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Beastie Boys: Toy Company Removes “Girls” Ad, Writes Open Letter To Beastie Boys

submitted by Nick Nov 27th 2013 05:00 pm (stereogum.com)

What counts as fair-use parody, and what counts as a simple advertisement? For the past few days, many of us have been arguing and wondering over those things, thanks to a viral toy commercial that put a feminist spin on the Beastie Boys’ ridiculously catchy 1986 lunkhead standard “Girls.” The YouTube commercial, from the Kickstarter-funded [...]

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Beastie Boys: Surviving Beastie Boys Collaborate With Yoko Ono

submitted by Nick Aug 14th 2013 12:00 pm (www.antimusic.com)

Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band have teamed up with Beastie Boys' Mike D and Ad-Rock for the first collaboration since MCA's death in May of last year

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Beastie Boys: Ad-Rock and Mike D collaborate with Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band - listen

submitted by Nick Aug 13th 2013 11:00 am (www.nme.com)

Track will be on singer's new album 'Take Me To The Land Of Hell'    

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