MCA Tributes

[austinstories]

SNL Tribute http://gothamist.com/2012/05/06/vide...st.php#photo-8

[M|X|Y]

also gothamist (they always post beastie boys related stories)

http://gothamist.com/2012/05/04/beasties.php - includes that hillarious AndOne interview

http://gothamist.com/2012/05/05/vide...s_from_jay.php

http://gothamist.com/2012/05/04/beastie_boys_tour.php - nyc beastie's tour

http://gothamist.com/2012/05/05/worl...adam_mca_y.php

gawker

http://gawker.com/5907763/ mca's reponse to the new york times critique of the ch-check it out video

http://gawker.com/5907938/heres-the-...body-asked-for

[Sir SkratchaLot]

Keep em coming. It will be cool to have one thread to go to for all of the info instead of having it in various threads accross the board.

[M|X|Y]

agreed

http://boingboing.net/2012/05/05/ada...-the-beas.html

http://boingboing.net/2012/05/04/rem...l#previouspost

http://boingboing.net/2012/05/04/199...l#previouspost

http://boingboing.net/2012/05/04/rip...l#previouspost

[M|X|Y]

a LOT of comments here

http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/commen..._has_died_rip/

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comment..._beastie_boys/

http://www.reddit.com/r/trees/commen...other_rip_mca/


http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comment...this_shortbus/ - guy delivers pizzas on shortbus like this in honor of yauch



Huffington

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1477863.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tenzin...b_1480873.html - tenzin dorjee on yauch

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1478045.html - has a bit of the RNR hall of fame thing


thats it for what i've seen

[austinstories]

Twitter reaction http://www.spinner.com/2012/05/04/Ad...tter-reaction/

[b-grrrlie]

Can someone get a recording of the Jimmy Fallon show as it's not available in Europe?

[benchillin]

http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/76606...ews&id=1684534

By Rob Markman

Adam "MCA" Yauch leaves behind a throng of mourning fans, and those who knew the Beastie Boys member personally have continued to share their final messages. Yauch's pals Madonna and Mix Master Mike shared their goodbyes with MTV News. "The Beastie Boys were one of a kind! And so was Adam! They were all an important part of my musical history. And integral to the musical revolution that was happening at the time," mega-star Madonna said in statement obtained by MTV News after Yauch passed away on Friday (May 4) after a long battle with cancer. "I'm very sad to hear about Adam's passing. G*D bless him and his family."

Madge included the Beasties as an opening act on her 1985 The Virgin Tour. Madonna had already established herself as a formidable pop act with her first two LPs and the Beasties were just getting started. Their iconic debut album License To Ill wouldn't come until a year later.

Mix Master Mike didn't start out a Beastie, but his legacy before his work with the Boys is well documented. A world champion turntabilist, Mike got the call to work with the Beastie Boys on their 1998 Grammy Award winning album Hello Nasty and has been rocking with the trio ever since. He too was hit particularly hard after Yauch's death. "The music world has lost an Icon and i lost a brother. I give thanks to Adam Yauch for allowing me to be apart of the Beastie legacy. I am so honored to have graced the stage with my idols for 15 historic years," he said in a statement issued to MTV News. "Thank U for your friendship and thank you for picking me to be your DJ. forever I will hold you close to my heart. My Condolences go out to the Yauch family."

There were a number of tributes on Friday night. During Coldplay's concert at Hollywood Bowl last night, Chris Martin and company performed a slowed down, piano-laden rendition of of the Beastie Boys' anthemic "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)."

The Red Hot Chili Peppers also paid their respects during their show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Friday. "We're playing this show tonight for Adam Yauch," RHCP frontman Anthony Kiedis said to the crowd as reported by Rolling Stone.

Yauch didn't just inspire musicians, last night during their home baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks the entire New York Mets team paid tribute to the fallen Brooklynite by playing the Beastie's music as they each walked up to the plate.

[cj hood]

Originally Posted by austinstories

SNL Tribute http://gothamist.com/2012/05/06/vide...st.php#photo-8

they were hoping for mike & adrock to perform...really? 2 days after yauch's passing...wtf?

[Nomen Nescio]

Originally Posted by cj hood

they were hoping for mike & adrock to perform...really? 2 days after yauch's passing...wtf?

This. WTF

[Rodie]

Originally Posted by cj hood

they were hoping for mike & adrock to perform...really? 2 days after yauch's passing...wtf?

