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Re: MCA Tributes

Guy Garvey from one of my favourite bands Elbow tweeted this today

My old friend Irshad wrote this touching piece about MCA http://j.mp/JX0blx

https://twitter.com/#!/Guy_Garvey

Re: MCA Tributes

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Originally Posted by Kayleigh2012 (Post 1787798)

Guy Garvey from one of my favourite bands Elbow tweeted this today
My old friend Irshad wrote this touching piece about MCA http://j.mp/JX0blx https://twitter.com/#!/Guy_Garvey

now that is a tear jerker

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1 week ago
adam yauch dies
> The Beastie Boys 1992 album Check Your Head soundtracked the period in my life when my closest freindships were formed. My freind Bob brought the tape into our smoky college common room one hazy afternoon and from the minimal black and white cover alone, I knew this was something new and different.
At that time we were all too skint to be part of the dominant youth culture of the time - namely popping esctasy and going to techno raves. And even if we did have fifteen pound for a pill and the rest of the money needed to get to raves, none of us would have been into it. So when I opened up the multilayered inner sleeve of CHECK YOUR HEAD and soaked in the DIY mish mash of collages of what looked like a bunch of mates who spent loads of time just hanging out, I saw a mirror of what we were doing at the time (minus making groundbreaking music)
> > And the music was like nothing that wed heard before. Theyd had another album out calls PAULS BOUTIQUE that some really cool kids talked about, but this was the first time most of us had such an incredibly groovy mix of rap, rock, comedy and meditation on two sides of tape. Each song was at once simple and dense with layers that even now, twenty years later something new will pop out. The album opens with a shuffling hip hop beat looping in over what I later found out was a jimi hendrix sample. “People how you doin there’s a new day dawning” begins the rap of the now deceased member Adam Yauch, prophetic words indeed “Call the earth mother its a brand new morning” he goes on. And it was a new day…
On one level The Beastie Boys had harnessed a spirit of independence and expressed it creatively in a way that inspired many of the people in that common room. Some of us went on, like myself to become directors, others became writers, and notably some of us who discovered that album became the band Elbow. Because it is a work of art so inherently born of a long term freindships, CHECK YOUR HEAD was the validation we needed that what were doing at the time - mainly spending hours each day hanging out with each other - was worthwhile and productive.
> > I remember summer days spent in that common room with that album on repeat, and in the evenings hanging out in car parks, CHECK YOUR HEAD was the album that got the party started, the album we headbanged to, the album we breakdanced to, the album we watched the sun come up to and the album we set the world right to.
As well as effortlessly blending genres, we could actually afford to wear what they wore. Puma States trainers at the time were being sold on the sale rack at TIMPSON in Bury for 7.99. A year later they were 39.99 at JD Sports. The Beastie Boys helped us understand what we believed in and showed us how we could express our beliefs and succeed. For the kids of my generation, the passing of Adam Yauch is a sad day. > > Irshad Ashraf is a documentary director. www.irshad.tv > > > > > > IRSHAD ASHRAF > > www.irshad.tv

Re: MCA Tributes

Adam was a true American saint.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tenzin...b_1480873.html

First negative comment I have seen was on this article. Attacking Adam and the boys for their early day lyrics. Whatever. Still a great piece about his activism.

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This is adorable. Kids are awesome.

http://vimeo.com/42106181

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here's something that wasn't made for Yauch specifically but nonetheless, was made by my good friend and yours truly, ferrisbueller2000, some time ago.

it only has about 200 views so obviously people haven't seen it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvia_u9mQ3s

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Originally Posted by carvelcake (Post 1787892)

This is adorable. Kids are awesome.

http://vimeo.com/42106181

this is really awesome!

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Forgot to mention how much I love the whole Rest In Power!

http://beastieboysgallery.com/displa... isplay_media

Oh yeah and Kathleen Hanna posted this on her blog. :/

http://www.kathleenhanna.com/heart-o...ews-at-eleven/

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Just popped up in Brighton England (I believe)...

http://revok1.com/blog/2012/05/aroe-for-mcar-i-p/

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Originally Posted by tpk (Post 1787896)

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ow. Loved it! I did like this, I did it like that...... was the best part.

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Yelawolf had 1 minute of silence for MCA at his concert in Manchester, England yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VKS9e5uy88

He also did a couple of Beastie covers at a concert recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSY1eEPngPQ

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Hope it hadn't been posted before...
20 Great Adam Yauch moments:
http://stereogum.com/1023231/20-grea...es/listomania/

#16... how drunk !!!

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Originally Posted by adzud (Post 1788242)

Hope it hadn't been posted before...
20 Great Adam Yauch moments:
http://stereogum.com/1023231/20-grea...es/listomania/

#16... how drunk !!!

nice find

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Still not brave enough to listen to any music/video but the articles I can do. I was so out of it on the 4th so a lot of this I missed. Thanks for the latest links!

Oh I love this one that Glen E Friedman just posted on twitter! check it!

http://twitter.com/#!/glenefriedman/.../photo/1/large

Re: MCA Tributes

Who lives in NYC?

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there's another good rip MCA mural next to abraco coffee, 7th st between 1st and 2nd.

Re: MCA Tributes

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Originally Posted by JoLovesMCA (Post 1788260)

thank you! I will photograph this one tomorrow and looking for that one on Sunset.

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Originally Posted by Space (Post 1788270)

Who lives in NYC?

I think that's this one.
http://guestofaguest.com/new-york/ar...n-east-village

the other one is on East 1st between 1st and 2nd Ave. I'll be hitting those up soon as well. please share anymore you know of

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Originally Posted by Space (Post 1788268)

https://farm9.static.flickr.com/8024...7c432f27d3.jpg

from beastiemixes

That's fucking cool as shit. I downloaded it and I will figure out a way to put it on a t-shirt.

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Originally Posted by BeastieRunner (Post 1788315)

The Line Is Drawn MCA Tribute at CBR.

My fav:

The Fantastic Four in Sabotage.

Runner Up:

Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America in So What'Cha Want.

Cool was about to post this myself. I really like the one set in FFYR with Cyclops and Wolvie, but it annoys me that Wolverine is drawn as so much bigger than MCA. Wolverine is only 5'2. The artist nails the character of both Logan and Yauch, so good on him for that.

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Originally Posted by tpk (Post 1787896)

That was great. Do Your Funky Thing.

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Tom Morello remembers Yauch: http://youtu.be/X15tOQPSiYs (starts around 7:15).

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I'm not a celebrity, but I wrote something rather lengthy in tribute on the tumblr for another band I'm a fan of:

http://mrjinx87.tumblr.com/post/2333...-different-for

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Originally Posted by SwimFinFan (Post 1788619)

Tom Morello remembers Yauch: http://youtu.be/X15tOQPSiYs (starts around 7:15).

Tom Morello seemed like he got choked up somewhat. :(

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I miss you Adam sooooooo much. :(

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Originally Posted by adzud (Post 1788242)

Hope it hadn't been posted before...
20 Great Adam Yauch moments:
http://stereogum.com/1023231/20-grea...es/listomania/

#16... how drunk !!!

Great! Thanks :)