"Adolf Hitler MAYBE more terrifying that George W Bush" - Adam Yauch

one thing i do love about our beloved kommandant is how perfectly rational people will turn into frothing maniacs at the mere mention of his name

(ie. That AHitler might not be more terrifying the GWB?"

But, c'mon. Thatcher, Nixon, Vlad the Impaler, the 9/11 terrorists, fine - but you can't really comapre anybody to Hitler in terms of being a monster. I don't like Bush Jr but he's fucking Tenderheart the Care Bear compared to the Hit-man.

I hope the JDL jumps all over this asshole.

Err...what about Stalin?

Sounds like he was exaggerating in jest. Yauch is Jewish by birth so what are the odds he's in deep doubt here?

The intention behind his comment is very much ambiguous from that excerpt. He could be serious, he could be exaggerating, he may have followed-up with further comments, who knows.

I'm probably more bothered that he's deluding himself into thinking that his album could affect the political landscape. Talk about an inflated sense of self-importance.

(xposts, I'll submit my comment even though I haven't seen the pics yet)

"I couldn't get coffee," he says stoically. "We didn't have any coffee. I kept trying to go up the block to the coffee place, and every time I'd go, a fucking plane would hit the building. And then I'd try to get coffee later, and a building would fall down. And it was just like everybody in the neighborhood was crying and screaming. It was fucking crazy."

Now, granted, the guy's a notorious wiseass (and we love'im for it), but am I alone in thinking that's a wildly, irresponsibly flippant-sounding statement in exceptionally poor-taste?

Bush in '04: Not as bad as Hitler!

As for the Beasties, they should all be killed. Brutally, slowly disemboweled. It would be very hard for me to resist punching any one of them in the face should we ever cross paths. And we have friends in common.

(Apologies to Bill Hicks.)

No really, I'm not kidding. I mean, sure...maybe Chuck Klosterman (who seems now to write about 75% of SPIN these days) was asking a rather cliched, loaded question...and maybe AdRock refused to go the predictable, conventional route of offering some misty, water-colored pathos, but his little anecdote about fetching coffee for himself and how frustrating it was not to be able to satiate that little need seems rather obnoxious to me...and not in a funny way.

The dude is clearly way too loose with his words.

How do you know? I'd bet most of us would respond to a thread on Vincent Gallo with an "enough Vincent Gallo already" sentiment. Furthermore, the Beasties never made that fucking Brown Bunny movie, so they can rock out on mars wearing diapers for that.

jesus, roger, lighten up. given that you're so prone to making statements like this, i can't see why you're so riled up over an admittedly dumb jokey remark about hitler.

Of course y'all know that whoever wrote this article skewed it to get us to spend some of our time talking about it.
Of course y'all know that the gist of the interview (in reality) was probably not this kinda "contraversial". (Some of you who write articles based on edited comments from interviews know how you can steer the readers towards certain conclusions which might have not been intended).
Of course, we assume that Rogeradultery's comment (above) was not edited.
Of course, we assume that he really doesn't want the beastie's killed.
Of course, if he DOES want them killed.........

Too long to repost here, so there's the link to it.

try rhyming it with "rent a bomb"

But that's a different thread altogether...

Yeah, but did the entire country shit their pants on those days in the 1860's? I'm trying to think of another day in U.S. history where "regular folk" stood on the street corners and cried. And not the same kind of anguish you saw on 11/22/63 or 4/4/68, either.

It was the worst day in U.S. history since most of us have been around. I can leave it at that.

I think that this makes the american electorate and the american ("liberal" [coughcough]) media "terrifying"

http://capitolrecords.com/beastieboys/tripletrouble/

I imagine so. The Gettysburg battle took place over three days which included July 4th, making it rather symbolic; I seem to recall reading contemporaenous accounts of entire towns gathered around telegraph offices desperately awaiting news of whether their sons' and husbands' regiments were alive or dead.

But that's a different thread altogether...

HOLY SHIT OTM! OTM! OTM! OTM! OTM! OTM! OTM!

Here I was thinking I was the only person who shuddered at the notion of it being reduced to a fuckin' soundbyte.

obviously?

I had the great pleasure of reading your unsolicited critique of the "Ch-Check It Out" music video ["Licensed to Stand Still" by Stephanie Zacharek, May 16]. It took some time to get to me, as it had to be curried (sp?) on goatback through the fjords of my homeland, the Oppenzell. And in the process the goat died, and then I had to give the mailman one of my goats, so remember, you owe me a goat.

Anyway, that video is big time good. Pauline Kael is spinning over in her grave. My film technique is clearly too advanced for your small way of looking at it. Someday you will be yelling out to the streets below your windows: "He is the chancellor of all the big ones! I love his genius! I am the most his close personal friend!"

You journalists are ever lying. I remember people like you laughing at me at the university, and now they are all eating off of my feet. You make this same unkind laughter at the Jerry Lewis for his Das Verruckte Professor and now look, he is respected as a French-clown. And you so-call New York Times smarties are giving love to the U2 because they are dressing as the Amish and singing songs about America? (Must I dress as the Leprechaun to sing songs about Ireland so that you will love me? You know the point I make here is true!)

In concluding, "Ch-Check It Out" is the always best music film and you will be realizing this too far passing. As ever I now wrap my dead goat carcass in the soiled New York Times — and you are not forgetting to buy me a replacement! Please send that one more goat to me now!
NATHANIAL HORNBLOWER
Manhattan

hello,

wanted to send this out to you guys in case you were into it, or wanted to give it to anyone who you think might be.

a few friends and i are meditating at the same time twice a day. 9:30am and 6:30pm eastern standard time, for about an hour and half.

we are picturing smashing apart all of the cancer cells in the world.

we are visualizing taking the energy away from the cancer, and then sending it back at the cancer as lightening bolts that will break apart the DNA and RNA of the cells. if you have the time, please join us in whipping up this lightening storm. mind over matter......

if you prefer to sit then sit, but if you are not used to meditating, or sitting quietly doesn't sound like fun, put on some music and dance while you do the visualization, and if you want to do it at some other time, or picture curing some other illness that's fine too. yoko will be joining the meditation by visualizing all of us dancing with joy to celebrate the world without cancer. all variations are welcome. this is really just being done with a wish for all beings to be cured of all illnesses and to find true lasting happiness.

i'll also be saying prayers for the earthquake victims in tibet, so join in on that if you can too.

please feel free to pass this onto anyone who you think may find it interesting.

with all my love,

adam yauch

we are visualizing taking the energy away from the cancer, and then sending it back at the cancer as lightening bolts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsSmkUFh6Q

dyao you might step lightly if what you're posting might come off as "lol @ cancer survivors," ok? thank you.

hmm that wasn't my intent but I can see your point. I'll get it removed

don't worry j0hn the jersey shore ppl don't actually have skin cancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw

^ with this youtube post i am making fun of meditation and LARPers, not cancer survivors ok

(also not making fun of aerosmith, one of my favorite posters)

yoko will be joining the meditation by visualizing all of us dancing with joy to celebrate the world without cancer.

have fun guys

fwiw only just found out now that mca has/had cancer.

this is kind of lol but mostly sad :(