from a press release i got yesterday but was too busy being busy

In what can only be described as a bizarre coincidence, following an exhaustive re-sequence marathon, Beastie Boys have verified that their new Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 will be comprised of the same 16 tracks originally slated for inclusion on Hot Sauce Committee Part 1.

The record (part 2 that is) will be released as planned in spring 2011 on Capitol.

The tracks originally recorded for Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (which now are actually back on Part 1) have now apparently been bumped to make room for the former Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 material. Wait, what?

“I know it’s weird and confusing, but at least we can say unequivocally that Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 is coming out on time, which is more than I can say about Part 1, and really is all that matters in the end.” says Adam “MCA” Yauch. “We just kept working and working on various sequences for part 2, and after a year and half of spending days on end in the sequencing room trying out every possible combination, it finally became clear that this was the only way to make it work. Strange but true, the final sequence for Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 works best with all its songs replaced by the 16 tracks we originally had lined up in pretty much the same order we had them in for Hot Sauce Committee Part 1. So we’ve come full circle.”

Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 marks Yauch, Mike “Mike D” Diamond, and Adam “Ad Rock” Horovitz’s first full length effort since 2007’s Grammy winning all-instrumental The Mix-Up. The new track listing of the album is now as follows:

1. Tadlock’s Glasses
2. B-Boys In The Cut
3. Make Some Noise
4. Nonstop Disco Powerpack
5. OK
6. Too Many Rappers (featuring NAS)
7. Say It
8. The Bill Harper Collection
9. Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win (featuring Santigold)
10. Long Burn The Fire
11. Funky Donkey
12. Lee Majors Come Again
13. Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
14. Pop Your Balloon
15. Crazy Ass S—
16. Here’s A Little Something For Ya

Recently nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, Beastie Boys are the single longest lived hip-hop act to continue to enjoy commercial and critical success. Formed in 1981, Beastie Boys first changed the course of popular music when their 1986 debut album Licensed To Ill became the first hip hop record to reach #1. Since then, Diamond, Horovitz and Yauch have amassed 40 million in record sales of a critically acclaimed canon including 1989’s landmark Paul’s Boutique, 1992’s Check Your Head, the #1-debuting trifecta of 1994’s Ill Communication, 1998’s Hello Nasty and 2004’s To The 5 Boroughs, and 2007’s The Mix-Up. Beastie Boys’ innovative videos earned them MTV’s Video Vanguard Lifetime Achievement award in 1998, while a Madison Square Garden show shot by 50 audience members was painstakingly edited into AWESOME; I F—-N’ SHOT THAT!, which debuted at Sundance in 2006. The band has also been lauded for its humanitarian efforts, ranging from organizing the Tibetan Freedom Concert series which drew attention to the Chinese government’s human rights violations in Tibet, to the New Yorkers Against Violence benefits, whose proceeds went to organizations chosen for their efforts on behalf of September 11th victims least likely to receive help elsewhere.

The exact release date of Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 and touring plans will be announced once details are available

clear up everything? (bold statement bolded by moi)

dyson is a litle kid who likes to wear dresses and jewlery and spin around in pink things

his mom and dad are apparently the most grounded people in the entire nation

and their school should also be commended.

i dont think ive ever seen anything quite like this, and if you stick around to the end of the video you’ll hear what his older brother has to say about it all.

via MeFi who always seems to find excellence

you’ll feel better

if you hurl you’ll feel better too.

today ive done both. several times.

i guess really wanna go back to work tomorrow!

(i do)

it may have been the plane. it may have been the rain. or the cold

all i know is i woke up early and couldnt get to sleep, so ive been blogging from home on Top of the Ticket because i like to feel needed.

