11 Oct 08 Beastie Boys launch “Get out and Vote ’08 Tour” in swing states and support Obama Barack
While driving around in the car with the boys, I started singing the refrain to “Funky Cold Medina” by Tone Loc, who arguably had/has one of the funkiest raspy voices around. Well, since I’m still working on my “acute” bronchitis, my voice was a bit like his (for the wrong reasons)… anyways, the boys giggled and asked me what I was singing. We then broke in to a discussion about funky vs. hip-hop… and then they said they had almost forgotten the Beastie Boys. I reminded them about the robots in the Intergalactic video, and the b-boys rapping as pseudo-teletubbies in the other video… and their eyes lit up and both wanted to watch it here tomorrow…. 
Always in their casual yet tenacious style, the B-boys want to remind all eligible US voters to get out there and exercise their right. To back it up, they’ve announced a “voter awareness tour” called Get out and Vote ’08 which kicks off in several so-called swing (critical) states including the following shows which were just announced:
October 28 Richmond, VA at Richmond Coliseum
Beastie Boys along with Sheryl Crow / Jack Johnson / Norah Jones / Santogold
(wow what a line-up)
Nov 1 St. Paul, MN at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Beastie Boys / Ben Harper / Tenacious D
(another nice trio of top level artists)
Nov 2 Milwaukee, WI in the U.S. Cellular Arena
Beastie Boys / Ben Harper / Crosby & Nash / Tenacious D
Again C&N with B-Boys ? Wonder if they’ll do an on-stage mashup ?
I love how Adam, Mike and Adam finished off with “we are very excited about obama. hope you all feel the same.”
Here’s the full PR:
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Tags: Beastie Boys, Concerts, hiphop, Music, obama barack, Politics, Tristan, Zachary
06 Apr 08 D.P.C. does the DG Anthem – Nice work from the N.D.G. crew … Where U From ?
Promising track by the D.P.C. produced by Labnoise… the DG Anthem; AKA for all the real homies from N.D.G. … a nice track with decent video work and nice NDG memories mixed in….
A shout-out from a former Fielding & Walkley resident… back in tha’ day.
21 Mar 08 Beastie Boy Adam Yauch sends shout out about Tibet…
Got this from Adam Yauch about the current situation in Tibet – the B-Boys have always been pretty strong supporters in the fight for freedom in Tibet:
From: Beastie Boys [mailto:capitolrecords@e.emimusicna.com]
Sent: March 17, 2008 1:28 PM
To: ***********
Subject: Tibet17 March 2008
hey all,hope you don’t mind me hitting you on the b-boys blast line, but things are really getting intense in tibet now. it’s coming to a head. i just hope that all of the suffering that the tibetan protesters are enduring leads to some positive change, hence this letter. we can push our governments to lean on the chinese government to stop the cultural genocide.
attached below is a news bulletin that i got this morning. if you are a US citizen please take the time to write to your local congress representative and ask them to get to work. if you are a citizen of another country, you can ask your government reps…
it would be sad if what is happening in tibet now had no constructive result.
thanks,
adamUrgent Action: Tell your Congressional Representative to Support Tibet
In horrific late breaking news, Radio Free Asia is now reporting that up to 80 or more Tibetans have been killed in today’s violent clashes with Chinese military. Chinese authorities responded with brute force today to ongoing protests in Lhasa and across Tibet. Supported by tanks, thousands of armed troops have sealed off the three major monasteries where nonviolent protests were initiated on Monday. Chinese police have fired live ammunition into crowds of unarmed Tibetans and unconfirmed reports from eye-witnesses in Lhasa say that 26 Tibetans were gunned down outside Drapchi prison. While the international public and media have been appropriately horrified by China’s clampdown, the U.S. has made only very weak statements. White House Spokesman Tony Fratto said, “We believe Beijing needs to respect Tibetan culture. They need to respect multi-ethnicity in their society. We regret the tensions between ethnic groups and Beijing.”
Please contact your Congressional Representatives now and urge them to support Tibet by calling on the U.S Government to strongly condemn China’s actions.
FIND OUT WHO YOUR LOCAL MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS
TAKE ACTION
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/asia/16cnd-tibet.html?hp
Well, I’m not a US citizen, but there are actions that Canadians can take as well… although I’m on the fence (thus far) about boycotting the Beijing Olympics.
Rob
Tags: Beastie Boys, hiphop, Music, Politics, Rap
14 Nov 07 Beastie Boys announce surprise show at Langerado Festival at Big Cypress Reservation Florida
I just got this news from the Beastie Boys announcing that they will be playing at the Langerado Festival at the Big Cypress Reservation…. tickets on sale as of this Friday at Noon EST.
11 November 2007
Langerado Festival
You may be right, we may be crazy, but we just may be the lunatics you’re looking for. For no particular reason, we will be playing the Langerado Festival at the Big Cypress Reservation in South Florida on Friday, March 7 2008.
The Management
Tags: Beastie Boys, hiphop, Music, Rap
