{"id":11345,"date":"2011-07-29T12:08:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T16:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=11345"},"modified":"2011-08-03T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T18:06:47","slug":"the-beastie-boys-bug-vacuum-and-bigfoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/the-beastie-boys-bug-vacuum-and-bigfoot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beastie Boys, Bug Vacuum and Bigfoot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, I was so bored on an airplane that I started flipping through American Way magazine out of desperation. To my surprise, there was a laugh-out-loud interview with Mike D (Michael Diamond) and Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) of the Beastie Boys (The third Beastie, MCA [Adam Yauch], is being treated for cancer and didn’t participate). First they mocked the interviewer:<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you get paid?\u201d asks Diamond, who\u2019s smartly turned out in an oxford shirt and a sweater. \u201cDo you get compensated in miles?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOr do you get free stuff from that catalog, the SkyMall?\u201d wonders the graying Horovitz, arching an eyebrow.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then they make some random-ass comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a fan of pretzels,\u201d Horovitz says. \u201cI\u2019d like to go on record saying that. I know that will be of tremendous interest to American Airlines<\/a> passengers.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read the whole article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I would be delighted to work for American Way magazine if it meant I could be teased by the Beastie Boys and get some free SkyMall shit. I’ve spent a lot of time contemplating SkyMall’s offerings, particularly the Bug Vacuum. That would have come in handy recently, when a gigantic cucaracha<\/em><\/a> invaded my living room.<\/p>\n

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Click to buy this for me.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve also spent a lot of time wondering what kind of people buy the Bigfoot garden sculpture. I must<\/em> meet those people!<\/p>\n

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Click to buy one for yourself.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve been loving the Beastie Boys’ latest album, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2<\/a><\/em>, but I can’t think of the Beasties without thinking of “Cooky Puss,” so here it is.<\/p>\n

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\nUPDATED TO ADD: After posting this, I remembered there is an Abominable Snowman in the Beastie Boys’ Spike-Jonze-directed video for “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win.” (The video ends with the disclaimer that “No yetis were harmed during the making of this film.”) I think our mission is clear, readers. We must join together to buy the SkyMall Bigfoot, spray-paint it white, and plant it in Mike D’s yard. Are you in?<\/p>\n

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\nUPDATED AUG. 2, 2011, TO ADD: And now you can buy fully-poseable Beastie Boy action figures. They’re $750. Proceeds go to two cancer charities.<\/p>\n

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The Beastie Boys. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month, I was so bored on an airplane that I started flipping through American Way magazine out of desperation. To my surprise, there was a laugh-out-loud interview with Mike D (Michael Diamond) and Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) of the Beastie Boys (The third Beastie, MCA [Adam Yauch], is being treated for cancer and didn’t participate)….<\/p>\n

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