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Andrew Charles

Tom Stone wrote:
Andrew Charles wrote:This is clearly a lot more nefarious than a simple reinvention.

Then again, consider Hanlon's Razor.

I'll go with occam's razor on this one which would suggest that accute, selective amnesia is not the cause.

Andrew Charles

I've seen this happen before, and it's not uncommon. You read something, forget about it (no matter how great you thought it was at the time) and then years later it pops back into your head and you think it's an invention rather than realizing it's a memory. The thing to do, of course, is then sho...

Andrew Charles

Tom Pilling wrote:
Was anyone taken with that set? Really?

Just the audience, apparently.

Andrew Charles

O.K. I put up a post on a magic forum,"defending Hank lee" in the process I have offended Richard Kaufman and come under fire as naive and "wildly narcissistic"...It's like you know me, you could not be closer to the truth. yes, thinking that crimes or injustices only matter if ...

Andrew Charles

Joel,

You have a delightful way of looking at this situation, which seems to amount to, "Hey, if the guy didn't do ME wrong, then he's a good guy."

You may believe this is an enlightened way of thinking, but actually it's wildly narcissistic.

Andrew Charles

Are you still considered a 1st time offender if you get caught doing something 134 times?

Andrew Charles

I have a winky emoticon to say - lighten up, chill, let's be friends ;-) Prosecutors and judges recognize that motives make a difference to the crime charged and the sentences that are imposed for those crimes. Whether the difference between murder and manslaughter or a regular crime vs. hate crime...

Andrew Charles

But, just out of curiosity, what would be a reasonable motive for stealing half a million dollars? In the extreme, a man who embezzles $500,000 to ransom his daughter from kidnappers is in a different legal/ethical position than a man who embezzles $500,000 to go on his dream vacation ;-) You give ...

Andrew Charles

Motives make a difference in ethics and law. That is why we distinguish between murder and manslaughter. You're mistaken. Motives sometimes make a difference in ethics and law. I understand that sometimes you're drunk outside of a bar and you hit a guy and he ends up falling and cracking open his h...

Andrew Charles

Why do we have to be sad for one or the other? I feel bad for his victims, I feel bad for him, I feel bad for his family. In Dallas recently a young man was killed by a group of teenagers. They were trying to steal his iPod. The young man refused and the teenagers shoved him onto the rail tracks. H...

Andrew Charles

Hank Lee's Magic Shop is poorly run, is known for bad customer service, sells items it doesn't have in stock, "mysteriously" looses packages repeatedly, and over-charges on shipping. This is why his business was doing poorly, not because of pressure from online retailers. Am I supposed to ...

Andrew Charles

Times are very tough for brick and mortar magic dealers, and ALL magic dealers. The desperation brought on my the possibility of economic catastrophe sometimes leads men to criminal acts, or suicide. If Hank Lee is guilty, then a little good old pity might be in order. There's a difference, albeit ...

Andrew Charles

Hey Gary, I hate to break this to you because you've spent a lot of words tilting at this windmill, but the only reason you don't see the card "completely restore" at the point in the video you mention is BECAUSE there's a cut there. They're not hiding anything with that cut. If you look a...

Andrew Charles

Letterman is always a pain in the ass to magicians--he never just shuts up and lets you do your act. He's constantly interrupting because he becomes insecure if he's suddenly no longer the center of attention for more than five seconds. I remember the appearances by Roth and Mullica years ago where...

Andrew Charles

In fairness, Andrew, Ben suggests a non-verbal approach to the fishing. Matt Field Yes, he does. One of them is to use your "peripheral vision" to pick up "poker tells" in regards to what number they are thinking of. Which, I find, if you have the world's most demonstrative spec...

Andrew Charles

Joe, Fishing can work very well, but the audience has to believe they could be thinking of virtually any card in the deck. With Silent Running the audience or at least the vast majority of the audience will know that their selection has been limited. So to use fishing along with SR is to me a huge m...

Andrew Charles

Oh, geez. Has anyone actually bought the ebook, learned the effect, and tried it out for real people (not at the magic club)? Until you've done that, enough with the whining. This is the best defense we have against making false claims about an effect? So, is the understanding now that a demo video...

