Aaron S.

01. alias:
Aaron

02. legal name:
Aaron Jacob Schumacher

03. affiliation:
Nothing in particular

04. category:
mainly b-boy

05. hometown:
Menasha, Wisconsin

06. why do you live in madison:
I'm a student at the UW here.  It also happens that I like the city, which works out nicely.

07. goals:
Oneness

08. hip hop influences:
Everyone, everything; but especially KRS-One, The Spartanic Rockers, and LaCouir Yancey.

09. most memorable hip hop moment:
I'd have to say the b-boy battle that happened at Memorial Union
(8 November 2002), but that may just be sign of how short my memory is...

10. what do you love about madisons hip hop scene:
That it exists, I guess, but at the same time that it isn't incredibly big and showy; there's still a good deal of consciousness in play.

11. what would you change about madisons hip hop scene:
It bothers me sometimes that good shows happen in places where you have to be 21 to gain entrance, making it hard or impossible for honest people under that age to gain admittance.

12. describe the first time you “felt” hip hop:
Wow; I don't know... Walking home from school in seventh grade with friends, on our way to my carpeted living room to try and breakdance.  The excitement when the roller rink finally got its turntables installed.  Seeing live emcees freestyling for the first time between acts at a hip-hopshow.

13. philosophy on life:
Life is pretty nice, really.

14. other interests beyond hip hop:
Computers, especially the Free Software movement.  Government, especially attempts of the people to control it.  Science, especially figuring out what is actually known and what isn't.

15. additonal comments:
Why is it that the US has (as far as I can tell) no proper Battle of the Year USA to determine what US crew goes to BotY in Germany?  Do they just pick a random crew or what?

15. contact information:
ajschumache2@wisc.edu