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Jason England

Sorry for the misunderstanding Jim.

Naturally, I'm still interested in a cutter.

Jason

Jason England

Jim, I've been looking for a good Will and Finck, Mason and Co. or Graham cutter and rounder set for some time. As much as I'd like to have a set like that, I'd just as soon buy your new cutter, since I'll definitely want it to work with, and not just sit on a shelf somewhere. I'd pay for either an ...

Jason England

Richard,

You had me up until the part where you said you'd have the book out by Christmas. HA!

Jason

Jason England

Paul Wilson and I have about 20 DVDs left over from our lecture at this year's WMS in Las Vegas. The DVD is entirely on card moves and ideas with a gambling theme. Here are the items Paul contributed: Master of the Same- From a shuffled deck you deal a strong poker hand to the selected player Thumb ...

Jason England

Originally posted by Philippe Billot: [b] Originally posted by nola: [qb] Didn't Steranko have some influence on the history of this technique? I don't own the book however I have read it and recall him as the person who should be credited with the move's creation. Just Wondering Elliot It's absolu...

Jason England

Ken,

I have a copy, but haven't read it yet. I bought it at the GBC in Vegas the day it arrived (last Thursday).

So, it is available, and I paid $19.95 for it.

I'll post a review when I can.

Jason

Jason England

Originally posted by Edwin Corrie: "Volte" is the term used by Hofzinser and Conradi for "pass", although it seems like a odd word to use because etymologically it means "turning over" (like the Russian "perevertysh" mentioned above) and doesn't really descri...

Jason England

I saw the exhibit and bought the book on Saturday, Feb. 26th. The exhibit was typical Ricky, very professional, very informative, and fascinating, with a touch of humor in the proper places. The book is also typical of his other publishing efforts; it is very high quality, and incredibly detailed. I...

Jason England

I realize the exchange took place months ago, and I don't want to open any old wounds, but I thought Ian's post was dead-on. Rage, your first post clearly wanted "a book" with a "ton" of second deal stuff in it. Whether you intended for it to sound that way or not, your post look...

Jason England

Just to clarify, I didn't discover the notation in the Braue Notebooks, it was pointed out to me by another magician who wished to remain anonymous.

Jason

Jason England

As one of the proofreaders of Mnemonica, I can tell you the book is great, large, and contains effects for both the Mnemonica stack and effects that will work with any stack.

I've already read it and I can't wait!

Jason

Jason England

Originally posted by Dave Stegall: Jason- Shade was great and your moves are fantastic. Care to tip any sources that you used to develop those fabulous chops? Dave, Sorry for the slow reply. I don't know how I missed your compliment and question. First of all, thank you very much for the compliment...

Jason England

Originally posted by Bill Evans: ... but one I have a question on is the deck switch done during the film by [I assume] Paul Wilson, bringing in the cooler in a stepped condition so that it looks like the deck in play was cut and replaced in an unsquare condition. What a great idea. It is exposed f...

Jason England

Actually what Paul did was indeed Bob's Visual Poker Hand Change (aka Zapped).

However, Paul Wilson does have a great version of this where the cards are examinable immediately upon hitting the table or being handed to the spectator.

It's for sale (or will be soon) on his website.

Jason

Jason England

Although I almost never sell playing cards, I'm going to list these for a friend on eBay. Before I do though, I thought I'd put them up here and offer them to Genii board members first. The cards are: 2 decks of Red Jerry's Nuggets (both sealed and unused), 1 deck of blue Jerry's Nuggets (sealed and...

Jason England

Now that you mention it, it does kinda look like he's passing something!

Jason

Jason England

I found this on the Internet Movie Database while researching "Shade."

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1526932/

Weird.

Jason

Jason England

Originally posted by Steve Thomas:
Why didn't they let Brian Gillis even say anything?
Steve Thomas

You would have preferred it if he had?

Jason

Jason England

I wouldn't have thought to list this book in the "Other DJ equipment" category. <a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4785&item=3727234786&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... eName=WDVW</a><!...

Jason England

It seems that the Blockbusters Corporate stores are doing a big promotion with Shade starting today. The franchise stores may or may not be playing along. The Blockbusters in the little town I'm in (Lompoc, Ca) had never heard of the film, but the Wal-Mart next door had it in stock. Oh well. Inciden...

Jason England

Hey guys, I have no financial interest in these pieces whatsoever, but a friend is selling some great gambling items on eBay right now. I thought Genii readers might be interested. There are 2 Jim Riser holdouts and a matching pair of Graham corner cutter/card trimmer (the serial numbers match...ver...

