The Young and The Useless ad (1982)

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Movie of the Week Double Feature - Beastie Boys NYC-cable access 1983 and Another State of Mind

Adam Yauch RIP

Adam Yauch - RIP

Audio fixed on the last Friday Ephemera

For anyone, like me, who had trouble with the audio of Ted Nugent in the last Friday Ephemera post, I've fixed it. Check it out here. It's worth it - the Nuge is a hoot.

Friday Ephemera - Grand Royal Magazine

For a short time in the 90's, the Beastie Boys entered the print media world with Grand Royal magazine. It was typically funny, and irreverent, and was often a good indication of where the youth culture of the time would be headed throughout the decade. It was basically a peak into the world according to the Beastie Boys. It also only lasted for 6 issues, 5 of which are pictured here. Somehow I'm missing issue #1.

Issue #2, with Lee Perry on the cover, was probably the best one. Not only did it include an amazing interview with Scratch, it also included perhaps my all time favorite interview, by Bob Mack, with the one and only Ted Nugent. Seriously, it pretty much rivals any of Lester Bangs' famous confrontations with Lou Reed. I only wish I could locate a transcription online to share here. It was laugh-out-loud funny. Thanks to the Beastie Museum, we do have a couple of audio excerpts from the interview which I present here, for your enjoyment.



Ted responds to "What was up with the Damn Yankees, they were pretty lame, huh?" and manages to explain why he's a bigger nigger than Russell Simmons will ever be, followed by the claim that he's not a racist "by any stretch of the imagination":

Ted explains how he invented short skirts before Bob had figured out which tit to suck on.

Friday Ephemera

171 Avenue A - A rehearsal & recording studio run by a friend to early NYC hardcore, Jerry Williams. Most notable for the Bad Brains debut album being recorded there, as well as the Beastie Boys debut, the Polly Wog Stew EP. It was also the original location of the first Ratcage Records store & label.