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Full from a brunch at Linda's and drunk from a delightful long soak thanks to the folks at Lush and their Westlake opening, I spent the last bit of this delightful afternoon watching the Criterion Collection of Beastie Boys videos.
A long-winded preface: I began my extended love affair with the Beastie Boys as a sophomore in high school when at a debate tournament at Rio Grande High School in Albuquerque someone forced me to listen to a song called "Paul Revere." And so the newfound appreciation soon begat idolatry. Fast forward to 1999. As a college sophomore in Illinois, I bought tickets to the Tibetan Freedom Festival. However, I was unable to afford the plane ticket back to see the show, so I still have an untorn ticket for the show that was to have been the highlight in the culmination of years of fangirling. Now, twelve years after I fatefully put on a pair of headphones, it appears as though I will see them as part of this years Sasquatch Festival. The mounting excitement has thrust me back into my fifteen year old world.
But back to the video collection. After watching this comprehensive video collection I can definitely proclaim "Sabotage" by Spike Jonze (see: Being John Malkovich) to be the best video, with "Hey Ladies" and "Body Movin" as tied seconds.
And with this retrospective in mind I present the first song I ever LOVED by the Beastie Boys.
