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flynn

The French Drop is hard to make look deceptive. I've been practicing the French drop for ages now with coins and small objects and I still cant get it to look natural or convincing. My timing is right and it does fly by lay people but just looks like a French Drop is being used when I do it.

flynn

Retention vanish. I remember being a new green horn to magic watching a David Roth lecture video being fooled in his routine and explanation doing retention vanishes.

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A friend of mine went to Vegas this past week and went to see Criss Angel's Beleive. She's a laymen, nurse, mid twenty early thirty and she was pretty impressed to say the least with the show. I asked her how much the tickets were she said "it was fifty dollars and worth it I wish I could see i...

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Most everybody's living a fantasy over there.

flynn

I think it looks like a wallet, like the kind you keep in your inside jacket pocket. It has a compartment to hold some paper currency on the right side and business card, picture, driver license holder on the left. I think it looks nice. And also as a performer we spose to make sure in our presentat...

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I didnt mean to criticize Randall I was just more like looking to see why his peformance didnt go over well with me and learning from it at the same time. I'm gonna construct everthing I do from now on like I'm gonna be performing for Letterman on his show. I was also rootin for Randall to do well o...

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I visit here pretty much everyday. I havent notice it decline. And certaintly not seen any decline since Mark lewis got booted. I'm glad RK took care of him. Yeah he had good advice and contributions but he's not the only one. I also like reading the older threads and not distracted by the ads either.

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Oh yeah ok. My bad I thought all them jumping gems and the hot rods were all hot rod tricks. Anyways I think Randall's pretty good live in person judging from his previous appearances. Maybe just not on live t.v. everytime. I still think something was up like he was ill or something on his mind mayb...

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Letterman hasn't come on yet over here on the west coast so haven't seen Carney on yet. But I did get to watch the other six times Randall was on Letterman and he did great considering its on national T.V. His first appearance was good I thought. I'm thinking maybe he wasn't feeling well last night ...

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Letterman's the type that will be all over you when showing any kind of incompetence so you gotta really be on your game with whatever it is you do not just magic. Like you become a target to get clowned through out the interview. You gotta be like Penn and Teller they do well on Letterman. I'm gonn...

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Watched it just now as well. He didn't seem comfortable and pretty nervous to the point it affected his patter and timing of his handling. I was hoping he woulda done a color change when asked if he could do that Wow change again without the sleeve.

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My first 9" turquoise colored silk and thumb tip. I lost it while moving. I was gutted. I kept it also in my first ever coin purse. Wish I could have those back.

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Tho he's a wannabe teen emo chick who once was a tough biker dude, he still pretty popular with a sick, off the hook mansion.

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lol hook line and sinker

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That was stupid how people in that previous thread saying the helicopter trick was boring. I thought it to be very magical and very different to me cause there seems to be no method or moves suspected in doing it. You get drawn in to his pace of the trick. I admit I have no idea how its done and don...

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I spent the entire evening reading one the archive page. Pretty neat. I got to read some discusions bout the Elmsley Count, impresions of a young Cyril at Day of Magic at UCLA, many tips on handling of effects and also Max Maven claiming that Magicians are easier to fool than Laymen. After thinkin b...

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Anyone know if Kolassal Killer is a name a card or thought of card effect?

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That Ammar is the best bargain ever, along with Pat Page's topit lecture video, even at regular price. Ammars video I still use the 4 coins coin across and kill with still. Great coin sleight lessons, many convincing false tranfer moves.

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I liked your video. Thought that you had pretty good crowd interaction/participation with you cups and balls.

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Nice cards. They've stayed flat for me. The Tally Ho's aren't as good as what they use to be though. I've had bowing problem with the recent one I got. They dont have that thick flexible feel anymore. They feel more like the old bicycles.

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Here's a thread that was started here from 2002 about radio magic.

http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubb ... Post184850

flynn

This issue was good reading. Can't wait for next months issue. It had some easy to do miracles in magicana. I like the cell phone mentalism effect. On the slant was good read on one of Ricky Jay's routine. Got you thinking on how to improve your magic. The Osborn Illusion was great. This is the firs...

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My spots to do tricks, so I can hand out business cards, was bus stations or bus stops on friday afternoons when people were going home wating for the bus. I would be practicing ACR moves or vanishing and producing a hanky to get people to ask if I did magic or asked to see somthing. If they asked i...

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Do it. And learn from it. For me one month would not be enough practice for presentation and piecing together a routine or a set of routines.

Jimmytalksalot.blogspot has got some pretty cool info and tips for beginners in street performing.

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Shawn did good. I , and the audience I'm pretty sure, didn't care that he hurried through his set. The magic more than made up for it. After the force and picture reveal he lost me I'll have to admit. I try and watch magic these days trying not to see what the performer is doing. In doing so he did ...

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I bet most of them fools that commented watched the video several times before they posted. If in front of an experienced magician, they would be misdirected and played with easy. Patter and presentation is everything. I knew the working of the ACR and was still floored when I watched Tommy Wonder d...

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Great story on Michael Finney. You could say he's experieced alot and done alot. Also I've had Britlands Cardopolis blog saved at favorites for over a year and read all his postings. Some good stuff there. Eventually Im going back thru it all to take notes and to learn some of the routines he's put ...

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Interestingly enough, I finally got around to reading his December Lodestone last night, I too am looking forward to doing this as well.

And yea the Saccadic Eye article was my fave from him the past year.

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In his Thoughts on Cards videos he does this routine with good attention grabbing patter and it fools. Oh yea the comments were indeed good for laughs.

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Jeremie, in it's case with no freezing. Also meant Farro not Zarrow btw.

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Doing the half up half down Zarrow thing, with some extra cards totaling around 60 cards, placed in its card case should fix the warped cards in 2 or 3 days. You shouldnt have to Zarrow mix the cards any more so long as you keep the extra cards. I keep a duplicate card along with 2 jokers, an advert...

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I thought the little man was going to be taking steps with its legs.

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Dime and Penny. For about five bucks make that dime penetrate most anything, and transpose to impossible location even.

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Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I been practicing Dingle's method and its not as hard as I thought when I first read it. So far I missed it maybe only like 2 times. I also been using John Kennedys deck and Potassy's set up. Im still waiting for an email response to see where the Dream Deck com...

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I thought it was jealousy, but was assured by many that wasnt the case. Maybe Occam's Razor could be applied here to find a solution.

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Thank you much Joe.

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Has Genii ever done a cover story on Paul Harris? Also can we buy back issues before 1999?

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Then there's also someone who only ever posts when they get a chance to make himself/herself look good or to let it be known that they may have connections with some of the more notable names in the magic community.

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From a lay public's perspective, Roger's opinion is right on.

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Thanks for the info PMS

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