MCA Tributes

[paul jones]

Huey Morgan played a lot in tribute the other night

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hbg3b

[Freebasser]

Originally Posted by paul jones

Huey Morgan played a lot in tribute the other night

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hbg3b

Listening to this now - thanks, Paul!

Always love listening to Huey's shows - it's so obvious that he loves his music. His tastes really shine through unlike most of the DJs on BBC radio.

It's also quite obvious how downbeat he is when he's talking about Yauch's passing at the start but once the BBoys music starts playing he cheers up and becomes his usual chirpy self - who wouldn't?

[SwimFinFan]

Chuck D

[cj hood]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/ny...auch.html?_r=1

[M|X|Y]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2...h?ps=mh_frhdl1

memories from bboys video collaborators

[austinstories]

LL http://rapdose.com/2012/05/06/ll-coo...passing-of-mca

[Tommy_Swade]

Larry Mizell Jr's hip hop show on KEXP here in Seattle just started and so far all Beasties.

http://www.kexp.org/

Send in some requests and maybe he'll keep it going for the entire 3 hours tonight.

[Matchstikk]

Originally Posted by austinstories

LL http://rapdose.com/2012/05/06/ll-coo...passing-of-mca

Man. LL seemed really upset. Such nice words. Man.

[benchillin]

triple j's tribute to the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

In the tribute below, hosted by Lachie Macara and Sarah Howells, you'll be able to hear a bunch of that material alongside interviews with Suffa from the Hilltop Hoods and Chuck D from Public Enemy who are currently on their 80th tour for Groovin The Moo. Their first was supporting the Beastie Boys in 1987.

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3496959.htm

[NameIsDave]

Beast In Peace MCA.

A friend of mine did a simple Tribute to MCA before his own one man show last Friday. I took this photo and thought it sort of represents all of the anonymous DJs, MCs & Bar Bands who rock parties, murder dance floors and make our Wedding Receptions bearable who on that same night were all probably dedicating their sets to Adam.
http://imgur.com/xj3Yr

This is my small tribute.

[MrSmiley1]

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/07/152182...-yauch?ft=1&f=

They have a pretty cool pic of the poster that was placed at the address of Oscilloscope Productions.

The Nation: The Gritty Legacy Of Adam Yauch

by Dave Zirin

May 7, 2012

Dave Zirin is the sports editor for The Nation magazine.

"Born and bred Brooklyn U.S.A. They call me Adam Yauch but I'm M.C.A."

In the '60s they said, "don't trust anyone over 30." When it comes to remembering Adam "MCA" Yauch, who died on May 4, I don't trust anyone under 30. Adam Yauch and the Beastie Boys stood for more than just hip hop and their personal "sounds of science." They repped the soul of a city that no longer exists.

The Beasties were global ambassadors from a lost New York City since smothered under the weight of police violence and gentrification. It was a city that churned out hip hop and basketball legends with arrogant ease. It was a city where the question "what do you do" was less about your job than what you did after work. It was a city where the clubs you could get into were less important than the neighborhoods you could get into — and out of. It was a city where if you could see over the counter, you were getting served. It was a city where a scuffle on 42nd and Broadway might spark and you would not even blink.

It was a city that's remembered as being "divided," and those divisions were real. Few realized it at the time that these divisions comprised two competing visions of the city's future, particularly who would live, work, and die in it's borders. Those of us on our side of the barricades might not have gotten the seismic shifts about to take place, but we were never less alienated, never closer. We ran from the police, drank and smoked on corners, and slept on each other's floors in rent-controlled apartments. (Younger readers can use Google to learn what "rent control" means.)

We stood together because the city was breaking apart and we were clutching each other on the same piece of floating earth. There were the names we all knew: Michael Stewart, Eleanor Bumpers, Yusef Hawkins. Places like Howard Beach. Bensonhurst and Crown Heights weren't neighborhoods. They were crime scenes.

