Beastie Boys return older and sillier

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On a windswept balcony at Hollywood’s posh Chateau Marmont hotel, Michael “Mike D” Diamond, one-third of the legendary hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys, is recounting to Adam “Ad-Rock” Horowitz what happened at a party that he departed early the night before. Among the recollections is that the DJ spun “Jolene.” “He killed it,” Diamond recalls. “That’s a great song though. Dolly Partner is a great songwriter.”

“Yeah,” Horowitz replies without missing a beat. “Dolly Partner’s penned like over 1,000 songs.”

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