The Guest:
• Danny Garcia
We break down the Penn Jillette v. David Blain upside down semi-fued, why all magic demo videos need to step their game up and why mentalism is the most risky form of magic.
- Trick Shop Magic Find out what is new including great stuff as well as the classics!
Great to see Brett Daniels back in the sunshine, his Atlantic City show at the Tropicana gets a glowing review today from the local paper. This is Brett’s first major run since the bizarre Wohscigam closed at the Sahara.
Of the larger set pieces, among the most impressive is a jet-turbine illusion that finds Daniels being sucked through a working turbine only to reappear seconds later at the rear of the audience. Another fun one is a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, with Daniels “conjuring” the Hollywood legend from a portrait hanging above the stage before making her vanish.
The best part? This is a family show through and through. The audience of a few hundred was littered with kids as young as infants, and parents didn’t have to worry about what they would see, with the exception of a few barely-there costumes on the show’s four dancers (each from New Jersey and Philadelphia), and a few suggestive moves.
The show is only dark Monday, if anyone has seen it feel free to chime in below.
Thanks to Andrew Webb for this. The player works outside the UK too! The clip features discussion with the late Pat Page, Ali Bongo and current The Magic Circle President Jack Delvin, as well as a large portion reported from Blackpool Magic Convention.
For those of you familiar with %#&@ Street Magic and Magic From the Grave, you will no doubt know about Todd Diamond’s inherent charm. I asked him to thrill us with some of his thoughts this week, so enjoy!
The beginning of an artistic thought can come from anything; the world is created with creative thoughts. If you look around in your home everything came from a creative thought. The success from this depends on the work and ethics of the individual and of course not giving up.
Lately the art of magic has had an interesting turn, internet, torrent sites and much more visual learning than it has ever had. With all of the new stuff hitting the market the true gems that create a magician are truly hidden. When a product is pushed to market for the masses, many buy it and use it, thus creating the same droid of a magician. This isn’t a bad thing
but how does that help us become creative and unique?
The Split Spades design is iconic – there is an elegance and a level of intricacy among each element of the core design. The Ace of Spades design (and the box design) are all new, featuring two-way images and hidden text. These features and other revolutionary design components unite to form a deck that is unlike any other.
The finish and card stock is unique and completely new to the Split Spades. Not too thick, not too thin. The focus was to produce a deck that handled well and – just as importantly – lasted.
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Paul Harris Presents The Hawk 2.0 (With Gimmicks) by Alexander Kolle – DVD
TKO: The Kaylor Option (Book, DVD, Gimmick)
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Nic Cage + random Japanese magicians = awesome.
