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This is the handling of the snap change used by Henry Hay, detailed in the 'Amateur Magicians Handbook". Its quite an old text, and Mr. Hay was one of the students of T. Nelson Downs

Nope. Both are silent.

There are 3 differences between Daniel Garcia's Ego change and the Pughe's pass 1) Pughe's pass is done from a mechanics grip, whereas Ego change is done from the deck raised to the fingertips. This means that the Ego change can be done faster (debatable), whereas Pughe's pass has slightly...

Derren Brown is one of the most underrated magical thinkers of our time. His other book 'Absolute Magic' (the sequel to 'Pure Effect') contains the same idea. There's a small chapter on the use of cards in the model of magic you just described. Every so-called 'card magician' should read...

And here we go again. One positive thing I will say is that because of his recent spate of threadGarbage, the magicians who actually can think coherent thoughts have violently disagreed and posted their point of view, to the benefit of everyone involved. Its actually entertaining now.

Oh look. Its you. I shall address you with the same tone you are using. I have shown you courtesy and respect in the previous thread and I've had enough. Same topic as the last time. And we had what? 6 plus pages of replies basically saying you have the intellect of an ant and the...

Gentleman, I think we've misunderstood the thread starter. Our dear friend holds himself in such high esteem and scoffs the magicians who actually manage to entertain lay people because he sincerely believes that comedy is easy. In his own words: Furthermore, since he thinks of himself as...

Uhm... I'm not familiar with the Neo change, but it looks exactly like the Erdnase change method #3. It also could be the One handed transformation #2 with right hand as cover. (The traditional Erdnase change is method #1)

Brilliant effect!! Make a DVD and sell it to magicians. I can so see it. ---- Since time immemorial, magicians have been searching for the ultimate self vanish. But regardless of how clever the method, the magical moment, the vanish itself was always obscured by a large box. Until now...

I ordered it 2 days ago. I'll post a review when I get it.

Suggestions: 1) End with a deck switch and do a color changing deck effect. 2) Or something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M4P83tjwEg You will probably need to deck switch as well. I do feel that trying to keep strictly within the theme of cards turning over as a finale...

Good job. Its got good flow, and each phase logically leads to the next - that's what I REALLY really like about your routine. I'm assuming that this isn't a standup set, or something you rush out into the street and force on an unsuspecting passer by. You just outlined a card themed 20...

2 words: 'Camera Effect'

I disagree. Everyone knows that magical masturbation is XCM. :cool: Also disagree. Although the 2 handed shift is in the card cheat section, Erdnase describes the pass as taking place 'in a flash, with the hands perfectly at rest' (pg97 I think) That implies a speed much faster than...

The only thing remotely disturbing about that was seeing Max Maven endorse ellusionist... *SHUDDER* Anything can be sold if the price is right, and ellusionist is a business. From what I observe: Ellusionist -> Mass market T11 -> Niche This recent ad campaign seems to be targeting...

I started learning magic at the age of 25. Late bloomer of sorts. I gave my first public performance 4 months later. DO NOT follow my example. I'm 28/29 now, and I perform restaurant magic fairly often.

It's not me. I don't even have half of his skill. That being said, he's probably Taiwanese. Watch them. They have fantastic magicians.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99KIo5TODOI

Compare your hand against Lee Asher's hands: http://www.leeasher.com/lee_asher_hand.html (BTW it doesn't say, but I suspect it was meant to be viewed at a resolution of 1024x768. On my 1280x1024 screen he looks like he's either got hamster hands or they REALLY are that small.)

Herb Zarrow passed away yesterday in his New Jersey home. He was 82. Mr Zarrow is responsible for the Zarrow Shuffle, a false shuffle so deceptive that is it one of the only sleights that passed from the magic world into the gambling world. Read more here: http://itricks.com/news/?p=3707