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"We always work a little slower than others,&amp;quot; says Beastie Boy Adam Yauch. Five years after Hello Nasty, the group is busy recording in a New York studio it built last year.\r\nBut have patience: The new CD is unlikely to be finished before 2004. According to the band, it&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;about fifteen percent done.&amp;quot; One completed track will be posted on the Beasties&amp;apos; Web site on March 11th: the antiwar tirade &amp;quot;In a World Gone Mad.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;We wanted to offer our help in the war-protest arena,&amp;quot; says Yauch. Over a herky-jerky beat, the song attacks President Bush, but it also flashes trademark Beasties humor, as when Mike Diamond addresses the president: &amp;quot;You and Saddam should kick it like back in the day/With the cocaine and the Courvoisier.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a bit of a goof,&amp;quot; says Yauch. &amp;quot;The implication is, rather than involving everybody in the world in their problems, the two of them could go work it out somewhere.&amp;quot;\r\nDuring a quick recording break, the Beasties have two live appearances scheduled: the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Japan, on April 19th, and the Coachella Festival in California, on April 26th. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t quite know how bands put out a record every year,&amp;quot; says Yauch. &amp;quot;It takes a year to make a record, a year to tour and then a year of vacation. We just happen to stretch that vacation part to two or three years.&amp;quot;\r\nThis story is from the April 3rd, 2003 issue of Rolling Stone."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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