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- January 10th, 2013, 12:59 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Brian Sibley is The Lord of the Rings!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1522
Re: Brian Sibley is The Lord of the Rings!
You can buy it as a download directly from the BBC at a much cheaper price 6.99 or $10.99: http://www.audiogo.com/uk/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-trilogy-j-r-r-tolkien-gid-21757 Or http://www.audiogo.com/us/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-trilogy-j-r-r-tolkien-gid-81608 I would also highly recommend Brian's ...
- March 29th, 2011, 7:48 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Genii iPad App Has Been APPROVED!
- Replies: 70
- Views: 14437
Re: Genii iPad App Has Been APPROVED!
Any news on the iPhone iPod iPad app? Is it Apple's new subscriptions rule that is causing the delay? On the web access page, I realise you have little control, but if you have an opportunity to feed in a point can you get them to remove the single click that moves you back from the zoomed page to t...
- October 11th, 2009, 4:43 am
- Forum: Light From the Lamp
- Topic: Prey of the Prestidigitator by Tom Stone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5782
Re: Prey of the Prestidigitator by Tom Stone
Another ebook from Tom Stone, produced as always in his beautiful and elegant style. This ebook is rather different from his recent works which have been becoming more of a brainstorming session of ideas rather than worked out pieces. Prey of the Prestidigitator in contrast has more worked out piece...
- July 20th, 2009, 11:49 am
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: NY Times: Derren Brown 'Enigma' review
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3248
Re: NY Times: Derren Brown 'Enigma' review
It's a great show - and his stage shows (of which I've seen the last three) far outstrip his tv in my view. His last but one show won the Olivier award for Best Entertainment from The Society of London Theatres - which is a prominence for magic in the theatre that hasn't been seen since the days of ...
- October 31st, 2008, 1:11 pm
- Forum: Other Magic Publications
- Topic: Penumbra
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5627
Re: Penumbra
Can anyone remind me (by email or PM or otherwise) of the contact details for Bill Goodwin. I have moved and want to change the address on my sub IN CASE another issue comes out!
- October 10th, 2008, 6:31 am
- Forum: Light from the Lamp ONLINE.
- Topic: Welcome to Our New Online Review Forum
- Replies: 96
- Views: 76326
Re: Welcome to Our New Online Review Forum
Hi Dave
I read Mike Close's reviews carefully, but I note that Bill Duncan has done a review of Paul Hallas' Magic from the Overground, so my suggestion for LFTLO would certainly help me if nobody else.
With very best regards
Alexander
I read Mike Close's reviews carefully, but I note that Bill Duncan has done a review of Paul Hallas' Magic from the Overground, so my suggestion for LFTLO would certainly help me if nobody else.
With very best regards
Alexander
- October 9th, 2008, 4:38 am
- Forum: Light from the Lamp ONLINE.
- Topic: Welcome to Our New Online Review Forum
- Replies: 96
- Views: 76326
Re: Welcome to Our New Online Review Forum
I think this is a great idea. However, would it be possible for reviewers to put BOOK, TRICK or DVD (or whatever else is appropriate such as EBOOK) at the beginning of the title of their review. I am definitely more interested in book reviews than anything else - others may have other interests. The...
- October 3rd, 2008, 10:15 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12679
Re: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
I ordered both volumes on Sunday and they arrived in the UK today (Friday).
Luckily the weather forecast for the weekend is bad!
They are as well put together as volumes 1 & 2 - as to the content I'll start finding out over the weekend.
Regards
Alexander
Luckily the weather forecast for the weekend is bad!
They are as well put together as volumes 1 & 2 - as to the content I'll start finding out over the weekend.
Regards
Alexander
- September 28th, 2008, 3:50 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12679
Re: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
Glad to see that Ascanio vols 3 and 4 have just come up for purchase on the Libros de Magia website.
My order will be going in today.
My order will be going in today.
- August 15th, 2008, 11:10 am
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Blatant Edinburgh review plug
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1607
Re: Blatant Edinburgh review plug
Great show - my wife and I really enjoyed it - you've still got a chance to go tonight or tomorrow night!
Ian does a beautiful presentation of cups and balls which is worth the price of entry by itself.
Ian does a beautiful presentation of cups and balls which is worth the price of entry by itself.
- August 15th, 2008, 11:08 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Stephen King Reviews the Kindle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3307
Re: Stephen King Reviews the Kindle
The Kindle isn't much good for the magic world because it doesn't read PDF format. I recommend you look at The Iliad from <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.irextechnologies.com/">http://www.irextechnologies.com/</a><!-- m --> It's expensive because it doesn't have the volume sales of th...
- April 29th, 2008, 12:34 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Looking for a good swicth
- Replies: 1
- Views: 972
Looking for a good swicth
I am looking for a clean close-up switch of a small number (e.g.3-4) of small pellets of paper for an equivalent number of similar looking pellets.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
With best regards
Alexander
Does anyone have any suggestions?
