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Three yesterday and three more today. Things are going pretty swimmingly. It’s a strange thing how even 20 performances can affect your show — you’re struggling to fill 25 minutes with all your material at the beginning, and then as you progress and are able to take your time and explore the routines more, suddenly… (more)

Oh my God, I forgot how much of a dream it is to perform for people who can actually speak English. I had three middle school classes today. Small sizes, average language level, but they understood what I was saying. I threw out the Magic Colouring Books and Hanky Vanish for obvious reasons, and I… (more)

Not much to report on today except for a couple of things. A while ago I threw up a whole bunch of proposed theory on the Yin/Yang duality in terms of how people appreciate a magic trick. One thing I’ve found with performing for kids is that I’ve gotten an imbalance there that makes me… (more)

Exhausted, so I’m abbreviating this. Today’s groups had a really wide variety age-wise, so things got complicated. If I trotted out the Magic Colouring Books I’d have older kids who knew it already (and plenty were eager to express their knowledge of the trick), but if I brought out cards, I’d lose the youngsters. It… (more)

Dear David Kaye, Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you. Had three groups today. First were the 4-5 year-olds which went alright, and last were the 6 year-olds who were pretty good, but the middle group, the 7s, went absolutely bonkers for the handkerchief vanish. That single performance of that one trick,… (more)

Not too much to report on today aside from some rearrangements, and most of it is going to be unfocused rambling dear diary nonsense. Show is currently the following: * Introduction (up to and including the magic actions and gestures required to make the magic happen) * Coin Flurry, followed by Jumbo Coin * Hanky… (more)

The secret behind “Real Secrets” is that magicians are idiots. We are a stupid, stupid lot. If you own Tarbell, Royal Road, Card College, Bobo’s, etc. then you already own more magic than you need. Does it need work? Sure it does, but it almost certainly needs less work than a bunch of new tricks… (more)

Starting next week they want me to wear a fancy cape when I perform, so I wanted this to serve as evidence that I did, at one point, still have some dignity and self-respect as a performer.

Had to skip Day 3 because I was freaking exhausted. Word to the wise, limit beer intake the day before a slate of shows. Ok, so here’s how the week ended up. “Pete and Repeat” was shelved for two days, and unfortunately was not missed, so it won’t get trotted out until I get some… (more)