Adam Yauch
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REMEMBERING ADAM YAUCH, 1964 – 2012
“Where is Cooky Puss at?!?” I still remember breaking up over that line from “Cooky Puss,” the single from the Beastie Boy’s second EP. A recorded prank phone call to Carvel Ice Cream about their inexplicable dessert treat set to sleazy electro-funk and streaming over my college dorm room speakers via WNYU’s New Afternoon Show, it was my introduction to a group that swiftly went from novelty item to cultural force. “Cooky Puss” may not be the group’s highest moment, but it made me laugh then and it makes me laugh now even as it throws me back in time. […]
by Scott Macaulay on May 5, 2012 -
ADAM YAUCH (1964 – 2012)
It was with great sadness today that we read of the tragic passing of Adam Yauch at the age of just 47. As a member of the Beastie Boys, Yauch was an icon of American music, and for the last decade his involvement with Oscilloscope Laboratories, the film company he co-founded, made him a beloved figure within U.S. independent cinema. Until earlier this year, Yauch was an IFP board member, and on the IFP website Executive Director Joana Vicente offers the following tribute: On behalf of the IFP staff and board of directors, we are deeply saddened by the passing […]
by Nick Dawson on May 4, 2012
