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Here's something I discovered while composing my thoughts for an upcoming siteswap-based tutorial for numbers juggling (still in progress) I call them "siteswap pinch-ups." I don't think they have been described before.

I took a 10-year break from juggling, but am getting back into it. Here is my first collage. Music is Comets Over Flatland (15) by R. Winchester. It is written in 15-tone equal temperament, not the otherwise universal 12-tone equal temperament of western music. Filmed in late 2009. 0:04: 4: 61616 0:19: 5: ([4,4x],2)* 0:29: 7: ([6,6x],2)* 0:37: 4: 7161616 0:51: 5: 75751, 77771707771716661*, then 95551 a few times. * Trick was "spontaneous." 1:21: 5: 66661 1:31: 8: (8,8), 97, 8, (8x,8x) flashes 1:56: 5: 91 2:07: 6: 99919191 2:14: 8: 999999990 and 99999991 flashes 2:23: 9: 9 (9 catches then 11 catches) 2:40: 10: a (11 catches, Garfield Finish) 2:48: 5: 88171717 3:00: 6: 8844 3:07: 6: 868671 3:15: 6: b66661 3:23: 4: 80 (Actually, 6: 8[22]) 3:36: 6: 889191 (big brother of 6671) 3:42: 6: 78888171 3:51: 6: 8888181 4:00: 7: 88888817 4:05: 8: 97 4:11: 7: 8888881 4:20: 8: (8,8) (18 catches) 4:27: 7: 888891 - this is a really neat trick 4:32: 8: 8 (21 catches) 4:40: 10: a (17 throws, 10 drops)

Here are three ways I have thought about Mills Mess. This isn't intended as a tutorial, but feel free to use it as such if you wish.

Here's six in the inside halfshower 75, the outside halfshower (crescent) 75, wimpy pattern (6x,6x), synch fountain (6,6), and asynch fountain 6.

This is the seven ball siteswap 9797971. Filmed in the late 90s.

This is the six-ball siteswap 9595881771. Enjoy! And if you don't enjoy it, there is, once again, the awesome concrete wall behind me, and shown on the thumbnail.

I find this trick funny, because it is almost like the 6 ball shower entry and exit, 789a...b1...a1918171 but it chickens out at the 9s and flees back to the fountain.

Here's a film of a really nice concrete wall, except that some juggler is blocking the view of part of this wall. He seems to be doing the wimpy pattern and then the inside halfshower, as if to show that the patterns are different. But check out that wall! (See the killer thumbnail!)

A brief run of 5 clubs singles. Filmed in the late 90s.

This is my favorite way to enter, reverse and exit a five ball shower. From cascade 5, 678 is the entrance, 91 (repeated) is the shower, and 817161 is the exit. To reverse, throw 8181818 and then you can throw 91s from the other side.

The six-ball siteswap 999441. Note that there are 3, 2, and 1 throws of each different height, which have heights of 3^2, 2^2, and 1^1. The sum of the throws are then 3^3 + 2^3 + 1^1, which is the square of the third triangular number (1+2+3)^2. How about that? This works in general, by the way.

97531 siteswap done with beanbags once each way. Filmed in 1996 (in case you think it's lame by today's standards).

Here's the 5-ball siteswaps 771 and its pseudohalfshower 861, connected in a single run. Filmed 1996.

Here's the 5-ball siteswap 10 5 5 5 5 0 (a55550) done two different ways. First the 10 is a high throw, and the 0 is demonstrated with an open palm, and then the 10 is tossed to a kickup and back into the pattern.

This is the full file (not deinterlaced) of my world-record tie 11 flash.

11 throws, clean finish with 10 balls in the asynch fountain. 1995.

This is the best I could do that day, it just wasn't hitting.

I tried to qualify 9 on film back in 1995, but I only got 17 catches - twice!

The other run of 17 catches. Grrrrr!

Entrevista en espanol - pero despues de mucho tiempo sin hablar en ese idioma...what not to do during an interview in a foreign language - don't try to translate in your head while answering questions.