Tag: Beastie Boy
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Bern It Up
Killer Mike met up with Bernie Sanders a few days ago, compared him to the Beastie Boys (politically at least). I wonder if this video might be why! Much cooler than Palin supporting Trump, which brings new levels of crazy to the campaign… Also watch Killer Mike tear it up at an Atlanta, GA rally…hope,…
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Girls vs Boys: Fair use and advertising
I really liked the Goldieblox advert when I saw it, the attitude, the aim of getting more girls into STEM. I didn’t even think about the backing music much apart from thinking it was a slightly odd but subversive choice as a fun parody of Beastie Boys very misogynistic and not-at-all kid-friendly ‘Girls’. It seems…
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Cease and Desist Mark 2: Beastles gets pulled by the blue meanies
Years ago, on a different host and a different URL I got a Cease and Desist from EMI via the MCPS-PRS for a mashup I did…interestingly I haven’t been hassled since then, til now. I’m mirroring the Beastles ‘Ill Submarine’ and it seems the RIAA & Universal is leading an attack on it, despite the…
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More bad news – RIP Lloyd Brevett & MCA
(Skatalites – Nimrod which has been completely scrubbed off YouTube. Odd.) Hmm after Nitro Deluxe the bad news keeps on coming, it always comes in threes…one you probably don’t know and the other you do. Of course everyone’s talking about the death of Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys – I’m sure as…