Woody Aragon is doing an online zoom seminar on the Gilbreath principle.
It's two 3-hour sessions, in English, on these next two Sundays (April 14 & 21).
https://woodyaragon.blogspot.com/2024/0 ... -blog.html
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- April 9th, 2024, 10:42 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Gilbreath principle seminar by Woody Aragon
- Replies: 0
- Views: 32
- March 24th, 2024, 10:27 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Karl Fulves Magic Medallion inquiry
- Replies: 6
- Views: 708
Re: Karl Fulves Magic Medallion inquiry
Richard Kaufman wrote:I saw one of these on eBay the other day.
This matches one of the designs posted by Ben:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276041047312
...though it has a clip attached.
- March 6th, 2024, 12:48 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: The Unknown Life of Karl Fulves
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4649
Re: The Unknown Life of Karl Fulves
I hope Bob Farmer's eyes don't roll back in his head too hard.
- February 23rd, 2024, 10:05 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: A Short Study on Coins Across from Jeremiah Zuo
- Replies: 2
- Views: 742
Re: A Short Study on Coins Across from Jeremiah Zuo
Coin magic bores me almost instantly, yet I watched Jeremiah Zuo's full Penguin lecture and loved it.
If you like coins at all—or even if you don't!—watch the three performance videos on the page linked above by Tom D.
If you like coins at all—or even if you don't!—watch the three performance videos on the page linked above by Tom D.
- February 15th, 2024, 1:16 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Happy Valentine's Day
- Replies: 4
- Views: 826
Re: Happy Valentine's Day
Brad, I passed along your joke to Laurie and she thought it was hilarious.
- February 14th, 2024, 8:37 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Happy Valentine's Day
- Replies: 4
- Views: 826
Happy Valentine's Day
My wife Laurie crafted this card for me today.
Thought some might enjoy seeing it.
Thought some might enjoy seeing it.
- January 19th, 2024, 9:15 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: First lecture of 2024 is...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1079
Re: First lecture of 2024 is...
Hi Dustin, By "Brent" I presume you're talking about magicapplestore, whose name does not appear anywhere in this thread prior to your post? I've noticed that Mr magicapplestore periodically posts identical lists of books for sale elsewhere as canadaguy, which--when he supplies no other in...
- January 14th, 2024, 8:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: First lecture of 2024 is...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1079
Re: First lecture of 2024 is...
You're announcing this event on a global forum.
Are you streaming this lecture?
Or is it a strictly local event, taking place in a location that your announcement neglects to identify?
Are you streaming this lecture?
Or is it a strictly local event, taking place in a location that your announcement neglects to identify?
- December 16th, 2023, 1:32 pm
- Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
- Topic: Marketing a character
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2018
Re: Marketing a character
I'm having trouble parsing "infra dig"? If magicians were more viewed as actors, they could be viewed as capable of playing a range of roles. Yet even actors can fear being typecast, considered fit for only certain types of parts. I'm not sure any actor touts their experience as a circus c...
- December 11th, 2023, 4:48 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Bill Goldman
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1843
- December 10th, 2023, 6:04 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: CNN validates psychic who exploits the bereaved
- Replies: 2
- Views: 888
CNN validates psychic who exploits the bereaved
Well, here's some irresponsible journalism...
I was skeptical about a psychic reading. What happened surprised me
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/entertai ... index.html
I was skeptical about a psychic reading. What happened surprised me
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/entertai ... index.html
- November 27th, 2023, 11:28 pm
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4625
Re: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!
Since the saga of the full Jennings Trilogy is itself of inherent interest (when somebody hands you a literal shipwreck, you're obliged to spin that yarn!), it will doubtless span a number of introductory pages. The story of how the title evolved over 25+ years (with dinner conferences convened to a...
- November 27th, 2023, 10:14 am
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4625
Re: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!
This very topic was discussed in great detail at a special dinner at FISM, The Hague, 2003. That's cool. Did anyone take notes, physical or mental? Can you share the fruits of that dinner conversation? (If a tree falls while proving Fermat's last theorem at a special dinner in The Hague, but doesn'...
- November 27th, 2023, 12:28 am
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4625
Mr Jennings... title suggestions!
As we know, Mr Jennings Takes It Easy will have a followup book, the title of which was announced way back in 1997 on the jacket flap of Jennings '67 as Mr Jennings Takes It Tough . However, that jacket flap also claimed it would be published in 1999, which, as it turned out, was a whopper of a pipe...
- November 14th, 2023, 12:41 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Sponge ball supply issue?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3935
Re: Sponge ball supply issue?
Dustin Stinett wrote:Ted M wrote:I will recklessly rush to judgment and blame...
It was not Tom.
Alas! His routine's stupendous finale would totally justify cornering the market!
