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The Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch, recently returned from India, gives fans an update on his recovery from surgery to remove a tumor from his left parotid gland: “i’m feeling healthy, strong and hopeful that i’ve beaten this thing, but of course time will tell. i’m taking tibetan medicine and at the recommendation of the tibetan doctors i’ve been eating a vegan/organic diet, which surprisingly enough was harder to do in india than it is now that i’m back home. here i can just shop for the right food and cook… a lot easier than depending on restaurants.” Also, the band’s new album will, he hopes, come out in the first half of 2010. [Topspin] More »
Posts Tagged ‘Beastie Boys’
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Live-Blogging One Hour Of MTV Hits: Here’s What You’re Missing When You Say You Miss Videos
3:00 PM on Thu Aug 6 2009 by Maura
Come with me as I chronicle an entire hour of MTV Hits, MTV’s digltal-cable channel that deigns to show pop videos during non-early-morning daylight hours. Why? Well, why not, really. Come join me in the upper reaches of the Optimum band after the jump. More »
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MTV Panders To The “Remember When MTV Showed Music Videos” Crowd With Throwback Video Music Awards Category
1:30 PM on Tue Aug 4 2009 by Maura
Perhaps realizing that a good chunk of the people who still care about its brand wouldn’t know a 3OH!3 from a GaGa, MTV has added a new, retro-tastic category to this year’s Video Music Awards: Best Video That Should Have Won A Moonman, in which an overlooked clip from years gone by gets its space-statue due. (I do wonder if the presentation of said award will be shown on VH1, if only because it can then be blown out into an hour-long special about Loving The Videos That Lost At The Video Music Awards or somesuch.) There are 10 clips up for this honor, and they hail from eras as long-ago as MTV’s earliest days and as recent as the YouTube Age. My biases in this category are probably given away by the above screen grab, but you might think* differently! More »
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Jay-Z To Fill In For The Beastie Boys In New Jersey
10:45 AM on Thu Jul 23 2009 by Maura
After the Beastie Boys were forced to pull out of their upcoming tour because of Adam “MCA” Yauch being diagnosed with a tumor on his salivary gland, there was much speculation over who would replace the outfit at their two U.S. festival appearances in the coming weeks. More »
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Adam Yauch Diagnosed With A Tumor, Beastie Boys Go On Hiatus
12:30 PM on Mon Jul 20 2009 by Maura
The Beastie Boys have canceled upcoming tour dates and pushed back the release of their forthcoming album Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 because Adam “MCA” Yauch has a cancerous tumor on his left parotid gland, which is one of the body’s major salivary glands. Yauch will be undergoing surgery and treatment and the Beasties will be on hiatus while he recovers. (The tumor isn’t located in a place where it could affect his vocal chords.) He recorded a statement explaining how he found out about his illness and threw it up on YouTube; it’s after the jump. More »
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Which Classic Albums Most Deserve To Be Re-Imagined In A Live Setting?
6:00 PM on Fri Jun 5 2009 by Maura
Tomorrow I’ll be tripping down to Philadelphia to attend The Roots Picnic, an all-day affair masterminded by Jimmy Fallon’s sidemen (haha, jk guys) and featuring two sets by the band; TV On The Radio, Santigold, and Antibalas are also on the bill. But perhaps the most intriguing part of the day’s festivities will be the start-to-finish performance of Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back–yes, they’ve done it before, but this time, the musical duties will be handled by the Roots and Antibalas. This and the impending relaunch of Unplugged have made me wonder: What albums most deserve a live re-imagining, whether it’s the transformation of samples into band arrangements or the classic Unplugged treatment? I’ve actually been mulling over this question all day, and can’t think of anything off the top of my head–unless Freestyle’s Greatest Beats, Volume One counts. (It should!) After the jump, a few musical experts offer their suggestions. Please feel free to expand further, and if you’re going to the picnic, come say hello! More »
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“30 Rock” Brings Together A Few Voices That Care
9:15 AM on Fri May 15 2009 by Maura
Last night’s 30 Rock season finale closed out with a grand parody of one of those celebrity-studded benefit songs, a la “We’re Sending Our Love Down This Well” and “What’s Going On ‘01.” “Kidney Now!” saw Cyndi Lauper, Michael McDonald, Mary J. Blige, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, and a slew of other well/sorta-well-known musicians warbling in honor of Jack Donaghy’s dad (played by Alan Alda)’s nephorotic needs. There’s even a splashy mini-site with a karaoke version of the track to go along with it–although Clay Aiken fans are probably going to get a bit riled up, given that its list of participating celebrities somehow managed to exclude their hero, perhaps because of his alleged relation to Kenneth the Page. (Take heart, Claymates: Mike D got left off the list as well, and he doesn’t even have your insane completely devoted fanbase!) Clip after the jump. More »
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Austin City Limits To Party Like It’s 1997
9:30 AM on Tue Apr 28 2009 by Maura
Pearl Jam, the Dave Matthews Band, the Beastie Boys, and Kings of Leon are at the head of the 130ish-artist lineup for the Austin City Limits Festival, which takes place in the Texas capital’s Zilker Park from Oct. 2 to Oct. 4. Tickets are $185; the genre-spanning bill also includes Lily Allen, the Supersuckers, Daniel Johnston, a bunch of blog bands, and the Jack White/Allison Mossheart superishgroup The Dead Weather. And the Toadies! Full lineup after the jump. More »
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Pearl Jam To Take It Outside
11:00 AM on Mon Apr 13 2009 by Maura
Since they’ve been a hot topic around here lately, you might like to know that Pearl Jam has been tabbed as one of the headliners of the Outside Lands Festival, a three-day festival taking place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park in late August. The lineup is, to say the least, eclectic: Tom Jones, the Black Eyed Peas, Raphael Saadiq, the Dead Weather, Incubus, M.I.A. and the Dave Matthews Band are also on the bill. Something for everybody, I guess. Full lineup after the jump!
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The Beastie Boys Would Like You To Ch-Check Out This Year’s All Points West Festival
9:15 AM on Mon Mar 30 2009 by Maura
Tool, the Beastie Boys, and Coldplay will headline this year’s installment of the All Points West Festival—Goldenvoice’s attempt to bring the open-air vibe of Coachella to the East Coast, only with more public-transit-related headaches and people whining about beer limits—which will take place in New Jersey the weekend of July 31. Also on the bill: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Heartless Bastards, Lykke Li, and Neko Case. And comedians! Full lineup after the jump.
