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We have experimented with using clear tool dip to make coins silent... have at thee!!

I have always equated magic with other disciplines such as Martial Arts as it can and will teach you patience, humility, and control. (not for everyone mind you but..) People ask why you do magic, but there is a time where How you got into it becomes why you stay in it. I thought it was kool...

I used to do a cig and card manip routine when I was younger (Never smoked a day in my life) and used the puff cigarettes. A good place to see some cig manip is the thimbles, balls, etc Shimada Manipulation video (it's older than some of you are) Vito Lupo has a good pantomime cig routine as...

BAMF! - Visual card teleportation effect (video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rniRdbGI78) Bizzaro Flip - Utility move to cause a card to flip over by springing the pack (Many varied uses) Baby's Got All Backs - The first all backs routine to make sense!! ( I think anyway) Lucky 7's - A...

I recently moved to Vegas and what I have seen is plenty of places to hone one's chops. Nightclubs are a great place (if yer old enuff to get in them) to see what works because you HAVE to be good to get and hold their attention. (Just watch out for the uber-drunks) There is also the Wed night...

I used to do teh one (Back in Teh day) from the Klutz book of magic. Very direct and easy.

Magic is not an addiction. There is no 12 step program for us... it's a way of life yo. (Gads, can you image the 12 step program for magic... )

Actually Riot is pretty jacked up angle wise. Also, consider the fact you can't ALWAYS have a gimmick on you. Submersion you can do with ANY deck. Don't single one out. They all have their merits at the right time and place. Personally I like Submersion better and it's a shame it isn't...

Mark Hamill and Sam Raimi have been known to dabble. I think most entertainers have entertained the thought at some point.

Hey why don't all of you know it alls put up images of your business cards to show him how YOU do it. Put your photoshop where yer mouth is. Regardless: For a back piece it's ok. I would move your name up to the top and lose the tribal stuff. When you do the front remember to have website (if...

Demented magic. A mix of shock and geek without the blood.

I have a few thoughts on this in my journal.

When you start, lay a napkin across your lap and say something like "Want to be neat and tidy in case any food falls in my lap." It's a non-sequiter cuz' yer not eating, but when yer done, just fold up the napkin, dust off yer legs and make a call back joke about being all clean and sexy still.

There goes a saying - Want to hide something, put it in print. 100 people might read an idea, maybe 20 of them will play with it, 5 will do it for a while, 1 will become a master at it and make it their own. (And that's usually ther person who created it in the first place.)

WHERE!? Oh.. right.. Consider this. Many of the top sleight guys make more money elsewhere. Simon Lovell is a writer as is/was David Regal. Would you consider them amateurs because their main income came from a diferent artform? Looking back in history, the people who were pros to us had...

A professional relishes his screw ups almost like a purple heart. An amateur does not and seldom learns from them. Professionals can cover up a mistake or play it off like it was part of the act. The other will become frustrated or become lost and it will show. Experience is your answer.

Depending on the venue and TYPE of audience, you might wanna go with strictly silent to music. Try to use instrumentals and not radio played popular music. Also, start with something that will set the tone of the show and your character (Should you have one). The magic or tension should build...

Funny thing is the only people who will categorize a "Style" of magic are magicians. People outside of our realm simply call it "magic" (or lame if yer one of the sucky ones). There is no coin trick, rope trick, bizarre magic differentiation. Just MAGIC. Magicians assume I do this type of magic...

When it comes to hecklers I find it best to say NOTHING. However, if you give them a "What a retard" look or make the motion of hand to mouth like yer drinking and then point to them, they can't respond and it doesn't become a verbal tennis match of insults. Also, don't use someone else's...

Would this be that 3 of hearts trick you did at MMJ in the close-up show?