail, because lots of people requested more after they read what he wrote above.

So here it is! Thanks Eoin. I don't know about you guys, but this made me laugh AND cry. I know we all have vivid memories of that weekend. Reading about what Eoin got up to took me straight back to where I was, what I was doing...........

It's a great idea to write it all down, actually. I think I might do mine, just like Eoin did. Not to share with anyone..............just to get it all out. I don't know why..........maybe I'd just like to have a record of it. Some of us feel like we haven't made any progress at all since May the 4th. But I guess we have.

i feel like a bunch of us been walking around lonely bumping into walls.


(BTW Eoin; I'm still emailing Fox every week......we'll get there, buddy!)


MCA and My New York Adventures
By Eoin McLernon.

This piece was written in spurts between May and July 2012.

It has been a month and a day but it is still difficult to put down these words... But I’ll give it a sure shot. - June 5th 2012

I'm from Ireland and I would like to share this little story with fellow Beastie Boys fans, and hopefully maybe one day, the boys themselves. I flew to New York for a wedding the day MCA died. It wasn’t my first time going there, but it would certainly be the most memorable. In the few weeks running up to my trip I was thinking how cool it would be to meet the Beastie Boys. Out of all the people I wanted to bump into and speak with in the middle of New York City it was those 3 wacky guys. I kept imagining what it would be like to meet them, Ad-Rock would be funny, Mike D, very kind and MCA, most sincere.
I was listening to Hot Sauce Committee Part Two on my flight across the Atlantic. When I landed at JFK, I was met by my mother, aunt and uncle and we drove to their house. I had been thinking about MCA and his illness on the flight and eerily thought that it had been a while since I had any seen any news update about his condition. When we got to the house stuff got pretty surreal.
I ate, washed up and put on my suit before the wedding. I had had no internet access since leaving Shannon Airport in Ireland so I quickly booted my laptop and naturally checked Facebook. There at the very top of my newsfeed was a post by my friend “MCA died today” accompanied by the video for “Three MCs and One DJ.” I simply could not believe what I was reading. Needless to say, like the rest of you, I was stunned. That news hit me hard but I had the wedding to go to and I didn’t want to be in a bad mood. I decided to mourn by celebrating MCA’s life rather than just being glum all day.
After the wedding, we went to the after party. On the way my cousin Tracy and her husband John told me about how they had seen the Beastie Boys years ago, of course I was jealous! We reached the hotel for the after party. There, my cousins and I lounged on deck-chairs by the pool with beers. We poured out some for our fallen comrade and toasted him by the pool. I must mention that I had brought some aviator sunglasses with me for my Irish cousin, Jamie (another B-boy fan), and I. We were told we looked like secret service agents wearing them with the suits but it was reminiscent of the “Sabotage” video. Later on, following dinner, we took a party bus to a nightclub. I got guys I didn't even know singing Beastie songs on the bus such as "Paul Revere" and I rapped the chorus to "An Open Letter to NYC." When we arrived, despite only being 19, I walked straight past the bouncers into the 21's club “Licensed To Ill” era style and drank with my cousins all night until half 4 in the morning. (I can legally drink in Ireland, I’m used to it.) I even got the DJ to play "Intergalactic" which meant a lot and later he played "Paul Revere." It was fitting to be in New York that day and even though it was sad news it was nice to party in tribute of Yauch. It felt like the right way to do things in that situation, losing a hero as soon as you go on holiday is tough.
The following night we checked out a couple of bars. I was with my cousins Jamie and Brian, (Brian lives in NY) and his girlfriend Julie. We walked into one bar and Jamie and I were pleased to hear Metallica’s “Seek & Destroy” playing. I was even more pleased when “Nonstop Disco Powerpack” was next up on the jukebox. Anyway, we were kicked out of that bar when they discovered I was underage. (I understood their reasoning and left without much fuss.) So we took a taxi back to the bar where Julie worked, had a beer and then had to run out of the place as the cops were there “checking the liquor license.” The cops were all over the car park too, there were rumours of a fight. It was kind of funny to run from the police, “Running from the law, the press and the parents.” We bought beers and food and retired for the night to watch films at Brian’s place.
The following morning we were up early as my cousin Kathleen’s husband, John had agreed to take Jamie and myself up in a small four-seater plane. He gave Jamie a tutorial on how to fly the plane. (He was a natural having played so many flight-simulators.) We then flew into the city and right over Manhattan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHBn0ft8F5c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHB0nft8F5c) We got to see the city’s skyline from a new perspective and we of course saw Madison Square Garden, a place that I relate as much with the Beasties as I do with basketball. That plane ride was an incredible experience.
A few days later, Jamie and I journeyed into Manhattan for a day trip. The first thing I see when I get off the Subway car at Times Square 42nd Street Station? A poster of Mix Master Mike. I knew it would be an awesome day, so I set off proudly wearing my “Check Your Head” t-shirt. We did the usual stuff, visited shops, bars and a few landmarks. We then went downtown to the 9/11 Memorial and Freedom Tower. We paid our respects to the victims of that cruel day.
We went back uptown and had some fun. We had bought Power Rangers masks in a Toys “R” Us and as we sat in the Subway cars, we made fart jokes and noises behind the masks, something which I think the Beasties would appreciate seeing as they say a lot of their studio time is spent doing that. On another kind of Beastie note, we went looking for more disguises, specifically, top hats and monocles. We tried our best and did find the hats, but could’t afford them. It was a funny quest anyway, two Irish guys going into every upmarket clothes shop we could find and asking for their finest (cheapest) top hats.
Soon evening approached, and like Homer Simpson we could’t stay in New York after sundown (when all the weirdos turn crazy according to Homer). Not really though, we would have loved to have hung around for longer but we were tired and had to get back to Flushing. Not without one long awaited meal though. For years we had craved this meal, due to a certain film about one Harold and a certain Kumar. So about halfway through our train journey home, we spotted that restaurant and jumped off at the nearest stop. We had finally made it to White Castle, home of the Beastie Boys’ seemingly favourite food, at least in the “Licensed To Ill” days.

