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I literally cannot wait to go home and watch this! I don't care how long I'm in magic, or how advanced my studies get in the future, I hope I can always enjoy watching Blaine work! And although i haven't watched this vid yet, I already agree with the comment about Blaine enjoying the magic...

The advice offered early on in the thread suggests that a cull is cleaner in appearance to a pass. This is untrue. A cull well executed may be cleaner than a pass done badly, but to compare the two in such a base form is bad business. My pass is far cleaner than my cull. I can't watch the...

My favourites, in no particular order... -Hijacked, by Steve Morris. Taught by Jay Sankey, this is a very cool and impossible looking utility that can enable lots of different, but all visual packet effects. -NFW, by Gary Freed. This is an amazing packet trick, and looks very clean and...

I agree with part of this comment. I strongly believe that if you're going to build one move up as being the second coming, it should have more to offer than being 'more visual'. It should be as or more practical than exisitng methods, It should have as few angle issues as possible, and it...

Hmm. Sounds like a nice idea. so, essentially, it's a destroyed and restored card revelation, on a cigarette paper? Hmm, I'll do some research tonight and see what I can come up with. Although I haven't came across anything like this in my studies, It seems like quite a simple idea, so...

In terms of psychology, books on cognitive psych, interpersonal and behavioural psychology will improve your understanding of mentalism and your ability to connect through your magic in general. I don't do LOADS of mentalism, but I studied these areas of psychology to better enable my magic...

UMMM... there is no volume four of AoA. PH's Invisible palm is in book three of the Harris books. It's my favourite. David Stone's has a nice flow, but I'm not sure about the change at the end. It may just telegraph part of the method. Oh, and also, the routine should actually be...

Hey guy's, just a heads up, my good buddy (and professional strange guy), Dee Christopher has been filming recently for the brand spanking new TV channel LURID TV. Heres your chance to see the promo trailer... http://www.luridtv.co.uk/pages/news.htm It's the third vid down on the...

Okay. I've been waititng to watch this DVD for a while. It was something I dearly fancied but I am always hesitant to purchase without knowing something about the product. All I had for this was a list of the names of the pieces presented. Thena friend, after witnessing my hunger to learn...

Are your choices limited to cards? I find that any form of mentalism, even card based demonstrations, play VERY well. David Acer has some very cool stage-friendly effects in his books. My favourite is 'Random acts of magic'. Still one of my best purchases in magic! If you are not...

Sean... YOu're going to like 'Close up Adventures' in that case! The majority of the stuff is neither impromptu, advanced or magcican fooling (well, maybe one of the pieces is)... And hopefully nobody will be disappointed! I'll try and get you an advance copy actually ;) I was sessioning...

Hey buddy. There isn't really a publicly accessible vid for the published effect, but I'm sure there will be many vids of customers demonstrations of it... I know I'm planning on putting up my handling of it soon... CL

One of my ideas was to stick the corner to the outside of the window, yes, but rather than 'vanishing and reappearing' it, I apparently 'rub' the corner through the window. It takes balls and requires misdirection, but it's cool! CL

Bizarre twist can be impromptu, so long as you don't want to perform the colour change. personally, I leave the colour change out more than I do perform it. Also, the Daniel Cros variation is more visually pleasing (just for those of you who hadn't read the book yet). Some other impromptu...

Even without the M5 this effect could be accomplished. Very cool idea, one that I shal ltry. I have a few ideas for pumping up the final reveal of AZ, I may share in time... CL

Andrus had some amazing work, utilising optics in all out magic tricks... brilliant mind, much missed. A lot of effects on the market right now rely on optics. See the majority of Jesse Feinbergs stuff for an example. CL

"you know what, idea right off the top of my head- use the ash for the voodoo ash effect..." Your genius never ceases to amaze, Mr. Christopher! Very nice, capital hadling! I have been playing with anotherchange for the initial switch actually, which I'll show you when I jurney down...

UMmmmmm... I never mentioned metal? You probably shouldn't quote me then use a moot point. I was agreeing with the sentiment of the post before my own, not attacking anything or anybody in particular. Also, I never ONCE said that speed amounts to skill. What I said was the combination of...

Glad I could be of help! Any other advice, don't be afraid to give me a shout! CL

No, that is regressive thinking, you should do the opposite- tailor the EFFECT to suit YOU. CL