The Genii Forum

Richard Kaufman

Le Double Fond is a really intimate venue: It seats between 30 and 35 and that's it! It's a great place to work: you can see what it's like if you have the Paris Super Session tapes with Larry Jennings and Derek Dingle. They were filmed there.

Richard Kaufman

MAGIC COLLECTORS BULLETIN New Series Volume 1 No. 2 February 2004 GEORGE DAILYS MAGICANA FOR COLLECTORS 5 VINEYARD HAVEN NEW CUMBERLAND, PA. 17070 (717) 774-1582 <a href="mailto:gsdaily@comcast.net">gsdaily@comcast.net</a> EDITORIAL The 1st issue of this New Series offering Perio...

Richard Kaufman

I've struggled over the past few days about whether to hold these four interviews until people could read them in Genii, or post them now. I had previously decided to hold them, which is a better business move for me since it will increase the circulation of the March issue of Genii. However, while ...

Richard Kaufman

I think the thread is playing out in an interesting way. It's a an example of the Internet at its most pure: a person posts information, creating a path for reaction. The path of the reaction cannot be controlled.

Richard Kaufman

Frankly, I could not begin to explain why I find Monty Python boring and why I think Tommy Cooper is funny.
Really can't.

Richard Kaufman

I have replaced the original message which was here with the following note: I had originally posted an interview with Diana Zimmerman here. However, upon announcing that I've decided not to post online the other three interviews I've conducted, but to print them in Genii instead, simple minds have ...

Richard Kaufman

That book has entered the public domain and been reprinted by Dover books under a different title.

Richard Kaufman

I have completed interviews with Tom Glover, Dale Hindman, and Milt Larsen. All interesting, and the situation is not likely to be cleared up even when I eventually post them here. One thing I can say is that the business about the membership numbers has been causing a lot of confusion. Total member...

Richard Kaufman

It's going slowly, but well. The text is so long that the editing process is taking a long long time. We're also adding footnotes to explain some of the things Vernon says, since they're now many decades out of context.

Richard Kaufman

CURRENT LECTURE SCHEDULE AT DENNY & LEE'S FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 7:30 PM-ADMISSION-$20.00 KEN SCOTT Ken Scott grew up and lives in Atlanta Georgia. He started magic at the very young age of eight years old. Like most eight olds the magic bug bit. As a teenager Ken had th...

Richard Kaufman

Great Promotional Opportunity for Local Performers and Fun Opportunity for Non-Professionals to Entertain for a Good Cause "Flower Mart" is the annual benefit for the beautiful public gardens and grounds of the National Cathedral. It will be held this year Friday, May 7th and Saturday May ...

Richard Kaufman

There is a website dedicated to horror stories of people who've had bad experiences with PayPal:
www.paypalsucks.com

Richard Kaufman

Steve Fearson is a real jerk. First he put up a bogus webpage with the URL www.genimagazine.com. Note that it has only one "i" in genii. It was a homophobic piece of crap that ripped off all of Genii's trademarks and designs. Now, if you go to the same website address you'll see his ad for...

Richard Kaufman

Tommy Cooper is virtually unknown in the United States. While I find him hysterical, the friends to whom I've showed John Fisher's wonderful Heroes of Comedy show on Tommy have sat there in stunned silence. Not one of them has thought him even remotely amusing. There's something uniquely British abo...

Richard Kaufman

I just got Denny & Lee's latest electronic newsletter and there were some hard to find Harry Lorayne items on it, so I'm sure Denny won't mind if I post it here in case any of you might be interested. HARRY LORAYNE MAGIC Harry Lorayne has been one of the most prolific writers of great magic book...

Richard Kaufman

First there's a lot of yelling about how Castle Partners hasn't given out much information. So, information has now been given out. What's the result? Remarks like "when is a statement in an interview gospel." If you want to know why Castle Partners hadn't given out any information prior t...

Richard Kaufman

Whit, I really have to question your desire to listen to anything Castle Partners has to say if the ONLY thing you say you learned from my interview with Diana Zimmerman is that the membership in the Magic Castle has decreased. Your statement is ridiculous. In my interview Ms. Zimmerman CLEARLY expl...

Richard Kaufman

I had originally posted an interview with Diana Zimmerman here. However, upon announcing that I've decided not to post online the other three interviews I've conducted, but to print them in Genii instead, simple minds have jumped to foolish conclusions. So, I have deleted the Zimmerman interview so ...

