Boys 2 Men?

I can’t even begin to estimate how many people have asked me to introduce them to the Beastie Boys since we “interviewed and photo’d them back in 2003”:http://www.heebmagazine.com/articles/view/43. One guy wanted their addresses so he could mail them matching Jewish dog collars. One woman asked if I could get them to blurb “her son’s book”:http://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Jewish-Conspiracies/dp/0312334397. And countless others have asked me for an introduction to ask them to perform at synagogue fundraisers. The truth is that aside from a couple of recurring conversations covering kugel, kabbalah and “Curly Oxide”:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424920/ we’ve had over Manischewitz and matzoh, I hardly know the Beastie Boys.

And if you think you know the Beastie Boys, well, be humbled by their forthcoming record from Capitol Records. _The Mix-Up_, due June 26, is an all-instrumental, groove-heavy funk record completely devoid of vocals, which will be available at “Starbucks”:http://www.hearmusic.com/#NOW_PLAYING. There are going to be lots of stories written in the next month or so about the Beastie Boys getting old. Sure, it’s going to be crazy to hear MCA’s bass lines interacting with the sound of steaming venti skim lattes, but the _Heeb_ crew saw Adam, Adam and Mike steal the show at “Sasquatch”:http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/ so don’t fret too much. They still bring it. “Tickets”:http://beastieboys.com/ for their first set of summer tour dates go on sale tomorrow.

What do you think?

About The Author

Josh became an editor-at-large after accruing exorbitant legal fees as the publisher of Heeb in his efforts to trademark the word "irreverent." Follow him on Twitter @joshuaneuman.

9 Responses

  1. Hesed

    What’s up with that Starbucks shit? They better be raising money for their 2008 presidential campaigns. Are they writing a jingle for them too? “You gotta fight…for your right…to LAAAAAAATTTTTEEEE’s”

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  2. markweee

    Al Gore produced a $100 million documentary and won an Oscar as well as the Nobel Prize, so the tushy-shtup he received from Florida’s corrupt recount process in 2000 was really the best thing that could have ever happened to him. Reply

  3. markweee

    I’m taking a piss in the foulest men’s room in Coney Island when Artemis Pebdani bursts in. Apparently unconcerned that I might consider the act of urination to be a private moment, the actress pulls a lighter and tightly-rolled joint out from her bra

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