You Can't Go a Day In New York Without Bumping Into Someone You Know!
Is that really them?
I'm kind of used to this. Between the movie/TV show shoots which seemed to always be going on at Wagner to living in NYC where a camera crew comes through Times Square about once an hour, it's usually no big deal.
Next thing I know, three guys in colorful shirts just kind of appear on the scene. I don't know if they just got out of a car or came up out of the subway or what, but it was surreal. The photographer was a few feet ahead of them taking pictures, and they walked right by the window I was looking out. And to think I almost sat facing the wall!
I think I knew who they were from the moment I saw them, but it was tough to convince myself that I was really sitting there with a pane of glass separating me from the Beastie Boys. I kept thinking that maybe it was a spoof - I mean, where was the mob of people, the adoring fans? Had they really managed a guerrilla photo shoot on 34th street without attracting any attention but my own?
Long before I'd made up my mind if it was really them, I'd had my camera out and was snapping pics. I mean, what the hell, it's digital. If it's not them, I'll have a good laugh about it later!
After I finished my lunch, I went out side and did a discreet walk-by. I was going to snap a few better pics, but I decided I didn't want to intrude, as they seemed to be getting away with the covert shoot and having a pretty good time. Two of them were standing with their arms up at 45 degree angles, palm to palm, and the other one was beneath holding his hands like a gun. Very funny stuff, and I wish I'd been quicker on my camera, but I have a feeling you'll be able to see that picture on an album cover or promo shot soon anyway.
That, and the security guy was about 3 times my size. Never the less, I had to go back the way I came to get back to work, so I walked right by them again, and looked right at them. Definitely them. It's funny how they can seem so young and full of life yet look so old at the same time!
Check out the rest of the (limited, crappy) pictures I snapped from inside Chipotle BeastieBoys.com