Reflection:

At the end of the wedding dinner every guest received a small card. Rather than giving everyone a small token favour before going home, my cousin Catherine, the new bride and a survivor of childhood cancer, and her husband Tom, had decided to put the money towards a donation to the American Cancer Society. I thought that this was a most beautiful sentiment and personally, rather fitting on a day when I had lost a hero.

Earlier in the year, I had dyed my hair green for the Irish Cancer Society. Sarah, the founder of the PWR2BEASTIES and PWR2MCA campaign pointed out that Yauch also used to have green hair, a comparison which I loved. People sponsored me and I raised funds for the charity through the campaign organised by the Irish radio station, Today FM. That was a fun way of collecting donations and I would like to do it again next year. Next time I’ll hopefully go for blue, again like Yauch. I have made other small personal contributions to cancer charities since Yauch left us and I will also purchase the “New Yauch City” t-shirt, the proceeds of which go to the Milarepa Foundation that Yauch set up for Tibet in its quest for freedom and Tibetfund.org. Love and respect to the end to Sarah. Her campaign inspired me to share this piece. Her perseverance in the name of fandom also led me to start my own little initiative to try to get an episode of Futurama dedicated to Adam.

We will never forget you Adam. Thanks for the music and the laughs.

R.I.P.

Thanks for reading,

Eoin McLernon.
Completed 25/07/2012

"Mike and Adam have got my back, you bring the mics and we'll bring the rap." - This is for them, they taught us to love life.

"If you learn to love then you might love life."


That was fucking awesome. :') Not to mention http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/RobMoney004/599461_453866254646208_1297379067_n.jpg

[fonky pizza]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/RobMoney004/599461_453866254646208_1297379067_n.jpg

Yes!

Vecchia Roma Sotto La Luna - - Just Eat It!

(y)

[BboyLover#1]

PWR! I love this. Everyone is coming together to help out. I want to arrange a walk in my neck of the woods. LOL. If you're interested in attending or donating hit me up! :rolleyes:

I'm still working on getting my PWR tattoo. I need my cousin to drive me to the other side of town to get it done. His car is due for inspection and needs a lot of work so he's nervous about driving it with an out of date sticker on it. If he gets arrested again he'l lose his license this time fo sure. (n)

Either way I could take the bus and get it done. I want it in time for the walk that I'm organizing. yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I think I did it again I made you believe we're more than just friends Oh baby It might seem like a crush But it doesn't mean that I'm serious
'Cause to lose all my senses That is just so typically me Oh baby, baby Oops!...I did it again I played with your heart, got lost in the game Oh baby, baby Oops!...You think I'm in love That I'm sent from above I'm not that innocent You see my problem is this I'm dreaming away Wishing that heroes, they truly exist I cry, watching the days Can't you see I'm a fool in so many ways But to lose all my senses That is just so typically me Baby, oh Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah "All aboard"
"Britney, before you go, there's something I want you to have" "Oh, it's beautiful, but wait a minute, isn't this...?" "Yeah, yes it is" "But I thought the old lady dropped it into the ocean in the end" "Well baby, I went down and got it for you" "Oh, you shouldn't have" Oops!...I did it again to your heart
Got lost in this game, oh baby Oops!...You think that I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent.

