[ProtectOurFreedom]

The term "SIDESHOWS" has been used for a long time for these automotive disturbances and lawbreaking. Sideshows first appeared in Oakland, California in the 1980s as informal social gatherings of Bay Area youth. They were pop-up parties — part car show, part block parties,” that started at mall parking lots in Oakland in the 1980s.

Bay Area rapper Richie Rich wrote the "Sideshow" anthem around 1990: "Down Bancroft / To the light / Let me warm it up, I hit a donut tight / Chevy on my side / Windows straight tinted / He got hype when he saw me spinnin’ / I’m up outta there, sideways to the next light"

[Chickensoup]

Oh I thought they referred to stopping traffic dramas.