This was my New York. I was the 12-year-old Jewish kid on the Upper West Side who played basketball, listened to Kurtis Blow, UTFO and Whodini and was called a "rap nerd" in my overwhelmingly white school. My teachers told my parents that my music, my awkward anger, my awful grades, were just a phase. For me, the Beasties were like a sonic liberation army playing the Battle Hymn of the Misfits.

From the first time I saw them, in the 1985 movie Krush Groove, it was clear: They were Brooklyn, but they were Jewish. They were outsiders, but they were down. If you got the Beastie Boys, it meant you could get underground hip hop, get anti-racism as more than a pose and, f- -k it, get some damn friends. They taught us that you could fit in just by being true to yourself.

As DMC, of the great RUN DMC said of the Beasties, "The thing that worked with us was it was the same feeling but different expression. Their sneakers could be dirty and muddy and they could've had them since fifth grade, and our sneakers had to be clean, but we both rocked the music, the presentation.... You know what was good about them? It wasn't an act. It wasn't white rappers trying to be black — they were themselves, and we respected that. Real recognized real."

MCA, Mike D, and Ad Rock, were my gateway to Public Enemy, Rakim, BDP and — of course — more Beastie Boys. Paul's Boutique. Check Your Head. Ill Communication. Root Down. Hello Nasty. Always innovative, but never disconnected from their roots, even as the old neighborhoods were bring uprooted.

Over time, from adolescence to adulthood, the Beasties showed that being true to your music and politics didn't have to be a phase but could be a way of life. For me, it was never about keeping up with them politically the way I did musically. It was just noticing out of my eye's corner that we were on the same s- -t. They were against war whether launched by Clinton, Bush or Obama. They were anti-racist as a way of life. As the Beasties grew up, they recognized and publicly renounced the homophobia or sexism in their early music. Yauch rhymed famously, "I want to say a little something that's long overdue/ The disrespect to women has got to be through/ To all the mothers and sisters and the wives and friends/ I want to offer my love and respect to the end."

Over one weekend in 1998, I was protesting Clinton's bombing of the Sudan and Afghanistan. That Sunday night, there was MCA at the MTV Video Music Awards going out of his way to denounce the attacks from the stage. He spoke about anti-Arab racism in the United States and, in frighteningly prescient fashion, the dangers of what such indiscriminate bombing could eventually bring back to the States.

They stayed true to themselves but even more importantly they stayed true to ideals forged by a forgotten city. Now that New York of the 1980s is as gone as a thirty-five-cent subway ride. Manhattan is an off-shore boutique and Brooklyn is where everyone wants to be and no one can afford to move. If there was any kind of conflict in today's Times Square, it's easier to imagine Navy Seals rappelling down to break it up than any kind of scuffle. Our last hoops all-star was Ron Artest. 98.7 Kiss FM with DJ Red Alert is now as of last week, ESPN radio. The Yankees and Mets play in publicly funded palaces while the city's public schools and social services rot from neglect.

This past year, however we saw some daylight in the darkness: the Occupy Wall Street movement represented the city's first visible fight against the generational urban priorities of Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg. And there, marching with us, in between cancer treatments, was Adam "MCA" Yauch.

MCA leaves us something more valuable than memories. He leaves a compass we need to move forward. It's a compass that points to how you can grow up but still stay real. It's a compass that directs us to fight for the future of the Five Boroughs and not just revel in the past, because the old enchanted city is never coming back. It's a compass that speaks to the best parts of ourselves: to stand up, to be heard and to always never forget that there is no sleep 'till Brooklyn.

[cj hood]

Ricky's tribute...at the end of clip. Wish they were still down!

http://massappeal.com/2012/05/ricky-...tw-mca-salute/

[WesleyOHSnaps!]

The Daily Show shared a moment during the moment of zen last night.

