The Genii Forum

I like Marc DeSouza's "Chain Gang" video because he shows you two ways to throw a win/win combination. This unique throw gives you more possibilities in the presentation. But Brian is right, also study the school for scoundrels notes by Whit Hadyn & Chef Anton, there are some important...

COMUS, Try Michael Gates. He makes wands with tips made from either solid brass or solid stainless steel, which gives the wand the proper weight for a Vernon wand spin. He also makes wands from exotic woods too! They are not only functional, but really beautiful. You certainly get people's attention...

Stuart, Try 3M Super 77 spray adhesive. I have tried just about everything and this stuff really is extra tacky and holds the best, especially when making acrobatic cards. Also, if you really want to get the back-to-back gaffed card right, you should split the cards first so you don't have an extra ...

Harold, Sorry for the delay in responding. I got distracted going through my magic library looking for the manuscript! Anyway, I recall Bruce Bernstein said in his latest lecture that he doesn't like to work hard or risk failure when he performs, so he tries to come up with killer routines that are ...

Bruce Bernstein has an outstanding poker deal routine called "Psych Out." It is very entertaining and doesn't require any difficult slights or complex stacks. It is based on an improvement of the Jonah card principal. I really like it.

Regards,

Oliver

I actually had a pleasant experience... Recently when I was going through Houston Hobby to catch a connecting flight back home to Chicago, I was pulled aside after going through a security check point. My carry on bag was flagged to be searched... aparently because of my jumbo coins. A very cute sec...

Jim,

You can add my name to the waiting list for the Jumbo and Regular size cups you plan on making. I can't wait!

Oliver :)

Jeffery, I agree with Robert Kane on every point he made on the Riser Cups. My Riser cups nest perfectly and are a joy to handle. I have over three dozen different sets of cups in various styles and materials, and the Riser set is one of my favorites. You can't go wrong with the Riser set. As for th...

I've seen Jim Zee's tables used in serveral magic videos and have always been impressed by how classy they look. I bought a deluxe exotic wood sit-down table from Jim a couple years ago when the SAM convention was in Milwaukee. After examining his tables up close, I fell in love with their exquisite...

Lombard, IL (Suburb of Chicago), my Genii arrived on 12/17! Wow, it usually takes at least two weeks to get to me. Thank's Santa for bringing it so fast.

Happy Holidays.

Oliver

Lombard, Illinois checking in. (A suburb west of Chicago). Christmas came early. My Dec. Genii actually arrived Monday Nov. 19th. I usually am one of the last to get Genii in the mail, so I didn't expect to see it until next week. Been too distracted reading it to post its arrival. This issue is OUT...

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!!! My copy of Personal Collection finally came in the mail today! Although it was sent to me via US Postal Service rather than UPS, it was carefully wrapped in newspaper and packed in a thick padded envelope, so the book safely arrived in perfect condition-- no dented cor...

I'm still waiting... no Personal Collection book yet. (cough cough). This Lorayngitis would probably have killed me by now, but luckily, I've been self medicating myself with lots of helpings of Curry. Curry is wonderful stuff and I recommend that everyone that is sufering from Lorayngitis to take i...

This evening, Tom Dobrowolski and I visited Jay Marshall at Magic, Inc. and the three of us went out for dinner (we had Thai food). Although Jay said he had some minor discomfort from the operation, he was in very good spirits, cracking jokes and telling stories. . . being the Jay Marshall we all kn...

Richard, why did you have to post this? You make me sick! (Cough cough). Now I won't be able to (cough) get any work done (cough) done tomorrow, knowing my copy of Personal Collection (cough) is on its way and will probably arrive tomorrow (cough). I'm definitely coming down with a cold now(sniff, s...

Originally posted by Jamie: I want to use something besides the cork. I like it from a classical sense, but it just seems illogical and a bit old-fashioned. Anybody have any ideas? How about using a big red button? A red button would be pretty visible, everyone knows what they are, and you can say ...

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Originally posted by ChrisDavid: Why a cork? Galloway wrote in the "Ramsey Classics" that Ramsey based his cylinder and coins effect off of versions of the "pence and cap" effects found in Hoffman's Modern Magic and L. Graham Lewis' The Modern Conjuror. A die was used in those e...

Last year they started a website at www.magicinc.net, (note the address is .net and not .com), but it never was finished.
Best bet is to call them on the phone if you want something from them.

Versions of Cylinder and Coins that are in print (that I know of) are found in David Roth's Expert Coin Magic and Lewis Ganson's The Art of Close-Up Magic vol 1. In Gansen's book, it is suggested by Vernon to use poker chips instead of coins and a rolled bank note to make the cylinder. Out of print,...

Richard,
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLESE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE,PLEASE reprint Card Craft.

Rick, If you want to contact Kevin Kelly, he lives in Charleston, Illinois and is listed. Tonight I got a set of Kevin Kelly's gypsy curse cards at his lecture with Don England. The set was $25. Although the cards aren't aged, they look wonderful, especially the court cards. Kevin said that the best...

In another post, Larry Horowitz suggested we, as magicians, try and do something positive in the wake of the terrorist acts against America and suggested doing walk around to entertain volunteers, such as those waiting in long lines to donate blood. Following that excellent suggestion, I found that ...

An easy to do torn and restored card trick is Paul Harris' single torn and restored card. I like Tommy Wonder's handling of this Harris' effect because it is easy to do and has a comic ending (getting 'caught' having masking tape hold the last part in place.) You can find the explanation on the Tomm...

I like David Solomon's Technicolor Oil and Water (ref. David Solomon's Mind). His presentation blew me away... so incredibly clean with no funny moves or awkward counts. I was completely astonished because it looks so impossible. Before seeing David's version of the oil and water plot I generally st...