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Henley

I have a nice five-page section in a notebook comparing the ten-card poker routines of Ortiz ("Mexican Poker") Alan Ackerman, Luke Jermay, Ricky Jay, Derren Brown and a (Japanese) Mr. Maric routine that uses a clever prediction presentation plus a bold double-end gaff. I've spent a long ti...

Henley

JFox wrote:Purposely missing the first "page number" - is a strong bit of misdirection: it allowed Dave to actually see the page number that Woody had first stopped at.
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Woody was taught very well.

Good job! I'm going to use this.

Henley

I just thought you were busy with the movie stuff. Glad you're back!

Henley

Will this lead to a plethora of magic ebooks being sold on the iBookstore, I wonder?

Henley

Jeff Busby resemblances aside, anyone who would fall for that crap (and there are many) has already fled back to America/Canada/Britain.

Henley

It really looks great when you bend down, grab the base mat with your hands and move it around under the "flying" carpet.

Henley

I got everything yesterday. Some great stuff!

Henley

Rakuten's an online shop--Anyway, I just got an email telling me they're being shipped today.
I was in Tokyo over the weekend but since I'd already ordered online I didn't go looking for them. Waiting patiently...

Henley

I'm an hour from Tokyo, ordered all of them on the 15th through Rakuten, still haven't been shipped. Next time I'll get one of you American guys to get them for me! (insert winky face)

Henley

The last I heard, Tokyo had recorded "only" five deaths, out of a population of 13,000,000 people. Here in Ibaraki the death toll is around 19. The hardest hit areas are Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectureshundreds of kilometres north of Tokyowhere entire towns have been erased, with th...

Henley

It hasn't been officially announced yet, but the JCMA Japan Cup will probably be postponed.

Henley

We're 100km north of Tokyo--luckily far enough inland to avoid any tsunami. Here's the magic room, it's usually only half this messy:
http://twitpic.com/48ryu6

Henley

To paraphrase a statement made by a very smart magician friend, if Jesus Christ rose from the grave in front of James randi himself and turned his Fiji water into a grand cru while being held in his very hand, randi would call [censored] and stick both fingers in his ears. If I'm correct in assumin...

Henley

I've been watching the Essential Magic Conference vids again lately.

Henley

I won! Looking forward to the card arriving on this side of the Earth sometime next month. Thanks to Richard, Genii, and EMC organizers!

Neil

Henley

Here's a photo of Tomo Maeda presenting the Media Award to someone you might be familiar with. http://twitpic.com/1b14dy

Henley

He published the "Blue Crystal Book" in Japanese, sold by Tenyo, featuring nine effects. I've never seen the book, but this is it (scroll down a bit): <a class="postlink" href="http://plaza.harmonix.ne.jp/~k-miwa/magic/something/bluecrystal.html">http://plaza.harmonix.ne.jp/~k-mi...

Henley

They sell itand a bunch of other surprisingly good magic stuffin the 100 yen ($1) shops in Japan. The equivalent of the Dollar Stores in Canada, with the same Chinese supplier.

Henley

Previous post courtesy of Weird Al Yankovic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg

Henley

A similar trick that I (and laymen) love is "miruku to kurumi" "Milk and Walnut" by Shigeo Futagawa. Here's Ponta the Smith performing it: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhJ5PGEYH1c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhJ5PGEYH1c</a> Ther...

Henley

The excellent PBS documentary on the subject is available online:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyvw0Wu8b2M

Henley

Actually I got a red-hot coal wedged between my toes once. Granted, it was a blazing campfire and I was drunk. The soles of my feet were fine though.
Yes, I'm an idiot.

Henley

I believe there is a Shawn Farquar effect out there somewhere. I saw Cyril do it, and heard Farquar get angry...

http://is.gd/4GTvp

Henley

Work on your muscle pass, and try "The coin that falls down".

Henley

Jonathan Townsend wrote:What next, chink-a-chink using dumplings?

Not a bad idea. I saw Dr. Sawa do it on tv with mini tomatoes in his garden.

The original shumai trick was sold by "MadMagic". I bought it at Tokyu Hands, and it looks perfect too.

Henley

Can't help with the decks, but I'd love to attend, if you're coming to Tokyo. I haven't seen anything on the Japanese websites (yet).

Henley

I tried double stick tape and 3M post-it glue stick and ended up coming back to wax. A tiny flattened spot in 2 opposite corners. It's invisible and just the right tackiness.

Henley

Last Sunday the 51st Tenyo Magic Festival was held in Tokyo, where they introduced the new line.
http://hms.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2009/ ... -5670.html
(some guy's blog in Japanese)

Henley

Besides the fact that most people in North America have probably never seen a shuumai, the patter for the trick is based on a Japanese pun.
"kore de oshimai" means "this is the end", so in this case when the trick is over you say "kore de oshuumai".

Henley

Thanks for the info, Richard. May I ask where you got the ad for the 2010 items? I see the middle one on the left is Shinpei Ogawa's "Kore de Oshuumai!" (now renamed by Tenyo as "China Surprise"), a great little trick I've been getting a lot of mileage from. A tissue and a pea tr...

Henley

Richard Hart wrote:...the cafe having a section for gospel magicians called "The Good News", and they didn't have a section for atheists called "The Real News".

I love that.

Henley

Hello. Could anyone tell me the origin of this effect? My late grandfather taught it to me 30 years ago, and I'd like to get some clue as to where he learned it. I never knew the name, but I've seen it described under this title on the web in a few places, with no crediting. Long story short: it's a...

Henley

Henley, The USPCC letter at the beginning of the thread indicates that is only trademarked areas -- the image printed on the backs of the card and the Ace of Spades... N. I was thinking that completely removing the (trademarked) back design could be considered an "alteration". Probably not.

Henley

Hmm. I wonder what happens to all blank/blank back/double facers too.

Henley

Thanks Jeff, it just happens I got Extreme Burn last week and I'm having a lot of fun with it.
(Damn those odd-sized Japanese bills!)

Henley

My first thought was also Impossible Miracle, although the card isn't returned to a ribbon spread. In this demo, it's inserted into a squared deck:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCcuknanmdc

Henley

My post was also a (knee-jerk) reaction.
The topic touched on tv magic and my comment was directly related to that.

Henley

Hear, hear.

Henley

So no opie, nothing was dropped. I think that opie was using the word "dropped" to mean "mentioned", not "quit"...? Anyway, I'm interested to see the Blue Crystal. On a slightly related note, I dug out my year-old Japanese Tenyo version of Bich's Spreadwave the other d...

Henley

NCMarsh wrote:This performance struck me in the same way...it felt lazy...
...shouting...

...bad art

Welcome to Japanese t.v.!
(Although I prefer the word "artless".)

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