A samurai wrote in a book that you first have to learn to die to be able to live a better life

to accept death is not an easy thing – but to stay alive after someone else's death is even more difficult

but the stopping of the cerebral functions is nothing compared to the way of the essence escaping from the bottle

LIKE AN ASTRAL VOYAGE UNCONSCIOUSLY MADE WITHOUT END BEYOND THE FIRMAMENT

– A RETURN TO THE ... WE'RE BORROWING THIS LONG WALK WHICH LEADS WHERE AND WHERE

TO MAYBE A PLACE WHERE WE'LL LIVE IN PEACEONE DAY...

NOW WHO'S DEAD AND WHO LIVES THOSE WHO'VE LEFT

OR THOSE WHO ARE STILL ON THIS WORLD TODAY

FOR EVERY MAN WHO GOES TO SLEEP A CHILD WAKES UP

LIKE AN EMPTY SUITCASE THAT'LL BE FILLED WITH A 1000 WONDERS

GROWNING UP HE'LL SEE PEOPLE DYING AND THEY'LL TELL HIM, YOU KNOW THEY'RE HAPPIER WHERE THEY ARE NOW

IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'VE LOVED SOMEONE TO SEE THEM DISAPPEAR

BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY GONE – THEY'VE JUST CHANGED THE SCENERY

AND SERENITY IS ILLUMINATING THEIR FACES

JUST WATCH CLOSELY – AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT DEATH IS NOT THE END, JUST THE BEGINNING

CHORUS

DEATH IS NOT AN END – JUST A BEGINNING (2X) – DEATH IS NOT AN END

DEATH IS NOT AN END, JUST A BEGINNING

WE STILL SEE IT AS TORMENT AND EVEN THE MERE MENTIONING OF DEATH

DIVIDES THE BEE SWARM OF MY THOUGHT

CHILL IS AFRAID OF DEATH – ABDEL HAKIM NOT – LIKE THIS DAY I'VE SEEN MY SOUL LEAVE MY BODY...

IT WAS THE TWILIGHT OF THE FANATIC IMAGES OF MY ESSENCE

IN A SINGLE SUN CLOUDS FROM THEM I'VE REALISED THAT A HEAVY WEIGHT IS ON US, DEATH IS SAD

ONLY FOR THOSE WHO STAY BEHIND

HOW CAN I SAY IT TO CHILL WHO THINKS LIFE HERE IS PARADISE

THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS, SO WHAT ABOUT HELL, HM, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING

I WANT TO SERVE GOD AND SEE GOODNESS RULE PEOPLE'S HEARTS

FEAR – DISSOCIATE DEATH FROM ILLNESS AND HORROR; SUICIDE AND MURDER

ARE TRAGIC PHYSICAL ACTS – LOGICAL BECAUSE THEY COME FROM DIABOLICAL INSPIRATION

THIS IS WHY I DEDICATE A PAGE TO THE DEVIL, NOT A PLACE

AT THE HOUSE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE WISE ONE (Abdel Hakim?) I'LL WAIT ALL MY LIFE FOR YOUR SIGN

TO APPROVE MY SAYING AND MAKE OF ME A BEING WORTHY

OF YOUR GROUP, OH WHO RECEIVES YOUR COMMANDMENTS

DEATH IS NOT AN END – JUST A BEGINNING

CHORUS

DEATH IS NOT AN END – JUST A BEGINNING (2X) – DEATH IS NOT AN END

DEATH SCARES ME LESS THAN SUFFERING

WE ALL HAVE TO LEAVE ONE DAYI HOPE I'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN MY SLEEP

AND THAT IT'LL BE THE ETERNAL SO I'LL HAVE TIME TO DISCOVER A WORLD

IN WHICH NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME BUT ... AT THE MOMENT

I'M HANGING AROUND EARTH NOW WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE I'M GOING, LIKE A ZOMBIE

WAITING FOR THE MOMENT WHEN I'LL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MY MISSION

AND I'LL DEPART FOR COSMICAL WORLDS – IT WON'T JUST BE A PHYSICAL STATE

A BIOLOGICAL ARRESTMENT – BUT MY SOUL WILL LIVE ON IN PLACES UNKNOWN TILL NOW.

