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Posted:
on saturday afternoon i saw an arty program on bbc 2 and it was imagery describing the planets (you know the classical music pieces) and they showed footage from burning man and lots of happy spinners
well it made me happy four five minutes anyway.................. didn't spot eva either
on saturday afternoon i saw an arty program on bbc 2 and it was imagery describing the planets (you know the classical music pieces) and they showed footage from burning man and lots of happy spinners
well it made me happy four five minutes anyway.................. didn't spot eva either
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There was a chick doing poi and contact on Never Mind The Buzzcocks tonight (presented by Hughie from FLC) and the footage was from 2001, then she did CJ 'live' in the studio and she sucked!
No seriously, you'd think after 4 years she'd have gotten slightly better at least! Her makeup was cool tho 
There was a chick doing poi and contact on Never Mind The Buzzcocks tonight (presented by Hughie from FLC) and the footage was from 2001, then she did CJ 'live' in the studio and she sucked!
No seriously, you'd think after 4 years she'd have gotten slightly better at least! Her makeup was cool tho Let's relight this forum 
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Posted:
I know it doesn't really count, but there was a good bit of staff fighting on Doctor Who tonight
Really made me smile after a day of stick, I come home to watch the one thing I watch on TV now, and there's more bloody stick on it. And THEY'RE hitting people in the face too!
I know it doesn't really count, but there was a good bit of staff fighting on Doctor Who tonight
Really made me smile after a day of stick, I come home to watch the one thing I watch on TV now, and there's more bloody stick on it. And THEY'RE hitting people in the face too!
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Posted:
when's the repeat kevlarsoul
when's the repeat kevlarsoul
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Posted:
I saw the monk/ninjas on Doctor Who. I was kinda shocked by how scary it was. Good werewolf effects too. Hmmm. May have to start watching it regular like...
I saw the monk/ninjas on Doctor Who. I was kinda shocked by how scary it was. Good werewolf effects too. Hmmm. May have to start watching it regular like...
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Doctor Who is ace The newer series, anyway. There were zombies (basically) in it last week! Quality!
Doctor Who is ace
The newer series, anyway. There were zombies (basically) in it last week! Quality! What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
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I saw that too! I was seriously shocked at how bad she was! After watching the progress Ed made in just a year, as a hobbyist, she (as I presumed professional circus peep) should be slightly better after 4 years!
Written by: Dunc
There was a chick doing poi and contact on Never Mind The Buzzcocks tonight (presented by Hughie from FLC) and the footage was from 2001, then she did CJ 'live' in the studio and she sucked!
I saw that too! I was seriously shocked at how bad she was! After watching the progress Ed made in just a year, as a hobbyist, she (as I presumed professional circus peep) should be slightly better after 4 years!
Willy - is bad for your health...
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Posted:
I only saw the contact, no poi.
We eh is that K-D Lang? Constant cravings waa eye!
I only saw the contact, no poi.
We eh is that K-D Lang? Constant cravings waa eye!
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Posted:
i saw some fire poi on univision the other night, it looked like it was a soap opera
i saw some fire poi on univision the other night, it looked like it was a soap opera
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Posted:
There was also poi in peep show...quite alot of it actually but only in the background. I also reecently saw an advert for some comedy with dawn french in and some other known faces which including a woman doing fire poi (or atleast trying to as i think she sets some stuff on fire).
There was also poi in peep show...quite alot of it actually but only in the background. I also reecently saw an advert for some comedy with dawn french in and some other known faces which including a woman doing fire poi (or atleast trying to as i think she sets some stuff on fire).
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Posted:
I saw some on a bbc advert about "this is what we do". It only lasted about a second though
I saw some on a bbc advert about "this is what we do". It only lasted about a second though
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Posted:
The club sounds an awful lot like Jilly's (to answer a months old question) although AFAIK they've got a blanket ban on poi (boo!), so I don't imagine they'd have FIRE inside?!
And the Dawn French (et al) show is "Jam and Jerusalem", on BBC1. The woman sets fire to a church after letting go doing some half-arsed backwards circles, by the look of it :P
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a manchester police program on a couple of nights ago showed someone down, what looked like oxford street, spinning fire in one of the clubs, one with a glass front.