With best regards
Alexander
- April 4th, 2008, 7:18 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12679
Re: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
[font:Comic Sans MS]The world of the amateur magus Is marred by the thought of new pages That will, in a dream, Make his magic supreme; So he'll wait for the next book for ages ... and ages ... and ages ...[/font] Why don't I work on stuff from Ascanio volume 2 ... or Tamariz ... or my thousands of...
- March 25th, 2008, 1:51 pm
- Forum: Other Magic Publications
- Topic: "I Hate Card Tricks" by Magicbob
- Replies: 101
- Views: 45639
Re: "I Hate Card Tricks" by Magicbob
Dear Richard The e-book situation is a legal hot-potato at the moment. First sale doctrine Under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. 109, "the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of...
- March 18th, 2008, 8:05 am
- Forum: Other Magic Publications
- Topic: "I Hate Card Tricks" by Magicbob
- Replies: 101
- Views: 45639
Re: "I Hate Card Tricks" by Magicbob
Dear Spellbinder I am sorry to have caused offence which was not intended. I was not panning the book and have neither reason nor capability to do so. I am sorry that misinterpretation of my message caused such a sarcastic response. I was however expressing a strong view about the pricing policy whi...
- February 14th, 2008, 3:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12679
- February 1st, 2008, 7:25 am
- Forum: Other Magic Publications
- Topic: "I Hate Card Tricks" by Magicbob
- Replies: 101
- Views: 45639
Re: "I Hate Card Tricks" by Magicbob
Whilst the tricks look mildly interesting, I regret to say that $40 for a 10-trick e-book from a relatively unknown author where there is acknowledged similarity between the tricks is just excessive. I might consider it at $20 or $25, but at $40 it's too much for an unknown punt. Best of luck to the...
- March 9th, 2006, 3:10 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Jon Armstrong and FISM
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2702
Re: Jon Armstrong and FISM
Originally posted by TheMagicApple: I heard some British guy that is a lawyer, and now a magician member of the Castle is going to compete... That would be great news if it's the card mutilator I think you're referring to, but I would be a little surprised (pleasantly though). Magic Circle members ...
- December 15th, 2005, 2:32 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: T&R chink-a-chink
- Replies: 2
- Views: 682
T&R chink-a-chink
Can anyone help me with a source for a cross between T&R card and a matrix/chink-a-chink type effect where the three corners join the fourth one by one, restoring the card piece by piece.
I'm sure I've read this effect somewhere but cannot remember where!
I'm sure I've read this effect somewhere but cannot remember where!
- November 22nd, 2005, 10:24 am
- Forum: Other Magic Publications
- Topic: Early Info on ANTINOMY #4 and CD-ROM Annual
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5551
Re: Early Info on ANTINOMY #4 and CD-ROM Annual
Unbelievable. Issue 4, which looks great, arrived in London today, just 4 days (including a weekend) after you said that it was going out.
Gene, can you pass on details of your international shipping arrangements to Richard.
Gene, can you pass on details of your international shipping arrangements to Richard.
- November 14th, 2005, 7:56 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Sankey Vs Penguin
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10814
Re: Sankey Vs Penguin
from "freeadvice.com" regarding vertical price-fixing in the US Resale price maintenance agreements. Vertical price-fixing -- an agreement between a supplier and a dealer that fixes the minimum resale price of a product -- is a clear-cut antitrust violation. It also is illegal for a manuf...
- November 14th, 2005, 7:27 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Card Concepts
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2602
Re: Card Concepts
Its published by and available from Davenports Magic (http://www.davenportsmagic.co.uk/page_exclusives.htm).
- November 8th, 2005, 2:55 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Has Dr. Hofzinser Arrived at your House Yet?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 15534
Re: Has Dr. Hofzinser Arrived at your House Yet?
Arrived in London on Saturday 5 November.
- October 18th, 2005, 4:06 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Has Dr. Hofzinser Arrived at your House Yet?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 15534
Re: Has Dr. Hofzinser Arrived at your House Yet?
MattOriginally posted by Matthew Field:
Who is this Hofzinser guy? Which video is he on?
Matt Field
I believe that someone is compiling "Hofzinser in the UK" so you'll be able to see a quality selection of his work soon.
Alexander
- October 18th, 2005, 4:42 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Lewis Ganson
- Replies: 0
- Views: 519
Lewis Ganson
I am putting together an evening at The Magic Circle in December to commemorate Lewis Ganson's death 25 years ago. It is looking like being a wonderful evening with performances of magic that he has created or written up, a couple of short anecdotes from members who knew him and hopefully some film ...
- October 14th, 2005, 2:21 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Michael Close Lectures in the UK
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1204
Re: Michael Close Lectures in the UK
Great lecture at The Magic Circle on Monday (although sadly abbreviated by our timing rules). I highly recommend that any Scots who can get to the lectures in Glasgow and Edinburgh on Sunday/Monday.
