3 MC's & 1 DJ!

beastie boys were in the house at the bell center and i went to check it out with my brother from another mother, Terence! got tickets off ebay for half price and had a pretty good view from the reds. overall, an enjoyable experience.



montreal's own chromeo opened to a less than enthused crowd, but they sure got my foot tapping. surprisingly they 'bag'-checked my schoolbag which had both our cameras so i had to settle for my cellphone cam (sorry).

the intermission between the two acts seemed real long, but once the lights dimmed, the whole arena erupted! the one n only mixmaster mike strolled out easy and began cutting like there was no tomorrow, warming up an already hot crowd til three middle age one-time homeboys rocking business suits jumped out spitting rhymes....!



only to fall silent a minute later as the entire set blew a fuse! hype meter went from 100 to 0 in a few heartbeats. dumbass crowd did their "o-lei o-lei o-lei's" (which i hate...) which then died out as they figured it all wasnt an act.



they eventually started back up and did they're opening routine, but the damage was pretty much done. crowd of arms were no longer up and i got shy and the hits they sang like "remote control" just seemed flat. but they got me jumping with "ch-check it out!" and "body movin".

either they ARE as old as they are and ARE losing their edge, or that blown fuse setback killed the vibe, but my high expectations died. Mike D's hair was whack. MCA's old, lost his breath easy. but AD-Rock was money. do have to say, their flow is still tight. but i do smell retirement.

a surprise positive was mixmaster mike who i personally thought kept the crowd in it with his skills and beats. and money mark (keyboardist) was wild'n out! i think he was drunk. at one point, during one of their punk songs, jumping around like mad, he dove and crashed into his keyboards! awesome!

as i watched him, at that very moment, everything became clear and i smirked realizing, i would've done the same. hehehe.

shit picked up only like the last half hour of the show and after they did their encore. i was glad they did "intergalactic" but not as hype as i expected. they ended with "sabotage" (hoyea!) and im pretty sure the frign moshing on the floor killed somebody.

and that was that. this youtube video right here i believe epitomizes the ESSENCE that is the beastie boys. enjoy!




groovy.