The club sounds an awful lot like Jilly's (to answer a months old question) although AFAIK they've got a blanket ban on poi (boo!), so I don't imagine they'd have FIRE inside?!
And the Dawn French (et al) show is "Jam and Jerusalem", on BBC1. The woman sets fire to a church after letting go doing some half-arsed backwards circles, by the look of it :P
Eww, Liza Minelli...
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Posted:
theres a advert constantily on channel 4 at the moment for some telecommunication thing and its a got a fire club juggler on stilts on it just doing a standard cascade for bout 5 seconds but it pleased me to see it
theres a advert constantily on channel 4 at the moment for some telecommunication thing and its a got a fire club juggler on stilts on it just doing a standard cascade for bout 5 seconds but it pleased me to see it
he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.
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Posted:
theres one advert with a woman doing stuff with hoops for heart 106.6 fm radio
also in papa roach's new video ...to be loved has fire fans and other stuff in =)
theres one advert with a woman doing stuff with hoops for heart 106.6 fm radio
also in papa roach's new video ...to be loved has fire fans and other stuff in =)
What to do in case of fire??? LET IT BURN!
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Posted:
Agreed Spanner-
I saw this fiorst a few weeks back and was going to post a thread- I'm suprised one hasn't sprung up discussing it and it sterotypical mocking of youth/ poi culture.
Agreed Spanner-
I saw this fiorst a few weeks back and was going to post a thread- I'm suprised one hasn't sprung up discussing it and it sterotypical mocking of youth/ poi culture.
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Posted:
Just saw the ad for Jam and Jerusalem (which is on tonight at 9.30, btw)
I think it's going to piss some people off.
But never worry, if poi/staff is ever going to be accepted as something other than a fad, or achieve the, ahem, lofty respect of juggling, it has to be able to be mocked by mainstream comedians...
Ah well, bring it on
Just saw the ad for Jam and Jerusalem (which is on tonight at 9.30, btw)
I think it's going to piss some people off.
But never worry, if poi/staff is ever going to be accepted as something other than a fad, or achieve the, ahem, lofty respect of juggling, it has to be able to be mocked by mainstream comedians...
Ah well, bring it on
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Posted:
I can mock poi in fact it's one of my favourite hobbies next to juggling and staff 
I can mock poi
in fact it's one of my favourite hobbies next to juggling and staff A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.
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Posted:
Well if you're not a mainstream comedian (or meg, which is moreorless the same thing), it doesn't count
Well if you're not a mainstream comedian (or meg, which is moreorless the same thing), it doesn't count
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Posted:
on Medical Miracles the other night there was this really obese lady from NZ, she had two daughters who could be spotted using maori poi and then they showed them actually practising with them
on Medical Miracles the other night there was this really obese lady from NZ, she had two daughters who could be spotted using maori poi and then they showed them actually practising with them
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Posted:
Oh I saw that I thought it was good.
We've all been at that point, picking up poi and spinning them in two circles and looking for praise, but never getting any couse its not any good. Did you see her face all the way through when she was trying to spin poi, and only ever getting any praise at the very end from one person, who is abit like all our mums who think everything we do is brilliant even though its clearly rubbish to everyone else.
It made me giggle
Oh I saw that I thought it was good
. We've all been at that point, picking up poi and spinning them in two circles and looking for praise, but never getting any couse its not any good. Did you see her face all the way through when she was trying to spin poi, and only ever getting any praise at the very end from one person, who is abit like all our mums who think everything we do is brilliant even though its clearly rubbish to everyone else.
It made me giggle
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Posted:
is this the lady or the kids? I liked the kids, can't remember her giving it a go though
is this the lady or the kids? I liked the kids, can't remember her giving it a go though
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Posted:
did anybody see the chimaera crew last night on some late night show called 'BLAST!' ? those guys showed what the fire spinning community is really like, a tight knitted group of friends, not a group of stoner youths out to play with fire! nice one guys!
did anybody see the chimaera crew last night on some late night show called 'BLAST!' ? those guys showed what the fire spinning community is really like, a tight knitted group of friends, not a group of stoner youths out to play with fire! nice one guys!
