1. Why would you care what other people think?
Because I’m curious , I made a comment asking for opinions
2. How much do you know about NLP to label it as "pseudoscientific nonsense"?
I know enough to know it’s utter nonsense
Search found 57 matches
- August 19th, 2020, 9:05 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Nonsense in Mentalisim
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14549
- January 14th, 2019, 2:01 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Number Dice from National Magic
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2933
Re: Number Dice from National Magic
If you wish to make your own this it the cubes I use. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JG68BG4/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 These are the metal corners I attach to dress up the props. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075ZQ2CLC/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 T...
- January 14th, 2019, 2:00 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Number Dice from National Magic
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2933
Re: Number Dice from National Magic
It works best with teenagers. They have a better grasp of math but still can have fun with the dice (I use 3" wooden cubes). It's my Smart Brain against their Smart Phones. With the 8 die set I can have more participants involved and with the energy of teenagers they make it entertaining. It's...
- January 13th, 2019, 2:37 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Number Dice from National Magic
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2933
Re: Number Dice from National Magic
Brian Douglas wrote:Yes, that is the one I do with a base of 80 instead of 50.
How does it go down with an audience does it get a good reaction?
- January 12th, 2019, 9:30 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Untouched
- Replies: 48
- Views: 25364
Re: Untouched
Eugene Burger's (three card) presentation was based on Fogel's version. Paul Green had a nice (two card) presentation in Lee Earle's SYZYGY. Daryl also gave credit to Tony Faro from a trick called “Spectator Magician “ in the very first issue of Papular September 1974 , the basic method as we know ...
- January 12th, 2019, 9:28 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Untouched
- Replies: 48
- Views: 25364
Re: Untouched
Re: touching the cards. The goal is to not ever touch the cards. Hence the name. However in practice most real people have difficulty spreading the cards and interpreting which card the magician is pointing to. So touching the cards - especially to make clear which card you want them to remove - is...
- January 12th, 2019, 8:23 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Untouched
- Replies: 48
- Views: 25364
Re: Untouched
I've not seen Daryl's presentation, or read it in print. However, I just watched Michael Ammar's presentation on YouTube. It struck me as odd that right before the spectator is asked to begin the initial dealing procedure, Michael holds up his hands (as if someone in a saloon in America's old west ...
- January 12th, 2019, 8:19 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Magicians of India
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2523
Re: Magicians of India
Daniel Z wrote:Probably just an example of what in the film industry, at least, was called a mid-Atlantic accent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent
Thanks for that Daniel that makes perfect sense very interesting indeed
- January 11th, 2019, 5:15 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Number Dice from National Magic
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2933
Re: Number Dice from National Magic
Q. Kumber wrote:Thank you Brian. I knew it was somewhere in my library. It is in "My Best"
and here's a youtube clip with explanation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2EByO5t-es
There’s also an 8 dice version as well ☺️ ........https://youtu.be/szneRvvo02s
- January 11th, 2019, 4:32 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Untouched
- Replies: 48
- Views: 25364
Re: Untouched
Daryl’s specific contribution was the presentation that justified each and every action of the routine. I’ve seen a lot of people do the trick and they miss parts of it. I looked for a video of Daryl performing this trick but the closest I could find was Michael Ammar performing Daryl's Untouched ....
- January 11th, 2019, 3:17 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Magicians of India
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2523
Re: Magicians of India
Have a look at this short presentation called “Magicians of India “ it’s truly fascinating and amusing when one hears the clipped tones of the English narrator .....From Archieve .org ..... https://archive.org/details/MagiciansOfIndia The narrator sounds American to me. Strangely, the initial and f...
- January 11th, 2019, 5:12 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5516
Re: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
Secrets are not the stock and trade of a guitarist, so what would they care about telling someone how it was done? If people ask me how something was done, I actually tell them that I am bound by the magicians code, which I swore to abide by when I was 6 years old and started out as a magician, and...
- January 10th, 2019, 1:25 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Magicians of India
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2523
- January 10th, 2019, 1:24 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5516
Re: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
Conrejour Wrote : "I’ve found that men seem to love magic more than women and if given the choice women would much prefer a good palm reading." I was once engaged to perform at a Super Bowl party in Jupiter, Florida. At halftime, the men were primarily engrossed in a heated discussion abo...
