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Alfred

I'm glad you find it useful David. Since I look for articles pusblished in the magazine quite frequently, the index has proven really useful for me and I hope it will also be for anybody else (thanks again to Richard for allowing the online version of the index). I'm aware that it could be improved ...

Alfred

Is there a search engine for Genii magazine? I printed a trick years ago in Genii and want to buy that issue and was wondering how to find that issue. Chris, There's an online index of all the Genii Magazine issues from the Kaufman era (starting from January 1999) that I keep updated on a monthly b...

Alfred

Joe Lyons wrote:Camera tricks.

If memory serves me well, Nestor's trick was marketed some ten years ago under the name of "Nestorized". The DVD was directed by Jean-Luc Bertrand, who also directed some other nice DVDs such as David Stone's and Yannick Chrétien's.

Alfred

After reading the posts in this thread, I recall what Arturo de Ascanio said many years ago. If memory serves me well, it was during a homage to Arturo that he addressed (or maybe was directly asked to do so) the young magicians saying: «Youngsters are the future of magic. And if I were to give only...

Alfred

One of the great things about Chris Washuber's site is that he provides comprehensive indexes for every book and magazine he sells While Chris's indexes of Genii Magazine are a fantastic resource, I find it difficult to import them to a database. It's one thing to have each issue index taken direct...

Alfred

John,

You might find this helpful: go to genii.somee.com and type "Osborne" in the "Person" field. Hope that's what you are looking for!

Alfred

Where are these two items found? Thx! "El juego de Dolores" can be found in "The magic of Ascanio - Studies of card magic" under the name "Dolores's Trick". Gabi's version was first published in his book "Secuencias" and later republished in "La depuraci...

Alfred

By the way, any thoughts on the similarities to Paul Harris's Grasshopper ? Regards, Gregg Well, I'd say that they are conceptually different. As pointed out by Jonathan Townsend, Jennings' The Visitor and Harris' Grasshopper share similarities: the basic premise is the transposition of a selected ...

Alfred

...Tomas Blomberg ... who under the name Topas won the manipulation prize at FISM one time for his appearing sunglasses and wands and bells and finally a fender guitar! Then another pair of sunglasses! ... Gregg, as far as I am concerned, I'd say that they are not the same person! On an other note,...

Alfred

Months ago a coin trick using a Mr Clean Magic sponge was published in Genii. I think??? I save my issues of Genii, but now can't find the trick and Richard does not remember the trick. Maybe it was in a different magazine. Help! Does anyone know where this effect appeared? On a side note, you migh...

Alfred

I am wondering why some of the vintage boxes have a hole in the lid and bottom. Is there any advantage? I am familiar with a few routines, but none of them mentions a hole. Bill, I don't know the advantages of using a drilled okito box. However, I'm aware of a routine exploiting that fact. If memor...

Alfred

Ian Kendall wrote:...I wonder if Tomas would license his photo - line art software?...

If you are conversant with Photoshop, there are several 'actions' in the community that convert a photo into a pencil line drawing. I'm not sure whether this is something similar to Tomas', but it might be worth trying.

Alfred

Brian Hebert wrote:... I think 6 was back a few months.

Yes, it might be a typo since part 6 was in the March issue column (the theory of gestalt in magic). This, however, does not detract from Roberto's excellent suggestions in the current column.

Alfred

Is it possible you are refering to "Millenium reflections", which appeared in the 2001 January issue? On page 48 you'll find Jamy Ian Swiss' list under "A millennium of magic literature". There are also lists of illusions —Jim Steinmeyer's "Ten best illusions of the 20th cen...

Alfred

I am trying to locate the issue which included a 'Real Secrets' trick involving the spectator walking around town, making choices from laminated cards on a keyring, which then lead them to a predicted location. I think you are looking for "City Walk" in the Oct 2013 issue, p. 82 That's ri...

Alfred

Logging on to the website, my "ask alexander" login info is accepted, but none of my information (subscription, address, etc.) comes through and I get this. My Subscriptions You have no active subscriptions. Order a subscription in the store . Same here. I'm afraid I'm in the very same si...

Alfred

... was the 8 of spades named by one of the spectators before the reveal of the 1st part or just the position of the 8 of spades? Well, the wording plays an important role in the performance. At the beginning Dani asks the spectator on his right to think any number, something between 1 and 20 (this...

Alfred

With just four episodes broadcasted, the show has been cancelled due to poor audience share figures. Although it started with a promising 11.7%, the audience share dropped to 6.9% on October 4th.

Detailed information is given in this wiki link (text in Spanish).

Alfred

Thanks,Richard. Is that the column Genii March 2011? MASA Yes, it is. See here . ... or how to contact to him/her. John's email used to be at the top of his column. However, from a certain point onwards it did not appear anymore. The last issue showing it was March 2012 (Jonathan Levit as Thurston ...

