Rock the microphone and then I'm gone

Grand Royal #2 from the LD archives

I'm like Lee Perry, I'm very on
Rock the microphone and then I'm gone

Pictured above is an essential piece of 1990s arcana. The Beastie Boys' Grand Royal Magazine, Issue #2, featuring the great Lee Perry on the cover. Perry passed away yesterday at the age of 85 and I immediately sent the crew to locate this issue of the magazine from my archives. Hilarious, irreverent, and surprisingly well-researched, Grand Royal was like other punk rock pop culture zines of the day -- Ben Is Dead, Flipside, etc. -- only moreso. You can look for issues on eBay, but my guess you're gonna pay quite a bit more than $4.95. By the way, given that Biz Markie died six weeks ago, does someone wanna give John Kruk a heads up? Hopefully for his sake we don't have a Final Destination type narrative on our hands.