- January 10th, 2019, 11:53 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5516
Re: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
The "gotcha" way in which magic is sometimes presented is off-putting to many people. People love magic if they're not made to feel foolish by the magician. Yes a charming magician who presents magic as entertainment is nearly always liked . I’ve found that men seem to love magic more tha...
- January 10th, 2019, 11:14 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Magicians of India
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2523
Magicians of India
Have a look at this short presentation called “Magicians of India “ it’s truly fascinating and amusing when one hears the clipped tones of the English narrator .....From Archieve .org .....
https://archive.org/details/MagiciansOfIndia
https://archive.org/details/MagiciansOfIndia
- January 10th, 2019, 6:13 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5516
Re: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
Do you have a link to this article, I would like to read it in it's entirety, but are you sure the piece wasn't meant to be mostly humorous? The only group of people I recall being universally disliked were lawyers/politicians. Sure , here’s the link.The author seems to like Penn and Teller in his ...
- January 10th, 2019, 4:00 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5516
Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
I came across an interesting piece regarding magicians being “ mostly reviled “ in an article by Karl Puschmann in the New Zealand Herald I would be interested to hear fellow magicians opinions on this ....... From the piece in question ..... Penn & Teller are no easy marks for show’s illusionis...
- January 10th, 2019, 3:41 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3849
Re: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
Dermot, how wonderful to see you here. I had no idea you were also an artist. There have been a few tricks that shook me badly as to their impossibility. Derek Latham performing Where Do the Ducks Go on the stage of the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, with what appeared to be an enormous goose. (I was six...
- January 10th, 2019, 3:30 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3849
Re: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
JHostler wrote:Tom Mullica destroying (with laughter AND magic) a roomful of magis at a late '80s Midwest Magic Jubilee. The most entertaining thing I've ever seen in magic.
Mullica was a genius a total one off
- January 10th, 2019, 3:29 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3849
Re: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
AJM wrote:Bob Read’s wine bottle production.
That I’ve never witnessed sounds wonderful
- January 10th, 2019, 3:28 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3849
Re: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
Bill Mullins wrote:Johnny Thompson doing the egg bag.
Fabulous magician and routine
- January 10th, 2019, 3:27 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3849
Re: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
Pretty much anything I have seen Bill Malone or Chad Long do. As I mentioned on another thread recently, Johnny Palmer's final load of 3 live baby chicks in the cups and balls, followed by the production of a raven or vulture, stands in a class by itself, especially since it was done in a small int...
- January 10th, 2019, 3:25 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3849
Re: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
Many of the greats who made impressions on me are gone (e.g., Slydini, Del Ray, Goshman, Conover, Marlo), but I strongly recommend that you capitalize on any opportunities to see the following greats in person if you have not already done so: Bob Kohler, David Williamson, Bill Malone, Armando Lucer...
- January 10th, 2019, 3:24 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3849
Re: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
Richard Kaufman wrote:Too many to count. We've seen a lot of outstanding people in our lifetimes.
Fair point Richard
- January 10th, 2019, 3:22 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3849
Re: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
Watching Uri Geller work, IS a lesson in showmanship, presence, and charisma. I will never forget watching Uri Geller in a hotel ballroom, with a thousand people, half out of their seats, transfixed, while a key bends a quarter of an inch in his hand! Geller can move and take his audience, to where...
- January 9th, 2019, 2:06 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3849
What magical demonstrations have truly impressed you?
I vividly remember as a very young man watching Uri Geller perform as he bent spoons , stopped watches and duplicated drawings he was an absolutely tremendous showman and the sensation he caused worldwide long before the age of the internet was amazing . Many years ago here in Dublin a friend asked ...
- January 9th, 2019, 1:50 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Regarding the Pass
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14303
Re: Regarding the Pass
You are most welcome, Conrejour. It is a pleasure to have a gracious person like you join the Forum, especially one who has generated a number of stimulating discussions on various aspects of magic. Thank you very much Alfred I really appreciate that and I look forward to plenty of stimulating conv...