Jason England

Originally posted by M.WOOD: Hi fellow Magi, i hate to bust your bubble.But i already own Shade.It has been released here in Germany on DVD for about 3-4 Weeks.I love the movie.Wish they would make more of them.Wait and see for yourself.So long Greetings from Augsburg,Germany M.Wood Uh, I hate to b...

Jason England

Here's my capsule review:

"Nice. Nice. Not thrilling, but nice."

Now, if you can tell me what movie that's from you win the prize. (No fair using search engines, any moron can do that.)

Jason

Jason England

You can find a picture and a little blurb about them on the website Nathan Becker and I maintain at: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.nls.physics.ucsb.edu/~nathanb/cards/index.html">http://www.nls.physics.ucsb.edu/~nathan ... index.html</a> Although they're neat, the magical ...

Jason England

Hello everyone. I just returned from the Shade premiere in Hollywood last night. The word from the producers is that in order for Shade to go into wide release, it needs to do well ($10,000 - 15,000) this coming weekend. If it does that much money, it should go into a wider release (100 screens or m...

Jason England

Originally posted by Ken Becker: So, what's happening with the release of 'Shade', does anyone know? What's happening is this: The release date keeps getting pushed back due to conflicts with dates. The main stars of the film all have/had conflicting schedules and finding a date where they could al...

Jason England

My guess is you're not holding the deck tightly enough. When I first read that you had a problem with more than one card coming up at a time, I tried to replicate it and I couldn't. Why? Because I was holding the deck properly. As soon as I put the deck on the table and pushed with my pinkie, I got ...

Jason England

Originally posted by M.WOOD: Might have thought someone was a consultant to the movie and read these posts.Does the movie at least some work in it.I still can't wait to see it.The Director suppossedly does some magic but never heard of him before.but still THX to all posts. Greeetings from Augsburg...

Jason England

Originally posted by Randy Campbell: Jason England has been doing this finesse for the past couple years, with the card angled and fingers open. Those two changes, combined with smooth technique and perfect timing, make for a great illusion. He has another touch which further sells the visual reten...

Jason England

I too saw and received one of Bob Knigge's "Mini-Pearl" sets in the early 90s. But as Steve V has pointed out, the trick was being done long before that.

Jason

Jason England

Just thought I'd drop a line to let people know Nathan Becker and I have updated the website at: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.nls.physics.ucsb.edu/~nathanb/cards/index.html">http://www.nls.physics.ucsb.edu/~nathan ... index.html</a> We've added 3 new decks (with more to c...

Jason England

Originally posted by El Mystico: Very stimulating discussion! So - for me - the most likely explanation is that Kennedy invented it and used it for gambling. The center deal was perhaps mentioned in print for the first time over 500 years ago in Olivier Gouyn?s LE MESPRIS & CONTENNEMENT DE TOUS...

Jason England

I got it to work in Internet Explorer. It still doesn't load properly when I try to connect through Compuserve though.

Jason

Jason England

Am I doing something wrong? Your website isn't displaying properly on my computer. I see dozens and dozens of Japanese or possibly Chinese characters and the English text is stretched so much that it's difficult if not impossible to read.

Any help?

Jason

Jason England

Chris, if the seller used the US Postal Service to mail the item, then perhaps you could get them involved. I realize it's a long shot, but if you succeeded, they might be able to scare the hell out of the guy.

Jason

Jason England

Originally posted by Steve V': Interesting point..... I don't think many detectives sell themselves as experts on how to commit murder but as how to solve murder cases. I can see the argument that if one is an expert at cheating and have never been a cheat then they are an expert on methods of chea...

Jason England

Originally posted by Pete Biro:
Just like the "so-called" gambling expert card guys... none have really been THIEVES.

Pete,

I've never understood why that was important. I don't know of any homicide detectives that are murderers, but that isn't a knock against their expertise.

Jason

Jason England

Originally posted by G. Plants: He also wrote an introduction to an Italian version of Erdnase. The book is for real and MAY be out in the next few months. Are you sure this book isn't already out Gary? Steve has a copy in his collection complete with his introduction I believe. Maybe he has an &qu...

Jason England

I was wondering if anyone here knows where I can get some of the ink that luminous readers are made with?

Jason

Jason England

Jon, I do own several decks that date to around the turn of the century and the ones that are in the best shape appear to be very close in terms of card magic properties to today's cards. Of course, the finish has improved a bit since then, but the "snap" of the cards hasn't changed much. ...

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