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Having magic on a daytime TV talk show isn’t new, but it appears that Ellen DeGeneres has shown more interest than most in getting magicians who aren’t necessarily considered A-list stars (in the magic community, anyway, seeing as how Neil Patrick Harris has done pretty well for himself as an actor).
Granted, she has had [...]

Here’s a sobering quote from John Carney’s Carneycopia. It’s in the middle of some commentary aimed at the current magic scene.
There also exist collectors of secrets who hoard information, which is never put to use for either bettering their lives, or the edification or amusement of others. When one of the hoarder’s secrets is exposed, [...]

Some guys in my local circle of magician buddies have been getting the damp jeans over Paul Vigil’s trick Diplopia. I don’t want to refer to them directly by name, so let’s just arbitrarily call them… oh, I don’t know… Gamie J Drant and Bes Warker, and I can assure you that there isn’t anybody [...]

This article was originally published on the old Ye Olde Magick Blogge, on March 11, 2007
When in the mood for a little larceny, pickpockets sometimes brought their own signs saying “Beware of Pickpockets” to large gatherings of people. They’d put the signs in a visible place and then stand off to the side, watching the [...]

What we’re gonna do right here is go back. Way back.
I’ve been finding myself really curious about how the old school guys did it. There are a lot of blabberheads out there on the Magic Cafe and the Genii Forum proudly proclaiming their heritage (just my opinion) or else dropping name and name, thereby making [...]

This article was originally published on the old Ye Olde on March 5, 2007.
As I previously stated, the more I think about exposure, the more I’m thinking it’s less exposure I’m focused on, and more how it relates to getting busted. I guess it’s because that’s my own personal history — I’ve found that I’m [...]

This article was originally printed on the olde Ye Olde, March 3, 2007
A common sentiment that abounds amongst people starting out in magic who really are interested in magic itself, is that they want to learn skills that don’t involve gimmicks or gaffes. I understand where they’re coming from — it was very important to [...]

One reason why I hate the word “Layman” is because it seems to cast a generic light upon random spectators, when we can never really know what knowledge they bring to a magic show. Whenever I hear a magician utter the term, it almost feels like they see regular people as though they were the [...]

This article was originally printed on the olde Ye Olde, February 25, 2007
Exposure was a problem for me the moment I got my first professional gig, or what I suppose could be called a professional gig — I was getting paid to do magic shows, but whether or not that makes me a professional or [...]

I gazed at the deck of cards. Five years it had taken me to learn what kind of effect was hidden between those many edges. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from that lovely trick! Two beer-stenched tears trickled down the sides of my chin. But it was all right, everything was all [...]

  Having magic on a daytime TV talk show isn't new, but it appears that Ellen DeGeneres has shown more interest than most in getting magicians who aren't ...

Here's a sobering quote from John Carney's Carneycopia. It's in the middle of some commentary aimed at the current magic scene. There also exist collectors of secrets who hoard ...

Some guys in my local circle of magician buddies have been getting the damp jeans over Paul Vigil's trick Diplopia. I don't want to refer to them directly ...