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Adam Yauch aka MCA aka Nathanial Hornblower 1964 - 2012

Adam Yauch aka MCA aka Nathanial Hornblower 1964 - 2012

David Knight - 7th May 2012

The world of music and beyond is mourning the sad loss of Adam Yauch, the member of the Beastie Boys better known as MCA, who died on Friday, May 4, following a three year battle with cancer.

The world of music and beyond is mourning the sad loss of Adam Yauch, the member of the Beastie Boys better known as MCA, who died on Friday, May 4, following a three year battle with cancer. From the Eighties, when the Beasties emerged, Adam aka Nathanial Hornblower directed numerous Beasties videos, including Shake Your Rump, Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist), Pass The Mic, Sure Shot (co-directed with Spike Jonze), Intergalactic, Body Movin', Three MCs &amp; 1 DJ and Triple Trouble. And last year, to coincide with the release of the Beasties album <em>Hot Sauce Committee Part 2</em>, he directed the half-hour special for Fight For Your Right (Revisited), featuring a star-studded lineup of talent including Seth Rogan, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Will Ferrell and Jack Black playing members of rival versions of 'old school' Beastie Boys. In Beasties' lore, Nathanial is actually Nathanial Hörnblowér - Adam's uncle from Switzerland - and the subject of his own short film A Day In The Life Of Nathanial Hornblower, starring David Cross. 'Nathanial' also directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film <em>Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!</em> - where all of the footage is captured by audience members using Zip cameras. He also directed the non-Beasties project <em>Gunnin For That #1 Spot</em>, a feature documentary about eight NYC high school basketball prospects. Yauch built Oscilloscope Laboratories, a recording studio in New York City, and then founded Oscilloscope Pictures - the production company behind his directing projects and distribution company for various other independent films. The numerous tributes to Adam 'MCA/Nathanial Hornblower' Yauch's passing has included Coldplay performing Fight For Your Right live at the Hollywood Bowl, and the players of the New York Mets being introduced to the plate by a different Beastie Boys' track last Friday evening. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qORYO0atB6g<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=NpsvBvwRuf0&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=JhqyZeUlE8U&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=uvRBUw_Ls2o&amp;feature=relmfu<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=evA-R9OS-Vo&amp;feature=player_embedded

From the Eighties, when the Beasties emerged, Adam aka Nathanial Hornblower directed numerous Beasties videos, including Shake Your Rump, Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist), Pass The Mic, Sure Shot (co-directed with Spike Jonze), Intergalactic, Body Movin', Three MCs & 1 DJ and Triple Trouble. And last year, to coincide with the release of the Beasties album Hot Sauce Committee Part 2, he directed the half-hour special for Fight For Your Right (Revisited), featuring a star-studded lineup of talent including Seth Rogan, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Will Ferrell and Jack Black playing members of rival versions of 'old school' Beastie Boys.

The world of music and beyond is mourning the sad loss of Adam Yauch, the member of the Beastie Boys better known as MCA, who died on Friday, May 4, following a three year battle with cancer. From the Eighties, when the Beasties emerged, Adam aka Nathanial Hornblower directed numerous Beasties videos, including Shake Your Rump, Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist), Pass The Mic, Sure Shot (co-directed with Spike Jonze), Intergalactic, Body Movin', Three MCs &amp; 1 DJ and Triple Trouble. And last year, to coincide with the release of the Beasties album <em>Hot Sauce Committee Part 2</em>, he directed the half-hour special for Fight For Your Right (Revisited), featuring a star-studded lineup of talent including Seth Rogan, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Will Ferrell and Jack Black playing members of rival versions of 'old school' Beastie Boys. In Beasties' lore, Nathanial is actually Nathanial Hörnblowér - Adam's uncle from Switzerland - and the subject of his own short film A Day In The Life Of Nathanial Hornblower, starring David Cross. 'Nathanial' also directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film <em>Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!</em> - where all of the footage is captured by audience members using Zip cameras. He also directed the non-Beasties project <em>Gunnin For That #1 Spot</em>, a feature documentary about eight NYC high school basketball prospects. Yauch built Oscilloscope Laboratories, a recording studio in New York City, and then founded Oscilloscope Pictures - the production company behind his directing projects and distribution company for various other independent films. The numerous tributes to Adam 'MCA/Nathanial Hornblower' Yauch's passing has included Coldplay performing Fight For Your Right live at the Hollywood Bowl, and the players of the New York Mets being introduced to the plate by a different Beastie Boys' track last Friday evening. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qORYO0atB6g<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=NpsvBvwRuf0&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=JhqyZeUlE8U&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=uvRBUw_Ls2o&amp;feature=relmfu<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=evA-R9OS-Vo&amp;feature=player_embedded

In Beasties' lore, Nathanial is actually Nathanial Hörnblowér - Adam's uncle from Switzerland - and the subject of his own short film A Day In The Life Of Nathanial Hornblower, starring David Cross.

