Awesome Talents

While it’s a sound that owes a ton of credit to Stevie Wonder and Zapp & Roger, we have to say we’re extremely impressed with this funky demo of a talkbox with a Moog Little Phatty synth by Steveland Swatkins of Excellent Gentlemen.

Florian “Venom” Kohler is a master at pool table trick shots. In this clip, he tosses out a series of bonus tricks on a tiny version of his instrument of choice, before moving on to the full-size version for a demonstration of his true capabilities.

This video footage of Portuguese street performer Luis Reis not only captures his impressive contact juggling skills, it does one of the best jobs we’ve ever seen of capturing what it’s like to perform in front of a live audience.

It’s happened to every drummer at some point – you’re jamming out and a stick goes flying. Scott Pellegrom was in the middle of a gig when it happened to him, but his recovery is so seamless that he managed to find time for a beer.

Watch Chinese acrobat Kai Hou somersault through hoops, dart between poles, juggle hats and more in this impressive compilation. Talent level: Kai Hou. You can see more on his YouTube channel.

The intense wub wub of First Person Shooter backs this performance by Android, Top Knotch and Dizzy of Dragon House and only serves to intensify the impact of their precise maneuvers, which remind us in some ways of The Matrix.

Nine-year old Jaden Newman is only in fourth grade, but she’s a member of the high school women’s basketball team. She averages 14.8 PPG and 7.5APG. Their opponent’s defense sucks, but her hot hands and handles are for real.

InspiriProductions shot this video of the Szombathelyi Kötélugró Klub, an award-winning jump rope team from Hungary. Watch them hop, breakdance, tumble and more while skipping over a varying number of ropes.

Another beautifully-synchronized combination of dance and projected light by Japanese performance troupe Enra, directed by Nobuyuki Hanabusa, performed and choreographed by Saya Watatani and Maki Yokoyama.

Musician Austin Criswell delivers a soulful and bone-igniting performance of Coldplay’s Fix You, accompanied by his ukulele. A few of our other faves from Austin: I’ll Follow You into the Dark, and Build Me up Buttercup.

(NSFW: Language/Offensive Humor) So you think you can dance? Unless you’ve studied and memorized all 15 of the moves in Contemporary Eric’s choreography lesson, you’re missing half your life. Now add some emotion!

After watching this clip of a Russian soldier spitting beats faster than an electronic drum machine, we almost felt the need to wipe his saliva off our monitors. Thankfully, YouTube hasn’t perfected SpitSurround technology yet.

The multitalented Aung Zaw Oo presents his best tricks for the year. As always, some of his feats are hilariously random, but a lot of them are legit. AZO, you could be a part-time carnival. But you’d probably have to keep your normal job.

For their Christmas 2013 clip, The Piano Guys perform an amazing arrangement of Angels We Have Heard on High, using keys, hammers, hands and bows to produce sounds out of their piano that no single pair of hands could achieve.

The casting director for The Hobbit trilogy decides that Ian MacKellen isn’t quite right for the role of Gandalf, and tries out a few other possible actors for the role. Impressionist Charlie Hopkinson’s Jesse Pinkman impression is spot on.

While we don’t like to spend time washing dishes by hand, this restaurant dishwasher takes speed-washing to the extreme, as he scrubs 50 plates in about 10 seconds. We didn’t say they were clean, necessarily.