Frank from ILYY has just posted a new yo-yo video that features one of my iPhone songs off of Beeps And Smudges. The song, “Bad As They Seem” is a cover of an old Hayden song and also features Unwoman on vocals and fake cello. I love how the video turned out.
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Oh, this gold thing?
After a long wait, I finally own a decent gold plated yo-yo. When I say long wait, I’m not referring to the time I spent waiting for the yo-yo to arrive from Canada… nor am I referring to the time between when Steve, from SPYY Yo-Yos, and myself first started talking about gold yo-yos at [...]
the 7,000 pound yo-yo
Thanks to a recent post on YoYoFactory’s bloghole I learned about Beth and Tony Johnson, a Florida couple who recently attempted to break the World Record for largest functioning yo-yo. The Johnson’s spent 18 months creating this beautiful monster, which weighed 7,000 pounds and was 12 feet tall. Unfortunately, the giant yo-yo got stuck in [...]
Yo-yo meetup in the Mission this Sunday
Just got word that there will be a yo-yo meet-up in Dolores Park this Sunday. I’m not really sure about all the details (and can’t figure out the site at all) but the flier says: yoyosu (wtf?) Dolores Park San Francisco January 30th 1pm Jonrob, Tyler, Sandwiches, Juice I guess this is one of Boxthor’s [...]
YoYoSkills in Wigglevision
Dr. Yoyo just posted some 3D pictures on his bloghole from the National Yo-Yo Contest. Being the 3D fan that I am (see here and here), I immediately gave some of them the stereoscopic squiggle-vision wigglevision treatment in animated gif form.
