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Re: T.I.T.S.
T.I.T.S. is also the acronym for Trix In The Stix, an annual convention for children's entertainers in the U.K. Highlights from a few years ago and its ethos hasn't changed. More fun than most conventions :shock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wZRd_RG7GI Great link and I LOVE the British and thei...
- June 27th, 2023, 9:58 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Non Plus Ultra Vol III & IV at a great price (6/25/23)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 480
Re: Non Plus Ultra Vol III & IV at a great price (6/25/23)
I know there’s time left for the price to go up but this is currently a ridiculously low price for such an amazing labour of love.
- November 2nd, 2022, 4:36 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Fake Psychic - Lamar Keene BBC Radio Documentary
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5360
Fake Psychic - Lamar Keene BBC Radio Documentary
If you can get past the awful accents adopted by some of the actors, this is an interesting multi-part documentary well worth a listen: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjQxbrzq5D7AhUrQUEAHbWxA20QFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.b...
- February 21st, 2022, 9:23 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Winged Silver by Koudai
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4302
Re: Winged Silver by Koudai
RobFromNZ wrote:Perhaps I'm just not reading the tone right. I hope so.
You’re not alone in that reading.
- February 20th, 2022, 7:10 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Winged Silver by Koudai
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4302
Re: Winged Silver by Koudai
Al Schneider wrote:Apparently you wish to entertain magicians. Curiously, the first thing you did was to show us you were using shell coins.
Not a fan of that Luis Piedrahita display then?
- January 15th, 2022, 12:17 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ricky Jay - his legacy in the world of magic
- Replies: 80
- Views: 6483
Re: Ricky Jay - his legacy in the world of magic
What makes magicians so special? I mean, seriously..? All human activity is full of arseholes. The only thing that makes magic special is that it is YOUR field of activity, you think that YOU are special and therefore you extrapolate that your peers are particularly different to the rest of humanity...
- August 6th, 2021, 10:31 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Have you ever experienced the "Yips" performing magic?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6274
Re: Have you ever experienced the "Yips" performing magic?
When Tommy Cooper died Paul Daniels bought some of his scripts. He was amazed to find handwritten notes pointing out various pauses, looks, raised eyebrows etc. Really important to keep notes of those details. That’s really fascinating. To think that something that looked so effortless, natural and...
- January 15th, 2021, 10:22 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: RIP David Roth
- Replies: 49
- Views: 14898
- October 6th, 2020, 1:03 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Latta Pass
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3404
Re: Latta Pass
Which brings up the inevitable question — does anyone know how far along the production line the Latta card book is?
- August 20th, 2020, 2:51 pm
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Larry Jennings New Book?
- Replies: 214
- Views: 698810
- August 12th, 2020, 12:56 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: The Tragic Rhythm - David Ben
- Replies: 45
- Views: 14167
Re: The Tragic Rhythm - David Ben
I can recommend Gerald Deutsch's 'Perverse Magic', a book that is chock full of tricks reimagined with failure and frustration drama.
- August 8th, 2020, 3:17 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Best Trick With A Duplicate Card
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5580
Re: Best Trick With A Duplicate Card
Richard Kaufman wrote:There are so many incredible card tricks in print that do not require the use of a duplicate card, WHY would you do a trick requiring a duplicate unless you are trying to fool another magician?
Hypothetical Possibilities by Gary Kurtz?
- July 23rd, 2020, 2:54 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Fred Kaps passed away 40 years ago today
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2283
Re: Fred Kaps passed away 40 years ago today
And apparently a Fred Kaps book is finally making its way into English (according to the Cafe).`
- July 7th, 2020, 3:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Derren Brown: Desert Island Discs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3461
Re: Derren Brown: Desert Island Discs
That’s exactly the point - what people perceive him to be is /not/ a magician but actually some sort of psychology expert. Thus it’s folly to judge him within the criteria of how a magician should behave. Uri Geller doesn’t do magic tricks for his friends either. Forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't D...
- June 11th, 2020, 10:36 am
- Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
- Topic: The Bammo Flim-Flam CONglomeration
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15137
Re: The Bammo Flim-Flam CONglomeration
What, no hardcover option to protect this massive tome from repeated use?
- May 27th, 2020, 1:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: How's Tricks?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4577
Re: How's Tricks?
Richard Kaufman wrote:I'm writing the third Larry Jennings book. Tough stuff!
So there is a silver lining to everything, even a deadly global pandemic.
- May 26th, 2020, 3:14 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Big Announcement from The Jerx
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9301
Re: Big Announcement from The Jerx
Isn't it pretty obvious. Derren is a fan of The Jerx site — and they're both fond of a good old-fashioned wind-up.
