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by Edward Pungot
February 25th, 2024, 5:20 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: WTB: Carney Uncovered
Replies: 6
Views: 833

Re: WTB: Carney Uncovered

Papa Bear https://www.ebay.com/itm/275903951338?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=275903951338&targetid=1530439031891&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9030952&poi=&campaignid=19851828444&mkgroupid=145880009014...
by Edward Pungot
February 19th, 2024, 11:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: Tacky Hands
Replies: 25
Views: 10147

Re: Tacky Hands

The rosin stuff is quite strong and long lasting on the hands even after several washings with soap and water. It might be a good thing to do if it’s a bit too much to lessen the strength. I felt the tacky sensation all throughout the day. Incidentally, my hands tended to sweat even more perhaps to ...
by Edward Pungot
February 17th, 2024, 5:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: Tacky Hands
Replies: 25
Views: 10147

Re: Tacky Hands

Rosin Spray (100% Rosin, Alcohol) https://www.hammergripstore.com/products/gecko-mist-rosin-spray-50-ml I read about rosin powder in the Malini book by Cohen for the Leipzig cane grips. I had some additional notes on the cane moves by Perovich, so I inquired more into this and found a liquid spray v...
by Edward Pungot
January 13th, 2024, 2:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Magic in Hawaii?
Replies: 5
Views: 1020

Re: Magic in Hawaii?

Shoot Ogawa @ Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel
https://hotel-magic.com/oahu-tickets/magical-show/
by Edward Pungot
December 25th, 2023, 8:44 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Did Tenyo screw up this optical illusion?
Replies: 29
Views: 9470

Re: Did Tenyo screw up this optical illusion?

Stocking Stuffer Surprise I was playing around with this for over an hour. There are some ways around the small discrepancies in the manuscript x translation if you just do them in the hands wedged edgewise between the thumb and middle finger in a slight overlapping spread. This can be done with two...
by Edward Pungot
December 23rd, 2023, 12:43 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Did Tenyo screw up this optical illusion?
Replies: 29
Views: 9470

Re: Did Tenyo screw up this optical illusion?

Back in Stock @ SEO (TenyoxWeber)
I’ve always wanted this Tenyo version for it’s flatness factor. If you have Webber’s manuscript it should make for nice transfers with the use of the third ruler.
https://www.seomagic-usa.com/product_info.php/products_id/2800
by Edward Pungot
December 18th, 2023, 10:00 am
Forum: Link Watch
Topic: Ricky Jay Archives
Replies: 11
Views: 3139

Re: Ricky Jay Archives

by Edward Pungot
December 12th, 2023, 5:03 pm
Forum: Link Watch
Topic: Ricky Jay Archives
Replies: 11
Views: 3139

Re: Ricky Jay Archives

Local Indiana magicians should consider themselves to be very lucky. Correspondence between Bamberg and Charlie Miller , 1964-1965 Correspondence between Bertram and Jay , 1982-1987 Correspondence between Jay and Endfield , 1981-1995 SUBSERIES: Linking Rings box 13 folder 17 SUBSERIES: Long Tak Sam ...
by Edward Pungot
November 24th, 2023, 7:17 am
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: AI Generated Magicians From The Past
Replies: 29
Views: 4341

Re: AI Generated Magicians From The Past

https://fansinaflashbulb.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/01_karger_george_144_9-9.gif George Karger, [ Harry Blackstone Sr. ], Circa 1950 This isn’t an ai generated image but I think the end idea is imbedded here, that is, eventually to make these old masters come back to life in a Harry Potter newspap...
by Edward Pungot
November 23rd, 2023, 11:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: Holiday Giveaway, Random edition
Replies: 3
Views: 1886

Re: Holiday Giveaway, Random edition

I’ve found this free app to be very useful in learning memory pegs and practicing the conversion of numerical values into phonetically equivalent words. Random Number Generator App. by Erbil Ozen Four User Friendly Modes 1-10 1-100 1-1000 1-10000 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/random-number-generator...
by Edward Pungot
November 22nd, 2023, 2:26 pm
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: AI Generated Magicians From The Past
Replies: 29
Views: 4341

