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  • July 2008

    • Rage Frontman's New Band Sounds Familiar

      Mother Jones  |  Jul 20, 08 6:05 PM CDT

      Rage Frontman's New Band Sounds Familiar

      (Newser) - Rage Against the Machine fans probably won’t be disappointed with One Day As A Lion , the new project from frontman Zach de la Rocha: It sounds, well, "pretty much kinda-sorta exactly like Rage Against the Machine,"  writes Gary Moskowitz in Mother Jones . The first song, online this week, “could easily be mistaken for a middle-of-the-set song performed by Rage at Lollapalooza in the early 90s.” More »

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      music  • music review  • Beastie Boys

  • June 2008

    • Gunnin' Sure to Score With Hoop Fans

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 27, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      Gunnin' Sure to Score With Hoop Fans

      (Newser) - Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, the second documentary from Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, is no Hoop Dreams , but critics predict a slam-dunk with roundball and hip-hop aficionados. The film follows eight high school phenoms through a high-profile Harlem pick-up game and “offers a snapshot of the kind of top players who one day hope to have a shoe named after them,” writes Variety’s Ronnie Scheib. More »

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      basketball  • movie review  • documentary  • documentary film  • Beastie Boys  • Adam Yauch

    • Beasties' Yauch Finds a Groove With Hoops Doc

      Radar  |  Jun 26, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      Beasties' Yauch Finds a Groove With Hoops Doc

      (Newser) - Though by his own admission, he's "just terrible at watching basketball on television," Beastie Boy Adam Yauch—aka MCA—has directed a documentary about the nation's top prep players. Gunnin' for That #1 Spot opens tomorrow, and Radar catches up with Yauch, whose fight for his right to party is trickier now that he's a gray-haired soccer dad. Among the highlights: More »

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      basketball  • Michael Beasley  • Beastie Boys  • Adam Yauch

    • Beastie Directs Film, Reilly Does Double Header

      Esquire  |  Jun 15, 08 8:26 PM CDT

      Beastie Directs Film, Reilly Does Double Header

      (Newser) - Who will reign in pop culture next month? A dead drug addict and rapper-turned-filmmaker are on Esquire 's list of predictions: Actor John C. Reilly will compete with Will Farrell for jokes in the upcoming laffer, Step Brothers. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has directed Gunnin' for that #1 Spot , a doc about high school basketball prospects in Harlem. More »

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      Esquire  • Hunter S. Thompson  • Beastie Boys  • John C. Reilly

  • February 2008

    • The Cool Kids Take Hip-Hop Back to the '80s

      Chicago Magazine  |  Feb 27, 08 3:54 PM CST

      The Cool Kids Take Hip-Hop Back to the '80s

      (Newser) - Hip-hop sensation the Cool Kids might come off as too, ahem, cool for school, catapulting from an online hit to Pitchfork Music Festival performer and MIA's fall tour opener—without ever releasing an album. But Chicago Magazine paints Antoine Reed, 20, and Evan Ingersoll, 23, as two inexperienced Chicagolanders whose winning formula relies on staying simple and accessible. More »

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      music  • Chicago  • MySpace  • hip-hop  • album release  • Beastie Boys  • The Cool Kids  • LL Cool J

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