The world of music and beyond is mourning the sad loss of Adam Yauch, the member of the Beastie Boys better known as MCA, who died on Friday, May 4, following a three year battle with cancer. From the Eighties, when the Beasties emerged, Adam aka Nathanial Hornblower directed numerous Beasties videos, including Shake Your Rump, Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist), Pass The Mic, Sure Shot (co-directed with Spike Jonze), Intergalactic, Body Movin', Three MCs &amp; 1 DJ and Triple Trouble. And last year, to coincide with the release of the Beasties album <em>Hot Sauce Committee Part 2</em>, he directed the half-hour special for Fight For Your Right (Revisited), featuring a star-studded lineup of talent including Seth Rogan, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Will Ferrell and Jack Black playing members of rival versions of 'old school' Beastie Boys. In Beasties' lore, Nathanial is actually Nathanial Hörnblowér - Adam's uncle from Switzerland - and the subject of his own short film A Day In The Life Of Nathanial Hornblower, starring David Cross. 'Nathanial' also directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film <em>Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!</em> - where all of the footage is captured by audience members using Zip cameras. He also directed the non-Beasties project <em>Gunnin For That #1 Spot</em>, a feature documentary about eight NYC high school basketball prospects. Yauch built Oscilloscope Laboratories, a recording studio in New York City, and then founded Oscilloscope Pictures - the production company behind his directing projects and distribution company for various other independent films. The numerous tributes to Adam 'MCA/Nathanial Hornblower' Yauch's passing has included Coldplay performing Fight For Your Right live at the Hollywood Bowl, and the players of the New York Mets being introduced to the plate by a different Beastie Boys' track last Friday evening. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qORYO0atB6g<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=NpsvBvwRuf0&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=JhqyZeUlE8U&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=uvRBUw_Ls2o&amp;feature=relmfu<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=evA-R9OS-Vo&amp;feature=player_embedded

'Nathanial' also directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! - where all of the footage is captured by audience members using Zip cameras. He also directed the non-Beasties project Gunnin For That #1 Spot, a feature documentary about eight NYC high school basketball prospects.

The world of music and beyond is mourning the sad loss of Adam Yauch, the member of the Beastie Boys better known as MCA, who died on Friday, May 4, following a three year battle with cancer. From the Eighties, when the Beasties emerged, Adam aka Nathanial Hornblower directed numerous Beasties videos, including Shake Your Rump, Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist), Pass The Mic, Sure Shot (co-directed with Spike Jonze), Intergalactic, Body Movin', Three MCs &amp; 1 DJ and Triple Trouble. And last year, to coincide with the release of the Beasties album <em>Hot Sauce Committee Part 2</em>, he directed the half-hour special for Fight For Your Right (Revisited), featuring a star-studded lineup of talent including Seth Rogan, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Will Ferrell and Jack Black playing members of rival versions of 'old school' Beastie Boys. In Beasties' lore, Nathanial is actually Nathanial Hörnblowér - Adam's uncle from Switzerland - and the subject of his own short film A Day In The Life Of Nathanial Hornblower, starring David Cross. 'Nathanial' also directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film <em>Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!</em> - where all of the footage is captured by audience members using Zip cameras. He also directed the non-Beasties project <em>Gunnin For That #1 Spot</em>, a feature documentary about eight NYC high school basketball prospects. Yauch built Oscilloscope Laboratories, a recording studio in New York City, and then founded Oscilloscope Pictures - the production company behind his directing projects and distribution company for various other independent films. The numerous tributes to Adam 'MCA/Nathanial Hornblower' Yauch's passing has included Coldplay performing Fight For Your Right live at the Hollywood Bowl, and the players of the New York Mets being introduced to the plate by a different Beastie Boys' track last Friday evening. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qORYO0atB6g<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=NpsvBvwRuf0&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=JhqyZeUlE8U&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=uvRBUw_Ls2o&amp;feature=relmfu<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=evA-R9OS-Vo&amp;feature=player_embedded

Yauch built Oscilloscope Laboratories, a recording studio in New York City, and then founded Oscilloscope Pictures - the production company behind his directing projects and distribution company for various other independent films.

