From Murphy’s Magic comes this look at Magic Live… we aren’t there but if you are and want to let us know what’s going on, comment below!
Speaking of Magic Live! the website Pando took a trip to visit the convention… read their first report here.
The Las Vegas Tribune has a piece on David Chandler, who turned full time professional magician after serving 22 years in the US Army, and his stint in Murray SawChuck’s show at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.
Today’s lead video is from WATD News and features the New England Patriot’s official magician John Duke Logan. You can hear their profile of Logan on their website.
We’ll get to America’s Got Talent a little later… or wait, no we won’t. There were no magic acts on the first of the live shows last night despite the fact that there are three magic acts still in the competition. Hopefully, Colin Cloud, Demian Aditya and Eric Jones will not have to face each other in this round.
Boing Boing ran a nice piece on Eugene Burger yesterday; read it here.
Wonder whatever happened to Smash Mouth? Seriously, I was asking my wife just the other day just that question. Turns out they are at Ribfest 2017 watching JuJu the Meak perform a little magic. We think this is from the Ribfest in Council Bluffs, Iowa last weekend.
The IEEE Spectrum (that’s from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) has a short but interesting article on AI and magic. There are even links to free ebooks on the subject.
It is Murray SawChuck kicking off this fine Wednesday with a little assistance from his three dogs (mainly rescued pups) in this piece from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Be sure to read the article it goes with for poor Murray’s experiences in school talent shows. Some people just have no luck!
John Gaspard (who is not a magician) has released a new novel, the first in a series of mysteries featuring a magician sleuth called Eli Marks. Read all about the first book, The Ambitious Card, on the Awesome Gang website.
Speaking of magicians and books, I recently found myself the feature of recent article in the Lee’s Summit Tribune that highlights my new science fiction novel The Heist. My previous career as a ne’er-do-well magician is mentioned as well!
Good morning and happy Monday! Let’s start off the day with Tyler Sherwin dropping by the studios of WANE News (Fort Wayne, Indiana) for a little magic. Tyler does not appear to have a website, but you can find him on Facebook.
There is a new Vanish Magazine out, this month with Luis de Matos on the cover. You can download it for free here.
Did you catch Steve Spill on Storage Wars? Honestly, I am not sure if it was him or just Magicopolis on the recent episode 666: The Sign Of Profit (which you can see on the A&E website free if you have the right cable provider).
