so sad right now
the beastie boys were the first band I ever really got into on my own. they were my first answer to the question "what's your favorite band?". The first recorded piece of music I ever bought was Check Your Head on audiocasette. I listened to it every day before sophomore year of high school.
amazing artist. cancer sucks. definitely the first celebrity death to hit me sort of hard. If I wasn't in the midst of a major depressive episode I'd want to celebrate his life, but right now it just makes me want to curl up and hide from the world.