(O)ther (P)eople’s (P)osts: Adam Yauch Remembered.
1. Adam Yauch: 1964 – 2012.
Statement via the Beasties’ official site.
[beastieboys.com]
2. 1987 Playboy Interview with Adam Yauch.
A glimpse back at the wild days of Licensed To Ill and MCA at the tender age of 22.
[Mic to Mic]
3. Vintage Ricky Powell Photos From the Paul’s Boutique Sessions.
The longtime “4th Beastie” documents the crew’s days recording a classic in the City of Angels.
[SPIN]
4. 1993 interview with Adam Yauch from bOING bOING #13.
Yauch discusses sampling the chants of Tibetan monks, snowboarding, meditation, and entering that “realm of nothingness.”
[Boing Boing]
5. Adam Yauch: Check His Head.
Yauch interviewed in the mid-’90s on spirituality and finding Buddhism.
[Shambhala Sun]
6. Adam Yauch: Dreams of Tibet.
Late ’90s Frontline Q&A with Yauch about his work on the Tibetan Freedom Concerts.
[PBS]
7. An Interview with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.
Yauch interviewed in 2008 on his high school and street basketball documentary, Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot, and how filmmaking compares with music-making.
[Huffington Post]
8. Adam “MCA” Yauch: Rest In Peace.
Former Def Jam director of publicity, and our friend, Bill Adler eulogizes Adam Yauch, remembering how he evolved from angry young man to agent of peace.
[Complex]
UPDATE: ADDING MORE MCA LINKS AS WE FIND THEM.
9. MCA (What Does It Mean?) – Questlove and Respect To The End.
The Roots’ ?uestlove shares some Beastie memories.
[Okay Player]
10. Brass monkey, class act: Mets pay tribute to Beastie Boy MCA.
Honoring the memory of Adam Yauch one at bat at a time.
[USA Today]
11. Peace, Adam.
Writer Sasha Frere-Jones looks back at the life and times of MCA: “And this is the Yauch people remember: a man who could say he was sorry and not feel lessened by it; a man living within the principles of Buddhism and committed to broadening awareness of the political situation in Tibet; and a genuinely quiet person who had become more likely to make a joke at his own expense than anyone else’s.”
[New Yorker]
12. Yauch Rocked: Raised by the Beasties.
A-Trak on how the Beasties shaped his musical aspirations.
[Huffington Post]
13. Requiem For a White MC.
One time 3rd Bass rival Pete Nice gives props.
[Gawker]
14. Henry Rollins: The Column! R.I.P. MCA.
The musician/spoken word artist/TV Host recalls touring with the Beasties and how MCA inspired him to visit Tibet.
[L.A. Weekly]
