The greatest juggler alive quit to open a construction business

Post by goatforce5 » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 5:12 PM UTC

anoncow wrote: post #86

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And I ask you is he any good?

With an average of almost 100, he was the very best and will be the benchmark that all future greats will be compared to.

  Our Don Bradman - And I ask you is he any good?
  Our Don Bradman - As a bastman he can sure lay on the wood.
  For when he goes in to bat
  He knocks ev'ry record flat,
  For there isn't any thing he cannot do,
  Our Don Bradman - Ev'ry Aussie "dips his lid" to you.

Post by bitJericho » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 5:44 PM UTC

munificent wrote: post #88

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I was shocked to click on this article and realize that they were talking about someone other than Michael Moschen. I believe Moschen is the only juggler to have won a MacArthur "genius grant"[0] (He has also worked with David Bowie[1], which makes him not just a genius but a badass in my books, but I digress....) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moschen [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_%28film%29

As an amateur juggler, Anthony Gatto is exactly who I expected this to be about. The article perfectly nails the tension of juggling: it's theoretically a performance art, but one in which there is almost no audience who can appreciate it. I think it's akin to free jazz, or car shows, or other weird passions where eventually the experts can only be understood by other experts. I did find it weird that they made no me…

Post by goldenkey » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 6:03 PM UTC

praptak wrote: post #62

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Hey, wait, I don't know about you, but I've always thought one of the most rewarding parts of working in tech was being lectured about motivation by someone with 10X my salary, 100X my bonus and 1000X my equity stake :-)

No, no - the most rewarding part is proving to them they're an incompetent idiot. The most rewarding. Not necessarily very rewarding in absolute terms.

Post by mcguire » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 8:13 PM UTC

jay-anderson wrote: post #33

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This is a case of a performer aging and not being able to understand a new medium. Gatto asks if posting videos on youtube will get him another job. He never considers that it can be a job.

Gatto seems to prefer the well-honed live performance to the recorded performance that may have worked on the 100th take. This is a matter of taste. It's also difficult to judge the skill of a performer in a recording (are they that good or did they edit their video to just have their successes). This makes me think of classical music. Live performances have certainly been on the downward trend for many years. Glenn…

Post by clarky07 » Thu, May 01, 2014, 3:49 AM UTC

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Someone that a higher percentage of people would be familiar with. While his feat is impressive, it is I'm guessing widely unknown. Perhaps Jordan, Ali, Gretzky, Babe Ruth would seem more appropriate. For those not too familiar with cricket, that "average" isn't like a batting average in baseball. While incredibly impressive, it is not equivalent to getting a hit 100% of the time. As for impressive feats above and be…

OP apparently isn't from the USA; I'd imagine in OP's cultural context the Bambino is less well known, baseball being a mostly North American sport. Let's not forget we have an international readership here :-)