So we can all be on the same page this is for everyone to get involved in. It'll be a blast. Like they say on those weeding invitations save the date.

Jess xoxo

[MCA4ever]

Are you for real? You want a donation for what? Hopefully to something that will
help someone else ???

[Franci]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/RobMoney004/599461_453866254646208_1297379067_n.jpg

That murales is really amazing, I hope they'll preserve it!

[MsPacMan]

A message from our friend and ally Paul Sid! He created the amazing NEW YAUCH CITY t-shirts. He wanted to let us know that so far he has raised $5000; which he’s split between the Tibet Fund and the Pablove Foundation. (He shared this screenshot of his PayPal transactions: http://t.co/GRFZX7hN)

I want to give Sid props for his support of PWR2MCA and for all his hard work. This is a MAJOR effort and I can’t thank him enough!

If you haven’t ordered your shirt yet; he has a few left and you can buy them HERE:
http://www.retreatstore.com/yauch.html (http://www.retreatstore.com/yauch.html)

THANKS AGAIN, Sid!

[MCA4ever]

A message from our friend and ally Paul Sid! He created the amazing NEW YAUCH CITY t-shirts. He wanted to let us know that so far he has raised $5000; which he’s split between the Tibet Fund and the Pablove Foundation. (He shared this screenshot of his PayPal transactions: http://t.co/GRFZX7hN)

I want to give Sid props for his support of PWR2MCA and for all his hard work. This is a MAJOR effort and I can’t thank him enough!

If you haven’t ordered your shirt yet; he has a few left and you can buy them HERE:
http://www.retreatstore.com/yauch.html (http://www.retreatstore.com/yauch.html)

THANKS AGAIN, Sid!

Sid that is amazing! What a wonderful, special thing you have done. (y)(y)(y)

[MsPacMan]

Here’s a little story I got to tell……………


In Sydney we have a gallery called the “Museum of Contemporary Art”; but we all just refer to it as “the MCA”. So when two boys from my town decided to pay tribute to Yauch; they thought “where better than at the MCA?!!”

Check this out: (they got on the local news and everything!):

http://vimeo.com/43588064

MCA at the MCA! Surrealism and tomfoolery - in true Yauch style.

…………..in aid of a great cause (Cancer Council of Australia).

You can show them some support by hitting “like” on their Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/MCAattheMCA

Did I mention? They were featured on the blog all Beastie fans want to get on: “The Sabotage Times” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/music/mca-tribute-at-the-mca/

AND just because Aussies always have each other’s backs; they were kind enough to join the PWR2BEASTIES crew as well!!

Here’s a pic from James: http://t.co/k4OplRQe

And this is Dan’s: http://t.co/BZ4MfpG3

I love you guys! Thanks for your support. Go Aussies!

xoxoSarah

Calling all SydneyBeasts!

News just in..........from my BeastieBrothers James and Dan in Sydney:

"Hi! So our unauthorised guerilla tribute to MCA at the MCA ( http://vimeo.com/43588064 ) has just been commissioned as a piece of real, proper art! Thanks to a chance meeting with renowned video artist Shaun Gladwell, we've been invited to repeat the MCA tribute at the Art Bar event in the MCA this Friday.
PWR2MCA!"

http://www.facebook.com/MCAattheMCA (http://bbs.beastieboys.com/%22Hi%21%20So%20our%20unauthorised%20guerilla%20tr ibute%20to%20MCA%20at%20the%20MCA%20%28%20http://vimeo.com/43588064%20%29%20has%20just%20been%20commissioned% 20as%20a%20piece%20of%20real,%20proper%20art%21%20 Thanks%20to%20a%20chance%20meeting%20with%20renown ed%20video%20artist%20Shaun%20Gladwell,%20we%27ve% 20been%20invited%20to%20repeat%20the%20MCA%20tribu te%20at%20the%20Art%20Bar%20event%20in%20the%20MCA %20this%20Friday.%20PWR2MCA%21%22%20%20http://www.facebook.com/MCAattheMCA%20Tickets:%20http://tickets.mca.com.au/?Event=28879&utm_source)
Tickets: http://tickets.mca.com.au/?Event=28879&utm_source
(http://bbs.beastieboys.com/%22Hi%21%20So%20our%20unauthorised%20guerilla%20tr ibute%20to%20MCA%20at%20the%20MCA%20%28%20http://vimeo.com/43588064%20%29%20has%20just%20been%20commissioned% 20as%20a%20piece%20of%20real,%20proper%20art%21%20 Thanks%20to%20a%20chance%20meeting%20with%20renown ed%20video%20artist%20Shaun%20Gladwell,%20we%27ve% 20been%20invited%20to%20repeat%20the%20MCA%20tribu te%20at%20the%20Art%20Bar%20event%20in%20the%20MCA %20this%20Friday.%20PWR2MCA%21%22%20%20http://www.facebook.com/MCAattheMCA%20Tickets:%20http://tickets.mca.com.au/?Event=28879&utm_source)
#WeNeedThis

(y)(y)(y)

[MsPacMan]

Calling all SydneyBeasts!

