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THE THREE STOOGES DIED FOR YOUR SINS

Last time, you may recall, we took a break from the usual hostilities to focus in on several clips that we thought merited some attention from a positive point of view.

July 1, 1987
Billy Altman

Last time, you may recall, we took a break from the usual hostilities to focus in on several clips that we thought merited some attention from a positive point of view—you know, the one that shows up so darned infrequently here at “Video Video” central. We promised that our usual dander would be back up in time for this month’s column, since we’d just had our first peek at the Beastie Boys’ “You’ve Got To Fight For Your Right To Party” and knew that the old grist mill would be working overtime by the time four weeks had gone by. Sure enough, the Beasties have, in that short span, cursed on prime-time TV at the Grammy Awards, de-railed Soul Train, and hit the Number One spot on the Billboard pop album charts with their double-platinum LP, Licensed To III. And the more I keep seeing them, the farther I keep getting from that bandwagon so many of my fellow critics are merrily hopping on.

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