— Eric Weisbrod (@EricWeisbrod) May 4, 2012
Everyone is so sad about the death of the Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch from cancer today, just everyone. Wolf Blitzer is playing that song. Wolf Blitzer is playing the Beastie Boys, in his office. Usually someone dies in his or her 40s and most people say “that’s sad,” but some people say, “meh, that person did things I didn’t like or had politics that were different from mine, so good.” That’s always so grating. But everyone is miserable about this death. It’s comforting.
You all can now share your Beastie Boys nostalgia experiences, in the comments. I am SPLIT BETWEEN Paul’s Boutique and Check Your Head, personally. Here’s a live performance of a song from neither of those albums: