ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 11月5日 00時28分

Adam Yauch — MCA, the conscience, shaman and intellectual backbone of the Beastie Boys — died in 2012 after a 3-year battle with salivary gland cancer. His name comes up a lot in A.O. Scott’s conversation with the surviving members of the #BeastieBoys, Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) and Mike Diamond (Mike D), as it does in the new book they’ve written.

So how did the book come about?

Michael Diamond: It’s better than having us attempt a Broadway musical, I think.

Adam Horovitz: Whoa.

Michael Diamond: Yauch, when we were kids growing up, he loved “The Kids Are Alright,” the Who documentary. It was like an obsession. And so he was interested, when we were working on “Hot Sauce Committee” or even a little before that, on gathering up archival material into a documentary-type project. Then there was talk of somebody doing a book on the band so we were sort of like, we should get our act together and do it. Then Yauch died and we were too sad and it was definitely not the time for us to touch it. And then we got back into it and it went through different manifestations. We started with the idea of getting people who were around the band and our friends and people who were involved at different points telling the story.

Some scores are settled, some beef is squashed, and no doubt some ugly business gets airbrushed or skipped over. Bad behavior is acknowledged; feminist-ally bona fides are upheld. Since there won’t be any more new Beastie Boys music, this scrapbook will help to consolidate a sprawling and complicated legacy.

@bradogbonna took this photo of Mike D and Ad-Rock. Visit the link in our profile to see old photos, mixtapes and more of A.O. Scott’s interview with the surviving members of the Beastie Boys.

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