News just in..........from my BeastieBrothers James and Dan in Sydney:

"Hi! So our unauthorised guerilla tribute to MCA at the MCA ( http://vimeo.com/43588064 ) has just been commissioned as a piece of real, proper art! Thanks to a chance meeting with renowned video artist Shaun Gladwell, we've been invited to repeat the MCA tribute at the Art Bar event in the MCA this Friday.
PWR2MCA!"

http://www.facebook.com/MCAattheMCA (http://bbs.beastieboys.com/%22Hi%21%20So%20our%20unauthorised%20guerilla%20tr ibute%20to%20MCA%20at%20the%20MCA%20%28%20http://vimeo.com/43588064%20%29%20has%20just%20been%20commissioned% 20as%20a%20piece%20of%20real,%20proper%20art%21%20 Thanks%20to%20a%20chance%20meeting%20with%20renown ed%20video%20artist%20Shaun%20Gladwell,%20we%27ve% 20been%20invited%20to%20repeat%20the%20MCA%20tribu te%20at%20the%20Art%20Bar%20event%20in%20the%20MCA %20this%20Friday.%20PWR2MCA%21%22%20%20http://www.facebook.com/MCAattheMCA%20Tickets:%20http://tickets.mca.com.au/?Event=28879&utm_source)
Tickets: http://tickets.mca.com.au/?Event=28879&utm_source
(http://bbs.beastieboys.com/%22Hi%21%20So%20our%20unauthorised%20guerilla%20tr ibute%20to%20MCA%20at%20the%20MCA%20%28%20http://vimeo.com/43588064%20%29%20has%20just%20been%20commissioned% 20as%20a%20piece%20of%20real,%20proper%20art%21%20 Thanks%20to%20a%20chance%20meeting%20with%20renown ed%20video%20artist%20Shaun%20Gladwell,%20we%27ve% 20been%20invited%20to%20repeat%20the%20MCA%20tribu te%20at%20the%20Art%20Bar%20event%20in%20the%20MCA %20this%20Friday.%20PWR2MCA%21%22%20%20http://www.facebook.com/MCAattheMCA%20Tickets:%20http://tickets.mca.com.au/?Event=28879&utm_source)
#WeNeedThis

(y)(y)(y)

AWESOME NIGHT at the MCA!

https://twitter.com/#!/Ms_Pac_Man_72...com%2FFycpXIGB (https://twitter.com/#%21/Ms_Pac_Man_723/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2FFycpXIGB)

(click left arrow for more pics!)

Shout-out to James Beswick and Dan White for their brilliant tribute to MCA.

Props to Kim Staton, from Human Statue Bodyart, and intrepid cameraman Luke.

Thanks to Shaun Gladwell for his support of this wonderful idea!

James and Dan are currently editing their film – it’ll be uploaded to YouTube SOON! “Like” their page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/MCAattheMCA

And here’s their Cancer Council fundraising page: http://nsw.cancercouncilfundraising....ationID=473918 (http://nsw.cancercouncilfundraising.org.au/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=473918)

#SydneyBeastieFansUnite

[MsPacMan]

Clarissa in California created these artworks in support of PWR2MCA & PWR2BEASTIES:

http://t.co/YymiaEHH

http://t.co/Kesi2XIK

You are a legend for this, Clarissa! xo

[MsPacMan]

It was only a matter of time………

…………the hardcore handicrafters have RISEN!!!!!!!!!!!

Kristy “Bombastitch” Kizzee has created a PWR2MCA CROSS STITCH PATTERN.

Yes. You heard right! TAKE A BREATH PEOPLE.




(I’m just gonna give you a few seconds to recover from the impact.)


:p


OK.




Y’aiight?

I found Kristy via Google and she was kind enough to email me the pattern (and a list of directions). She’s CRAFTY.

So just CANCEL any plans you have for the weekend; ’cause THIS is whatz going down:

1) first we’re gonna learn how to knit so we can make our Pussy Riot balaclavas
(……….SO HOW WE GONNA KNIT IT? GONNA KNIT IT ROOT DOWN!)