[benchillin]

real nice


http://soundcloud.com/nepaul/mca-tribute

[redandwhiterob]

Anyone know when the Zane Lowe Radio 1 tribute will be available on I-player and also how long was the tribute on for?

Found it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h5kqk

Starts around 60 minutes and lasts 1 hour

[heavylox]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavylox/7146494691/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7...afa4191992.jpg

guess you cant post images. Rest easy MCA

[K-ren]

About a month ago, I told my husband that I wanted a new tattoo. He asked of what? and I said idk--I'll just have to wait for the inspiration. I never thought this sadness would be the inspiration I sought. I have a few ideas rattling around, but it would mean a lot to hear your (you amazing fans) ideas of a great Adam tat. Please and thank you.

[The Ron]

Originally Posted by K-ren

About a month ago, I told my husband that I wanted a new tattoo. He asked of what? and I said idk--I'll just have to wait for the inspiration. I never thought this sadness would be the inspiration I sought. I have a few ideas rattling around, but it would mean a lot to hear your (you amazing fans) ideas of a great Adam tat. Please and thank you.

Sorry, I don't really have any ideas for you. I just wanted to add my two cents because I've been contemplating a Beasties tat forever and I haven't pulled the strings due to money and not knowing exactly what I want. Now I've been thinking even harder about it..these last few days have definitely turned that on...

[Matchstikk]

Originally Posted by K-ren

About a month ago, I told my husband that I wanted a new tattoo. He asked of what? and I said idk--I'll just have to wait for the inspiration. I never thought this sadness would be the inspiration I sought. I have a few ideas rattling around, but it would mean a lot to hear your (you amazing fans) ideas of a great Adam tat. Please and thank you.

I am on the same page as you. I've never had a tattoo and I've wanted one for years. Up til now the best idea I had was a 45/7" spindle. But F that. It's got to be Beasties. Should we start a new thread?

[silence7]

http://www.duckduckgo.com
Alternative search engine..


Check their logo..

[YoungRemy]

I absolutely love Cey's response



@ceyadams

"Adam Yauch was my brother and a truly gifted music man who fought for the rights of others. Rise MCA..."


I thought of Yauch looking at the supermoon Saturday Night

RISE ADAM

[sab0tage]

Originally Posted by silence7

http://www.duckduckgo.com
Alternative search engine..


Check their logo..

[M|X|Y]

http://gothamist.com/2012/05/07/beas...oat_in_eas.php "beastie boys perform on a boat"

[cinderelochka]

Brooklynites: Thursday night (10th)... Brooklyn Bowl is hosting a Beastie Bowl tribute night. They are showing on huge screens with sound and having an A/V special performance, all in tribute to MCA. Doors at 6pm... Give me a shout if youre coming, a couple of us are- and are hoping its not hipster overrun. Should be alright, looking forward...

http://www.brooklynbowl.com/event/120949/

ALSO, Hip Hop Karaoke of NYC is doing a live special BB setlist this Friday, 11th at BB Kings Blues Club in Times Square, tix are only 5 bucks, and Im heading to that as well, any are welcome to meet up beforehand...

These are the "unofficial/official" tributes I know of in NYC now.

[austinstories]

MCA R.I.P.' Dedication-piece on Dutch train

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/jays...241/sizes/full

[M|X|Y]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18017349 Beastie Boys return to the top 20 following the death of MCA Adam Yauch

[DirkFletcher]

Here is a link to a blog post I put up including a picture I made as the photographer at the Museum of Science and Industry of the 'Beastie Boots'

http://dirkfletcher.blogspot.com/201...yauch-rip.html

Such a loss!

Dirk

[CatchaGroove]

Corrected High School story from the NY Times - Tony Alva...

http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/20...rs-adam-yauch/

May 10, 2012, 1:26 p.m.

By SchoolBook


Adam Yauch, a founding member of the Beastie Boys who died of cancer last week, attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn. One of his teachers, Judith Berezin List, remembers having him in her class as a gangly freshman in 1979. She wrote this piece for the Murrow Network, the student newspaper. It has been lightly edited.