Re: AI Generated Magicians From The Past

I’m pretty sure there is a picture of Christ in the book by Graham & Diaconis in the “Stars of Magic” section.
by Edward Pungot
November 22nd, 2023, 9:51 am
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: AI Generated Magicians From The Past
Replies: 29
Views: 4341

Re: AI Generated Magicians From The Past

Relax (be at ease) and have an effervescent drink on me.
by Edward Pungot
November 22nd, 2023, 9:32 am
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: AI Generated Magicians From The Past
Replies: 29
Views: 4341

Re: AI Generated Magicians From The Past

It’s amazing how some of these pictures stick in the brain cells with such detail even the morning after, especially the Ricky Jay one and the levitating lady. So much so that I have now adopted the “J” peg with the ai generated image as part of Roth’s ABC kindergarten code. Hay little bee the wide ...
by Edward Pungot
November 21st, 2023, 4:30 pm
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: AI Generated Magicians From The Past
Replies: 29
Views: 4341

Re: AI Generated Magicians From The Past

The eyes and faces on these ai generated images are a bit creepy and ghostless machine-like. It’s a bit like Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa where the ai slowly gradually become conscious that they indeed are ai and the horror that entails. Facial recognition was correct the first look through with Jay ...
by Edward Pungot
November 20th, 2023, 3:31 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Holiday Book Sale
Replies: 6
Views: 1408

Re: Holiday Book Sale

Solution/Easy
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by Edward Pungot
November 20th, 2023, 2:40 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Holiday Book Sale
Replies: 6
Views: 1408

Re: Holiday Book Sale

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by Edward Pungot
November 15th, 2023, 3:44 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magic Live
Replies: 6
Views: 2476

Re: Magic Live

Bill Mullins wrote:One welcome bit of news is that Eric Mead will be sending the manuscripts of his much-anticipated Tim Conover books to the printer before the year is out.


[ fingers crossed ]

From Vanishing Inc. Black Friday Spread
A new three-volume book set from a legend
Unlocked Wednesday, November 29, 2023
by Edward Pungot
November 13th, 2023, 2:01 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Sponge ball supply issue?
Replies: 18
Views: 3841

Re: Sponge ball supply issue?

Current Classic [from the sea] a la Sawa con Carney
https://jadeandpearl.com/sea-pearls-reusable-sea-sponges/
by Edward Pungot
November 11th, 2023, 11:07 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Sponge ball supply issue?
Replies: 18
Views: 3841

Re: Sponge ball supply issue?

Looks legit but maybe double check if you haven’t already done so. If so maybe bulk buy and qualify for free shipping in addition to out of state non-tax purchase.
https://tricksupply.com/product/2-4-super-soft-sponge-balls-orange/
by Edward Pungot
October 26th, 2023, 12:32 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Kuda Bux
Replies: 12
Views: 3633

Re: Kuda Bux

What I meant to say was “It’s the only game in town.” Apparently so the story goes, the game was rigged, but one ended-up playing anyway because it was “the only game in town.” Incidentally, Vernon or Anderson (Harry) talked about playing cards with the old timers in the old Castle library and how t...
by Edward Pungot
October 23rd, 2023, 11:11 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Not the Bob Read Book...Kurt Volkmann's Geschichte der Zauberkunst
Replies: 48
Views: 23272

Re: Bob Read Book?

A John Mulholland Library Ex-Libris exclusive?
by Edward Pungot
October 18th, 2023, 9:46 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: WTB: Genii Magazine Nov. 2008 w/ DVD Insert
Replies: 1
Views: 1901

Re: WTB: Genii Magazine Nov. 2008 w/ DVD Insert

Located one.
Thanks.
by Edward Pungot
October 18th, 2023, 8:44 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: WTB: Genii Magazine Nov. 2008 w/ DVD Insert
Replies: 1
Views: 1901

WTB: Genii Magazine Nov. 2008 w/ DVD Insert

Hi, I’m looking for this particular hard copy issue with the enclosed DVD of John Ramsay. If any of you non-coin Genii subscribers out there have this and are willing to part with just the DVD or both, let me know with a PM or an email. Thanks

sprongshift (at) gmail (dot) (com)
by Edward Pungot
October 11th, 2023, 11:52 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Walter Gibson
Replies: 5
Views: 14368

