Hooping.org is pleased to report that part of the news this week is, well, Hooping.org – most notably our Gotta Hoop video. It’s been popping up all over the blogosphere, most notably:
• Apparently Naked Hooping People Attack L.A. at Night: “Erykah Badu may have stripped down on the streets of Dallas for her crazy video but she definitely didn’t maraud through the night-time streets of Los Angeles in her underwear whilst hula hooping, which is extremely impressive.” The Awl
• Hoopers Throw Off Their Clothes, Hoop Through Downtown: “For those of you who don’t live in Downtown [Los Angeles], this is a pretty common occurrence. After the Edison and the Varnish have cleared out, the only people left are half-naked hoopers, twirling down the mostly-empty streets like urban tumbleweeds.” LA Curbed
• Can a Hula Hoop Make You Cool?: Answer: “Philo Hagen of hooping.org makes a visual argument for yes.” The post on Metafilter has inspired quite a discussion too. Metafilter
• Towleroad Guide To The Tube: Gotta Hoop was featured on Andy Towle’s video guide this week, and given that he’s quite possibly the top gay blog online, we’re very pleased! Darkness descends on L.A. and the hula hoops come out.
While we can’t list all the posts, Hooping.org sincerely thanks everyone for doing such an amazing job getting the word out. We’re completely shocked and awed by you all, and with over 10,000 views in a few short days – and a great deal of talk about it going viral, it’s pretty incredible! Thank you from the bottom of our heart! You freakin rock our world!
That deserves a yay.
YAY!!!!!!!
Oh Philo, thank you for making this video. I love it. I work not far from the Guadalupe Wedding Chapel and I don’t think I will ever see that buliding or our corner the same way again. You and this video are truly inspiring.
I second that YAY!! Yay. Awesome. Congrats again.
YAY!!!