Christine O’Donnell: God is the reason I’m running

Rob Reiner likens ‘tea party’ movement to Hitler

Rhode Island Democratic candidate tells Obama he can ‘take his endorsement and really shove it’

know whats funny about the blogosphere? the Reiner post got me a link from MediaBistro and i think the dude is calling me a conservative which doesnt happen a lot when you write for the Times

theres very few people who i ask to take my photo with.
Peter Fang the owner and order-taker at my favorite chinese restaurant House of Nan King is on that short list

know why? cuz he doesnt f around. hes all business. he seems pissed but hes not. he has an empire to build, one dish at a time. its a small empire, now with two restaurants, but its an empire of quality and soul.

traditionalists poo poo the House but at 120pm in chinatown in san francisco theres only one place thats full, theres only one place where people are sitting shoulder to shoulder. theres only one place with no soy sauce on the tables or phony baloney chinese artifacts in every nook and cranny.

theres only Peter’s place. and its not expensive. tourists hear the word and when they go back they tell their friends about the best fried rice or soup or sweet potato chicken dish they had in the States and theyre talking about House of Nan King.

the only place in chinatown that sells a $20 tshirt and people, even me, buys it happily.

happy birs-day Peter said and it made me smile like someone who had just snorted MSG

and because of it the big man came to town

but i couldnt chill with him long cuz my truest bought us tix to frisco on virgin

but first we went to my favorite sushi place which turned down the lights and sang for me

got in to SFO got a shuttle from a long haired hippie freak playing whale songs and tom waits

checked into the hotel our room was horrible so i went down and said bro and he said oh and he stoked us

no like seriously from a closet of a room with no view to the best view ever and lots of room

took a quick shower, found a sweet freaky bar with a great view and drank

they played neil and all these groovy mellow tunes and we took it all in and smiled

found a liquor store, bought some bubbly and chocolates

ran into a taqueria and couldnt resist the 1:59am snack

now shes slipping into something uncomfortable and im counting my blessings, starting with you and you and you

we have one woman who creates the most delicious baked goods nearly every day

we have a boss who loves to buy donuts and cupcakes almost every week

we have a copy chief who loves to have the candy jar filled with snack sized candies

the photo desk loves to have savory treats all the time

various desks like my man Jevon often has a basket of tempting delectables

and then we have a fully staffed cafeteria thats open from morning to night.

not to mention a variety of eateries all throughout our central downtown location.

strangely ive been able to resist the “bad” stuff and lose 8 lbs over the last year.

but yesterday when i saw that cake and box of donuts i had to give in

and yes, i ate a donut.

and loved it.

and licked the napkin.

twice.

but i try

im not the handsomest or tallest.

i dont have the magicest mighty sword or fastest car.

but i have an internet connection and electricity and if teenage russian hackerboys have taught us anything its that sometimes thats all you need to make a difference.

sometimes i get low. im human. and sometimes i get very high. no comment.

i get high in the weirdest ways. i can watch a movie with a pretty girl or i can watch a simpsons episode all by my lonesome.

sometimes just the whiff of a eucalyptus will trigger a long lost memory and it will cause a grin from ear to ear, which heath ledger rip has shown can be quite scary.

and like his character because im somewhat insane i can be low and high sometimes in the same hour.

last night i came home, heated up some Just Chicken from trader joes, doused it with jack daniels bbq sauce and nuked a large bowl of Glory collard greens and turned on the macbook.

im a bachelor. thats as close to cooking as it gets in this house. in two days the maid will find it in my dresser drawer and wash it along with the other dishes strewn about this home.

anyways im not a smart man. so once i turned on the computer i went from hyperlink to hyperlink and saw an old story of CNNs Rick Sanchez being fired and noticed his Twitter handle.

so i typed it in to see if he had kept tweeting or if he was on some drunken vacation on some isle drinking away his sorrows. and alas he was indeed tweeting!

mostly he was thanking his fans for their support and typing hokey sayings.

and then i got to his “motto” and america, i was stumped.

my motto: two wolves; one is angry and filled w self pity. the other is forgiving and loving. which wins? the one i feed. cherokee proverb

i had no idea what he means.

how is that a motto?

why not feed both wolves?

wouldnt the hungry wolf, who i imagine is the angry one, eat Rick Sanchez cuz hes, you know, STARVING and angry?

wouldnt the forgiving and loving one be the one Not to feed cuz he would be all, “its cool Rick, youre one of the millions of unemployed, i know why you didnt feed me, plus if you had fed me i woulda given it over to Grumpy McAngry over there cuz he woulda just ripped my neck off while i slept anyhow.”

the whole thing confused the heck out of me and made me sad.

so i ate my chicken and greens and watched the simpsons

and now i will fall asleep.

‘nite moon.