- November 13th, 2023, 6:13 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Sponge ball supply issue?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3935
Re: Sponge ball supply issue?
In answering the question "Where do you get your super soft sponge balls?" during a lecture, the performer--who I will not name for his safety--said that he bought the entire supply of all the online sources he could find when he discovered that Magic by Gosh was not making them any longe...
- September 14th, 2023, 9:52 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Derren Brown's Unbelievable - a review
- Replies: 58
- Views: 14953
Re: Derren Brown's Unbelievable - a review
And now see also... Penn & Teller present: The Foolers The Foolers brings to stage an evening of jaw-dropping illusions curated and endorsed by Penn & Teller. Celebrating television’s trickiest magicians, this interactive and irreverent evening presents best-in-class magicians who share the ...
- August 28th, 2023, 12:05 am
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Egg Bag
- Replies: 55
- Views: 21881
Re: Egg Bag
add me to the list of those left cold by paddles and color-changing knives. How about changing the color of a card, or a ball, or a silk? Is it the effect of changing somethings color that leaves you cold, or is it just when it's done with knives? Change a card's identity, and you can win (or lose)...
- August 26th, 2023, 2:09 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Egg Bag
- Replies: 55
- Views: 21881
Re: Egg Bag
Is the Egg Bag in Greater Magic?
Btw, add me to the list of those left cold by paddles and color-changing knives.
If you're going to do magic with a knife, cut or stab something.
Btw, add me to the list of those left cold by paddles and color-changing knives.
If you're going to do magic with a knife, cut or stab something.
- August 25th, 2023, 12:17 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Egg Bag
- Replies: 55
- Views: 21881
Re: Egg Bag
I believe Denny Haney promoted the Ken Brooke manuscript as a standard:
https://www.magicinc.net/products/ken-b ... ni-egg-bag
https://www.magicinc.net/products/ken-b ... ni-egg-bag
- August 22nd, 2023, 7:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Mr. Andrews is on the Cover of the September 2023 Issue of Genii
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3174
Re: Mr. Andrews is on the Cover of the September 2023 Issue of Genii
In my view, if a reviewer has a lot of actual analysis to offer, then I want to read it. Jamy Swiss had a lot to offer in that department, and I welcomed his reviews. Jonathan Levit's review in this issue takes a detailed journey through the videos, and it's constantly evaluating each piece that it ...
- August 21st, 2023, 1:06 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Mr. Andrews is on the Cover of the September 2023 Issue of Genii
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3174
Re: Mr. Andrews is on the Cover of the September 2023 Issue of Genii
Maybe another reviewer could take a crack at the The Bammo Gridlock Dossier? Tom Frame just can't let go of his disdain for the genre of grid magic. After a painful 3-paragraph introduction detailing how he was repulsed by the prospect of reviewing a form of magic which he detests, he can't let go a...
- August 19th, 2023, 5:32 pm
- Forum: iGenii
- Topic: Search function MASSIVELY improved!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 28220
Search function MASSIVELY improved!
I just want to express appreciation for the enormously improved search function in the Genii archive. It's genuinely usable now, and the one-click ability to save a result page as PDF is a researcher's boon. Many thanks! [Also: January 2013 issue doesn't load through the "Issues" interface...
- July 9th, 2023, 1:47 am
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: The Bammo Gridlock Dossier
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4287
Re: The Bammo Gridlock Dossier
Jack,
While not a formal proof, this page shows how the formula is constructed:
https://math.stackexchange.com/question ... inaccuracy
While not a formal proof, this page shows how the formula is constructed:
https://math.stackexchange.com/question ... inaccuracy
- July 8th, 2023, 3:37 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: NYT: The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year Grudge
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3661
NYT: The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year Grudge
4000-word NYT article by David Segal on Uri Geller: Subscribers: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/business/uri-geller-magic-deep-fakes.html Gift article link for non-subscribers: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/business/uri-geller-magic-deep-fakes.html?unlocked_article_code=W80fiBwT3ws887GO9BNs...
- June 9th, 2023, 10:21 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: LA Times article about Magic Castle
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3598
Re: LA Times article about Magic Castle
The FAQ page indicates that registering for an account allows one to read a small (unspecified) number of free articles every rolling 7 days.
https://membership.latimes.com/faq
...although I just made an account and I can't read this article. Harrumph.
https://membership.latimes.com/faq
...although I just made an account and I can't read this article. Harrumph.
- March 20th, 2023, 10:15 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magic in the NY Times
- Replies: 1
- Views: 911
Magic in the NY Times
French drop illustrating this story: Crypto Wants Its Shine Back After a miserable year, cryptocurrency companies are looking for ways to rebrand products that many consumers no longer trust. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/03/14/business/crypto-rebrand/crypto-rebrand-threeByTwoSmallAt2X.jpg il...
