Best Catches
Best Catches — Week of 14 June ‘09
June 21st, 2009 | Posted by tony
Best Catches is a sifter for the unplugged, the lazy, and the busy. It’s a weekly roundup of the freshest juggling videos, forum topics, and blog posts – in short, it does a lot of work so you don’t have to.
:: The talk of the town is “Asleep,” the latest in a great pantheon of juggling videos that begin with men in bed.
“Asleep” is as good as any in that tradition (see Isaac Rockafellow), and being touted as the best video of the year. Sid Lorenzo Crivellair’s club juggling is the “sexiest” since “I Think You Scientists Are Crackpots,” one viewer said.
Test the video against those accolades for yourself. As for other 2009 vids, a quick glance doesn’t bring up many that compare: Cigarette ‘09 was sweet, as was Cigar Boxes 6. Club-wise, we’ve had Santi’s “Seaside Manipulation” and Noam Geller in “Busy Day,” but neither showcase the production quality of “Asleep.”
Komei’s “pinball” videos were late ‘08, as was “Un Chien Andalou.”
At least for me, the video has inspired me to pick up clubs — something even great videos can fail to do.
:: Kevin Axtell shows some cool scissor manipulations.
:: A tennis can playlist at the Ministry.