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Posted:
Did anyone see An Audience with Take That - you don't have to admit it - but there was some fire club swinging. Quite obviously it was with Relight my Fire - but it was cool to see and the guy could clearly do it quite well - no fast weave!
Did anyone see An Audience with Take That - you don't have to admit it - but there was some fire club swinging. Quite obviously it was with Relight my Fire - but it was cool to see and the guy could clearly do it quite well - no fast weave!
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"relight my fire, your love is my only desire, relight my fire! cos i neeeeeeeeeed, ooh neeeeeeed, your love, doo doo!"
"relight my fire, your love is my only desire, relight my fire! cos i neeeeeeeeeed, ooh neeeeeeed, your love, doo doo!"
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Posted:
Yep, he was pretty good - did some nice double staff spinning to end the routine as well.
Can't believe I actually did admit to watching that...
Yep, he was pretty good - did some nice double staff spinning to end the routine as well.
Can't believe I actually did admit to watching that...
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Posted:
i spotted a girl doing contact baton twirling yesterday on the video to little chris' song, getting enough. i'm kinda embarrased to say i watched the video coz it's soooooo bad!
i spotted a girl doing contact baton twirling yesterday on the video to little chris' song, getting enough. i'm kinda embarrased to say i watched the video coz it's soooooo bad!
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Posted:
In the new vodafone advert right at the start there's a guy doing fire ropes and a fire juggler in the background
In the new vodafone advert right at the start there's a guy doing fire ropes and a fire juggler in the background
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Posted:
Not quite TV (unless they show it sometime in the future) but i was at a Pink concert at Wembley on Monday night, and during one of the songs one of her dancers was spinning glow poi.
Nothing fancy, just weave, reels and lots of wheel plane circles, but made us smile
Not quite TV (unless they show it sometime in the future) but i was at a Pink concert at Wembley on Monday night, and during one of the songs one of her dancers was spinning glow poi.
Nothing fancy, just weave, reels and lots of wheel plane circles, but made us smile
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Posted:
er. has anyone complained to them yet? i will, if noone else does.
Written by: SpannerWritten by: bbc.co.uk
Pauline McLynn - better known as father Ted's Mrs Doyle - plays Sal's best friend Tip, while Sally Phillips is her hippy daughter Tash, whose circus skills don't add any gravitas to her already skimpy CV.
It's highly misrepresentative of fire spinning and its culture but more concerningly a very bad example to be setting.
Quite simply, the BBC is currently broadcasting a trailer several times per day which shows Sally Philips unconfidently spinning fire poi in a church, wearing no head/hair cover and short sleeves, then cutting to one of the poi, presumably having left her hand, burning some decoration.
It's a couple of very quick shots but as far as I remember this is what can be seen.
What can't be seen is any evidence of any safety precautions as recommended by the HoP fire safety articles, for example, and as this trailer and the fuller programme will be an introduction to the whole range of fire arts for the vast majority of the audience, I find that absolutely unacceptable.
Expecting fire spinners to perform for free as requested earlier this year was bad enough.
I know: wrong forum for this kind of chat, but this complacency by the BBC could have very serious consequences
er. has anyone complained to them yet? i will, if noone else does.
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Posted:
Has anyone else noticed that whenever there is poi in mainstream media it is nearly always *really bad* poi, like someone has taken an extra to one side and given them some poi 5 minutes before they start rolling.
I think there must be a niche in the market here, perhaps we could start our own agency for fire dancing extras/character actors!
Has anyone else noticed that whenever there is poi in mainstream media it is nearly always *really bad* poi, like someone has taken an extra to one side and given them some poi 5 minutes before they start rolling.
I think there must be a niche in the market here, perhaps we could start our own agency for fire dancing extras/character actors!
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Posted:
There was a tiny bit of fire spinning at the Take That comeback concert.........thingy (I wasn't watching it I was channel flicking, honest
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There was a tiny bit of fire spinning at the Take That comeback concert.........thingy (I wasn't watching it I was channel flicking, honest
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