Many, many moons ago The Great Ballantine appeared to be breaking out of his magic buffoon act and performed a beautiful floating ball effect – complete with music, hoop and graceful movements. He received genuine and appreciative applause from the audience. Towards the end of the routine, he reached in his pocket – pulled …
As I’ve said before, most of the magic blogs are pure crap – this one included. The only serious journalism has always come from John LeBlanc at Escamoteurettes. John’s articles are always well researched and intelligently written, unlike this spittle most of us spew with little thought. Anyway, John’s blog had not been updated for …
My general feelings about the Cafe’ are probably best expressed graphically: There was a time I checked into their hallowed hallways at least once a day, but over time I grew weary of that pompous ass Brooks (and that’s a LOT of pomposity) and the generally sour mood that permeated the groups. I …
A thought on mentalism: It seems like we are seeing more and more mentalism effects. I think there are two reasons for this: 1. The effects appear to be easier to do than straight magic. 2. It’s easier to sell to today’s audiences. Each of these could be the basis for a long article and …
I recently attended a show by a local magician, Dan Sperry, held in a theatre not far from where I live. Dan is a young man with wild spiked hair and very mod clothes. It’s not really my kind of act, but I do try to support any local magic action if at all possible. …
I’ve been going through a magic funk recently, thinking there is absolutely nothing good in magic. Clubs are dying. New tricks are stale rehashes. Damn few decent books. The new DVDs S-T-I-N-K All but a few performers are lame with a capital L Out of boredom and nothing else to do, I went to a …
