Beastie Boys – The Adios Lounge: Recent Episodes
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In doing early research for my next Nicky Hopkins post, I landed on the Jefferson Airplane’s 1969 album, Volunteers, because Hopkins plays on five tracks. Unfortunately, his prodigious talents couldn’t pull the record out of a nose dive. I get that the group has many adherents who appreciate their wild, shirtless sensibility, but I don’t […]
“Good times gone, but you feed it Hate’s grown strong, you feel you need it Just one thing, do you know you? What you think, that the world owes you? What’s gonna set you free? Look inside and you’ll see When you’ve got so much to say it’s called gratitude And that’s right” –Beastie Boys, […]Related Posts* And So Castles Made of Sand ... July 21, 2015 * ... Melts Into the Sea, Eventually August 18, 2015 * Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill September 29, 2018 * Existing ... Nothing But Existing July 26, 2015 * Every Day of the Week, I Get Down May 17, 2015
A couple of weeks ago, my interview with Michael Limnios of Blues.Gr was posted to his website of the same name. Blues.Gr is “the online community of people that got the blues in Greece” and it blows me away that there is such a thing. 100 years ago, if for some inexplicable reason you […]Related Posts* DexaVision: Caption & Down Low June 14, 2009 * I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) August 19, 2014 * Black Voices and Honky Tonks May 8, 2008 * Wigginstock: This Is American Music October 28, 2010 * Adios Lounge Podcast with Bob Forrest, Part 1 October 19, 2015
In my previous entry, Riddle Me This, My Brother: Deconstructing “Shadrach,” I revisited Paul’s Boutique, and for the millionth time marveled at the Beastie Boys and Dust Brothers, who then included Matt Dike. However, Paul’s was a seven-man operation and like a dumbass, I overlooked producer, engineer, mixer, soundman, multi-instrumentalist, electronics whiz, security guard […]Related Posts* mario caldato September 28, 2012 * Deconstructing "Johnny Ryall" April 29, 2010 * paul's boutique studio army October 29, 2012 * Riddle Me This, My Brother: Deconstructing "Shadrach" June 13, 2012 * Thankful N' Thoughtful November 25, 2016
“Shadrach” was the Beastie Boys‘ third single from Paul’s Boutique (said single pictured above), but it’s best known as an album cut. In his excellent 33 1/3 treatise on Paul’s, Dan LeRoy calls “Shadrach” the album’s most important track (p. 97), and its importance is inherently bound up in the importance of the Shadrach, Meshach, […]Related Posts* RIP Adam Yauch May 5, 2012 * That's a Record 'Cause of Mario June 26, 2012 * Thankful N' Thoughtful November 25, 2016 * paul's boutique studio army October 29, 2012 * Deconstructing "Johnny Ryall" April 29, 2010
In the wake of Levon Helm‘s death, not to mention the suicide of Junior Seau, who was 6 months my senior and a fellow southern California boy, Adam Yauch‘s sudden death at 47 hit me way harder than I could’ve possibly imagined. MCA was always the coolest Beastie (“cool as a cucumber in a […]Related Posts* Adam Yauch with daughter Lossel October 1, 2012 * United States-Tibet-Music August 20, 2013 * RIP Levon Helm April 21, 2012 * Levon Helm: Only Halfway Home April 30, 2008 * Thankful N' Thoughtful November 25, 2016
I think most sentient beings can agree that Paul’s Boutique is one of the greatest albums of the last 20-30 years. Catch me on the right day and I might say it’s the greatest album ever. Released in 1989, Paul’s was the by-product of 7 men: The Beastie Boys, an LA DJ named Matt Dike […]Related Posts* That's a Record 'Cause of Mario June 26, 2012 * paul's boutique studio army October 29, 2012 * mario caldato September 28, 2012 * Riddle Me This, My Brother: Deconstructing "Shadrach" June 13, 2012 * RIP Adam Yauch May 5, 2012
How in the name of Billy Joe Shaver did I overlook the Sir Douglas Quintet covering “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues?” It’s only one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs! Well, inspired by stewART’s link to the Dylan/Sahm rendition in last post’s comments, said oversight is now corrected — and hopefully improved upon. Sir Douglas […]Related Posts* I'll Be Just As Gone May 3, 2012 * sir douglas quintet - she's about a mover single October 3, 2012 * Love and Conversation: She's About a Mover April 11, 2011 * Bob & Doug: Obviously Quintet Believers April 30, 2011 * Doug Sahm & Bob Dylan: Amigos de Musica May 15, 2009
1989 had a profound impact on me. That was the year I started DJing at KCSC, Chico State’s campus radio station (see flyer below), and discovered so much greatness in the vast American rock ‘n’ roll underground. It was like seeing in color for the first time. Music didn’t suck, popular music sucked, mostly. Worst. […]Related Posts* Reconsidering Fugazi's 13 Songs October 31, 2014 * Beasties 1989 October 16, 2012 * beasties, capitol tower, 1989 October 29, 2012 * thelonious monster circa 1989 October 6, 2012 * thelonious-monster-circa-1989 October 16, 2012