From the sound of it he’s going to be fine, which is great to hear. But the band does have to put some things on hold, show dates, album release, etc. In my last note I described getting to see the band, for the first time, only a few weeks ago. Here’s hoping the guys and the Beastie Boys are around for long long time.
All together under one (small) roof at the Orange Peel in Asheville…
"One Two (tickets) Oh My God!" We got in to see the Beastie Boys.
How ridiculously lucky can you get? This show was at a club that only holds a little over 900 people. It was announced only a day before tickets went on sale, and week before the show. I started loading the ticket page on a couple different computers right before 4 PM, along with a lot of other people. For the most part the site would not load at all after 4. Then, when it did I would get an error when I tried to buy tickets. About 10 minutes later it started saying “SOLD OUT.” I could not believe it. Took a minute to complain/tweet about it. Then, went back at it. Finally, I got through! And it was NOT sold out. Yes!
I wanted to go pretty bad, and my son Mars even more so. Mary said he got so nervous when I was trying to score tickets he couldn’t watch. He went to play his drums for a bit. That didn’t help my concentration.
I got the tickets. You want a shirt, bring money.
We got there over an hour in advance, and the line was already long. The cool thing is it appears the promoters and club did everything they could to keep it fair, and minimize ticket scalping. You could only buy two. Everybody’s tickets were “will call,” even if you got the few they had at the box office. You had to bring the card you used for the purchase and another picture ID. Once you got your tickets you had to go straight into the club. Despite all that I heard people in line with an extra ticket were getting offered crazy money.
I had no idea Biz Markie was going to be there. He DJ’d for about 20 minutes and it was awesome! He totally owned the crowd. His set went through a ton of old school hip hop from the ’80s and ’90s. And somewhat to my surprise the crowd was extra hip hop literate. The Biz kept fading the mix to let the crowd a capella through lines of Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, even some Bob Marley, and bunch of other stuff I can’t remember. Massively entertaining. “If you remember that one, I know you’ll remember this…”
Of course, he couldn’t finish without giving us a little from “Just a Friend.” Make SURE to watch this video again.
When the Beastie Boys finally came out it was to Biz Markie doing “The Biz vs. The Nuge” (Check Your Head). Perfect.
And I couldn’t believe they had Money Mark with them. Money Mark’s records get played as much as anything in my collection. He’s been a hero of mine for years. Later in the set Mike D asked Mark to come out from behind the keyboards to play “Mark on the Bus.” Brilliant. (Clip from a different show.)
And what about the Beastie Boys? Well, I don’t how it could have been any better. They were fun, funny and funky. They played everything from their earliest punk stuff to a couple brand new songs with something from just about every record, save for License to Ill. I loved every bit of it, but I was especially glad they did a bunch of their instrumentals like “Pow” and “Ricky’s Theme.”
Mix Master Mike put on an impressive show and really turned it out with a scratching solo to open the encore. They finished strong with “Sabotage” and it was time to go home.
A couple other highlights include AdRock giving the crowd dance lessons for the “Jerry Lewis” and the “Funky Penguin.” He’s got skills. And I’ll never forget Biz Markie joining the band to sing Elton John’s “Benny and the Jets.” The Biz took his shirt off and every person in the house pulled out their camera phone to capture the big man going natural.
But wait! There’s more. Thank you Flip owners.
“Sure Shot”
I like Beck’s thinking on this project more than the outcome. As you can see from the track listing there are some big names involved, but overall Guerolito is less enjoyable than Guero. I suppose that’s what you should expect with remixes.
Track listing from Wikipedia:
All songs were written by Beck Hansen and The Dust Brothers, except where noted.
- “Ghost Range” (Hansen, Dust Brothers, Beastie Boys) – 4:24
- “E-Pro” remix by Homelife
- “Qué Onda Guero” – 2:29
- Islands remix
- “Girl” – 3:53
- Octet remix
- Originally released in the special edition CD/DVD package of Guero
- “Heaven Hammer” (Hansen, Dust Brothers, Marcos Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Eduardo Lyra) – 4:54
- “Missing” remix by Air
- “Shake Shake Tambourine” (Hansen, Dust Brothers, Eugene Blacknell) – 3:37
- “Black Tambourine” remix by Ad-Rock
- “Terremoto Tempo” (Hansen, Dust Brothers, Mark Adams, Steve Washington, Daniel Webster, Mark Hicks) – 3:47
- “Earthquake Weather” remix by Mario C
- “Ghettochip Malfunction” – 2:39
- “Hell Yes” remix by 8-Bit
- “Broken Drum” (Hansen) – 5:36
- Boards of Canada remix
- Originally released in the special edition CD/DVD package of Guero
- “Scarecrow” – 4:37
- El-P remix
- “Wish Coin” (Hansen, Dust Brothers, Jack White) – 3:44
- “Go It Alone” remix by Diplo
- “Farewell Ride” (Hansen) – 4:51
- Subtle remix
- “Rental Car” – 2:59
- John King remix
- “Emergency Exit” – 3:18
- Th’ Corn Gangg remix
- “Clap Hands” – 3:19
- Originally released in the special edition CD/DVD package of Guero
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