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6May/120

RIP MCA

Beastie Boys – Pauls Boutique Demo Tracks

 

 

Below is the track listing and download links for a beastie boys album in demo version.

  1. 01-Shake Your Rump
  2. 02-3 Minute Rule
  3. 03-Car Theif #1
  4. 04-Johnny Ryall #1
  5. 05-Looking Down the Barrel
  6. 06-Egg Man
  7. 07-Sounds Of Science
  8. 08-Johnny Ryall #2
  9. 09-Car Thief #2
  10. 10-33% God
  11. 11-Hello Brooklyn

I post this album for download in response to the death of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch aka MCA.

“Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.”"

 

2009 was supposed to be the Beastie Boys‘ big comeback year.

The following information was posted on Billboard:

“Hot Sauce Committee Part 1,” the trio’s eighth album and first non-instrumental full-length in five years, was set for a Sept. 15, 2009 release, and was set to feature guest appearances by Nas and Santigold. MCA, Ad-Rock and Mike D had been confirmed as headliners at U.S. festivals like Lollapalooza, Outside Lands and Austin City Limits, and a proper tour was in the works.

 


MCA, Ad-Rock & Mike D

• SLIDESHOW: Beastie Boys 101

• Adam Yauch: 1964-2012

• 10 Awesome MCA Lyrics

• The Beasties Made Chart History

• Music Stars React on Twitter


Everything came to a halt, however, on July 20, 2009, when Adam “MCA” Yauch announced that he had been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left salivary gland. On Friday, May 4, that cancer tragically claimed Yauch’s life.

 

 

When MCA first announced that he was battling the disease, he lamented the effect that his health would have on the Beasties’ upcoming plans, but remained optimistic that immediate surgery would lead to a full recovery. “I just need to take a little time to get this in check, and then we’ll release the record and play some shows,” he said in a written statement at the time. “It’s a pain in the neck (sorry had to say it) because I was really looking forward to playing these shows, but the doctors have made it clear that this is not the kind of thing that can be put aside to deal with later.”

Consequently, “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1″ was pushed back indefinitely, and all of the group’s upcoming performances were scrapped. Tenacious D picked up their slot at Outside Lands, while the Yeah Yeah Yeahs filled in for the Beastie Boys at Lollapalooza and paid tribute to the group by playing the “Sabotage” riff, much to their crowd’s delight.

In October 2009, Yauch sent an email update to Beastie Boys’ official fan list, writing that he was “taking Tibetan medicine and at the recommendation of the Tibetan doctors I’ve been eating a vegan/organic diet,” after undergoing surgery in late July to remove the cancerous tumor. “I’m feeling healthy, strong and hopeful that I’ve beaten this thing, but of course time will tell,” wrote Yauch.

One year later, a track list for “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2″ — which was to be released before “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1″ — was unveiled, with a spring 2011 release date in mind. After Mike D told the BBC that he was “really happy” about his group mate’s improved health, reports surfaced that Yauch was cancer-free; however, Yauch called the claims “exaggerated. I’m continuing treatment, staying optimistic and hoping to be cancer free in the near future.”

“Hot Sauce Committee Part Two” was given a May 3, 2011 release date, and Capitol Records’ rollout of the album was highlighted by unique promotional stunts that never included the trio performing live or on camera. The music video for “Make Some Noise,” the album’s first single, was an abridged version of Yauch’s short film “Fight For Your Right Revisited” and a star-studded homage to the Beasties’ “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” video, with Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride playing the Beasties. Later, a music video for “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” (featuring Santigold) reunited the Beastie Boys with director Spike Jonze — responsible for their classic “Sabotage” clip — and featured MCA, Mike D, Ad-Rock and Santigold… in action-figure form.

And the trio previewed the album before its release by placing a TK3 Speaker Boombox at half court at New York’s emptied Madison Square Garden, pressing play on “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2″ and broadcasting the playback via Livestream. Despite the lack of live record promotion, “Sauce” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold 128,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan (its current sales stand at 347,000 copies).

When the Beastie Boys were announced as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012 class (along with groups like Guns N’ Roses and the Red Hot Chili Peppers), the group called the honor “f—-n’ crazy and awesome!” in a statement. “While we are very proud of the music we make, we have to acknowledge the inspiration from our families, friends and musicians like the slits, bad brains, x-ray spex, the treacherous three and too many others to possibly name. And most of all, we give thanks to New York City and the world of musical influence it provided for us,” the group wrote.

However, Yauch’s health prevented the Beastie Boys from performing at the Rock Hall induction ceremony in Cleveland on April 14. The Roots, Kid Rock and Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy paid homage to the group with performances of tracks like “Sabotage” and “No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn.” HBO will premiere the broadcast version of the ceremony on Saturday night (May 5).

It is unclear whether or not “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1″ will ever be released, or what the future of the remaining Beastie Boys looks like. But in his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech, which Ad-Rock and Mike D read at the ceremony, Yauch thanked the group’s fans for being so integral to their legendary — and over the past three years, trying — past. “This induction is as much ours as it us yours,” wrote MCA.

 

 

RIP MCA.

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25Mar/120

Speaking of sequels that made no sense . . .