- March 7th, 2023, 10:08 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magic Apple Lectures are back!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 893
Re: Magic Apple Lectures are back!!
You are posting about a local event on the world wide web.
You might consider identifying where in the world your local event is taking place.
You might consider identifying where in the world your local event is taking place.
- March 6th, 2023, 7:31 pm
- Forum: Book of The Month Club
- Topic: David Copperfield History Book.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10437
Re: David Copperfield History Book.
If we're guessing, I'll guess The Great Houdini by Beryl Williams and Samuel Epstein. Originally published in 1950, it was eventually picked up by Scholastic and at some point was mass-marketed as a cheap paperback to millions of kids in schools via the Weekly Reader. By May 1970 it had reached 13 p...
- March 5th, 2023, 6:10 pm
- Forum: Book of The Month Club
- Topic: David Copperfield History Book.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10437
Re: David Copperfield History Book.
David is a fine fine performer who has rightly earned his place in the history books and this book has clearly had a lot of effort out into it but it was doomed from the start- whilst his vegas shows sell well he hasn’t had any meaningful mainstream media exposure or high profile tours for more tha...
- January 23rd, 2023, 11:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Who said ‘you should be able to describe a trick in a single sentence?’
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7079
Re: Who said ‘you should be able to describe a trick in a single sentence?’
Here are a handful of lingering stage images that come to mind: - A man on a stage filled with chaos, who has at last flipped a tray of spoons into a set of drinking glasses - Two audience members, each standing at a far edge of the stage, with an invisible man in a yellow raincoat moving between th...
- January 22nd, 2023, 2:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Who said ‘you should be able to describe a trick in a single sentence?’
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7079
Re: Who said ‘you should be able to describe a trick in a single sentence?’
I'm not sure that from the audience point of view, everything needs to be remembered as a full sentence description of what happened. The great theater director Peter Brook talked about what is left with the audience when a performance is over. If I recall correctly, Derren Brown used that quote as...
- January 13th, 2023, 7:47 pm
- Forum: iGenii
- Topic: Printing from Recent Issue
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22946
Re: Printing from Recent Issue
Okay, so we SHOULD print like this, using the printer-in-a-circle icon: https://tubaclam.net/misc/Genii-Print-Yes.jpg NOT like this, with the share/network icon: https://tubaclam.net/misc/Genii-Print-No.jpg Thank you, Phillippe and Chris. Richard, here's the bug report: These issues print or fail as...
- January 13th, 2023, 5:33 pm
- Forum: iGenii
- Topic: Printing from Recent Issue
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22946
Re: Printing from Recent Issue
Phillippe, you recommend this method, yes?
This works in most issues. But in 2016 September Genii, it yields a blank PDF.
Can anybody successfully print any pages from 2016 September Genii?
This works in most issues. But in 2016 September Genii, it yields a blank PDF.
Can anybody successfully print any pages from 2016 September Genii?
- January 13th, 2023, 4:12 pm
- Forum: iGenii
- Topic: Printing from Recent Issue
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22946
Re: Printing from Recent Issue
Philippe Billot wrote:With my computer I use Firefox and I have no problem with Genii.
Philippe, please try printing any pages from Genii, Sept 2016.
I am now using Firefox and Sept 2016 fails for me just the same as Chrome.
- January 13th, 2023, 12:15 am
- Forum: iGenii
- Topic: Printing from Recent Issue
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22946
Re: Printing from Recent Issue
Some pages download fine for me, some download as blank PDFs. Yesterday I tried to download Cardopolis, Genii September 2016, pages 26 & 27. I just got a blank PDF. BTW, David Britland’s method for keying the packet is inspired. I can corroborate this. All pages I tried to print from Sep 2016 r...
- January 10th, 2023, 10:42 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: House of Magic has closed
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5059
- January 10th, 2023, 12:05 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ricky Jay Auction ...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3557
Re: Ricky Jay Auction ...
Admittedly I am not a collector of ephemera. But this auction seems like it's mostly selling what's leftover from whoever got first and second shot at the entire collection. Well, Sotheby's did sell the first $3.8 million of it a little over a year ago... https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/news/soth...
- January 4th, 2023, 10:23 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Problems accessing digital issues
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2572
Re: Problems accessing digital issues
Bug reports are useful when they are specific.
Which pages don't load for you?
Which issues don't load for you?
Supply enough specific information so others can try to experience the same problems you're finding.
Which pages don't load for you?
Which issues don't load for you?
Supply enough specific information so others can try to experience the same problems you're finding.
- December 23rd, 2022, 9:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: More Magic on Jeopardy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1060
Re: More Magic on Jeopardy
Richard Kaufman wrote:Ricky Jay was not an illusionist.
...which goes to emphasize the point that he's achieved recognition among folks who don't distinguish the fine differences among terms for magic performers.
That's pretty impressive.