Who?

Shoutout to my buddy Jimmy Talksalot who's been busy "typing a lot" (lately) over on his Sidewalk Performer "Who's Who" blog. Check it out & learn some stuff about some great performers ya might otherwise miss:

sidewalkperformerswhoswho.blogspot.com/?m=1

This is one of two busking related blogs he manages, the other being a "how to" that is hard to beat... Check it out:
jimmytalksalot.blogspot.com/?m=1

Yo *Most of this info was wonderfully compiled into his book "To lure with spectacle & our mysterious society"

HIGHly Recommended!

Love ya Bro!

Impudence

"Flourishes are a matter of style and personality. For me to make rules to govern another's style would be impudence."

Yes indeed

Do YOU

Mercury

Tip of the day from Ollie Mealing (& I stole his pic off FB; sorry Ollie: please forgive!)

Use the Advertising (etc) cards for a quick Mercury card fold practice session.

LAW

All acts are booked and confirmed for Louisiana Magic Weekend 2013

It's being held in Thibideaux LA this year
Mid April

They have a Facebook page and a website in the works. Registration info should be released soon. Stay tooned!

Lecturers:
Doug Conn
Ken Scott
Harry Allen
Chad Long
Nathan Kranzo
Pop Haydn


Stage Show performers:
Michael Dardant
Ken Scott
Harry Allen
Chad Long
Nathan Kranzo
Pop Haydn

Vintage

Best cards of all time?

Pretty much any version of the Bike's vintage reprints. Ex:
playingcards.wikidot.com/bicycle:vintage-design

(*Open thanks to Zach Lambert for turning me onto these wonderful cards)

I'll prolly stick to regular ole red backed bikes (cause they're always available & + I love/use N Pudar's marking system) but if I knew I could get these vintage packs forever (@2.99;) I'd use these bad boys.

Next time ya feel like buying a vanity deck, if ya haven't tried these... Do so (& if ya can; buy from Zach... He's a good guy)

*Honorable mention goes to the "House of Playing Cards" & their NOC decks. http://houseofplayingcards.com/playing-cards/noc-deck.html
Simple as pie design and they handle smooth as silk. Their "Crown" decks are also nice.

Aight, been a lil quiet lately (busy with the holidays... And lawyers...) Thought I'd take a few seconds and spend some time blabbering bout one of my all time fave things. And now thats done

2 cents spent,
Conn

N.O.W.

Nick Einhorns "Nest Of Wallets" looks to be a(nother) winner. If My Xmas wish list wasn't full, this is one I'd be adding to it:
http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/3069

From the card trick dept:
I just realized the "Growing Card" (an effect from the Paul Harris AOA DVD set) will work in conjunction with Don Englands Plastic Lady
This makes me very happy ;)

You can see the effect here:
http://sleightascent.com/page/4/
Yo: shout out to the "Magic on The Side" guys (Eric & Suess @magicontheside (.com))
Their always awesome podcast lead me to the above link. So, big time thanks to everyone mentioned in this paragraph

Aight. Nuff for now, I gotta go practice ;)

Glance

Looks like "Vanishing Inc" hits another home run w/ "Glance"

http://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic/mentalism/glance/

(Wow, and just I'd found the mother load with Nathan Kranzo's new release of Grants "True Test")

Wondering; Do I have someone I haven't asked for an Xmas gift?