- May 25th, 2020, 5:05 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Big Announcement from The Jerx
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9301
Re: Big Announcement from The Jerx
Tom Stone wrote:It would have been amusing if Derren was the actual author of stuff like this:
https://www.thejerx.com/blog/2017/6/11/ ... rren-brown
It would make Andy Kaufman look positively pedestrian.
- May 19th, 2020, 1:07 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: How will magic change after COVID?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4343
Re: How will magic change after COVID?
'Point at a card' will have far more justification.
- May 11th, 2020, 1:47 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic is not theater
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5998
Re: Magic is not theater
Mark Lewis was right when he said that the sound of your voice is crucial to how you connect with an audience. Every great magician has a great voice. And every poor magician has an annoying bland voice. There is a 100% correlation. Having a great voice does not make you a great magician alone. But...
- May 11th, 2020, 12:15 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Frank Garcia Books
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5503
Re: Frank Garcia Books
Regardless of the scandal, what an absolutely fascinating historical document. Now if only someone would publish the books with those handwritten amendments...
- May 10th, 2020, 2:26 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: The Jerx Year Three
- Replies: 240
- Views: 78819
- May 10th, 2020, 11:45 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: The Jerx Year Three
- Replies: 240
- Views: 78819
Re: The Jerx Year Three
Derren is definitely referring to Andy Jerx (as well as Andy Nyman).
- May 3rd, 2020, 10:59 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: My magic videos from 70s. 80s and 90s
- Replies: 59
- Views: 12622
- April 22nd, 2020, 11:52 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ne Plus Ultra Vol. 3
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2283
- April 21st, 2020, 1:45 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ne Plus Ultra Vol. 3
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2283
Re: Ne Plus Ultra Vol. 3
Fantastic news that the last pair of books is being worked on. I missed out on the first two volumes when they were initially released. After much hunting online - and I mean, much hunting - I eventually found them, and at a really good price. Amazingly, from what I can tell, they still have some fo...
- March 18th, 2020, 2:43 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Read My Book CardWorks for Free!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3519
Re: Discuss Steve Forte's Book "Gambling Sleight of Hand" HERE
I see from my new arrivals that Steve must have finally baulked at the idea of signing two thousand books.
- February 1st, 2020, 12:27 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Announcement regarding new Steve Forte book
- Replies: 158
- Views: 35376
Re: Announcement regarding new Steve Forte book
Changing the subject back to the real topic at hand: Hopefully we'll see more of the marvellous video clips of Steve demonstrating some of the moves in the book appearing on the website in the future. Perhaps, if it feels too much like a giveaway, they can be behind a password for those who own the ...
- November 28th, 2019, 2:37 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magical Gestures and Flourishes
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24831
Re: Magical Gestures and Flourishes
I for one can’t wait for Performer’s new book ‘Charisma For Magicians’
- October 19th, 2019, 9:03 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Help with Piedrahita's CSB please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5048
Re: Help with Piedrahita's CSB please
It’s actually easier to get the knack of making half dollars split than full dollars.
- October 19th, 2019, 1:47 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Help with Piedrahita's CSB please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5048
Re: Help with Piedrahita's CSB please
Yes. And I let go before finishing the forward motion of the throw.
- October 18th, 2019, 5:17 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Help with Piedrahita's CSB please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5048
- October 18th, 2019, 5:15 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Help with Piedrahita's CSB please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5048
Re: Help with Piedrahita's CSB please
I find it's more likely to split in the right way if I follow forward - parallel to the surface of the table - with the knuckle of the right hand, after the 'coin' has been thrown; sort of dropping the coin off as the hand moves forward.
- September 8th, 2019, 7:24 pm
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Larry Jennings New Book?
- Replies: 214
- Views: 698810
- September 8th, 2019, 7:23 pm
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Larry Jennings New Book?
- Replies: 214
- Views: 698810
- September 4th, 2019, 4:11 pm
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Larry Jennings New Book?
- Replies: 214
- Views: 698810
- August 12th, 2019, 12:11 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ron Burgundy On Stephen Colbert talking about Fred Kaps
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5465
Re: Ron Burgundy On Stephen Colbert talking about Fred Kaps
Probably most likely that they thought that it would be a good joke for Ron Burgundy to be a fan of the support act for the Beatles debut on the Sullivan show rather than the Beatles themselves, and engineered the gag from there.
- August 10th, 2019, 2:26 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks Volume 1
- Replies: 311
- Views: 90104
- August 10th, 2019, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks Volume 1
- Replies: 311
- Views: 90104
Re: Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks Volume 1
The question I'm asking is that very one: are people deciphering great material?
I'm not asking for the secrets to be revealed.
I'm not asking for the secrets to be revealed.