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Joe Mckay

I have sent you an email. It is a great card trick!

Joe Mckay

That is strange.

Try this one instead:

joemckay17@gmail.com

Cheers!

Joe

Joe Mckay

Email me at joe_mckay@hotmail.com and I will sort you out.

Joe Mckay

We don't read magic books.

They read us.

One thing I like about magic is how different things will stand out from the same book as your interests change, and your experience and knowledge increase over the years.

Joe Mckay

Yeah - I guess I am aspie. But I seem to have some of this PDA stuff as well. Very confusing.

Anyway - sorry for the non-magic post!

Joe Mckay

I have done some more research. I don't think I have Asperger's syndrome. I was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). And I just assumed that in the past you had Autism & Asperger's syndrome as two separate categories. But now they have been combined into the same category. That is only...

Joe Mckay

The guy doing the card trick in the link I provided looks like Al Pacino.

Just a dumb attempt from humour by me!

Joe Mckay

Sounds great. Thanks for that Matthew! I am good friends with the actor Al Pacino. Not many people know he is interested in card tricks involving pool tables as well. Here is his take on Paul Harris's Flap Jacks routine which also makes use of a pool table. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeJzt4UBfkk

Joe Mckay

I am interested in the card tricks involving a pool table. Can you tell me more about that chapter?

Also - when will the book be ready for order?

Joe Mckay

Sorry to dig up an old thread. But my OCD side got the better of me. Thanks to Bill for digging out the reference above. So here is the quote that I was trying to track down: The obvious thing is not necessarily the right one. A little knowledge can save us from making bad mistakes. If you feed a bi...

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Chet? Please share the Raquel Welch story. We are all dying to hear it! As for the subject of storing signed cards for a year or more. I have thought a lot about this as well. It is one of those areas you think about when you swallow The Jerx pill. Here is how I have used this powerful idea in a way...

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It seems Albert Camus was actually the first to describe a character displaying what would later become known as Asperger's syndrome in his novel The Stranger (which was based on a friend of his). You can read more about that here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903843/ One movie char...

Joe Mckay

I had no idea that the floating tap was invented by Stanley Collins. That is fascinating.

Thanks for that Richard!

It is wonderful seeing one of the best minds in the history of magic share his creativity outside of magic.

Joe Mckay

I always felt magic was a celebration of ingenuity. With that in mind I am always on the lookout for other charming examples of ingenuity that reflect some of the warmth I feel towards magic. A good example of this kind of silly ingenuity is the Typerwriter song by Leroy Anderson. It is a piece of l...

Joe Mckay

Wow - that story about Francis Carlyle and his identical twin brother that David Roth shares in the book is brilliant.

So funny.

Joe Mckay

Thanks for the heads up! That is a great routine.

Joe Mckay

Here is an email update that Alexander sent out today: Dear friends! First of all, thank you so much for your patience. The NOTAS book you ordered is shortly before being ready. Due to my diabetes diagnosis, the life-style change, and other unexpected things, this turned out to be a nightmare for me...

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This is something I have become interested in. Luckily Ian Kendall has a blog on this topic as well. It is a topic that a lot of magicians are interested in. As such it is nice to see this topic addressed by such an experienced stage magician. https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/blog/take-the-stage-pr...

Joe Mckay

Alexander de Cova's blog is regularly updated and full of interesting stuff.

https://solidmagic.org/

Joe Mckay

I just wanted to mention that Stage Shout by Roy Walton has a similar structure. It is the opening trick in The Complete Walton - Volume 1.

Whoops - that should be Volume 2. I am going from memory here. But I am pretty certain it is the opening trick of volume 2.

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Can't wait!

Joe Mckay

Yeah - you took it to the next level.

Almost like the balls of Bro Hamman meets the sneakiness of Roy Walton.

Your books are some of the very best in magic. I want to dive into your latest book straightaway. But I also want to take my time because it will be such an enjoyable experience.

Joe Mckay

Hey Alex, Will the book include your Bean Counter trick? I know it is taught on your Engimatic DVD but I don't have a DVD player anymore. I remember studying this DVD years ago but I have forggten how you tackled this trick. I am asking because I am looking at a number of different tricks that invol...

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I just started reading the new David Regal book. I am only a couple of tricks in but I can already tell that reading this book is going to be an incredible experience. The first trick in the book is a very unusual card trick. I just wanted to mention that Stage Shout by Roy Walton has a similar stru...

Joe Mckay

Thanks for the update! I have 'cut & pasted' the information to a thread about your new book on The Magic Cafe as well.

Joe Mckay

Any updates, Alex?

Joe Mckay

Captain Disillusion did a great video on this topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dSp_f0f9gE

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You can see the clip of him dying on stage here. The audience thought it was part of the act. RK EDIT: IT'S DISGRACEFUL THAT THE CLIP OF COOPER DYING FOUND ITS WAY OUT OF THE VAULT AND I HAVE REMOVED THE LINK. COOPER DESERVES SOME DIGNITY, WHICH DOESN'T INCLUDE PEOPLE GAWKING AND WATCHING HIM DIE ON...

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Here is Max Maven writing about Richard Kaufman. This is from the Nov/Dec 2012 special double issue of Genii magazine to celebrate its 75th anniversary. So, he certainly had the knowledge and skills to take over the editorial reins of Genii. The question, as many openly wondered, was if he had the t...

Joe Mckay

Jonathan Pendragon is another magician who has spoken about having Asperger's syndrome.

Joe Mckay

I just finished reading a book about Asperger's syndrome. In there is a fascianting detail. Basically a simple typo back in the 90's when DSM III was published led to a massive increase in the number of people being diagnosed with autism. The gist of it is this. The word "and" was accident...

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Penn Jillette just did a 2 hour interview on the Joe Rogan podcast. It is the biggest podcast in the world and these interviews always have a very different flavour to the more formal one you see on TV. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet but it should be good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Joe Mckay

Steve Cohen is a genius. I think a lot about his work. Mark Levy is one of the smartest people in magic and I am sure a lot of Steve's success is due to their fruitful collaboration. Genii magazine had a great profile on Steve Cohen about ten years ago (September 2008). The recent booklet from Vanis...

Joe Mckay

I just watched a bunch of talks given by people with Asperger's syndrome.

God they are annoying. I can see now why I irritate so many people.

Joe Mckay

Here is a cool version of The Open Principle. It makes sneaky use of the PM Principle and works great as a magician fooler.

http://www.mallofmagic.com/free%20stuff/BTROMF.pdf

Joe Mckay

Harry Riser has a really cool trick using this principle. It also uses a faro shuffle and the combination will definitely end up fooling you. It is just impossible to work out why it works. The trick is called The Forgotten Sunken Prediction and it is in the March 2006 issue of MUM. It is described ...

Joe Mckay

Great stuff Tom! Really cool seeing that routine come to life.

Joe Mckay

One hpothesis I have is that people with Aspergers syndrome are drug addicts. And the drug is intellectual stimulation. As such the reason they ignore social niceties is because they find them boring and tiring. And would rather engage in social interactions that are riskier but more stimulating. So...

Joe Mckay

This is a brilliant article about Aspergers syndrome. It is too good not to share. It takes a look at the rise of Aspergers syndrome from a fairly skeptical point of view. The article tries to drill into the idea of how many people have a disability and how many just hide behind the label to justify...

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I went through the Tarbell books recently. Not a lot jumped out at me. But there is so much in there it really depends what you are looking for. That said - the basis of a lot of things can be traced back to there. So it depends from what perspective you view the material. I am probably too jaded to...

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