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Hey all, just listened to David Kwong being interviewed (promoting his new book) by Art of Manliness (fantastic site!). Worth taking a listen to. Enjoy...

Indeed, by description alone it is the same effect as most daid effects. There are many impromptu versions that exist, so definitely get some feedback on method first.

I used to be Wiccan. It's not as simple as saying that Wiccans are just using simple tricks, but it's more along the lines of a sincere experience, where they are sincerely tricking themselves. Sort of like someone who reads horoscopes and swears they are accurate because they see connections to...

To be honest, my walk around material all comes from completely different places. I have never found one DVD or book that I use all the material. Some stuff I do I bought as single effects (Jokers Wild), and other things are from a variety of other sources (Biddle, ambitious, etc). But I don't...

Haha I love these. My wife's grandma claimed "magnets!" as the explination for me levitating a dollar bill. This thread reminds me of this bit:

My experience has been that every once in a while someone mentions that I'm using a marked deck. I only use bicycle cards for shows. Around friends and family I use custom decks and have never had anyone be suspicious.

I was at a strolling gig and I started my spongeball routine by making the first ball appear on a lady's palm. She yelled, jumped out of her chair and shoved me with both hands. The whole table erupted with laughter.

I think as a beginner, I would have loved this. If it helps kids get better teaching, then that's a good thing. But for me now I usually buy very intentionally, and this would not be worthwhile. Doesn't Jay Sankey already do this?

Tons of great advice here. Perhaps these might help too

I don't know about some of those areas as I don't do kids magic or restaurant magic anymore, but I'm pretty open about my fees because I think it would have been super useful for me when I started. Obviously all the caveats already mentioned apply, but these are my set fees as a part time...

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Nice! I've never seen a deck of invisible cards before! They will be better than any deck we've ever seen. The reviews will be perfect - nothing for people to complain about. Okay. I'm done.

One recent one that I have been loving is View to a Skill by John Bannon. So fun to perform, and the method is so devious that I want to tell people so bad!

Well, I wouldn't paint with a broad brush, as this would depend on your demonology and what source one chooses to study. (The Bible doesn't really give names, etc) An overzealous person who jumps to conclusions about magicians being possessed or having actual supernatural/demonic powers...

Looks good, but this paragraph doesn't make sense: "I myself have dealt with over 1,000 hecklers, and while most have ended quite nicely, sometimes the heckler wants to seem like the biggest person in the room, and in all cases, left the show in handcuffs. This, of course, is rare and has only...