Alfred

"Call to the colors" is a lovely effect that relies entirely on the second deal. Whilst there are many versions, I'm biased towards Ascanio's "Alternating the colors" which is a good example of clever construction and routining. As it is often stated in the magic literature, the ...

Alfred

That's the expert at the card table deck. Unless mistaken, they are out of stock.

Alfred

Given the data now available, the Contents page could be copied from each issue to create an omnibus volume containing all the collected Tables of Contents. (I expect they're way ahead of me on this.) That'd be a glorious aid to browsing! Sure it would be! However, a comprehensive TOC would require...

Alfred

Chris, you guys also identified the first 'reading page' of each issue, usually the Genii Speaks column. Bonus points for finding how to access that link. :-) When you right click in the information panel a context menu opens. It has three options: "Go to cover", "Table of contents&q...

Alfred

Hi Marty,

It looks like you are referring to Daryl's "rising crime display" sequence. If so, you can find an explanation in "Subtle card creations, volume 1" but there might be some earlier explanations published.

Alfred

I've indexed all the Genii Magazine issues from year 2006 onwards. This index is made public in the hope that it may be useful to those looking for past articles published in the magazine. The index can be accessed here: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.genii.somee.com">www.genii.somee...

Alfred

Richard Kaufman wrote:This is our largest issue in some time, at 112 pages.

The last Genii Magazine issue featuring 112 pages was the February 2009 one. From that date onwards, issues have been either 96 (most likely) or 104 pages long. It seems that the total number of pages is always a multiple of 8.

Alfred

If you live in Madrid you can always check Fundacin Juan March: if I recall correctly some of the riffle shuffle books can be found there. Hope that helps.

Alfred.

Alfred

... however could anyone tell me when Roberto's first column was?... Althought I haven't indexed Genii from 2010 backwards (yet), I can't give you the answer you are looking for. However, I thought that you might find this information about Roberto's columns from 2011 and 2012 ( year, month, page, ...

Alfred

Ian Kendall wrote:"Death of the Rabbit"? I'd love to see that act...

Yes, the death of the rabbit. I'm sure you'll love it but I'm afraid it's never been recorded. If you ever meet Tino, don't hesitate to ask him!

Alfred

... That breaks the fiddling into two less-obvious halves and conceals one by the (unstated) thing that was in the way. ... Although I can load things in one go, I find it much more efficient to do it in two steps. Many years ago, the great magician Tino Call published a thorough analysis on the ca...

Alfred

Of course, is a book for beginners and that's what I am. How more read in magic more see that I know nothing. F. Amlcar Riega i Bello. While it's true that the more one learns the more one realizes how little one knowns, saying that you are a beginner is truly an understatement. On another subject,...

Alfred

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Alfred

Please follow this link to activate iGenii: <a class="postlink" href="http://geniimagazine.com/help/activateigenii/">http://geniimagazine.com/help/activateigenii/</a> There is a complete forum section devoted to iGenii: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.geniimagazine...

Alfred

If you are a Genii subscriber you can access all Genii issues at http://askalexander.org (just flip to page 405 and you'll find John B. Young on the cover)

Alfred

My pick:

Juan Tamariz
Arturo de Ascanio
Pepe Carroll
Miguel Gmez
Ren Lavand
David Williamson
Steve Forte
Michael Vincent
John Carney
Roberto Giobbi

Alfred

The May issue arrived today in Barcelona. I know understand why it is called snail mail.

Thank God issues are available on iGenii at the very same time they are shipped :).

Alfred

Try this web site: http://serralta.eresmas.net/htmls/sociedades.html I hope this helps. Ray Ray, The link you provided points to the magic clubs in Barcelona and its surroundings. Better yet is: http://serralta.eresmas.net/htmls/agenda.html which points directly to a list of activities/performances...

Alfred

Hi David, There are in fact some magic activities in Barcelona next week. On Monday 28 you might want to visit the weekly magicians meeting at SEI magic club. This is highly recommended since you'll be able to meet some of the best close-up performers in Barcelona. On Tuesday 29, Arsene Lupin will b...

Alfred

Thanks Richard for the translation. I would say that "TRU LA LA Congreso de Magia Infantil Unipersonal" (TRU LA LA Kids Magic Individual Convention) is the title of the book authored by Mago Marcos, especially since no such convention has been ever held in Spain... at least none that I'm a...

Alfred

Susana also conducted a Spanish tour (which included TV and newspapers interviews, lectures...) a few months ago in order to promote her work on Visual Neuroscience and also exposing some (minor) magic tricks that served as a basis for her thesis.

Didn't know about the book though.

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