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JugglingSubculture.com is pleased to welcome StreetJuggling.com to the small family of juggling blogs. This already consistent blog is dedicated to celebrating, “the common juggler; juggling as a hobby, a sport, an art.”

We are excited to have this new voice observing and commenting on the juggling subculture.

There’s something mesmerizing about this small cluster of people juggling rings at the same time. Even the drops don’t take away from the simple beauty of it.

Whether you think he deserves the recognition or not, (just ask Jason Garfield what he thinks), Chris Bliss is still the number one juggler on YouTube.

Here’s an article about his reluctant rise to Internet juggling fame.

. . . when you finally nail that trick you’ve been working on for months?

The look on this girl’s face says it all:

Ever since his video Marshmallow rocked the juggling subculture, and ever since he issued his challenge to “do something different!“, we’ve been wondering what Wes Peden was up to.

Turns out it was his newest movie, Expectations, available for purchase and download at www.wespeden.com.

In this short film, Peden offers a series of creative, well edited juggling vignettes showing off his unique style of interpreting classic juggling skills with a modern artful twist. A great soundtrack and some interesting locations add to the overall entertainment of the film.

We’re hoping this is the first of many similar films by Peden and others who have been inspired by what he is doing.

Here’s the trailer for Expectations:

Here’s an endorsement from one of Wes Peden’s buddies:

The essence of Francis Brunn’s juggling is control. He uses whole-body athletiscism and flexibility to manipulate, balance and build great combination tricks the like of which we don’t see too often today.

Here’s a clip from The Jack Benny Show where Brunn demonstrates his skills as the comedian pokes fun at his flamboyant performance style.

Read the Juggling Hall of Fame entry for Francis Brunn here.

Recently we introduced the juggling subculture to the game Booty Juggler.

Here’s another online game based on juggling: Juggler by coldtomatoes.com. This one is very simple and will take you back to that shiny set of multi-colored beanbags that you first learned on.

Careful, if you drop 5 times the game’s over! (Aren’t you glad that’s not how it is in real life!)