beastie boys

Beastie Boys MC Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, has died. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2009 and had been undergoing treatment.

In addition to his work in the seminal, influential, absurdly successful, and undeniably excellent hip-hop group, he also ran his own film production company and co-founded a fund to support Tibetan independence. The Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month.

Party hard over on After 12!

CAN'T STAND IT

Coldplay covered "Fight for Your Right to Party" at the Hollywood Bowl last week in honor of Adam Yauch's death. A nice sentiment, but what do we think of the aggressively Coldplay-stylized version, or the fact that the Beastie Boys publicly disowned the song and have long since stopped performing it live?

The names are rather genius.

A fun-sized take on the original "Sabotage" music video. MCA would no doubt approve.

I showed the Beastie Boys to my grandmother last week, and she loved them.

I didn't really.

But I'm sure she would have loved them if I had.