The Showdown

This is a dance battle between DT and Tony Baloney. We filmed this when I was living in Fort Lauderdale, and I gotta give credit to Dan and Tom for thinking up this idea, and for pulling off such great moves. We filmed this on a Saturday affternoon, on the basketball courts in our apartment complex. There were people walking by left and right, looking at us like they just saw a ghost, but they didn't let that bother them. They instead danced their little hearts out, and came through with an instant classic. "Don't settle your problems with your fists, settle it on the dance floor".
-AS

Middle-Class Gangstas from the Streets

Just to let you know, you are not gangsta if...

1. You live with your parents.

2. Your idea of "the block" is your long driveway.

3. You sell weed, but still get an allowance.

4. Your parents bought you your diamond earrings.

5. Your form of hustlin is yardwork.

6. You eat dinner with your girlfriend's family.

7. You chat on the computer.

8. Your parents bought you a car.

9. Your mother takes you clothes shopping.

And the 10th and final...

If you're reading this right now, I can assure you that you are definitely not gangsta.

I hope this clears up any disputes.
-AS

New Track - D.O.T. ft. Peter Toh and The Royal Tease

D.O.T. is the next big thing to jump into the underground hip-hop scene. Representing the Bronx, he comes comes through with powerful lyrics and hooks solid enough to burst him into the mainstream. He currently is recording his album "1 to Watch" at Hidden Track Studios in Brooklyn. His latest track, titled "Rags to Riches" is featuring Peter Toh and The Royal Tease, and you can listen to that at The Royal Tease myspace page, myspace.com/theroyaltease. D.O.T. also has four tracks up on his myspace page, myspace.com/dotbx. Check him out!
-AS

Basketball Diaries - Entry #1

Let me paint you a picture...In the summer of 1993, there was an 11-year-old Jewish boy who devoted his entire life to basketball. That boy was I, Adam Schleichkorn, and I was booked for an entire summer of basketball camp at Lu-Hi, in Brookville Long Island. I still had full aspirations of being in the NBA at this point in my life, and for a little Jewish kid, I could really play. I busted my ass at camp to get better everyday, and it was happening. Every session on the first day, I would get moved up to an older age group, and still excel. I was voted an all-star at the end of every session, playing with the kids that were sometimes even 3 years older than me. I was on top of my little basketball world, until this one dreaded day towards the end of that summer. The entire camp was in the gym, and we had a guest speaker, Bill Wennington of The Chicago Bulls. He gave us this boring speech, and then started going around the crowd, playing 1-on-1 against different campers. He played the first two very easily, let them have the ball, and barely played defense. He then went up against one of the high schoolers, and he went at him really strong. The kid stopped Wennington, then backed him in, and scored on him! A high-school kid scoring on an NBA player! The whole crowd erupted, and Wennington was pissed! He starts looking around, and looks at me sitting there, and throws me the ball. Let me remind you that I was 5 feet tall, 11 years old, and he is a 7 foot tall NBA player, who was just embarrassed in front of a couple thousand people. So Bill was nice enough to give me the ball first. I look up, and he was guarding me close, I mean really guarding me! I dribbled in, came back behind the 3-point line, and heaved up a prayer. Bill then proceeds to block the ever-living shit out of my shot, and recover the ball. I line up to play defense, and he drives hard to the hoop. I had to get out of the way, because he was about to barrel me over. He then throws the ball of the backboard, catches it in the air, then dunks it with authority, and comes crashing down in to me. So not only did he serve me in front of the whole camp, I was in pain for about 2 weeks thereafter from a 7-footer landing on me. Way to go Bill Wennington, you sure showed em. This story is 100% true, and was the start of my realization about the NBA possibly being out of my reach. I'm confident that I would've made the NBA though, if I was about a foot and a half taller.
-AS

Insomnia Radio

Check out Insomnia Radio #98to hear a great episode, kicked off by Peter Toh, with "Shoes of a Beast". They listed 10 reasons why their site existed, and Peter was on the top of the list! Podcast airplay is really jumping off for us at Hidden Track, and we love inviting our friends to BK to listen in with us...These guys at Insomnia Radio consistently come through with solid shows, and we are happy to be a part of it! Thanks to Jason for making it all happen.
-AS

Fence Plowing

So I was down in Central Florida a couple years ago, right after the hurricanes devastated that area. My cousin and his roomates were in no rush to fix their destroyed fence, so we decided it would be a good idea to run full-speed at the remaining sections. It's a very stupid concept, but it works. This is a total rip-off of jackass, but jackass is a rip-off of plenty of stuff. It's short but sweet, and shows 2 people. 1 commits, 1 doesn't, both outcomes are hilarious.

-AS

The Electrical Language Podcast

Check out this week's Electrical Language Podcast here.This is a podcast based in the UK that plays some really cool stuff, so I submitted Peter Toh's "Shoes of a Beast." As he says on this week's episode, he only had 4 songs lined up for his usual 5-song podcast, so he had to go through 3 or 4 other bands to pick the last song, until he received my email. He liked "Shoes of a Beast" so much that he didn't even listen to the other bands, and talked very highly of him on his show. He also shouted me out on the show, and was one of the first people in my entire life to pronounce my last name correctly! Schleichkorn. Say it with me now, Shly Korn. Many thanks to Gabor of The Electrical Language Podcast, subscribe today!