- January 9th, 2019, 12:05 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Regarding the Pass
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14303
Re: Regarding the Pass
by MagicbyAlfred » January 9th, 2019, 4:45 pm Although I try to avoid telling anyone what they "should" do (in magic or life, at large), in response to the OP's original query on this thread, I would say, yes, it is likely to prove quite useful for a beginner to learn and master the pass. ...
- January 9th, 2019, 8:55 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Regarding the Pass
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14303
Re: Regarding the Pass
Condescension? Surely not. Richard, I have nothing but respect for your experience and contributions to the art. As an amateur and hobbyist, most of my knowledge comes from books, many of them penned or produced by you. My contribution to the thread was based on those sources combined with my admit...
- January 9th, 2019, 5:49 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Perpetual coin myth
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1270
Perpetual coin myth
This story raises its head every once in a while ........Magipedia .......Perpetual Motion Coin Myth is a possibly impossible coin flourish in which a coin spins between two other coins that was published in Paul Harris' Las Vegas Close-Up (1978) and later in Art of Astonishment Book 1...... Surely ...
- January 9th, 2019, 1:53 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Most unusual effect you’ve ever seen
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5752
Re: Most unusual effect you’ve ever seen
Jonathan Townsend wrote:About the band trick - at a New York convention Weber performed the stunt. Here's some background on it: https://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/vie ... 7&start=20
Thank you for that very interesting piece Jonathan
- January 8th, 2019, 3:43 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Nonsense in Mentalisim
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14549
Re: Nonsense in Mentalisim
I consider NLP to be an abbreviation for Not a Lot of Plausibility. I did see one of the founders wandering around a psychic fair once. I don't know if it was Bandler or Grinder. He had a pony tail haircut and that put me off him right away. Besides I did hear that one of them was charged with murd...
- January 8th, 2019, 2:58 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Nonsense in Mentalisim
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14549
Nonsense in Mentalisim
In recent times it seems a fair amount of mentalists talk about effects using so called N L P techniques . I understand when this is done as an possible explanation to a baffled spectator as it deflects from the real methodology involved but do any mentalists seriously talke this pseudoscientific no...
- January 8th, 2019, 2:25 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Most unusual effect you’ve ever seen
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5752
Re: Most unusual effect you’ve ever seen
Joe Mckay wrote:Does anyone know which is the best method to learn?
For me Chris Kenner’s was brilliant as it guaranteed a great backspin from up to 15 feet away , it takes a while to get the knack but for me enyway was worth the effort as people never forget it once seen
- January 8th, 2019, 1:34 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Most unusual effect you’ve ever seen
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5752
Re: Most unusual effect you’ve ever seen
Don Cox says : "Back in 1978 I learned two ways of doing what I called "The Boomerang Rubberband". I learned one way from my brother-in-law, Claud York, of Old Hickory, TN and learned another method from Ron Estes, of Nashville, TN. I eventually taught Claud's version to Dan Garrett ...
- January 8th, 2019, 12:41 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Regarding the Pass
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14303
Re: Regarding the Pass
And this is a conversation we've been having for years :) I do believe that the majority of the problems with learning the pass is that most of the resources do not break the move down into its parts and build up piece by piece. If you do that, you can shave months, if not years off the learning pr...
- January 8th, 2019, 10:26 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Regarding the Pass
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14303
Re: Regarding the Pass
https://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=51213&hilit=The+Pass Thank you very much for that it’s a very good piece and I couldn’t agree more regards shuffling after a pass is made as to me also it solidifies in the spectators mind everything is fair and square , surely most lay p...
- January 8th, 2019, 8:51 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Regarding the Pass
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14303
Re: Regarding the Pass
The pass is a very useful sleight, but it suffers from the myth that it is hard to do. If taught correctly, it's no harder than many other moves. Perhaps it's not for the absolute beginner, but I think it would be remiss for card magicians not to have even a basic understanding of the mechanics. Hi...
- January 8th, 2019, 4:53 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Regarding the Pass
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14303
Regarding the Pass
While browsing through You Tube during a coffee break I was amazed to see so many young magicians seemingly obsessed with the classic pass and the many variations , it seems to me each is trying to outdo the other regarding how invisible or perfect their particular variation is . I don’t believe the...