2) then we’ll move on to our PWR2MCA cross stitch (threadin’ the needle, y’all)

3) and we’ll finish with your choice of whittling or lace-making (or possibly weaving………I put a bid on a goddamn righteous antique loom………eBay’s got us covered)

Kickin’ it OLD SKOOL!

(FYI - I already have clout in the south-western Sydney craft community. SERIOUS clout. Hey - yo - whoa; I delivered THREE scrapbooks, didn’t I? You saw ’em. I can scrap like a BOSS.

………..scrapbooking IS a type of craft! YES it is!!!!! I’ll have you know that I’m on a FIRST-NAME BASIS with the dude at the craft store..........YEAH. Speaks volumes, dunnit? Yo, Shawn?! Crafty Shawn!……….back me up, bro.)

xoxoSarah


PS. thankyou Kristy. Hand to heart. This is legit. Turns out Sir Yauch looks pretty damn handsome on a cross stich pattern; I’ve gotta say. Still finding new things to love about the man. <3333333

Pattern: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.214059405370710.41630.210870055689645&type=3

Directions: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.214059405370710.41630.210870055689645&type=3

Alison (in Florida) sent us a pic of the finished product! She's crafty.......and she's just my type!

http://t.co/cZJMyh3e (y)(y)(y)
(http://t.co/cZJMyh3e)

[MsPacMan]

Rob from the Bronx created this edit of the Fatboy Slim Body Movin' remix for PWR2MCA!

Thanks Rob!

http://soundcloud.com/power-to-yauch/pwr2mca-body-movin-fatboy-slim

[MsPacMan]

Tamara in West Virginia had these made!

http://t.co/fKdNKMNL

Props to Tammy C! <3

[MsPacMan]

Paul Sid received this email from the Tibet Fund after he made a $2500 donation (New Yauch City t-shirt proceeds).

http://t.co/MyhpNR6Y

It's not too late to contribute to this great cause! The shirts are awesome and Sid has a few left (medium and large). All profits will be split between the Tibet Fund and the Pablove Foundation.

http://www.retreatstore.com/yauch.html

Thanks, Sid, for your continued alliance with PWR2MCA!

[MsPacMan]

Squee!

Looky LOOK at Jen's PWR2MCA license plates!

http://t.co/CjFrH9G6 (http://t.co/CjFrH9G6)

:D

.....driving around, QUEEN of the town
always got my windows rolled down

[Tam_Tam]

Tamara in West Virginia had these made!

http://t.co/fKdNKMNL

Props to Tammy C! <3

Thanks for the props. But I didn't make those. We were given those during the tour. I just kept mine as a keepsake.

Thanks to whomever actually deserves the props.

[WhoMoi?]

Thanks for the props. But I didn't make those. We were given those during the tour. I just kept mine as a keepsake.

Thanks to whomever actually deserves the props.

I believe you're talking to her (MsPM). :)
...and Lisa too!

[Hiphopdancer]

I believe you're talking to her (MsPM). :)
...and Lisa too!

I actually had the big stickers made at www.myownlabels.com (http://www.myownlabels.com). They weren't that expensive, and I think they turned out great. Maybe everyone should have some made and we can post the PWR across the world!
:):):):)

[MCA4ever]

Paul Sid received this email from the Tibet Fund after he made a $2500 donation (New Yauch City t-shirt proceeds).

http://t.co/MyhpNR6Y

It's not too late to contribute to this great cause! The shirts are awesome and Sid has a few left (medium and large). All profits will be split between the Tibet Fund and the Pablove Foundation.

http://www.retreatstore.com/yauch.html

Thanks, Sid, for your continued alliance with PWR2MCA!

Totally awesome! (y)

[MsPacMan]

Thanks for the props. But I didn't make those. We were given those during the tour. I just kept mine as a keepsake.

Thanks to whomever actually deserves the props.

Whoops, my bad! Sorry to hiphopdancer! She deserves the credit!

MAKE YOURS: www.myownlabels.com (http://www.myownlabels.com)

Thankyou hiphopdancer!

[MsPacMan]

Just wanted to give a personal "thankyou" to Ben Escobedo (porkys1982) on this thread for all the PWR2MCA shout-outs in his latest video complilation "Beastie Boys....The Final Years".

https://vimeo.com/49528836 (https://t.co/Nr5le9eb)

I think this is your finest work, Ben! The time and effort that went into this one is incredible. Thankyou so much for all you do for Beastiefans everywhere. (y)

#Ben'sBiggestFan

[MsPacMan]

Robert in California is leading a PWR2MCA team in the Santa Barbara Cancer Center Run.

http://t.co/d0vgANRi

This is inspiring!

