PETER SMOLIK."FOOLS BITIN' MY SHIT" I've been calling over here around three or four and you're still asleep. What's the latest you've ever slept in? Slept in? Seriously, probably about 10:15pm. How has your life changed since your last Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush. thrasher Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs. interview? Everything's been going good. Skating. Shit, how long ago was that? Over two years ago. I've been pro for Shorty's since like, '98 so damn, three years. It doesn't seem like that long. Since then, I've been managing a hip hop hip-hop or hip hop n. 1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents. 2. Rap music. adj. group called the Federalz. That's about to take off; some underground hip hop Underground hip hop, underground rap, or undie (to draw comparison to "indie" or independent rock) is music made by hip-hop artists not signed to major record labels, and with "little regard for mainstream conventions". shit. Are these your friends from Claremont? Yeah, all over SD. What we really want to do is become an independent label and shit. You know, so we're not giving money to nobody else. We don't want it to be like we sign with this company and we're gonna make some old fat man who doesn't even like the music a bunch of money, you know what I'm sayin'? We don't wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? get in that situation 'cause then they start robbin' you for your fuckin' cheese. What are your duties as manager? My major input is helping to get the crew known worldwide, through the internet. I've got a website, petersmolik.com. My pops does it. But anyways an·y·ways adv. Nonstandard In any case. Adv. 1. anyways - used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I , the kids e-mail me from all over the world asking when the album's gonna drop. I pretty much handle promotions, helping them out. I handle talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to the promoters and stuff like that. When we did your first interview you were still living at home. What has your new wealth afforded you? It's party time, dude! Nah... Pretty much being able to do what you want to do. Like if I want to go up to SF tomorrow I could just drive up there, get like a hotel and shit, and it's on Shorty's. So the $500 it costs to drive up there and all around The City, I don't pay for that. It lets me just skate and do what I want to do. Have you had any problems with people trying to leach off you since you came up? Leach off me? Oh no! Hah! Yeah, there's some crazy cats, you know what I'm sayin'? But you just put 'em in their place--check 'em. Start treatin' 'em like a bitch if they're gonna act like one, if they're gonna leach off you. Start havin' those fools do shit for ya, know what I'm sayin'? "OK, clean up my kitchen and wash my truck," if they gonna be around all the time. How come we haven't seen too much of you since Fulfill the Dream? Because I've just been tryin' to keep it on the underground, stay out of the spotlight and shit. Because I hate when you see somebody's video part and you've already seen every one of their tricks in the magazines-the whole video part. Then when you see the video you're like, "Oh, so that's how it looked." You're stoked stoked adj. Slang 1. Exhilarated or excited. 2. Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug. to see the video but it's not like nothin' shocked you, know what I mean? I like to go to a video premiere and be shocked by the tricks I see. So I've just been keepin' it on the underground. Plus the tricks I try are like mad techy tech·y adj. Variant of tetchy. Adj. 1. techy - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" hard shit. It's hard to get a sequence of them, know what I'm sayin'? They're hard enough just to do. I've noticed you have lots of people around you with insanityoriented nicknames, like Baby Schizo schiz·o n. pl. schiz·os Offensive Slang A schizophrenic person. schiz  o adj. and Psycho Mike. How come you're surrounded by so many crazy people? Fuck man, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . I just need these freaky freak·y adj. freak·i·er, freak·i·est 1. Strange or unusual; freakish. 2. Slang Frightening. freak heads. They're my homies This article is about a toy series. For the slang usage, see Homie. Homies are a series of 2-inch figurines loosely based upon Chicano (Mexican American) characters in the life of artist David Gonzales. . Psycho Mike, he's my photographer and Baby Schizo's just some crazy fuckin' dude. That's a whole other story in itself. What happened with Osiris? Did you quit or get kicked off? Nah, I quit, dude. They were fuckin' wack, dude. They was bullshittin' me. Just a lot of shit, dude. They wouldn't put out the shoes, like the color of shoes I wanted. They wouldn't want to make the designs. Then I was talkin' about this money here, like, if I was gonna re-sign with them I wanted this much and they said we can't give it to you. But then after I quit they called me up like, "Yeah dude, we'll try and double that shit," or whatever. They were tryin' to lick my balls after that, after I was gone. I just don't like the way they do business over there. Any word on a new shoe sponsor? I been skatin' other companies shit but I don't wanna do the whole rundown on the whole industry. The right deal has to come along because I want to stay with that company forever. I don't want to be some team hopper, know what I'm sayin'? I try and keep myself away from that shit. What bugs you about the skate industry? Just fools bitin' my shit. What's your biggest weakness? Just gettin' stressed, like arguing with a girlfriend. That shit bugs me so bad. Would you rather jump the Leap of Faith or fight Sheffey? l'd rather backside flip the Leap of Faith and shit! Sheffey's my homeboy home·boy n. Slang 1. A male friend or acquaintance from one's neighborhood or hometown. 2. A fellow male gang member. homeboy Noun slang 1. ! When can we expect the Shorty's video? November. Of this year? In two months? Yeah. The kids are gonna freak. |
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