Kathleen Hanna recalls falling in love with the Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock in an excerpt from her memoir, 'Rebel Girl.'
, and the Beasties shared a bill. As soon as she saw him, she decided he was “the sexiest boy in the world,” as she wrote in her
I lay on my bed talking to Adam on the phone for hours on end. He was calling me from his house in LA and I was in my apartment in the Angelus. I knew we were more than friends, but I wasn’t sure what was happening. I just loved the sound of his voice. Every second I got to be a part of his world was worth it.I had one Beastie Boys record at the time. It was a twelve-inch of their song “Root Down.” I listened to it over and over and almost came in my pants when Adam’s voice came on.
My twin bed turned into the 1990s version of a fainting couch. I was constantly throwing myself on it while I drooled over Adam in my head. Everything was large: my longing, my lust. My desire filled every room. And when I wasn’t listening to “Root Down” for the hundredth time, I was listening to the cassette mix Adam had sent me.
As I was shopping, I kept worrying that I’d end up broke, staring at the empty mattress. Then I thought,
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