CALLING ALL CALIFORNIAN BEASTIEFANS!

A message from Robert Enriquez:

"I have registered to run in the 20th annual 5k/10k Cancer Center of Santa Barbara Walk/Run. I ran this event a few years ago in honor of my mother in law. This year i will be running in honor of Adam MCA Yauch. The team name is PWR2MCA/PWR2BEASTIES, the inspiration for the name comes from the Power To Yauch movement that was started back in April. So far I am a one man team, if anyone is interested in participating in this event with me, you are more then welcome to join. The event is in 3 weeks so i need to start raising money now. If anyone would like to donate, please visit this site:

http://www.ccsb.org/participant/team/PWR2MCA/PWR2BEASTIES/

Thanks for reading this."

Go Californians! Run like the wind! The rest of us can help out via the donation page. (This is a great idea. You're a champ, Rob.)

[MsPacMan]

A message from our friend and ally Paul Sid! He created the amazing NEW YAUCH CITY t-shirts. He wanted to let us know that so far he has raised $5000; which he’s split between the Tibet Fund and the Pablove Foundation. (He shared this screenshot of his PayPal transactions: http://t.co/GRFZX7hN)

I want to give Sid props for his support of PWR2MCA and for all his hard work. This is a MAJOR effort and I can’t thank him enough!

If you haven’t ordered your shirt yet; he has a few left and you can buy them HERE:
http://www.retreatstore.com/yauch.html (http://www.retreatstore.com/yauch.html)

THANKS AGAIN, Sid!

Sid wanted y'all to know that he has restocked sizes S, XL and XXL........DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND!

New Yauch City!

http://www.retreatstore.com/yauch.html

YOU GONNA GET YOURS?!

[WhoMoi?]

I actually had the big stickers made at [...] They weren't that expensive, and I think they turned out great. Maybe everyone should have some made and we can post the PWR across the world!


Oops! Sorry! I remembered you handing them to me in NYC and saying that MsPacMan sent them. Now I get what you meant by that...duh. :o

Thanks for printing and bringing them for us! (y)

[Hiphopdancer]

Oops! Sorry! I remembered you handing them to me in NYC and saying that MsPacMan sent them. Now I get what you meant by that...duh. :o

Thanks for printing and bringing them for us! (y)

No problem! We're headed back to NYC in October - we'll see if any of our previous stickers still remain! (If not . . . I have back ups!) ;)

[WhoMoi?]

No problem! We're headed back to NYC in October - we'll see if any of our previous stickers still remain! (If not . . . I have back ups!) ;)
(y):)

[MsPacMan]

Please support our friend Jon Sink and his Creative Compassion Project FRESHCASSETTE.

Inspired by PWR2MCA, Jon has entered a video contest co-ordinated by the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY. The winner receives $1000 towards the charity featured in their video.

Jon's FRESHCASSETTE project aims to raise funds to provide clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

How can you help? VOTE!!

Basically, a Facebook "Like" equals a vote. Here's the link:

http://www.facebook.com/Freshcassette?ref=stream (http://www.facebook.com/Freshcassette?ref=stream)

After you vote, please share with your friends! Let's get $1000 for FRESHCASSETTE! Come on, Yauchers!

[MsPacMan]

CALLING ALL CALIFORNIAN BEASTIEFANS!

A message from Robert Enriquez:

"I have registered to run in the 20th annual 5k/10k Cancer Center of Santa Barbara Walk/Run. I ran this event a few years ago in honor of my mother in law. This year i will be running in honor of Adam MCA Yauch. The team name is PWR2MCA/PWR2BEASTIES, the inspiration for the name comes from the Power To Yauch movement that was started back in April. So far I am a one man team, if anyone is interested in participating in this event with me, you are more then welcome to join. The event is in 3 weeks so i need to start raising money now. If anyone would like to donate, please visit this site:

http://www.ccsb.org/participant/team/PWR2MCA/PWR2BEASTIES/

Thanks for reading this."

Go Californians! Run like the wind! The rest of us can help out via the donation page. (This is a great idea. You're a champ, Rob.)

Great news! Lots of Beastiefans joined Robert's team for the run!

You might like to read this update:

"We all had an amazing time doing it......we were able to raise over $1,200 as a team. We all look forward to the next one we can all run in. PWR2MCA is something I would love to see keep going. I feel it would be the start of a great charitable organization. You are all the way in Australia and I am in California making a difference in the name of Yauch. That is a beautiful thing."

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"The below picture is of us 10k runners heading to the starting line. You can read the back of our shirts, PWR2MCA. I am runner 732 by the way."

