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Chase ‘n’ Squirrels
3/16/11
Today we buried one of our dogs, Chase. He was 11 years old, and his health has been declining for a while now. He hadn’t kept any food down for a couple of days, and yesterday he could barely walk…so we made the decision to bring him in to the vet today and have him put to sleep.
Last night he curled up in bed with us. In the middle of the night he got out of bed, laid down on the floor next to Jenni, and went back to sleep. He didn’t wake up.
He knew it was coming, and he knew it was time. We’ll miss him a lot, but we buried him today in the backyard so he could keep on giving those squirrels hell.
Miss you, handsome. I made this trick today, just for you. It’s damn hard to catch that loop at the end, but it’s worth chasing…just like those squirrels.
Song is “Ones & Zeroes” by Jawbox. They appear courtesy of Dischord Records.
Yo-yo used is the Die-Nasty by YoYo Factory.
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Eddie Van Haponik
3/15/11
If I could ever convince my buddy Ed to play counterweight, this is the sort of stuff he would do. Except that he would make an awful face while he did it, and somehow exude pure, radiant joy in the process.
Me, I just look like I’m tired and irritated. Which I am, but it has nothing to do with this trick. Ha.
Song is “The Reason” by Defiance, Ohio. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Pluck
3/14/11
Inspired by watching Mike Watt play bass. Yeah. I’m weird like that.
Song is “Beltsandedman” by Mike Watt.
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Turntable
3/13/11
Doesn’t matter what you’re doing…if you can find a way to spin around in the middle of it, then it becomes at least 73% cooler.
Song is “The Lively Lex Lopez” by Army of Ponch. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
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Footy
3/12/11
Oh hey look, the snows melting again.
*sigh*
Song is “Assassin” by Floor. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records and the crushing weight of gravity.
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SNOMG
3/11/11
Watch yesterday’s video. See any snow? No you don’t. Now look at this. LOOK AT THIS!? WHAT THE HELL, OHIO!?!
Song is “Trains All Talk” by Small Brown Bike. They appear courtesy of No Idea Records.
Yo-yo used is the Die-Nasty by YoYo Factory.
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Nunchuck Norris
3/10/11
I’m still in love with hubstack 5A, and I’m not even close to getting it where I want it. This is a new nunchuck combo I’ve recently gotten cleaned up and smoothed out.
Song is “Amargas Lembranças” by The Shame.
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YouTube Contest!
Hey everyone!
I’ve decided to run a little contest!
Here’s how to win: subscribe to my YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/unklesteve
That’s it! If you’re already subscribed, you’re already entered! On Friday, March 18th I’ll pick one random subscriber to win a $30 gift certificate to YoYoNation.com, and three more will win stickers and koozies.
Super easy! So just head on over to http://www.youtube.com/user/unklesteve and subscribe!
– S
Smackdown
3/9/11
If I told you how many yo-yos I’ve destroyed trying to get this trick reliable, you’d probably be really, really upset.
Song is “2 Tuff 2 Try” by The Hot Rails.
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The Quarter Trick
3/8/11
It’s a long-standing staple of professional yo-yo performers to do a trick where you knock a quarter off someone’s ear with a yo-yo. But when you consider that there are probably less than a dozen actual professional yo-yo performers making the rounds, that makes it a pretty scarce routine. So for today’s trick I thought I’d give you my entire Quarter Trick routine from my recent show opening for Jonathan Richman.
Enjoy. 🙂
Yo-yo used is the Loop 900 by YoYo Factory. Intro and outro music is a snippet of “Egyptian Reggae” by Jonathan Richman.
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