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- December 7th, 2023, 3:12 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Baritone magicians
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4593
Re: Baritone magicians
Here is a clarification of what “baritone” really means. The term is usually employed to refer to a low-pitched voice in general, as is commonly understood, but technically not quite accurate. Voices in a choir are often divided into four overlapping ranges, soprano (high female voice), contralto (l...
- July 17th, 2020, 5:04 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: 2020 Allan Slaight Award Recipients
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1439
Re: 2020 Allan Slaight Award Recipients
Thank you Dustin. I am thrilled to be in such good company.
- February 25th, 2019, 3:05 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: The Magic Rainbow
- Replies: 88
- Views: 18816
Re: The Magic Rainbow
Bringing two issues together, here is what Juan Tamariz told me years ago regarding Greater Magic: "Don't buy 10 other books: get Greater Magic. With the card material alone you can fool the folks at the [Madrid] magic club every week for three years."
- December 15th, 2018, 3:50 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: 24 hours of close up from Spain - live streaming
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1480
24 hours of close up from Spain - live streaming
A Marathon of 24 hours of continuous close-up magic, live from Museo Etnográfico de CyL in Zamora, Spain. Starts December 22 at 7 pm (Spanish time) and goes on till December 23, same time. 72 performances by 12 distinguished magicians, alternating every 20 minutes: Rafael Benatar, Miguel Gómez, Henr...
- June 3rd, 2014, 5:56 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Rafael Benatar's card workshop
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4920
Rafael Benatar's card workshop
Rafael'e Benatar Workshop THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER A card workshop for magicians with Rafael Benatar in Studio City, CA Saturday, June 7 10.30 am - 4.30 pm Only $90 - Lunch included 4103 Elmer Avenue, Studio City, CA For reservations, contact Joan Lawton at: magicjoan@aol.com or Rafael Benatar at (...
- May 19th, 2014, 8:40 pm
- Forum: Magician's Local Hangouts
- Topic: Rafael Benatar's Workshop in Studio City, CA
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3598
Rafael Benatar's Workshop in Studio City, CA
THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER A card workshop with Rafael Benatar In this workshop, limited to nine participants, Rafael Benatar will teach some of his favorite card routines for the table as well as for the stage. He will also teach a fresh and thorough approach to sleights that you will use forever. S...
- March 31st, 2013, 4:03 am
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Rafael Benatar - Reactions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1626
- November 10th, 2012, 3:27 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Remembering Marcelo Contento
- Replies: 0
- Views: 826
Remembering Marcelo Contento
Marcelo Contento's wife, Cristina, and their son Luciano, informed that they have opened a Facebook page titled "Remembering Marcelo Contento". They plan to include interesting footage and informatin there. Please post your comments.
- August 24th, 2012, 1:22 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Juan Mayoral Contact info ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1003
- July 16th, 2012, 1:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: rafael benatar lecture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1889
Re: rafael benatar lecture
Thank you Amilcar. Yes, heard the bad news from Blake. Take care
- July 15th, 2012, 11:13 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: rafael benatar lecture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1889
Re: rafael benatar lecture
Bill
It was a pleasure to see you and lecturing at your club. Now performing at the Magic Castle, near the end of the US tour. Best regards to all
It was a pleasure to see you and lecturing at your club. Now performing at the Magic Castle, near the end of the US tour. Best regards to all
- July 5th, 2012, 2:19 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Marcelo Contento passes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2737
Re: Marcelo Contento passes
A great artist, friend and the best person one could ever meet. Wonderful memories.
- June 10th, 2012, 7:09 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Cutting to 26
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5738
Re: Cutting to 26
Or follow with a faro check and get some practice on that as well. This way you can complete the shuffle from time to time and prevent the deck from naturally breaking at that point. Also, compare visually and adjust. As recently discussed with Bill Mullins, adjust and move a crd from one half to th...
- May 26th, 2012, 10:10 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: DISPOSABLE DECK CONTEST - $100 prize
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6580
Re: DISPOSABLE DECK CONTEST - $100 prize
If you look the other way with the time limit...