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Here is a link to Robert's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/robert.enriquez.169 (http://www.facebook.com/robert.enriquez.169)

Thankyou to the Californian Beastiefans who took PWR2MCA.........and RAN with it!

:)

[MsPacMan]

Dearest PWR2MCAers,

Wishing you all the HAPPIEST of New Years.

(2012 gave us a right royal beating and I know we’ll all be glad to welcome a much happier 2013.)

I wanted to take some time to thank you all personally for your involvement with PWR2MCA. It was a very unique experience for me as the co-ordinator: to be surrounded by so many encouraging, enthusiastic, life-affirming people in a time of such raw grief. Ain’t nothin’ I can say to express how grateful I am for your support of this project.

Some of you I only “spoke” to once or twice; others I kept in touch with. HEAPS of you have become my close friends. I’ve even met some of you in “real life”! It’s comforting to know that I now have a global network of friends whom I only “met” because of Adam Yauch. It means a great deal to me that he can still have such a positive impact on all of our lives.

I’m not sure if y’all know the full story, but the PWR2MCA Project started well before the tragic news. It actually began on the night that the boys were inducted into the Hall of Fame. The original idea was to send a boxful of messages to “our man MCA” himself.

We heard from longtime fans who were there in the punk rock days. We heard from kids who had just bought Hot Sauce. We heard from people who had met Yauch briefly; who knew Yauch quite well; colleagues of Yauch’s; a few of his close friends………and most often - people who had never even met Yauch, but just wanted to thank him for being such an inspiration to them.

SO MUCH LOVE for this man MCA.

We were a few days from completion when we heard the news.

After May the 4th, we didn’t know what to do. It wasn’t until our good king Adrock put the PWR2MCA photo on the Beastie blog that we decided it would be OK to send the box after all.

You guys flipped my wig back. You have monster-sized hearts. The stuff you came up with was incredible. People volunteered at hospitals, homeless shelters, choir competitions, animal hospitals, schools, churches, women’s shelters and soup kitchens for PWR2MCA. I received photos of tribute artworks, sketches, paintings, jewellery, models, sculptures, and copies of remixes, video compilations, photo galleries and MORE! People registered as organ donors/gave up smoking/threw tribute parties/got tribute tattoos! Some offered tribute performances (singing/rapping/dancing, etc)……you name it! Plus, we made contributions to these amazing causes, all in the name of PWR2MCA:

1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
A Casa de Apoio à Criança com Câncer Santa Teresa
Adopt-A-Spot program
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer
American Cancer Society
Amnesty International
Annual Ottawa Race Weekend
ASPCA
Australian Cancer Council
Autism Society
Autism Speaks
Barnados
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Canadian Cancer Society
Cancer Research
Cancer Research Institute
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Society
Cat Sanctuary of Torre Argentina
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Child and Youth Services
Children With Cancer UK
Children's Wish Foundation
Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
Child's Play
Create Your Dreams
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Danish Cancer Society
DEBRA (organisation for people with a rare skin condition)
DKMS Bone Marrow Donor Center
Doctors Without Borders
Donors Choose (art supplies for kids in Brooklyn)
Drive Out Hunger
Dutch Cancer Research Fund (KWF)
Empty Bowls at Gateway High School
Equality Now
Food Pantry of St. Joseph Parish
FRESHCASSETTE
Gay Straight Alliance
Goodwill Donation Center
Greyhound Pets of America
Hopeful Hearts
Irish Cancer Society
Islamic Aid
Jimmy Fund
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson
Kids Company
La Liga Chilena Contra el Cáncer
LA Regional Food Bank
Les petits bouchons
London Buddhist Centre
Luminaria (Relay For Life)
March of Dimes
Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Research Center in NYC
Milarepa Fund
Mile High chapter of the Red Cross
Miracle League of Massachusetts
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
No More Stolen Sisters
Pablove Foundation
PETA
Power of Sport for Kids
Projeto Apae em Rede
Prop8films.org
Red Cross
Relay for Life (American Cancer Society)
Ride To Conquer Cancer - Head and Neck Cancer Fund
Ronald McDonald House
S.O.S Kinderdörfer
Santa Barbara Cancer Center Run
Save the Sensory Camp
Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston
Sussex Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Centre
Swedish IM (Individuell Människohjälp)
The Association of Assistance to the Disabled Child
The Leukaemia & Lymphoma Society
Tibet Fund
Tibet Initiative Deutschland
Tibetan Center of NYC
VH1 Save The Music
World Vision

………all because of Adam, Adam and Mike D.