Andrew Charles

There's no reason you should assume anything from an ad. The ad replicates the experience as seen by a layman. That's the way magic ads have been produced for over 100 years. I'm in the middle of writing the Berglas book, and a big part of it is the way the material is experienced by the viewer--th...

Andrew Charles

If done as outlined above, now that would be real magic. For those still sitting on the fence re purchasing this effect, the only issue is: how much more convulated are the questions that follow........... The spectator has a free selection of a number. The spectator does not get to choose what sui...

Andrew Charles

Hey guys, The majority of this stuff has sold, what is left along with some new stuff is now up on ebay. <a class="postlink" href="http://shop.ebay.com/ironizedyeast/m.html">http://shop.ebay.com/ironizedyeast/m.html</a> This includes both Absolute Magic and Pure Effect by Derren ...

Andrew Charles

Send me an e-mail at <a href="mailto:romadoll@gmail.com">romadoll@gmail.com</a> if you're interested in something. Paypal only. US only. Thanks. Tickling the Mind by Mel Mellers 1 and 2 -- $40 Stars of Magic 1 and 2 (2 DVDs with his first 5 videos on them) - Paul Harris - $20 Bra...

Andrew Charles

And here is the last batch for a while.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/ironizedyeast

Thanks to every one who has ordered from me in the past.

Andrew Charles

I've added a bunch of new items on ebay today. All starting with $5 bids.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/ironizedyeast

Andrew Charles

Here's Philippe Petit at the Oscars:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD9jsx9mKtQ

And if you haven't seen Man On Wire you are definitely missing out.

Andrew Charles

Scott, This question was brought up on the True Astonishments forum and the general conclusion was that not only would it be more difficult to do but it would also be rather simple to come up with an explanation (i.e., he must have pinned two buttons on me and simply removed the outer one when he co...

Andrew Charles

The poster for this (as seen on magicnewswire and itricks) is outstanding.

Andrew Charles

Wow. Awesome article.

Can't wait for the new special. I'm excited to hear there will be more traditional magic but I love the stunts too for exactly the reason that article hinted at.

Andrew Charles

I'm not sure that I agree with your definitions of "anonymous posters" and "pseudonymous posters" but I am happy to use them for the sake of this discussion. I think you miss the mark when you refer to "Expert at the Card Table", etc. If we are talking about technical ...

Andrew Charles

I significantly discount opinion/views expressed by anyone who uses a pseudonym. Me too. That's why i refuse to read Expert at the Card Table, learn anything from Max Maven, or watch anything with David Copperfield in it. Ah, one of the great non-issues of our time. First off, there's a difference ...

Andrew Charles

Okay, up this week we have: Antinomy magazine #6 Fingers of Fury Vol. 1 and 2 Zenner Tech Tenyo's Blue Crystal Wizard PK Ring Andy Nyman's Killer Elite Andrew Mayne's Ghost Bills Daniel Garcia's Tricycle Conjunction (linking business card) <a class="postlink" href="http://shop.ebay.com/mer...

Andrew Charles

Last week's items will be ending in a couple hours. Today I will be putting up the following items, all with a starting bid of $5 and no reserve, and again if you win 4 or more, shipping is free. Between 2 Minds DVD Set Andrew Gerard's Cardiac (pulse stop) Session The Magic of Joel Givens by Joshua ...

Andrew Charles

Hello all, Over the course of the next few months I will be selling 10 items per week on ebay with an opening bid of just $5 dollars. I'm trying to cut back to the bare necessities so there will be a lot of excellent DVDs, tricks, and books for sale, many that have never been used. The first batch o...

Andrew Charles

The photo of the girl ... so what? You want skinny malnourished chicks in bikinis? They're a dime a dozen. Just go to a beach in California. Better yet, go to a beach in France where they'll be topless. Josie Maran malnourished? http://www.kanpai.fr/images/jeux/xbox360/josie-maran-need-for-speed-mo...

Andrew Charles

I have to ask seriously, does anyone really care how long you can hold your breath or how long you can go without sleeping. I believe most only watch these "Stunts" in hopes the person will fail. Like when you were a kid going to stcok car races, what everyone really hoped for was an acci...

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