BDay Show

Angie's Bday

Epic gathering & performance by some incredible magi.

Dante, Steve Reynolds, David Rakoczy, Alexander, Jimmy Talksalot & Yours Truly... Good times

Thanks guys

Don't Worry... Be Happy!

Today's theme song:

By: Bobby McFerrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU

this wonderful video features some great bits by Bill Irwin (& Robin Williams)

Denis Behr Archive

Today's link du jour is Denis Behr's amazing (AMAZING) archive of card magic (& beyond)

Looking for a move? Effect? Credit?

Start your search here:

http://archive.denisbehr.de/index.php

Derek Delgaudio

Derek Delgaudio has given me the pleasure of feeling like a layman ... Again & Again

Thought I'd share those feelings with you.

Enjoy (& please watch in order)
Yes, it's in Spanish ... & that's ok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyRViyAA3jo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3IYWUAmVvQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLOKfRFcyps&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhe8xA1ho9Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

& the cous de gras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pyaVdgFNUE&sns=em

Indian Style Street Magic

A retro-look at the art (the commentary in this clip is hilarious)
http://youtu.be/9BW5329viMA

This young magician has great stage presence:
http://youtu.be/ARa4EPCLf2Q

A wonderful 'statue' routine , just waiting on someone to revive it...
http://youtu.be/etSivpBHUmE

Indian Style Street Magic

This young magician has amazing stage presence:
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A retro-look at the art (the commentary in this clip is hilarious)
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9BW5329viMA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

A wonderful 'statue' routine , just waiting on someone to revive it...
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/etSivpBHUmE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Mead on busking

Some interesting commentary (& a nice bit of juggling) from the wonderful Eric Mead



Below is the link to the Violinist - Busking experiment he speaks of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xq5ZM7r6AU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

A picture

Is worth a 1000 words.

Heres a pic of James Randi

;)

Verbatim 2.0

For any all performers / public speakers / singers / actors... Etc

Plz allow me to recommend
VERBATIM 2.0

It's a (free) web app that helps ya memorize scripts, jokes, songs (& such)

http://tinyurl.com/verbatim2

It's designed for iPhones & other mobile devices, but PC users should be able to put it to use as well

There's more info & a video tutorial on the link above... Check it out, thank me later!

Back ta Busking

After a month long hiatus, I finally got back to work this week. Saturday was horrible. I felt like a complete amateur. By my 4th show on Sunday, things were starting to tick.

Here's a few pix for posterity (leaving the cups & balls home next week: RIP C&B)

TriCCCs

I'll be there...

http://tricsconvention.com/talent.html

Si Stebbins

Stebbins is one of the best card systems ever devised. If you happen to be a reading this & have never learned the EASY to learn system, well here ya go...

Below is a link to an ecopy of the original manuscript. Enjoy:

http://www.divshare.com/download/14121512-4a9

NOLA

I have a love / hate relationship with this wonderful city. I love leaving & can't wait when it's time to come back.

I see myself doing lots of both this year... Stay tuned

Card Tricks Kill

"An unsatisfactory "magic show" led to a stabbing that killed a man and injured another in southern Vietnam last Friday."

REALLY?
Uh, yeah.
This 'onion'esque headline is (sadly) apparently true

http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/pages/20120124-man-killed-after-doing-uninteresting-magic.aspx

I would bet even money; this had something to do with 'cardistry'

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-VzJO8dcfQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Alex Elmsley

My favorite magical creator
And (as you can tell by their condition :) my two favorite books. Ya like close-up? Study Elmsley.

Scrambble

Scrambble  is an effect from the book "Tricks of My Trade - The Magic of Doug Conn"

Back before iPhones & digital video, I used to make these vids on a VHS cam & do the transfer from analog to digital (and then wait an hour or two for my blazing PC to compress the edited video so, I could post it online) I hosted several of these vids on an old website of mine... and just found the long lost video stash in an old laptop. So, to make a short story longer: I'll be posting a few of those clips as online memoirs/keepsakes

without further adieu ... here's Scrambble: