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Bradd Quinn is a self-starter. The Rochester resident recently wrote and self-published his first full-length book, Under, about some gruesome killings in a small town.

Brooklyn, N.Y.-bred trio the Beastie Boys released their Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science compilation 10 years ago this week.

Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. In July of last year, I was fortunate enough to get to talk to the Beastie Boys' very own MCA, Adam Yauch, about his total blast of a street ball doc GUNNIN' FOR THAT #1 SPOT.

Just one month ago MTV and VH1 were filled with Hip Hop programming to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Def Jam Records.

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch says he's recovering well after having surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in his salivary gland last summer.

When asked about a possible Coachella appearance, Yauch said, "Maybe so. ... Believe me, it would be fun if it does come together." Yauch's independently financed movie-distribution company, Oscilloscope Laboratories, recently launched a movie-of-the month club called The Circle of Trust.

Norah Jones That's What I Said The jazz singer's sultry vocals get a sparkling electro/ hip-hop makeover from two-thirds of the Beastie Boys.

Adam 'MCA' Yauch has reportedly announced that he is making plans to perform at the 2010 Coachella Music Festival.

Imagine the Beastie Boys singing about messy rooms, sibling rivalry and bedtime, and you have something close to popular kid-pop quartet The Imagination Movers.

How do you pronounce a name that is written with a dollar sign? I ask because I am about to meet Ke$ha, this season's hottest pop poppet, a 22-year-old tousled blonde who is so volcanically trendy that she has already been compared to Madonna and the Beastie Boys, despite only just having released her debut single.

Norah Jones has enlisted two members of Beastie Boys plus Santigold and Beck to remix tracks from her new album 'The Fall' . The three remixed tracks are being premiered online this week and will be released on vinyl on January 12.

Blur front man Damon Albarn has revealed the guest appearances for the Gorillaz upcoming album, which is titled Plastic Beach .

Monday's news that the Hollywood Video located in the old Tower Theater will soon shut down has put Rocks Off on one of our periodic nostalgia kicks, and this one actually comes with a personal connection.

I listen to all kinds of music and always have. The first album I ever bought was the Beastie Boys "Licensed to Ill" in the late 80s.

A still from Given that Where the Wild Things Are. Given that Where the Wild Things Are is just nine sentences long, it doesn't exactly jump out as a book ripe for a film adaptation.

The East Coast post-grunge/pop-punk outfit Good Charlotte was founded in 1996 by identical brothers Joel and Benji Madden.

Actress Estelle Parsons is 82. TV personality Richard Dawson is 77. Comedian Dick Smothers is 71.

Maine Fast Fact : Portland is the 20th largest fishing port in the United States.

The Hot Rats Turn Ons Fat Possum Release Date: 1/19/2010 Tracklisting: 1. I Can't Stand It 2. Big Sky 3. The Crystal Ship 4. Fight For Your Right 5. Damaged Goods 6. Love Is The Drug 7. Bike 8. Pump It Up 9. The Lovecats 10.

The latest remix/mash-up from Animals at Risk -- the remix crew made up of Matt Fecher/DJ Hot to Death with Yonnas from the Pirate Signal -- is alive.