"Yeah guess what? That makes zero sense." - MCA

[b-grrrlie]

Thom Yorke

[b-grrrlie]

Swedish (very important, at least used to be) music journalist Andres Lokko Beastie Boys changed my life

Translation (with google-translate so it might read a bit funny):

http://www.svd.se/kultur/the-beastie...iv_7175017.svd
5 maj 2012 kl 14:13, updated: 6 maj 2012 kl 12:17
STOCKHOLM
A friend in high school gave me a C90 cassette with The Beastie Boys Licence to ill on one side and RUN DMCs Raising Hell on the other.

- This is something completely new and you will never listen to music the same way again, he said confidently.

It was 1986 and as a cocky teenager I didn’t take him seriously. But he was absolutely right. That tape changed in so many ways my whole life.

I know that music journalists have the ability to use just that the wording a little too often, sometimes without really thinking. But this tape set for the first time the door wide for hip hop. At least for me, and it seldom left my Walkman in the school hallway in Jacob's school.

This cassette also changed what I had called rap to hip hop. And as a rather lonely modernist, with a head full of arguments about pop music, and without anyone to really share them, I could not stop listening.

This was the future. So it seemed. Everything happened almost exactly the same time: The Style Council and Robert Elms made me discover modern contemporary soul, The Pet Shop Boys and David Toop did the same for house music and the Beastie Boys and Stuart Cosgrove was the portal to New York with its hip-hop and street fashion there was no turning back from where you've gone into it.



All the pilgrimages to the Beastie Boys store for clothing label X-Large at Lafayette in New York - and whence came the furious sampled flutes on Check your head? Forever so underrated album Paul's Boutique, their ingenious magazine Grand Royal, and world domination that followed.

Somewhere in the late 1990's, Beastie Boys and me lost the connection. We grew in different directions but respect for their original offense, I will never lose.

Adam Yauch, better known as MCA, the so-handsome graying third of The Beastie Boys, lost his three-year battle with cancer on Friday. He was 47 years old and thus was the same age as me when he first received his diagnosis.

As a new father in the same generation are affected perhaps harder than the injustice and sadness of such a kind-hearted champion of Tibet's freedom - and also the father of a young daughter - snatched away before their time.

When I just the other week was unpacking a cardboard box after moving I found a small box of old photos, saved postcards and letters from long ago. At the bottom of it there was a Rolex replica from X-Large.

The battery of course, had run out since several years, the hands had stopped at a quarter to seven. But this afternoon it is me who takes it to the first best watchrepairer and wear it like an armband in memory of Adam Yauch.

[MCA4ever]

Bad Brains pays tribute to Adam on new album.


http://m.aol.com/music/blog/noisecre...seCreep.com%29

[TreasureEverywh]

Tibetans in NY&NJ with a tribute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrlo...feature=relmfu

[MsPacMan]

Originally Posted by MCA4ever

Bad Brains pays tribute to Adam on new album.


http://m.aol.com/music/blog/noisecre...seCreep.com%29

This has been on constant-play in the car since it arrived in Sydney.

[benchillin]

Pelosi Statement on the Passing of Adam Yauch

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on the passing of Adam Yauch, 47, a founding member of the Beastie Boys and an advocate for the people of Tibet:



"As an artist, Adam Yauch changed the course of music; as a humanitarian, he changed lives. He was a creative genius who used his powerful platform and celebrity to address the cause of human rights for the people of Tibet. Adam Yauch was devotee of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and an agent of change.

http://dccc.org/blog/entry/10598/


"Adam Yauch's concerts raised awareness on campuses across the country; what a beautiful sight it was in 1996, when he drew 100,000 people to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for a concert to benefit the cause of freedom in Tibet. His knowledge of issues and his activism were deeply rooted in his values.



"I hope it is a comfort to the many who loved and admired Adam, especially his wife Dechen and his daughter Tenzin, that so many grieve their loss and are praying for them at this sad time."

[austinstories]

Graffiti artist Rath http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavylox/7146494691/

[stoffel79]

http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=1622

We've lost one of our greats. A true gentleman with the strongest resolve, humor, and energy to spin the world on its axis...and that is exactly what he did. Let's not forget he did it with panache and style and beats and in various costumes. Even while dressed as a Swiss mountain climber. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Beasties and to Adam's family and fans. Michael Stipe and REM

[YoungRemy]

my brother whipped this up on his ipad. it's a first draft.

http://soundcloud.com/eric-lange/i-d...tribute-to-mca

a bunch of fan made and radio station type stuff-it's all from the heart
http://soundcloud.com/search?q[/url][fulltext]=tribute+to+mca