In case you hadn’t heard, the box with all our messages, photos, music files (etc) was sent at the end of July and arrived safely in NYC just in time for Yauch’s birthday weekend. The peeps at Yauch’s film company (Oscilloscope Laboratories) were totally behind us and couldn’t have been more helpful or supportive. They personally ensured that the box was delivered to the beastly boys. We couldn’t have done it without them.

Since the delivery, we haven’t heard anything from Adam and Mike personally, but we didn’t except to. (In fact, it was decided well before we sent the box that we should include a letter, outlining the fact that we didn’t expect to receive a reply from them - that’s not why we were doing it, you know? We ain’t seeking a signed photo! ...... that would be weird.) We didn’t want anything from them. We only ever wanted to send “our love and respect to the end”. I hope you think we achieved that.

Anyway, a few days ago I was trying to figure out how to send you all something special to mark the end of this incredibly emotional year (my Xmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Saturnalia/Festivus present to y’all), so……check your emails!*

Happy New Year and THANKS AGAIN for everything you put into that box. “It’s called GRATITUDE…………”

I feel totally privileged to have been a part of this with you all.

I love you guys with all my heart. Go Yauchers!

xoxoSarah
PWR2MCA HQ
–sunny Sydney-town, Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un_8EdSyNpk

* if you never gave me your email, send me one, and I’ll hook you up!

pwr2mca@gmail.com

[Laver1969]

Beautiful! Thank you for all of your work. Much bigger than I ever imagined.

Peace.

[beasties#1fan]

Yeah, PWR2MCA changed my life.

[Tati Pryor]

:) (y)

[MsPacMan]

These were sent in by “TheIllOne” from Pennsylvania.

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Thankyou dude! PWR2BEASTIEFANS!

[MsPacMan]

A message from loyal PWR2MCAer Jon Sink (from FRESHCASSETTE):

Yo PWR2MCAers! In our continuing effort to keep the legacy of Yauch alive and his graciousness to all mankind (and womankind), we are still raising money to build a clean-water well in rural Africa. Our goal of raising $7000 is nearly complete...we just need about $600 more! To help push us to the finish line we have made up some sticker decals for our brand with 100% of proceeds going to our cause. They're cheap and an easy way for people who can't afford much to still be able to help...PLUS you get something in return. The ordering details are on our website at www.freshcassette.com (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freshcassette.com&h=aAQEYtrxZAQENJd1aJx5_aaS0MMgEUKrxW6bCpxBoNW9xAw&s=1). Prices are 1 for $2 or 3 for $5. If this goes well we'll even make some fresh PWR2MCA decals if there is enough interest! Holla if you have questions. Peace!

(y)

[YoungRemy]

Jon Sink at Freshcassette is making headlines all over the Internet for empowering his daughter to promote a lemonade stand to combat the hatred from the Westboro Church people.

I kept reading about her efforts along with Planting Peace, a non profit organization, all over Huffington Post.

yesterday, the story became the #1 most viewed on the website and I kept thinking to myself, "how am I familiar with this freshcassette movement?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/15/westboro-baptist-church-lemonade_n_3444490.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

and then I remembered that freshcassette was part of the PWR2MCA movement and I was not the least bit surprised.

shout out to Jon Sink for being an awesome dad and ambassador for goodwill and kindness.

Happy Father's Day Beastie Nation!

[MsPacMan]

Jon Sink at Freshcassette is making headlines all over the Internet for empowering his daughter to promote a lemonade stand to combat the hatred from the Westboro Church people.

I kept reading about her efforts along with Planting Peace, a non profit organization, all over Huffington Post.

yesterday, the story became the #1 most viewed on the website and I kept thinking to myself, "how am I familiar with this freshcassette movement?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/15/westboro-baptist-church-lemonade_n_3444490.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

and then I remembered that freshcassette was part of the PWR2MCA movement and I was not the least bit surprised.

shout out to Jon Sink for being an awesome dad and ambassador for goodwill and kindness.

Happy Father's Day Beastie Nation!

CAN'T FRONT ON THAT!

(y)

[WhoMoi?]

Jon Sink at Freshcassette is making headlines all over the Internet for empowering his daughter to promote a lemonade stand to combat the hatred from the Westboro Church people.

I kept reading about her efforts along with Planting Peace, a non profit organization, all over Huffington Post.

yesterday, the story became the #1 most viewed on the website and I kept thinking to myself, "how am I familiar with this freshcassette movement?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/15/westboro-baptist-church-lemonade_n_3444490.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

and then I remembered that freshcassette was part of the PWR2MCA movement and I was not the least bit surprised.

shout out to Jon Sink for being an awesome dad and ambassador for goodwill and kindness.

Happy Father's Day Beastie Nation!
(y)(y)(y)