- December 7th, 2010, 9:07 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Bob Elliott Has Died
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5592
Re: Bob Elliott Has Died
Bob. He was the first who put together a lecture tour for me in the US. A great dear friend. Got to spend some time with him and his family as a house guest in my early days as a magician. 5 sAw him recently at the San Diego IBM, and he looked so happy to see many dear friends. At some point he said...
- March 30th, 2010, 11:28 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Mnemonica signed on Ebay - last copy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1198
Re: Mnemonica signed on Ebay - last copy
Signed Mnemonica 1st edition signed by author (Tamariz) and translator (Benatar) on Ebay - 1 day left <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230453941520&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_536wt_1130">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 536wt...
- March 24th, 2010, 8:33 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Mnemonica signed on Ebay - last copy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1198
Mnemonica signed on Ebay - last copy
Mnemonica on EBay A collector's item. This is the last one of the three copies of the 1st edition that have been signed by author Juan Tamariz and translator Rafael Benatar at the same time. Ships from the US. Shipping and handling is $12 if mailed to the US or Canada. Tiny tear (about 3mm.) in dust...
- March 9th, 2010, 6:52 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: signed copy of Mnemonica, 1st edition, on Ebay signed- one day left
- Replies: 0
- Views: 754
signed copy of Mnemonica, 1st edition, on Ebay signed- one day left
A collector's item. Auction ends today. Mnemonica - one of three exisiting copies of the 1st edition signed by the author (Juan Tamariz) and the translator (Rafael Benatar). <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=230444916511&Category=14013&...
- March 3rd, 2010, 6:06 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Mnemonica on Ebay, 1st edition, signed
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1165
Mnemonica on Ebay, 1st edition, signed
This is one of the three copies of the sold-out 1st edition that was signed by author Juan Tamariz and translator Rafael Benatar at the same time. Auction ends March 11.
- February 27th, 2010, 9:47 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Mnemonica 1st edition, collector's copy, listed on Ebay
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1176
Re: Mnemonica, a collector's copy, on Ebay - 2 days left
2 days left. This is one of only three copies of the sold out 1st edition of Mnemonica that have been signed by both author Juan Tamariz and translator Rafael Benatar at the same time. To access the listing, click here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Mnemonica-by-Juan-Ta...=...
- February 23rd, 2010, 8:09 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Mnemonica 1st edition, collector's copy, listed on Ebay
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1176
Mnemonica 1st edition, collector's copy, listed on Ebay
This is one of only three copies of the sold out 1st edition of Mnemonica that have been signed by both author Juan Tamariz and translator Rafael Benatar at the same time. To access the listing, click here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Mnemonica-by-Juan-Tamariz-collectors-...
- August 4th, 2009, 8:53 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: An event SIX years in the making!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1632
- July 21st, 2009, 8:22 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Martin A. Nash Has Passed Away
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19652
Re: Martin A. Nash Has Passed Away
I saw Martin for the first time at the Magic Castle long before I became a magician, and he was the the one performer I remembered from that visit. The second time I saw him was about 15 years later when I went to the Castle as a performer and immediately became his friend. What thrill! A wonderful ...
- August 19th, 2008, 7:47 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: The Perfect Cups and Balls routine.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9145
Re: The Perfect Cups and Balls routine.
Well, Antonio did the routine at the club and somebody just happened to have a video camera. You can tell the sound quality by the music.
- August 19th, 2008, 4:45 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Card Magic: What is your favorite sandwich effect?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6820
Re: Card Magic: What is your favorite sandwich effect?
Visitor (Jennings)
Out of Body Experience (Daryl). See my version in Genii March 2004 titled "Fax".
Smiling Mule (Walton)
Martin Nash's stuff
Dingle Collectors (if Collector counts as a club sandwich)
Out of Body Experience (Daryl). See my version in Genii March 2004 titled "Fax".
Smiling Mule (Walton)
Martin Nash's stuff
Dingle Collectors (if Collector counts as a club sandwich)
- August 17th, 2008, 5:14 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: The Perfect Cups and Balls routine.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9145
- August 10th, 2008, 7:54 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: The Perfect Cups and Balls routine.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9145
Re: The Perfect Cups and Balls routine.
