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Ted M

I neither see any indication that he's a recidivism risk

Maybe you missed the many voices who've claimed that for years on end he's billed people for out-of-stock, "back-ordered" items that would never come back into stock and would never ship.

RG was just bigger in magnitude.

Ted M

I love magic, but some days it's pretty hard to love magicians.

Ted M

From the AP article linked above at boston.com:

"Authorities say Levy made 134 unauthorized charges on the wealthy customers card, forcing the victim to put his house on the market and complicating his efforts to finance a new business."

Ted M

Oh, cry us a river.

Ted M

To what extent is Max involved?

Or is Max's long-anticipated opus on the Gilbreath Principle a different book from Norman's book?

(Whatever the configuration of authors, this is exciting news.)

Ted M

Fuller details on the sentence: 2 years in prison, 2 years probation, and he must pay full restitution for the $560,000+. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/09/07/mass-magic-store-owner-gets-years-prison/4Dvy4vVtu5l7XEEQyeIlQO/story.html">http://w...

Ted M

Wow, exciting stuff. Lots of pointers toward existing and future reading material!

"Bar Hopping in Japan" (Genii, Oct 2007, pp 62-95) is a huge article + Magicana combo that paints a cultural picture as well.

Ted M

Thanks Max for the 1994 Genii article reference. It's a fascinating read. A teaser to send others to read it via AskAlexander.com: "In all, between the end of the 17th century and the start of the 20th, there were some four hundred magic books produced in Japan.[!!! -TM] With the advent of the ...

Ted M

Tenkai was the Dai Vernon of Japan. That's the reason. To help us understand and appreciate that, will the book spend some significant time establishing and exploring the overall context of magic in Japan within which Tenkai emerged and developed, and then how he helped shape that landscape? Contex...

Ted M

See also "Simon-Eyes", Simon Aronson's treatise on "no-no's fishing", included in his book The Aronson Approach.

Ted M

That's a great video for the carnies. Seeing somebody win like that will just encourage more people to play the games, no?

Ted M

How can we encourage you to publish the book?

Ted M

Here's a 59-entry bibliography for the Ten Card Poker Deal effect: http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/search_post.php?topic=366789&forum=2&post=6626060 The same thread contains a post by Bob Farmer saying he's asked Michael Weber for permission to include his version (listed only as a blank ...

Ted M

He had some abrasive opinions, but he backed them up with thoughtful arguments. He put a lot of thought into his writing, much more than is usual on the internet.

I enjoyed it, and I'll miss it. Maybe it will return at some point.

Ted M

Sweet. Thank you!

Another cups and balls automaton:
[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNc_yziimXI[/video]

...which is an improved version of this one:
[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjRMWqPQhj4[/video]

Ted M

Your point is well taken, but I think the chances of someone actually giving a published reference during a performance for laypersons would seem pretty remote I'm suggesting that a world-viewable YouTube performance is also a performance for laypersons, and clear crediting on a YouTube performance...

Ted M

When publishing, attaching author and title to referenced items is mandatory. But for a performance, attaching author and title to referenced items is giving the audience the exact search terms they need to look up the methods. Presto: [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJkxP-PR300[/video]

Ted M

Harry's version:
[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c81zREn2YU[/video]

I like Philippe's eye contact and demeanor. I admire the elegance of how Philippe handles the cards -- they look pretty and graceful in his hands. I also appreciate how he omits unnecessary words.

Ted M

Ricky Jay did seances?!

Ted M

Richard Kaufman wrote:It's an expensive sin!

Which is more expensive? The DJ, or the textured, gilt-pressed cover? (Obviously this book has both.)

Nuggets about publishing decisions are tasty morsels!

Ted M

Gagnon's Avant Cards is published with a black, white and red DJ.

Photo here: http://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic/ ... ant-cards/

Ted M

Steve, I'll second Dustin's encouragement to subscribe to Genii. And I'm an impartial outsider. You get the superb magazine, you get the whole searchable Genii archive at AskAlexander, and you support the continued existence of both the magazine and this message board from which you've just received...

Ted M

http://www.vikingmagic.com/?key=971&nd=full

Ted M

I would expect Tina Lennart (sic, p 70) to be wearing thick glasses.

Maybe s/he got the laser eye surgery, and didn't stop there?

Ted M

Conjuring Arts Research Center:

http://conjuringarts.org/memberships/

Ted M

The article is about someone else.

Ted M

I'm extremely grateful for the complimentary 30-day Charlier-level access to AskAlexander.com -- many thanks, Bill Kalush!

Ted M

The latter. It sold on Sunday, just as he posted.

Ted M

Goat, thanks! This is great stuff.

Could you maybe start a new thread for it called EMC 2012 Day One or similar, so your writeups are more easily found later?

Ted M

As Jonathan Lethem writes to open his novel Motherless Brooklyn:

Context is everything.

Who is the audience, what is the director's desired effect on that audience, what is the resulting actual effect, and what are the stakes?

Ted M

Richard - please could you explain further. Look at the Oscars. Everyone dresses up for the occasion. Do you really believe that wearing jeans & tshirt is befitting a championship awards ceremony ? The Oscars are a promotional event for their industry, aimed at the public and widely broadcast. ...

Ted M

Look again. It's a 4-page PDF.

Ted M

Folks might conceivably return the Hughes book and demand that its cover price be refunded.

Ted M

HOWEVER he's run an event that's made his employers lots of money The beef here is primarily that the employer was served more than the customers. And given the mandatory sale of an exorbitantly priced (US $234 !!!) book to each attending magician, it would seem that Derek Lever served himself quit...

Ted M

The chair tipping over seems to be dramatically synched with the music going quiet, a full ten seconds before the narrator sounds alarmed.

Ted M

So, where did my 480 get spent? It certainly wasnt spent on great gala shows, clean toilets, organised buffets and so on. Did it get spent on printing 2500 copies of that Derek Lever book? That 150 price printed so prominently on the book's cover seems to suggest that almost 1/3 of your 480 ticket ...

Ted M

Has anyone conducted an informal poll to sample what percentage of folks were not given tickets to the Close Up Gala?

That might provide some hint as to the actual attendance...

Ted M

There may be a second printing coming...

http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/view ... orum=15&23

Ted M

The first PM works fine. It's the PM Reply that's broken.

Ted M

When can we buy a big fat book of Bob Farmer's collected coolness?

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