Amazon's description of the new book

[Extra Cheese]

I wonder how long sacha jenkins was involved for, probably not much at all. From the time the book was announced to now he's been a pretty busy man. It's too bad. I was really excited about this book when I heard he was going to be involved.

contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more

I guess that sounds somewhat interesting in way.

[dave790]

Yes agreed - I've read that booklet so many times, if I ever hear a song off the Anthology I can practically relay every single word! While they were very entertaining interviewees, they rarely spoke that seriously about the process of creating songs (in my experience), so I found the booklet to be very revelatory.

Originally Posted by Extra Cheese

I wonder how long sacha jenkins was involved for, probably not much at all. From the time the book was announced to now he's been a pretty busy man. It's too bad. I was really excited about this book when I heard he was going to be involved.



I guess that sounds somewhat interesting in way.

I thought Sacha Jenkins was editing the book? At least the description doesn't say he's NOT editing it, but you'd think it would mention it if that was the case.

[brooklyndust]

Originally Posted by dave790

they rarely spoke that seriously about the process of creating songs (in my experience), so I found the booklet to be very revelatory.

I thought they brought in good insight on how songs evolved and were created. Unless you were looking for more technical aspects.

It seemed a lot of it was jamming and fucking around (like for Sabotage) and then polishing it up later.

Or really digging a groove like Jimmy Smith's Root Down, making a beat and then putting the lyrics on top of it later.

[dave790]

Originally Posted by brooklyndust

I thought they brought in good insight on how songs evolved and were created. Unless you were looking for more technical aspects.

It seemed a lot of it was jamming and fucking around (like for Sabotage) and then polishing it up later.

Or really digging a groove like Jimmy Smith's Root Down, making a beat and then putting the lyrics on top of it later.

Yes I agree with all of that. Sorry, I meant that they rarely spoke about the creative process in interviews etc before the anthology booklet. So actually reading that shit was amazing for me.

[Brother McDuff]

Would be a nice surprise to see ample participation from Mario. I'm sure he can offer up all types of juicy studio anecdotes and technical nerdery, among other valuable, general input.

[dave790]

Agreed. Always the most viable candidate for 'fourth' Beastie Boy in my mind, although naturally MMM earned his stripes on the live circuit.

[YoungRemy]

To be released 10-30-2018, no title yet.

[Brother McDuff]

Originally Posted by dave790

Agreed. Always the most viable candidate for 'fourth' Beastie Boy in my mind

I've always been a little curious why Mario was so definitively shrugged off by the boys post HN. Never seem to hear any props or even an acknowledgement of him since. Kinda strange given how involved he was over such a lengthy, vital stretch of their output.

I feel like I read on the boards at one point that there was a falling out between him and MCA over a gal, but it sounded more like chatty gossip, especially considering Yauch had already tied the knot by this time, so I never really subscribed to that explanation much.

[cj hood]

Originally Posted by Extra Cheese

I wonder how long sacha jenkins was involved for, probably not much at all. From the time the book was announced to now he's been a pretty busy man. It's too bad. I was really excited about this book when I heard he was going to be involved.



I guess that sounds somewhat interesting in way.

He backed out cuz they were taking too long....