BECAUSE DEATH IS NOT AN END, JUST A BEGINNING

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I'LL TURN INTO DUST – IT DOESN'T MATTER, AKHENATION HAS TRAVELLED THROUGH THE CENTURIES

THANKS TO METEMPSYCHOSIS (?) MY GOAL IS STILL THE SAME

LEAVE A MARK ON HISTORY WITH MY WORK

A GREAT VICTORY OVER PHYSICAL DEATH

WHAT CAN THEY DO TO ME – LIKE A LOGO

OR JUST THE ENVELOPE OR THE ??? ON A PHOTO

IT'S THE DREAM OF KNOWLEDGE NOT THE BREATH OF THE IDEA OF MY SPIRIT

I'VE EMPTIED THE BOOK THAT GUIDED ME THRU MY LIFE

LIFE IS A LESSON, THE PASSIONS, THE PULSATIONS OF OUR ACTIONS , THE DIVINE MOSAIC

CAN WE ALL FIND A WAY TO WISDOM?

LIVING, LEAVING WITHOUT STRESS, WE THINK OF DEATH LIKE THE END OF A COLONY (or: summer camp)

IT'S EGOTISTICAL – LIKE THE LOSS OF GOOD FRIENDS (?)

AND THOSE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE SHARE TEARS FOR US – BUT DEATH IS NOT AN END

JUST THE BEGINNING

CHORUS

DEATH IS NOT AN END – JUST A BEGINNING (2X) – DEATH IS NOT AN END

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8od4yUflmE

New York - Adam Yauch, jeden ze zakládajících členů legendární americké hip-hopové skupiny Beastie Boys, zemřel.

O úmrtí sedmačtyřicetiletého hudebníka, jenž byl znám pod přezdívkou MCA, informoval na svém webu časopis Rolling Stones.

"Zemřel ráno v rodném New York City po téměř tříletém boji s rakovinou," píše se v oficiálním prohlášení na webu Beastie Boys. Yauchovi lékaři v roce 2009 diagnostikovali rakovinou slinných žláz, kapela od té doby nevystupovala.

Nathaniel Hörnblower je jenom strýček

MCA byl nejen hudebníkem, ale i filmařem. Jeho rukopis nesou videoklipy Beastie Boys jako So Whatcha Want, Intergalactic, Body Movin či Ch-Check It Out (používal pseudonym Nathaniel Hörnblower, né blbost, to je jeho strejda ve Švýcarsku).

Založil i společnost Oscilloscope Laboratories, která se soustředila především na nezávislou filmovou tvorbu. Spolupracoval s takovými osobnostmi, jako je Spike Jonze či Bansky.

Angažoval se rovněž v boji za svobodu Čínou okupovaného Tibetu.

Hip-hopoví průkopníci

Beastie Boys

Po vydání EP Polly Wog Stew (1982) ale začali experimentovat s hip-hopem. Už jejich první album Licensed to Ill (1986) dokázalo obsadit první příčku americké hitparády Billboard (jako první hip-hopové album v historii).

Další dvě desky Paul's Boutique (1989) a Check Your Head (1992) se sice na nejvyšší příčku nedostaly, ale potvrdily status Beasties coby hudebních superstar. Následovaly Ill Communication (1994), Hello Nasty (1998) i To the 5 Boroughs (2004) úspěch zopakovali.

Tři roky fanoušci čekali na instrumentální The Mix-Up (2007). Poslední řadová deska - Hot Sauce Committee Pt.2. - vyšla loni 3. května. Její vydání posunula právě Yauchova nemoc.

Za svoji kariéru Beasties prodali na 40 milionů desek a letos v dubnu byli uvedeni do rock and rollové Síně slávy. MCA se kvůli zdravotnímu stavu slavnostního ceremoniálu nezúčastnil.

A YEAR AND A DAY

M.C. for what I am and do