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06-07-2012, 07:43 AM
As per the tattoo thread (http://bbs.beastieboys.com/showthread.php?t=97988) I've been toying with the idea of something permanent with 'A Year and a Day' written around it. Originally it was a design based on the HSC heads, but it didn't seem fitting.
And then it hit me: A Year and a Day. It was all within those words the whole time. It being the jet-pilot mic rig that Yauch used to record the song.
Regardless of whether or not the legend is true (I think Yauch denied it, could be wrong), that tale about the jet-pilot's helmet rigged up with a mic adds a fitting layer of crazy to an already epic piece of music. And it sort of reflects a real nice moment of lunacy which I could imagine the man himself to have committed, even if he didn't actually do it.
Something about it seems apt, from my perspective.
So, I was wondering if anybody with artistic chops had contemplated a portrait of a PB era Yauch with a crazy jet-pilot helmet mic contraption on his head? Probably not, but I certainly don't have it in me, and I'm not keen on leaving it up to the artist at the parlour.
Obviously certain liberties would have to be taken, since we don't know how the mic was rigged up, but the thought just sparked and I figured I'd post it before it went.
I understand if it's a wack idea. And if people are cringing about me entertaining the thought of a Beastie Boys tattoo, that's cool. At the very least, if we get an imagining of this piece of lore and I change my mind about the ink, I'd certainly pay for a print.
I think it would be cool, and wish I could make it happen.
Cheers.
And then it hit me: A Year and a Day. It was all within those words the whole time. It being the jet-pilot mic rig that Yauch used to record the song.
Regardless of whether or not the legend is true (I think Yauch denied it, could be wrong), that tale about the jet-pilot's helmet rigged up with a mic adds a fitting layer of crazy to an already epic piece of music. And it sort of reflects a real nice moment of lunacy which I could imagine the man himself to have committed, even if he didn't actually do it.
Something about it seems apt, from my perspective.
So, I was wondering if anybody with artistic chops had contemplated a portrait of a PB era Yauch with a crazy jet-pilot helmet mic contraption on his head? Probably not, but I certainly don't have it in me, and I'm not keen on leaving it up to the artist at the parlour.
Obviously certain liberties would have to be taken, since we don't know how the mic was rigged up, but the thought just sparked and I figured I'd post it before it went.
I understand if it's a wack idea. And if people are cringing about me entertaining the thought of a Beastie Boys tattoo, that's cool. At the very least, if we get an imagining of this piece of lore and I change my mind about the ink, I'd certainly pay for a print.
I think it would be cool, and wish I could make it happen.
Cheers.