Floppers Paradise

After catching wind of an article over at HHW, I felt this was appropriate.

The sport of Basketball requires skill, determination, regular practice and rigorous exercise to keep your body in top shape for that long season. Even the most gifted of players still need these as part of their foundation. It also requires a bit of acting. Especially when you’re attempting to successfully sell a foul to the refs. This is where some players excel far beyond others. The art of flopping.

Before going through some of the more hilarious flop videos, you have to pay homage to one of the best to ever do it. If you’re a fan of basketball, you know him. Vlade Divac. Flopzilla.

For a man the size of Divac to pull off some of the most ridiculous flops ever, I’m sure that trickled down to some of the newer, younger cats just as big. Say, King James for example:

Big men aren’t the only ones getting fake hurt. How about the arm lock vertical flop by Baron Davis? Okur really applied some force into that one. Somehow.

Not your thing? Well how about the no contact Flop? I’m thinking Boozer must be an Air Bender. No other way to explain what happens here:

Ever wonder what happens when an Immovable Flop meets and Unstoppable Flopper?

The league has some great actors. Its too bad fines are now being put into place to combat it. In the meantime however, you can always head on over to youtube and check out more videos. *Flops as I type this*

‘A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures.’ – Stephen J. Powers Exhibit

Big shout out to the security guard that turned the elevator back on and let me up even though I got there 10mins before the place was supposed to close for the week. Luckily the staff upstairs was pretty cool about it and allowed me to take some pictures even though they were looking to lock the doors. If you aren’t familiar with Stephen J. Powers, thats okay. I wasn’t either until I caught a film on Netflix entitled “Beautiful Losers” which showcased many artists, including Stephen who at the time, was known simply as “Espo”, a street artist who did alot Graffiti around the city. Anyone familiar with Macy’s in Downtown Brooklyn? Well, all you have to do is look up at the garage area to see some of his work.

It just so happened that the following day I caught a post on High Snobiety which mentioned he would be holding an exhibit for the month and I knew I HAD to go. His skill with typography is just awesome. It inspired me that same night to play around with it in my sketchpad. Anyway enough rambling. If you’d like to check it out for yourself, the exhibit is open for another week. Address below the pics. Enjoy!

Joshua Liner Gallery
548 West 28th St
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

A few things movies have taught me.

Don’t put trust in anyone with 4 letter names. ( Scar, Rico, Rose, etc.)

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Cuffin’ Season 2012: The 5 Day Playlist ( Provided by VH1Music )

Cuffin’ Season is just about a week away and if you’ve been following the Official Guide for 2012, you know a date should definitely take place this weekend. Or maybe you’re doing your own thing and just want some “in the mood” music to get your mind right as we begin counting down to the start of the Season. As always, I’m here to help.

The very good folks over at VH1 caught wind of the guide I made and started a daily playlist of songs you can vibe to inorder to put you in the “heyboo” text mood. So far Monday – Thursday has been posted. Later today they drop the final part of the series, which I’ll update on here once available. Shoutout to them for giving me a nod as well.

*Updated with all 5 days!

#ThankYouCuffGod

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