Episodes

Friday Jul 14, 2023
Hello Nasty in Another Dimension (25th Anniversary)
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023

As Hello Nasty celebrates its 25th trip around the sun, this episode of The Brouhaha takes a look at the Beastie Boys' 1998 release in another dimension. We won't go beyond that, otherwise we'd spoil it all, but besides doing an extraterrestrial-like Silver Anniversary autopsy on Hello Nasty, we also bring back our "20 Questions" contest and see if a grown-ass, 55-year-old diehard Beastie Boys fan can win a robot and squid monster play-set.

Friday Dec 16, 2022
The Live Log, Pt. 3
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022

Completing the Live Log trilogy, Jim and Beastie Boys Message Board legend, Laver1969 (aka Jaysen Chambers), take a listen back to the Beastie Boys' final live performance.

Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
The Leftovers Episode
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022

For anyone hitting the road this holiday weekend, we've prepared a batch of leftovers for you, containing some delicious Beastie anecdotes from the following dinner guests: Gavin Rossdale (Bush), Treach (Naughty By Nature), David Cross, and Gail Simmons (Top Chef). Enjoy! #DeliciousAgainPeter

Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
The Live Log, Pt. 2
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022

The premise of this episode is simple: I recap every Beastie Boys' live performance I ever saw. Unlike the Beastie Boys, and this is no diss, I have successfully completed a Pt. 1 and Pt. 2. (I will amend this post after the Beastie Boys release Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1). #WatchTheFinger

Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
The Live Log, Pt. 1
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022

The host of The Brouhaha, Jim Shearer (that would be me writing in third person), takes a trip down memory lane and attempts to log all of the Beastie Boys live performances that he's witnessed in his lifetime. Fortunately, he saw them so many times it will require an additional episode, hence this one being called "Pt. 1."

Thursday Apr 21, 2022
30 Years of Check Your Head
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022

Everything you ever wanted to know and more (including some never-before-revealed "dark secrets" and a few off-the-wall theories) about the Beastie Boys' classic 1992 album, Check Your Head.

Thursday Apr 07, 2022
HSC PT2: 10 Years Later (One Year Late)
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022

Jim Shearer and former Oscilloscope Laboratories Sound Engineer, Andre Kelman, listen back to Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2 and give their hot takes, commentary, and insight 10 years after the fact. (Actually 11 years after the fact, but who's counting?)

Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
The Prince of Sides
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022

Andre Kelman, aka "The Prince of Sides," talks about scoring a sound engineer gig at Oscilloscope Laboratories in his early-20s. Andre also dishes on what it was like working on Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, recording sessions with Kanye West and Jack White, the lost Beastie Boys' track "Bundt Cake," and, obviously, his knack for always ordering up the perfect side-dish (hence his royal nickname).

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Stop-Motion Sabotage
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022

Paco, aka Corduroy Frames on Instagram, talks about his Beastie fandom as well as the mammoth undertaking of stocking up on craft supplies and attempting to do a homemade, frame-by-frame, stop-motion animation remake of the Beastie Boys' 1994 classic music video, "Sabotage." What inspired this madness? How long will it take? What will he do when he's done? Find out now! #HesCrafty

Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Check Your Head vs. Ill Communication
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022

Even though I'm ride or die Check Your Head, I've said on multiple occasions that valid arguments could be made as to why Ill Communication is the crown jewel in the Beastie canon. Today, I finally do it: I pit Check Your Head and Ill Communication against each other in a battle for B-Boy studio album supremacy.