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25Mar/120

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25Mar/120

WIOP – Walk it Off P*ssy

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29Nov/110

Kinect 2: So Accurate It Can Read Lips?

Kinect 2: So Accurate It Can Read Lips?

Since its launch in 2010, the Kinect has changed gaming and inspired a whole new genre of hacking. But Kinect 2 might blow it out of the water, if rumors are to be believed.

According to Eurogamer, Microsoft plans to release a second-generation Kinect device that will offer improved motion sensing and even voice recognition.

How much more accurate will it be, exactly? Well, a source told Eurogamer that it should be able to lip read. If that is true, that is wild. The same source also claims that it can track the pitch and volume of player voices and facial characteristics to measure different emotional states. That definitely sound plausible, though we'll have to wait and see if Eurogamer's reports turn out to be correct.

As well as some pretty serious image processing software, I'd expect we would see a pretty hefty improvement in Kinect hardware specs to achieve these kinds of results. Especially when it comes to the CCD, which currently manages a paltry 320x240 pixel resoltuion. Whatever the spec, the new Kinect would probably launch along with the next-generation Xbox which, according to EDGE, could be available as soon as the end of 2012. [Eurogamer; Image: bfishadow]

via Kinect 2: So Accurate It Can Read Lips?.

16Nov/110

Google lets Wi-Fi network owners opt out of mapping

(Image: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

(Image: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

Simply adding "_nomap" to the name you've given your domestic WiFi network will prevent Google Maps-equipped cellphones using your home as a position fix, Google announced last night. The idea is to allow people the chance to opt out of helping provide Google's commercial positioning service - even though doing so is likely to degrade its accuracy.

Google announced the opt-out option on its blog today in a further move to assuage the criticism it faced over its infamous Wi-Fi data sniffing operation carried out in 2010. When Google's Street View cars photographed our streets and used laser radar to get the shapes of buildings right in Google Earth, it also sniffed the air for two key ID numbers on the Wi-Fi networks at each property: the router's hardwired Media Access Control (MAC) address and the Service Set Identifier (SSID) - the name you've given your network. However, lax controls on the MAC/SSID sniffing software resulted in Google also acquiring personal data, such as snippets of our emails and web requests - leaving it censured by data protection authorities.

Why use Wi-Fi data for positioning? When phones can't get a GPS satellite fix in a built-up area, triangulating signals from either cellphone antennas and/or Wi-Fi routers can provide a reasonably accurate position fix. So, Google and rival providers like Skyhook look for and store our MAC and SSID data on their location servers.

However, pressure groups like Privacy International complain that databases of Wi-Fi IDs were surreptitiously compiled and that people should be able to opt out. This is what Google has provided today. But while adding _nomap to your SSID will prevent passing Google devices using your network, it won't stop its rivals using it. But Google hopes the opt-out format will be adopted by its rivals, too.

via One Per Cent: Google lets Wi-Fi network owners opt out of mapping.

16Nov/110

Man’s Lack of Twitter Followers Affects Response Time To Suicide Threats | HAHA,JK!

For a moment, I thought this was real!

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15 Nov 2011, Tuesday 08:00 pm

 

Toledo, Ohio (HAHAJK) – Friends and family of Dillon Sanders say, that they had no idea he’d become suicidal once no one followed him on Twitter.  According to local authorities, Sanders extreme lack of followers made it hard for others to see his tweets describing his upset mental state.

Authorities say, Saunders chose Twitter as the best place to post his cries for help, but did not take into account that he didn’t have any followers, and that he had even neglected to post a profile pic.

“He posted about 130 times in a 5 hour window, but since nobody was following him on Twitter, no one saw the messages in time to prevent him from taking his own life,” according to Toledo Police Chief Terry Paukson. “He wasn’t following anyone either, so we think it is safe to assume he didn’t understand how social media sites work.”

Chief Paukson says that had he began following others feeds he may have accrued enough follow backs that something could have been done to prevent him from taking his own life.

“Follow Fridays always seem to help people pick up followers I think,” he explains. “My kids are on there and I think that is what I heard them say.”

Saunders posted tweets like: “I’m going to do I,.” “You don’t have much time to stop me,” “I’ll wait just a few more minutes until someone shows up to stop me from actually doing I,” “Here I go. I’m serious” and “I am totally serious.” Unfortunately, no one ever saw them.

The family of Saunders is grief stricken and feel terrible for not following a member of their own family. “I was his friend on Facebook,” says his mother. “I always poked him on there. How was I supposed to know he would inform everyone of his suicide plans on a different social media outlet?”

Experts say as a rule of thumb it may be in everyone’s best interest to follow the people they care about the most on whatever social site they may be on just to be safe. Paukson says, “We all owe it to our loved ones to stay connected on Twitter and Facebook no matter how much they may bomb us with Retweets and Farmville invites. They are still our family.”

Man’s Lack of Twitter Followers Affects Response Time To Suicide Threats | HAHA,JK!.

13Nov/110

Up and running?

I think we're online now!

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13Nov/110

What You See Is Not What You Get

 

 

 

 

 

What You See Is Not What You Get | Shibley Smiles.

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12Nov/110

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