Thanks to all the comments, Antonio is thinking about it.
- August 8th, 2008, 5:18 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: The Perfect Cups and Balls routine.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9145
- June 6th, 2008, 2:21 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Juan Tamariz * Sonata * For Sale * OOP
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3551
Re: Juan Tamariz * Sonata * For Sale * OOP
My contributions are only in writing up several tricks for Juan Tamariz, and so are Harry Lorayne's and others. The material is entirely Juan's. The book includes material published in several sources as they originally appeared. I wrote the few tricks that had not been published before.
- February 20th, 2008, 7:56 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12698
Re: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
Your question is answered in a previous post of mine 7 posts up.
- February 20th, 2008, 7:08 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12698
Re: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
Here is an update. The Magic of Ascanio - More Studies of Card Magic (third in the trilogy) is expected to come out of the printers in April, along with the knife book.
- January 2nd, 2008, 4:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12698
Re: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
The book on the Color-Changing Knives is being translated at the same time by Luis Iglesias and probably coming out shortly after Vol. 3 or maybe even at the same time. It's not quite Vol. 4 but it will be part of the same collection. Vols 1-2-3 are a compilation by Jess Etcheverry, and most of it i...
- December 26th, 2007, 5:21 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12698
Re: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
Black Days takes up 58 pages in the Spanish version. It's Ascanio's version of Juan's trick, which appeared in Sonata.The trick is not all that long, but it could easily be the most thorough explanation of a trick ever given,especially from a theoretical standpoint. It had appeared as a small circul...
- December 25th, 2007, 4:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12698
Re: Magic of Ascanio Vol. 3?
The book is almost ready for type-setting which more or less confirms Marty's comment. With permission from the editor, here is the unformatted table of contents. ________________________________________________ THE MAGIC OF ASCANIO More Studies of Card Magic A Word From the Publisher Introduction b...
- December 25th, 2007, 4:22 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Oscar Peterson Dead at age 82
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2312
Re: Oscar Peterson Dead at age 82
Here's another sad fan. Saw him play at the Ronnie Scott's in London. The same week "with friends" at the Royal Festival Hall and one of the friends was Joe Pass. I use one of his tracks for one of the very few tricks I perform with music.
- December 24th, 2007, 2:07 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Michael Skinner
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3938
Re: Michael Skinner
Hi Pete,
Here is an Ascanio quote from the forthcoming Vol.3. I think something similar appeared in Vol. 1:
A good artist is not necessarily one who does difficult things but who does the easy things exceptionally well.
Here is an Ascanio quote from the forthcoming Vol.3. I think something similar appeared in Vol. 1:
A good artist is not necessarily one who does difficult things but who does the easy things exceptionally well.
- September 21st, 2007, 2:53 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Slydini-Fulves on E-Bay
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1018
- September 16th, 2007, 10:15 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Slydini-Fulves on E-Bay
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1018
- September 14th, 2007, 12:00 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Slydini-Fulves on E-Bay
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1018
Slydini-Fulves on E-Bay
The Magical World of Slydini by Karl Fulves on E-Bay. Excellent condition. See it here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Magical-World-of-Slydini-by-Karl-Fulves_W0QQitemZ230171813096QQihZ013QQcategoryZ14013QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Magi...
- September 8th, 2007, 2:58 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Great books on E-Bay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 883
Re: Great books on E-Bay
E-Bay books ending tomorrow:
Card Craft by J.K. Hartman(1st. ed.)
Amazing Miracles of ShigeoTakagi by Richard Kaufman (1st ed.)
The Card Magic of Le Paul (2nd printing, hard bound)
Life Savers by Michael Weber (1st ed.)
Mullica, Showtime at the Tom Foolery, by Richard Kaufman
Card Craft by J.K. Hartman(1st. ed.)
Amazing Miracles of ShigeoTakagi by Richard Kaufman (1st ed.)
The Card Magic of Le Paul (2nd printing, hard bound)
Life Savers by Michael Weber (1st ed.)
Mullica, Showtime at the Tom Foolery, by Richard Kaufman