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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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Beasties' Yauch Finds a Groove With Hoops Doc

Rapper/director's Gunnin' For That #1 Spot opens tomorrow

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(Newser) – Though by his own admission, he's "just terrible at watching basketball on television," Beastie Boy Adam Yauch—aka MCA—has directed a documentary about the nation's top prep players. Gunnin' for That #1 Spot opens tomorrow, and Radar catches up with Yauch, whose fight for his right to party is trickier now that he's a gray-haired soccer dad. Among the highlights:

  • On the film: "I wanted to be able to convey being right inside of the game and to have the game move with the music and the slo-mo, and to jump back and forth from those two realities."
  • Daily grind: "I listen to NPR. I get up at 8 and take my daughter to school. Music, lately, I haven't been doing a lot of sitting around and listening to records."
  • Big picture: "I don't know how my life has unfolded karmically, but every minor frustration and happiness is all based on things I've done going back over infinite time."

Adam Yauch, aka MCA, hits the red carpet with fellow Beastie Boys, Adam
Adam Yauch, aka MCA, hits the red carpet with fellow Beastie Boys, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (left) and Michael "Mike D" Diamond (center) in 2007.   (AP Photo)
Though he says
Though he says "I'm just terrible at watching basketball on television," Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has directed a documentary about top high school hoop prospects playing at Harlem's Rucker Park.   (Getty Images)
"I was drawn to the idea of these kids coming together to compete in New York; some of them had never even been to a big city before," Adam Yauch says of his basketball documentary   (Getty Images)
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