Yesterday I made my mock up holster for the BSP, a new yo-yo by Anti-yo. The denim is raw selvage denim. Now I have to make 74 more.
BSP yo-yo bags for Anti-Yo
Plug-in to y’r muse
The folks at Broken Yo-yos sent me one of their newest products, the Plug-in III.
The Plug-in III is smooth as hell on the string, and probably the shiniest yo-yo I’ve ever seen. But what I really like about it is how inspired I feel every time I pick it up. I’ve been trying out a bunch of new whip moves with mine, but it also motivated me to create a little tribute to MC Escher’s self portrait in a metallic sphere.
I call it Hand With Reflecting Halves.
POPCAST E07 w/ Simon Welch
This episode of the PopCast video blog features Simon Welch, the UK National Champion.
Simon talks about the B.S.P. from Anti-Yo and shows his new trick “Wedding Nails”.
Doc teaches “La Parqour”. Fun is had by all.
Also available on YouTube.
POPCAST E06 “Yo-Yo Core”
In this episode of PopCast, I talk to my old friend Kyle Machulis about his newest project at Nonpolynomial Labs. Inspired by Johnny Lee‘s fantastic Wii-hacks, Kyle has created a yo-yo controlled musical interface using Max/MSP and a modified Torch circuit board. In the video, Kyle talks about the project and let’s me make some yo-yo core.
You can check out Kyle’s “WiiYo” post on www.nonpolynomial.com. Skin The Gerbil never sounded so good.
POPCAST E05, Stalls pt. II
In Episode 3 “Stalls pt. I” I met up with two handed yo-yo guru Joseph Harris and challenged him to create a few two handed tricks based on the old “Lunar Landing” trick.
Due to several conflicts, Joseph and I were unable to record the results right away, but I hope you find the results worth the wait.
Also on this episode is Joseph’s tips for picking up chicks and Doc shows just about every one handed version of stall you (by “you” I mean “me”) can imagine.
POPCAST E04
Inbetween yo-yo gigs and shipping orders from www.DocPopCrafts.com I managed make this week’s PopCast.
This episode’s tricks include The Brent and Branding
PopCast E03.5
POPCAST E03, Stalls pt. I
On this fantastic PopCast, I disscuss the art of stalling. Stalls are one of yo-yoing’s newer moves and involves stalling the yo-yo as it returns back to your hand.
In this episode I give the talented Josheph Harris a two handed stall challenge and one week to see what he can come up with it.
My special co-host this week is the infamous Boxthor. Unfortunately, this episode had to be slightly edited due to the length of Joseph’s segment.
PopCast Yo-Yo Vlog E02: Gondola
In this episode, Doc waxes on Pringle’s Prints, the writer’s strike, Houdini Drops, and the Gondola.
Filmed 11/13/07
POPCAST, episode 1.
Welcome to the first episode of Doctor Popular’s yo-yo video blog.
This episode runs a bit long, but that’s because Doc is used to doing 45 minute audiocasts, so six minutes really isn’t that bad.
Topics include John Higby’s painted yo-yos, back of the hand stalls, YoYoNation’s vlog, and a new freehand flourish called “loom”.