- October 11th, 2005, 6:11 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Aronson Stack V Mnemonica.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8260
Re: Aronson Stack V Mnemonica.
As Doug has said, he and I do not differ in any particularly significant way in all this; he has also pointed out that it is all probably more than most people want to read about a rather academic topic. Accordingly if you don't want to read a VERY academic about VERY insignificant differences in de...
- October 11th, 2005, 2:26 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Aronson Stack V Mnemonica.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8260
Re: Aronson Stack V Mnemonica.
I agree completely that different people will have different experiences on memory techniques. I just urge people starting to consider what's best for them before they start and not to discount the brute force method. I tried the mnemonic method advocated by Aronson several times and always failed, ...
- October 9th, 2005, 6:10 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Mike Close' Workers
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1866
Re: Mike Close' Workers
I really wouldn't touch these books. Anything there is totally unworkable.
Shhh. Do you think he fell for it? We don't want anyone else doing this great stuff do we?
Shhh. Do you think he fell for it? We don't want anyone else doing this great stuff do we?
- October 9th, 2005, 6:02 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Aronson Stack V Mnemonica.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8260
Re: Aronson Stack V Mnemonica.
... and Nathan I am puzzled, since you quote me stating a fact that is getting to whether I want to perform poker deals of any sort in the UK, not comparing Tamariz and Aronson. My only statement in comparison was that certain poker deals from the Aronson deck are cleaner because they've been built ...
- October 9th, 2005, 11:16 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Aronson Stack V Mnemonica.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8260
Re: Aronson Stack V Mnemonica.
Doug and Graham both make good points and Doug's essay is well worth reading. There are a couple of points that I disagree with Doug regarding the brute force method of learning, but they are mere technicalities: - he suggests that rote memory learning is more difficult than mnemonics. Certainly I f...
- October 9th, 2005, 2:35 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Help to I.D. someone
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1709
Re: Help to I.D. someone
...unless for some reason a European date format was used?...the date on the medal doesn't match up
- September 20th, 2005, 4:32 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: October Issue of Genii is in the Mail: Steve Forte is on the Cover
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5855
Re: October Issue of Genii is in the Mail: Steve Forte is on the Cover
I am a great fan of Genii and think Richard Kaufman does a great job of editing it. For that I am very grateful. However... Yesterday the August issue of Genii arrived. On the same day it was announced at the Circle that October issues were available for purchase. The price reduction for back issues...
- September 12th, 2005, 10:04 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Easiest Magic Tricks For The Classroom
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2464
Re: Easiest Magic Tricks For The Classroom
Richard Pinner uses "Mathematical Finder" for teaching. It is trick #30 from Scarne on Card Tricks (also described in Martin Gardner's Mathematics, Magic and Mystery pp7-8). He gets the pupils to pull out nine cards from their own decks, shuffle and look at the top one before dropping the ...
- September 9th, 2005, 1:50 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Coin Man Walking DVD
- Replies: 2
- Views: 421
Re: Coin Man Walking DVD
Just ordered from Bob K. Looking forward very much to seeing it.
- August 31st, 2005, 12:47 am
- Forum: Other Magic Publications
- Topic: Penumbra #9?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4120
Re: Penumbra #9?
I had coincidentally just asked Bill Goodwin the same question. I don't imagine he will object to my posting his reply: Email from Bill Goodwin on 30 August 2005 Hello. I'm currently working on issue #9. It's about halfway done. I hope to have it to the printer by mid-September. Sorry for the long d...
- August 30th, 2005, 5:55 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Greater Magic reprint by Kaufman wanted to buy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 834
Re: Greater Magic reprint by Kaufman wanted to buy
Magic books by Post (http://www.magicbooksbypost.co.uk/) had copies until very recently and still have them listed on their website. Why don't you give them a try?
- August 30th, 2005, 9:47 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Cogitations finished?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 14798
Re: Cogitations finished?
I did download a full copy of the Cogitations I website and would be happy to forward it to a small number of past subscribers PROVIDED copyright permission can be given and some way of proof of Cogitations I subscription can be found. I accept that the copyright issue is no easy hurdle given that t...
- August 26th, 2005, 4:35 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Cogitations finished?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 14798
Re: Cogitations finished?
Although I haven't received any emails, I have received a $20 paypal credit from Steven Youell this morning.
The Cogitations link also seems to dead.
The Cogitations link also seems to dead.
- August 26th, 2005, 3:57 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: ATTENTION FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS: HAVE YOU RECEIVED YOUR AUGUST ISSUE YET?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5807
Re: ATTENTION FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS: HAVE YOU RECEIVED YOUR AUGUST ISSUE YET?
No August issue in London as yet.
Looking forward to it.
Looking forward to it.