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This reminds me very much of this: Watch the whole thing if you have time, it's awesome.

Everyone has a different criteria for originality. For instance, it is much harder to publish material on Theory11's Marketplace than it is on Penguin. Every company has a different approach. The criteria that I follow personally is the criteria put forth by Darwin Ortiz. Each trick has 3 parts...

All do respect, Miller credits Kun in his download. Miller saw Magick Balay perform the trick and adapted it. Patrick Kun saw Alex Ward do the trick and adapted it. I think Alex is the originator of it if I'm not mistaken. I'm not aware of a similar move by another creator before him.

Okay, most psychological forces don't work as advertised. Working with Rick Lax we tried many and got a huge data set. Some of the most surefire faces only worked 1/5th of the time. This includes Daniel Madison's, Derren Brown's and Dai Vernon's versions. Is avoid those. Peter Turner's book is...

Is this in the context of a classic force? If it is, I prefer to force the card above the break. Why? Because I can maintain contact with the card during the spread.

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So, I think there's a myth going around that small coins are easier to work with. This is not necessarily true especially when it comes to palming. I'd make sure that you are using at least a 50 cent (USA) sized coin. This may help. Also, most of the tension comes from the thumb, not the...

When losing the cards at 0:21 I like to be a bit more cavalier about it. If I break down my approach: 1. Out jog the 4 cards. 2. Fan them so it is clear they are in different places. 3. Square the fan with the backs to the audience 4. As you rotate the deck face up execute the block...

This might be better answered in the product questions forum. I can move it over there if you'd like. I don't own Chaos but I can talk about scratching cards. I use a pin and connect parts of the white back design together.

Yeah that's generally how they will land anyways. When you ave 2 together cull one card, pause and cull the second card by itself. When using the classic Hofsinser spread cull don't do multiple at once to begin with. There are other culls that work, David's Cull, the great divide, angle...

Cool stuff. Your style is very off the wall.

I read an article about the interview. Fun stuff :)

Ben Salinas has a great dvd with Magic Makers where you can see almost every sleight in the book. It's good, there's some inaccuracies but it's pretty great.

So, I'll share how I bombed last night and how I recovered. Nothing was toi catastrophic. It's important to note that this has been in my show for almost 4 years now and it has never gone this bad. I have a multiphase PK Touch routine. I tapped one guy another guy feels it. The guy didn’t feel...

All of this is good solid advice guys. I appreciate it but it wasn't the reason I started this thread. I was looking for humorous comparisons between magic and other arts. Bombing doesn't bother me too much and nothing at the show was all that bad. For instance, a few years ago I closed my...

I just tried some new magic out for the local Boy Scout Troop. All the new stuff worked! The old work horses I've had in my show for years all fell flat. Go figure. It makes me thankful to kind people who allow me to try new things. I was also thinking, what is the artistic equivalent to...