Amazing Triumph

Fooled me

#DerekDelgaudio is a badass

http://youtu.be/pLOKfRFcyps

Justice, Busking & Culture

Very happy to hear, my good bud Alexander (an outstanding magician & busker) went to court & faced a judge regarding a summons he received while busking on Royal St.
Charges Dropped! (it really shoulda been: "Charges dropped & here's a couple grand for wasting your time") Nice to hear there's still some justice available in this city (felt so sorry for Alex, who had to spend his valuable time & energy to handle this ordeal.) It's high time this city stop harrasing & starts embracing the street entertainers that bring so much to the culture of this unique town!

One of my video clips featuring Alex:

Indeed. Look at any advertisement drawing tourists to this town... most of them include a street performer! Granted: Royal St is clogged & I can see where the police need to mitigate occasional problems (but that mitigation should not include judges & court!) & yo: that problem wouldn't exisit if we could have (a portion of) Jackson Square back (like it used to be in the 80's & 90s: when the square used to support 6-8 INCREDIBLE acts)

 What would really be cool is if they would open the INSIDE of Jackson Square (the park portion) for performances... in addition to the stage area, they could post 4-6 other spots performers could work (I'd even be happy with some sort of regulated system like is used in other major cities (SMART cities that appreciate what these artists do for the culture.)

Pic from LA Tourism site: 

Fat Bro Elmsley & Rotten Eggs

Spanish Master Juan Tamariz takes the Elmsley count to new lows:

http://m.youtube.com/?reload=3&rdm=4pnix9iuj#/watch?v=7_Dq4pXcakY

In other news: Eric Johnson almost caused a car crash while relating his Shemp (3 stooges) tale bout burnt toast & a tape worm ;)
4 more info:
Tune into Episode 21 of "magic on the side" (yes, its on iTunes)

Toddler. Trickin

I did card magic for a two year old today (26 months for those that count those)

Mainly for an experiment
(he preferred the Dlites ;)

Tips (case you're ever in that situ)
They like "sounds" (springs & riffles)
"cardistry" will be tolerated (briefly)
The "erdnase / houdini change" Plays

How was your day?

So today, after breakfast and an 'Angled Afterburner' practice session ;)
I received the pleasure of self induced vomit ... 7 times; to retrieve a (new) false tooth (hey those things ain't cheap!)

Am I being too personal here?

Point:
Sometimes life gives you lemons...

I'm gonna go take a bubble bath

How was your day?

Wrasslin w/ Theory

So, I was dusting the shelves &
this note / scrap of paper fell out of an old notebook.

Thought I'd take a sec & share a quote from our kindred craft (big time professional wrestling)

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"If it's really emotional.... they forget that it's make believe"
Eric Bischoff
(*big time pro-wrestling promoter)

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Magic & Wrestling:
Kindred entertainments that use secret techniques to create drama

Here's a great article on the history of "Sports Entertainment"

http://m.neatorama.com/2011/06/20/the-man-in-the-mask/

The Magician's Wife

A fun short film, featuring one of the heroes of my magical youth "Prof Bill Pryor" (the older magician working behind the counter)

This film was part of the 2011 Magic Live short film contest... A fun 5 min:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2qYOBCLEtE&feature=youtube_gdata_player