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Beastie Boys

Music News 

For the first time, The Beastie Boys have allowed a song to appear in an ad. You’ll see why.

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Beastie Boys, Blind Pig

[This post features contributions from Gilles LeBlanc. -AC] When Adam Yauch died in 2012, we were told that one of

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, October 19, 2020.

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Beastie Boys, Diddy, Eddie Van Halen, INXS, Joe Biden, Led Zeppelin, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Miley Cyrus, Music VIdeos, Pomplamoose, R. Kelly, Ronnie Woods, Van Halen

Give it a moment. You’ll get it. (Via Tom) Here’s what I have for music news for October 19, 2020.

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, September 14, 2020

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Bruce Dickinson, Chrissie Hynde, Connected Car, Dave Mustaine, Hawaii, Hipignosis, Iron Maiden, K-Pop, Kardashians, Megadeth, Metallica, Microsoft, Oracle, Pretenders, Spotify, TikTik, Tunein

Stop it. JUST STOP IT. Now let’s see we what we have for music news on September 14, 2020. First,

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Music News 

Random music news for September 4, 2020

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Lifeson, Beastie Boys, Carole Baskin, Dancing with the Stars, Donald Trump, Ed Force One, Eddie Grant, FACTOR, Hiip-Hop, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Radio, Rule Britannia, Rush, Tiger King

Normally, the last long weekend of the summer can be a melancholy thing. But the sooner we get rid of

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Music History 

Remembering the time Rage and the Beasties (almost) toured together 20 years ago

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine

[Rage Against the Machine and the Beastie Boys on the same bill? Yes, it happened–or at least it was supposed

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020June 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Drums, Fyre Festival, Linkin Park, Queen, Record Stores, Rick Rubin, Spotify, Tom Morello

New survey from ‘Murica: Americans would rather give up sex and Netflix instead of their pickups. Moving on to music

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, June 15, 2020.

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Beatles, Darkness, Henry Rollins, Justin Hawkins, Liam Gallagher, Matt Bellamy, Muse, Noel Gallagher, Protest Songs, Song of the Summer, Tencent

Ew. Gross. Now cleanse your mind from those images by browsing through music news for June 15, 2020. Radio folk

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Random music news for Monday, May 25, 2020

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments A380, ABBA, Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Brian May, Elvis Presley, Grateful Dead, KISS, LXB, Madonna, Nikes

If hair salons don’t reopen soon, I’ll be back into ponytail territory for the time time in decades. This would

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Random music news for Wednesday, April 22, 2020

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Apple Music, Beastie Boys, College Radio, Drums, JLo, Mariposa, Moby, New York Mets, Podcasts, Spotify

Coronavirus update 1: In an effort to calm frayed nerves, some radio stations are hauling out the Christmas music. Coronavirus

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Music History 

Check out some pre-fame Beastie Boys on public access TV in 1984

April 20, 2020April 19, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Beastie Boys

I spent a couple of hours this weekend with a screener of the new Spike Jonze-directed Beastie Boys Story–which, by

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Movies Music History 

Here’s the first trailer for the Spike Jonze-directed Beastie Boys documentary

March 13, 2020March 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Documentary, Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze did a lot of music video work with the Beastie Boys (cf. the clip for “Sabotage“). He recently

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The Backstage Project Podcast

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