By Judith Berezin List
The Network
Edward R. Murrow High School

Some of you might remember me. I taught Communication Arts (English) at Murrow High School from 1978 until 2007, becoming the department assistant principal in 2004. I left my beloved Murrow to become the English department chair at Brentwood High School, in Suffolk County. I would like to share my reminiscences of “MCA,” Adam Yauch, my former student at Murrow.

Edward R. Murrow High School yearbook

Driving home from work last Friday, I listened to the news on 1010 WINS and I was deeply saddened to learn of the untimely death of Adam Yauch. I had often spoken about Adam to my son, Joe, now 21 years old and a college student.

Joe, a longtime Beastie Boys fan, had previously told me that Adam had been battling cancer. So, through my tears, I called Joe, not only to tell him the sad news, but to ask him to help me understand my great sadness. After all, I had not seen Adam in about 30 years, but my grief was almost overwhelming.

Adam was my student in Writer’s Workshop. I can still remember where he sat, near the window in the front of the class in 210A. He was thin and so his jeans and sweaters always seemed big on him. That year Adam seemed to grow much taller, and his face became more masculine and less of a boy’s face. He was quiet and unassuming, but always a presence in the class.

Was he an angel and an ideal student? No. But then, I never did favor those angelic types!

I’ll tell you what he was: Adam Yauch was a regular kid, who sometimes needed to be pushed to do his homework — but not always — and sometimes came late — but not often — and who ultimately worked and learned some stuff about reading and writing in my class.

He liked his fellow students, he enjoyed a good laugh, and he had depth and humanity, even then.

When we discussed biographies for book reports, Adam read and wrote about Tony Alva, the superstar skateboarder. Thirty years later I still remember it for its unbridled admiration of Alva’s talents.

It never surprised me that Adam himself became a man of prodigious talent and who was concerned with people and philanthropy.

Often Adam and I would ride the subway together, as we lived on the same Brooklyn street. On those rides home from school, he spoke about his band and the gigs they were starting to get.

One day he excitedly told me that his band would soon be getting a record contract. I really liked this kid, and so I cautioned him about not being too disappointed if it didn’t work out, and that he sure had plenty of time to find success.

Oh boy, was I wrong! Adam and the Beastie Boys became, well … you know how great and influential they were.

On the day that Adam died, I explained to my son that my memories of “MCA” were not just of the performer who helped revolutionize late-20th-century music and poetry, the public figure who memorialized E.R. Murrow High School and the Avenue M station in his hip-hop love letters to New York City; no, I still see Adam’s sweet face in the classroom, at the age of 16 or so, writing from the heart whenever possible.

As Joe said, maybe my sadness should be mixed with pride for perhaps influencing this man a tiny bit. Maybe it is good to remember the hopeful teenage Adam Yauch and recognize the cleareyed goodness and humanism he possessed, evident still in all the later publicity photos.

To Adam’s parents, wife, child and family and friends, I am so sorry for your great loss.

To all his Murrow family, let’s remember him and honor him for his creative and optimistic spirit, for the good he brought to the world, and for his passionate commitment to life and the arts.

And to teachers all over, I share my stories of the late Adam Yauch to remind you that we can never know which of our students will bring about the next revolution or create the next new idea and inspire a generation; therefore we must passionately believe that every student will surely be the next one to move us all forward and bring us that unwavering message of hope.

Thank you, Adam.

Editor’s note: A previous version of this post misidentified the skateboarder that Mr. Yauch wrote about. It was Tony Alva, not Tony Hawk.

[gumkojima]

from Atlanta's Freakstep Records:

http://www.thefreakbeat.com/post/227...t-320-download

[Angela63]

MCA Tribute cover of the Source July issue


http://kakaka.tv/2012/06/exclusive-b...-source-cover/