Glen E. Friedman Almost Didn't Shoot the Beastie Boys — Here's Why He Changed His Mind Check Your Head just turned 34 last week — felt like the right moment to share this clip from a conversation I recorded with legendary music photographer Glen E. Friedman. Most people know Glen from the images themselves. This gets into how they actually got made — specifically his relationship with the Beastie Boys and what it took to shoot that album cover. A few things this sub will probably want to hear: **He almost didn't do it.** When the Beastie Boys first came to LA he still thought of them as a punk band — and not a particularly good one. He'd already shot Black Flag, produced the Suicidal Tendencies record, and didn't think they warranted his time. What changed his mind was watching them cross over into hip-hop and realizing they were doing something he hadn't seen before.…