Stereogum — Jon Spencer Blues Explosion just released a Record Store Day recording of their popular live medley of “She’s On It” by the Beastie Boys blended with “Jack The Ripper” by Link Wray. Now you can watch the video for it, which patches together... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — In The Guardian's latest Google Street View series, they've posted pictures of classic album covers taken in public places pasted onto the Google Street View snapshot of the location. The post includes PJ Harvey's Stories from the City, Stories... more info

Time — From One Direction to the Beastie Boys more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Beastie Boys @ T5 in 2008 (more by Elizabeth Weinberg) Yesterday, we posted that the Beastie Boys Vs. GoldieBlox lawsuit had been settled and that no details had been revealed. That's still the case but the toymakers -- who appropriated... more info

ContactMusic — Bosses at toy company GoldieBlox have issued an apology to rap group the Beastie Boys after settling a legal battle surrounding the use of their... more info

Time — The band has come to an agreement with the toy company who parodied their classic hit "Girls" — and the settlement will benefit actual girls more info

Stereogum — Last year, GoldieBlox, a toy company that specializes in non-princessy toys for girls, made an online commercial that used a parody of the Beastie Boys’ 1986 lunkhead nugget “Girls,” flipping the lyrics to turn them feminist. You’d think this... more info

Pop Candy — Wednesday's headlines also include Charlie Kaufman, Beastie Boys and Dion McGregor. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Remember the drama between toy company Goldieblox and their appropriation of Beastie Boys' "Girls" in an online ad that resulted in preempitve and actual lawsuits? Well it's been settled, according to The Hollywood Reporter. No details have been rele... more info

NME — Mike D and Ad-Rock of rap group reach settlement with GoldieBlox more info