Re: Walter Gibson

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by Edward Pungot
October 2nd, 2023, 11:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: Max's Birds of Prey Series
Replies: 13
Views: 17260

Re: Max's Birds of Prey Series

@RK: Will Greater Magic also include Maven’s work on the Gilbreath Principle?
by Edward Pungot
August 27th, 2023, 7:55 pm
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Egg Bag
Replies: 55
Views: 21447

Re: Egg Bag

EMC 2010 Session 8
You can see Caveney perform this.
by Edward Pungot
August 27th, 2023, 7:25 am
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Egg Bag
Replies: 55
Views: 21447

Re: Egg Bag

@Bill: That’s an altogether different type of humor, one that slowly cracks at one’s ego. It’s basically an egg that will eventually loose it’s sense of purpose and meaning and like the dodo bird completely vanish altogether the old riddle of which came first. It doesn’t matter, it’s already sunny s...
by Edward Pungot
August 26th, 2023, 8:05 am
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Egg Bag
Replies: 55
Views: 21447

Re: Egg Bag

My recommendation is start with Bob White and ignore everything else until you have done so. From there go in any direction you want. I’ll second this. Bill you come off as a straight man, meaning I’ve seen clips of your talk on YouTube at the G4G conference. A lot of the other references are a bit...
by Edward Pungot
August 18th, 2023, 12:25 pm
Forum: Light From the Lamp
Topic: Martin Gardner Bibliography
Replies: 10
Views: 30351

Re: Martin Gardner Bibliography

Looks like Stanford has a bunch of his stuff
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4822392

Martin Gardner Papers Table of Contents
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6s20356s/
by Edward Pungot
August 15th, 2023, 10:35 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Ricky Jay Death
Replies: 82
Views: 28768

Re: Ricky Jay Death

Yet another Mamet contribution: http://www.threepennyreview.com/samples/mamet_su19.html Nice gag at the end. This issue of Threepenny Review that Steve linked to contains transcripts from several folks who spoke at Ricky's memorial in Los Angeles -- Sally Lapiduss, Dan Chariton, Michael Weber, Eddi...
by Edward Pungot
August 12th, 2023, 11:51 pm
Forum: Feature Articles
Topic: Vernon's silhouettes
Replies: 102
Views: 78665

Re: Vernon's silhouettes

This is the one I always remember. I think Vernon talks about this encounter in the Revelation Tapes. Seeing the others on here, there is definitely a unique look to Vernon’s silhouettes. I wonder how many copies of this particular cutting there are? Seems like something that could potentially easil...
by Edward Pungot
August 9th, 2023, 2:15 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Tannen's Publishing Tarbell 9?
Replies: 17
Views: 2218

Re: Tannen's Publishing Tarbell 9?

Anyone going to checkout Cirque du Soleil’s Mad Apple?
Seems like a triple home run tie-in to Magic Live.
Looks like an interesting show.
by Edward Pungot
August 9th, 2023, 2:12 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Zig-Zag Card
Replies: 17
Views: 2858

Re: Zig-Zag Card

With DMT technology you need the proper eraserhead.
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by Edward Pungot
August 8th, 2023, 9:27 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Understanding the Bermuda Triangle
Replies: 38
Views: 13263

Re: Understanding the Bermuda Triangle

TED Talk Supplementary Materials https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_number VS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_number You’re asking the brain to switch back and forth b/w two basic modes of grouping and counting. Plus the novelty of what you are doing. But I think most of it comes down ...
by Edward Pungot
August 7th, 2023, 11:37 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Pinetti's Petit-Turc Savant (meanwhile in Italy...)
Replies: 3
Views: 1658

Re: Pinetti's Petit-Turc Savant (meanwhile in Italy...)

H.R. Evans Overview Article on Pinetti https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1668&context=ocj A lot of Pinetti’s effects reads like the sort of spectacle you would expect from a Vegas magic show today. So it’s not surprising that the premises holds rather well today for modern...

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