Richard Kaufman

I've now seen Mickey Silver's tape and have to say that I am mystified as to how his Retention Vanish can look so good.
Hmmmmmmmmm

Richard Kaufman

I would suggest that the endless and numbing speculation about what Castle Partners will do should really stop until more official news becomes available. The ridiculous speculations about members' due being raised ten or twenty times, and the library being eliminated, are simply inflammatory and al...

Richard Kaufman

Ray, foreign airmail subscribers can in fact receive their issues before subscribers in the United States. One of the reasons is that they pay a LOT more for postage, and airmail is often quicker than second-class periodical mail, which is how we ship in the US.

Richard Kaufman

Prior to listing this item on eBay, I thought it would be nice to offer a member of the Genii Forum the opportunity to purchase this. A pristine copy of Tony Andruzzi's legendary locked book, Negromicon. The price is $2,000 (the amount of the highest LOSING bid when I sold a similar book on eBay las...

Richard Kaufman

Magicana did not appear in Genii until the early 1950s, I believe. I have detailed all of this in William Woodfield's obit which appeared in Genii last year Magicana was first published as a stand alone mag for two issues in the 1940s. Then it appeared once in The Conjurors Magazine. Then it appeare...

Richard Kaufman

And so the membership will be split on this issue.

Richard Kaufman

Richard, I can say with certainty that if your packets are scraping against one another you are holding the deck too tightly.
Call me at the Genii office and if you're willing to drive in from Reston to DC, you can buy me lunch and I'll help you make some progress.

Richard Kaufman

Whenever one of my favorite actors dies, I find a great movie of his or hers on the shelf and sit down that evening and watch. Enjoying and appreciating the work of an artist is the greatest tribute you can pay. In Derek's case, not only can we watch him on videotape doing things like the 11 card tr...

Richard Kaufman

As hard as I try, it seems impossible to imagine The Magic Castle in any surroundings and building other than the one it has always been in. Everything about The Magic Castle is bound up inextricably with the place itself. If it moved elsewhere, it might be a magic club, but it could never be The Ma...

Richard Kaufman

I'm not certain, but I think the ad was placed by Jon LeClair. Did anyone purchase a reel from the ad?

Richard Kaufman

Another of the reviews on the site I disagreed with is Sylvester the Jester's new Topit. I think it's a brilliant idea to develop a way to work a Topit into your own costume so you can achieve the same effects without a jacket. The idea with the suspenders is great, really great, and it looks great ...

Richard Kaufman

Jason Lee, don't feel bad I've been trying for years and I'm still mad Have never been able to palm the damn card with just one hand, though I've tried real hard. Seriously, I have NEVER been able to do the One-Hand Top Palm. And, though Hugard claims to have invented it, Vernon told me that it real...

Richard Kaufman

The descriptions are too brief to be of real value except to those who already know what the items are. For someone looking to buy, who doesn't know much about the items, the descriptions say too little. And the strident negative statements based entirely upon subjective opinions derived from Nagler...

Richard Kaufman

Kranzo rocks!
Buy the Notes.

Richard Kaufman

I have received permission from John Scanlan to post his message (referred to earlier in this thread) on the Genii Forum. Brothers and Sisters of the AMA, These opinions are both based on my emotion and my business sense, which are in conflict with each other over this issue. I have given this so mu...

Richard Kaufman

I have just contacted Dale Hindman and asked him the simple question brought up by Joe's post: will the Castle close on February 1.
Dale's response was that this is simply not true, and that negotiations between the board, Milt, and Castle Partners are ongoing.

Richard Kaufman

Sorry, David, but the Glover family owns the land and building: THEY "hold the cards," to use your expression.

Richard Kaufman

Steve, thanks for clarifying things!

Richard Kaufman

Please don't get the two things which compose The Magic Castle confused. The Academy of Magical Arts is a non-profit organization. The Magic Castle is NOT a non-profit! It makes money for Milt Larsen. It appears that the Glover family seems to feel that they haven't been getting their fair share of ...

Richard Kaufman

Marrs, part of your post was just nasty and stupid.
Being red-haired has nothing to do with it.
Being 28 years old has nothing to do with it.
Being a step child has nothing to do with it.
Being greedy MAY have something to do with it, or not, depending upon what the facts really are.

Richard Kaufman

Thanks, Whit, for bringing those messages from Dale and Milt to all the members of the Forum. We now have some detailed statements from both sides, however much is still unknown. Hopefully a clearer picture will emerge in the coming weeks.

Richard Kaufman

I'm very grateful to Michael Flint and Tom Glover for establishing some facts amid the swirl of rumors. No one expects Castle Partners and Milt Larsen and the AMA to conduct their negotiations on a public forum like this one, however the greater the number of facts which are stated directly by those...

Search found 26964 matches