We interrupt Tracy’s regularly scheduled broadcast of Beastie Boys and KISS to bring you something for the ladies — the single ladies, to be more precise. I really dig this cover of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” even though I’m not the biggest fan of the original. The singer Nataly has a great voice and Jack is amusingly manic. The part that really does it for me is that it’s got a very nice DIY feel. They characterize their productions as VideoSongs because their are no hidden sounds. They show you every sound that makes it into the mix whether it’s a splash cymbal, a kiddie xylophone, or a puppet on a bass drum. Speaking of which, the puppet gets some good screen time on this cover of “September” originally done by Earth, Wind, and Fire.
Just got this from my friends at Ustream. Check it out.
The rock band KISS will be doing a live webcast of their concert from
the Staples Center in Los Angeles at 9p PST on Wednesday, Nov. 25.
This is the first-ever live web concert for KISS, one of rock’s most
iconic bands, as they celebrate the release of their new, three-song
Guitar Hero® track pack. Ustream anticipates this will be a major
concert event that could set new viewership records.
Users can watch and interact by visiting the official KISS Facebook
page at facebook.com/KISS or on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kiss-live to connect with other KISS
fans. KISS chose Ustream (www.ustream.tv), the leading live video
platform on the web, because of its powerful platform and scalability
in reaching a global audience of unlimited size.
My friend Ben sent this great story and I thought I would post just the way it is. It’s perfect.
Tracy,
Making my every so often check in of your page. It’s INCREDIBLE! Great stuff here as always. Read all of the Beastie Boys/Biz Markie stuff. Great vids too. Thanks for posting all of this.
I can’t imagine there is a recorded band you do not know about…but JUST in case I am suggesting The Bogmen. I first saw them when they opened for KISS in 1996 at Hampton Coliseum. They were booed mercilessly but hung in through their entire set. “Screw you we get to see Kiss every night for free” said lead singer Billy Campion to the angry crowd.
After the show I found their album (they put out 2, the second one pales in comparison) “Life begins at 40 million”. Produced by Jerry Harrison. I LOVE it. No one else I have ever given it to does LOL.
Check out the vid I attached above, it’s one of the best songs on the record and the video shows a little bit about how they are live. They have since broken up, reuniting occasionally in the NY area for benefits mostly. Try to hang in there with the video at least until he starts to spin!
Billy Campion now calls himself Vic Thrill and has several albums of his own. I am not all that familiar with his solo work I just love that first Bogmen record and thought if you don’t know it, you might too.
Take care brother
-Ben
I didn’t know about The Bogmen until now. Thank you, Ben.
From the sound of it he’s going to be fine, which is great to hear. But the band does have to put some things on hold, show dates, album release, etc. In my last note I described getting to see the band, for the first time, only a few weeks ago. Here’s hoping the guys and the Beastie Boys are around for long long time.
All together under one (small) roof at the Orange Peel in Asheville…
"One Two (tickets) Oh My God!" We got in to see the Beastie Boys.
How ridiculously lucky can you get? This show was at a club that only holds a little over 900 people. It was announced only a day before tickets went on sale, and week before the show. I started loading the ticket page on a couple different computers right before 4 PM, along with a lot of other people. For the most part the site would not load at all after 4. Then, when it did I would get an error when I tried to buy tickets. About 10 minutes later it started saying “SOLD OUT.” I could not believe it. Took a minute to complain/tweet about it. Then, went back at it. Finally, I got through! And it was NOT sold out. Yes!
I wanted to go pretty bad, and my son Mars even more so. Mary said he got so nervous when I was trying to score tickets he couldn’t watch. He went to play his drums for a bit. That didn’t help my concentration.
I got the tickets. You want a shirt, bring money.
We got there over an hour in advance, and the line was already long. The cool thing is it appears the promoters and club did everything they could to keep it fair, and minimize ticket scalping. You could only buy two. Everybody’s tickets were “will call,” even if you got the few they had at the box office. You had to bring the card you used for the purchase and another picture ID. Once you got your tickets you had to go straight into the club. Despite all that I heard people in line with an extra ticket were getting offered crazy money.
I had no idea Biz Markie was going to be there. He DJ’d for about 20 minutes and it was awesome! He totally owned the crowd. His set went through a ton of old school hip hop from the ’80s and ’90s. And somewhat to my surprise the crowd was extra hip hop literate. The Biz kept fading the mix to let the crowd a capella through lines of Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, even some Bob Marley, and bunch of other stuff I can’t remember. Massively entertaining. “If you remember that one, I know you’ll remember this…”
Of course, he couldn’t finish without giving us a little from “Just a Friend.” Make SURE to watch this video again.
When the Beastie Boys finally came out it was to Biz Markie doing “The Biz vs. The Nuge” (Check Your Head). Perfect.
And I couldn’t believe they had Money Mark with them. Money Mark’s records get played as much as anything in my collection. He’s been a hero of mine for years. Later in the set Mike D asked Mark to come out from behind the keyboards to play “Mark on the Bus.” Brilliant. (Clip from a different show.)
And what about the Beastie Boys? Well, I don’t how it could have been any better. They were fun, funny and funky. They played everything from their earliest punk stuff to a couple brand new songs with something from just about every record, save for License to Ill. I loved every bit of it, but I was especially glad they did a bunch of their instrumentals like “Pow” and “Ricky’s Theme.”
Mix Master Mike put on an impressive show and really turned it out with a scratching solo to open the encore. They finished strong with “Sabotage” and it was time to go home.
A couple other highlights include AdRock giving the crowd dance lessons for the “Jerry Lewis” and the “Funky Penguin.” He’s got skills. And I’ll never forget Biz Markie joining the band to sing Elton John’s “Benny and the Jets.” The Biz took his shirt off and every person in the house pulled out their camera phone to capture the big man going natural.
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