pen spinning

Found this over at Urlesque. Who knew pen spinning nerds were so metal?

See also this gem.

dv8 physical theatre

I love how this guy’s “handicap” actually enables him to do things that would be impossible with all four limbs.  Absolutely amazing. Check out the rest of the troupe here.

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modern samurai

I’ve been seeing this guy around quite a bit, bisecting tiny mushrooms and flying baseballs and all kinds of crazy stuff, but this, I think, is his most impressive feat: cutting a 6mm airsoft pellet in half, mid-flight. Is this real life? As one YouTube commentator noted, even if this took him a hundred takes to film it’s still crazy impressive.

rc airplane routine

Who knew they did choreography with these things?

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obligatory m.j. post

Mixed feelings here: I love the music, but I’m not a huge fan of the person.

I will say that he seems to have lived his life with good intentions, but astronomical success just seems to warp the mind – in his case to the point where he thought “loving” little boys and sharing a bed with them was ok. That keeps me from joining wholeheartedly in the mourning, but I have to say that if I made 43 gazillion dollars and was surrounded by ”yes men” all the time all the time, I don’t think I’d end up much better than him. Not saying I’d start taking an interest in the neighborhood preschoolers or anything, but I’d certainly have a cloned tyrannosaurus in my back yard, a fleet of space shuttles to drive me to the grocery store, and I’d probably wear a tiara, a cape and a suggestively oversized diamond-crusted codpiece everywhere I went. I’d probably also carry an ornamental sword too, just because it looks cool.

But enough of this moralizing talk about codpieces. This site is about the moves, man, and that’s certainly an interesting topic when it comes to “The King of Pop.” The dude was a good dancer, no doubt. But I’m going to break with the crowd and stop short of calling him great. To be great you need to be an original, and MJ was simply a good imitator rather than a creator – a good remixer rather than an originator.

The dude’s entire repetoire was…

1. One part cabaret jazz, which he straight up stole from Bob Fosse:

(see earlier post on this subject here)

2. One part funky shuffle which he got from James Brown:

3. One part glides, which he learned from Jeffrey Daniel, but which have been around since at least Bill Bailey’s time in the 50s:

4. One part, pelvis thrusts which he probably got from um…well…you know.

Sooooo…good dancer.

Highly questionable moral character.

But lengendary performer. I mean, the man made Thriller – arguably the best album of all time — and for that I am genuinely sorry to see him go. So RIP Michael. It’s been a wild ride.

mad skills, son!

Mad video editing skills, that is.

If he just nailed two of these shots in a row I’d be genuinely amazed. Still, it’s a pretty fun video.

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m.a.s.k.: remember that 80s cartoon?

There was some sort of gas station/mobile mart that transformed into a fortress or something like that. Well, Thailand actually has something like this in real life:

A marketplace that transforms into a train line! It’s pretty cool, I guess. But it’d be a lot cooler if it transformed into a heavily armed mountainside hideout. I mean look at this rad-ness, Thailand:

I’m just sayin.’

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batman vs. catwoman

How it goes down in real life:

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miami vice’s 12 seconds of credibility

Enjoy the first minute and fifty eight seconds for the fine 80s fashions and the silly shotgun-induced-explosions, but the last twelve seconds is where it’s at.

Lessons learned: be careful if you ever see “the help” wearing shooter’s earplugs and be extra careful if your driver turns out to be professional shooter, Jim Zubiena. Holy smokes that guy is fast.

moto-race of the damned 2: electric bugaloo

See the original Moto-Race of the Damned here.

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