On this episode of The Brouhaha I will preview (not to be confused with spoiling or recapping) Tamra Davis' new documentary, The Best Summer, which follows the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, Bikini Kill, and The Amps around Australia during the 1995-96 Summersault Tour.

On the latest episode of The Brouhaha, we get to chat with Erin Potts, Co-Founder of the Milarepa Fund, Co-Organizer of the Tibetan Freedom Concert, and the featured voice in our new favorite podcast, Freedom Needs a Soundtrack.

Erin talks about the legacy of the concert series, the tireless work involved, Adam Yauch taking a page out of the Fugazi playbook, and what it felt like when U2 joined the bill in 1997—fulfilling a wishful statement Erin made to her mother as a teenager.

With Freedom Needs a Soundtrack capping off its sixth and final episode last week, think of this as the unofficial reunion show! #FreeTibet

A look back at Mike D's music cameos, a review of his recent concert dates in Brooklyn, and a wishlist of some other Beastie songs for the 5D to consider playing live.

#miked #miked5d #beastieboys #brooklyn

We welcome back Corduroy Frames, aka Paco, who has some exciting news to announce. His five-and-a-half year passion project of making a frame-by-frame recreation of the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" video is complete and will be released to the world on Friday, May 29! 

We also chat about Mike D's new music endeavor and some of Paco's favorite Beastie Boys album artwork. 

You can check out the making of Paco's Stop Motion "Sabotage" on his YouTube page.

After 15 years of doing this podcast, I finally found it possible to rank the Beastie Boys' eight studio releases. Even though I was able to do it, I'm not sayin' it was easy.

We wanted to fittingly finish the year of celebrating Beastie Boys anniversaries and milestones by highlighting the history of their show-closing classic, "Sabotage," which also provided us with an all-time great music video!

We'll also be joined by Paco (aka Corduroy Frames), who is on the verge of finishing his four-year passion project of making a frame-by-frame recreation of the "Sabotage" music video. To help Paco fund the completion of this epic masterpiece, please click HERE.

A look at the 10 songs that were most important in shaping the Beastie Boys' career.

Looking back on 35 years of the Beastie Boys' zero-to-hero sophomore album, Paul's Boutique, we count down our 10 favorite songs and close out the festivities by speaking with Matt Dike's childhood friend, Wayde Alfarone.

Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, a track by track breakdown of the Beastie Boys' 2004 studio album, To the 5 Boroughs.

A look back at what the Beastie Boys were up to in 1994, and how their fourth studio album, Ill Communication, brought them back to main event status.