KQED GR Book Review: "‘Giant Robot’ Is a Pop Culture Tome That’ll Take You Back to a Pre-Internet Age"

Roving through the back of my magazine collection recently, I found a much-treasured copy of the second issue of short-lived Beastie Boys fanzine, Grand Royal. It dates to 1995. I remember excitedly buying it in an X-Large store in New York City and poring over every single page. Looking at it in 2024 however, took me aback. That zine now stands as a screaming monument to how much longer our attention spans were before the internet lived in our pockets.

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