The world of music and beyond is mourning the sad loss of Adam Yauch, the member of the Beastie Boys better known as MCA, who died on Friday, May 4, following a three year battle with cancer. From the Eighties, when the Beasties emerged, Adam aka Nathanial Hornblower directed numerous Beasties videos, including Shake Your Rump, Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist), Pass The Mic, Sure Shot (co-directed with Spike Jonze), Intergalactic, Body Movin', Three MCs &amp; 1 DJ and Triple Trouble. And last year, to coincide with the release of the Beasties album <em>Hot Sauce Committee Part 2</em>, he directed the half-hour special for Fight For Your Right (Revisited), featuring a star-studded lineup of talent including Seth Rogan, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Will Ferrell and Jack Black playing members of rival versions of 'old school' Beastie Boys. In Beasties' lore, Nathanial is actually Nathanial Hörnblowér - Adam's uncle from Switzerland - and the subject of his own short film A Day In The Life Of Nathanial Hornblower, starring David Cross. 'Nathanial' also directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film <em>Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!</em> - where all of the footage is captured by audience members using Zip cameras. He also directed the non-Beasties project <em>Gunnin For That #1 Spot</em>, a feature documentary about eight NYC high school basketball prospects. Yauch built Oscilloscope Laboratories, a recording studio in New York City, and then founded Oscilloscope Pictures - the production company behind his directing projects and distribution company for various other independent films. The numerous tributes to Adam 'MCA/Nathanial Hornblower' Yauch's passing has included Coldplay performing Fight For Your Right live at the Hollywood Bowl, and the players of the New York Mets being introduced to the plate by a different Beastie Boys' track last Friday evening. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qORYO0atB6g<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=NpsvBvwRuf0&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=JhqyZeUlE8U&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=uvRBUw_Ls2o&amp;feature=relmfu<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=evA-R9OS-Vo&amp;feature=player_embedded

The numerous tributes to Adam 'MCA/Nathanial Hornblower' Yauch's passing has included Coldplay performing Fight For Your Right live at the Hollywood Bowl, and the players of the New York Mets being introduced to the plate by a different Beastie Boys' track last Friday evening.

The world of music and beyond is mourning the sad loss of Adam Yauch, the member of the Beastie Boys better known as MCA, who died on Friday, May 4, following a three year battle with cancer. From the Eighties, when the Beasties emerged, Adam aka Nathanial Hornblower directed numerous Beasties videos, including Shake Your Rump, Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist), Pass The Mic, Sure Shot (co-directed with Spike Jonze), Intergalactic, Body Movin', Three MCs &amp; 1 DJ and Triple Trouble. And last year, to coincide with the release of the Beasties album <em>Hot Sauce Committee Part 2</em>, he directed the half-hour special for Fight For Your Right (Revisited), featuring a star-studded lineup of talent including Seth Rogan, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Will Ferrell and Jack Black playing members of rival versions of 'old school' Beastie Boys. In Beasties' lore, Nathanial is actually Nathanial Hörnblowér - Adam's uncle from Switzerland - and the subject of his own short film A Day In The Life Of Nathanial Hornblower, starring David Cross. 'Nathanial' also directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film <em>Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!</em> - where all of the footage is captured by audience members using Zip cameras. He also directed the non-Beasties project <em>Gunnin For That #1 Spot</em>, a feature documentary about eight NYC high school basketball prospects. Yauch built Oscilloscope Laboratories, a recording studio in New York City, and then founded Oscilloscope Pictures - the production company behind his directing projects and distribution company for various other independent films. The numerous tributes to Adam 'MCA/Nathanial Hornblower' Yauch's passing has included Coldplay performing Fight For Your Right live at the Hollywood Bowl, and the players of the New York Mets being introduced to the plate by a different Beastie Boys' track last Friday evening. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qORYO0atB6g<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=NpsvBvwRuf0&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=JhqyZeUlE8U&amp;feature=player_embedded<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=uvRBUw_Ls2o&amp;feature=relmfu<br/>http://www.youtube.com/watchv=evA-R9OS-Vo&amp;feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qORYO0atB6g
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=NpsvBvwRuf0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=JhqyZeUlE8U&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=uvRBUw_Ls2o&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=evA-R9OS-Vo&feature=player_embedded

David Knight - 7th May 2012

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