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Aaron Shields booklet "Deviant Practices" is a practical solution for the legendary Scarne Ace Cutting. I hope this helps i do not own this booklet myself, Harry Lorayne has his own version which is like Bill Malone's. I don't own Bill Malone's On The Loose DVDs as i read on the Magic Café...

Roberto Giobbi's Card College Vol1-5 I own all of Roberto Giobbi's Card College Volumes 1-5, i highly recommend all of these books. The books not only cover the Sleight-of-Hand but also cover Misdirection, Routinng, Psychology, & Presentation. Also the effects from these books are some of the...

Window I don't understand half of you say this is NOT a CTW effect, watch the demo of Window on www.Ellusionist.com, this is how it is being advertised as a CTW effect with a Colour Change while the card is still behind the window. It also says there are six routines given on the DVD, so for...

I have just finished watching "Death Defying Acts" it stars Catherine Zeta Jones who attempts to con Guy Pearce's as Harry Houdini into thinking she can contact his dead mother. It's more of a love story between Houdini & Catherine Zeta Jones who plays a stage medium, it's a good film but not as...

Portal The effect itself reminded me of David Regals "Leap of Faith", David Forrest has a variation of "Leap of Faith" called "Quantum Leap" if you like "Portal" check them out. Nice vid i think if you showed this to other magicians into XCM they would appreciate it more then laymen. I also...

Steven Shaw aka Banachek I would of loved to been at that lecture he's one of the best at what he does. I remember watching Wayne Houchin's interview with Banachek on his Stigmata DVD, a really good interview funny too. Anyway check out Banachek's version of Stigmata on Banachek's PSI Series on...

Magic Meetings Hi amkov, Look up Davenports when you hit London, they hold meetings one a month & hold lectures every so often. I think they would be very helpful giving the dates of any lectures & the dates to attend the meetings. E-mail them in advance by visiting...

Flourishing If your a Card Shark then yes Flourishing is well suited to this as you are showing how skilled you are at Sleight Of Hand (with a deck of cards). If your a Magician some flourishes look natural looking, so to go over the top with flourishing while showing an effect. it's going to...

Houdini don't do Magic? Yes Houdini did do Magic & escapology & Houdini was know specifically for his escapology. Some illusions most associated with Houdini are Metamorphosis which has stood the test of time. Another of his most famous illusions was the Chinese Water Torture Cell. He was...

Gimmicks Iam slowly getting the impression some of you view Sleight Of Hand as the most imported part of the effect, & not as an invisible tool used to perform a magical effect. I perform Close-up card magic & i like as much spectator participation as possible, meaning the spectator can shuffle...

Gaft Cards To me Sleight Of Hand is a unseen Tool as are most gaft cards a unseen Tool, without some gaft cards some effects would not be possible. I've got an effect for you David Forrest's Jackass.

Bro Gibert Deep 3 I like the emotional hook to Deep 3 but the only problem i have with it it's only a one effect deck. If i see this on a sale in the future I'll pick it up, but for now I'll stick with Paul Harris Deep Astonishment 2 as this has the same emotional hook. But grate review

Sterling I would say one of he's Magic influences is Jeff McBride from the Clip i just seen, Sterling performance is very good as is he's magic. I think he will go along way saying that i would like to see more of his work.

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Misdirection Misdirection is an art in itself, John Ramsay was a master of misdirection. Yet he never used strong misdirection. It went know further than the direction of his gaze or how he spoke-very light misdirection. This was all he needed because he was misdirecting all the time. There are...

Window It looks very good especially the end climax (Color Change), this is what sets this apart from the rest of the Card Thru Window effects.

Ring Flight Check-out "Exit" By Peter Eggink: It's a Key Flight but you can perform "Exit" with a borrowed ring, it's direct, the plot is simple, & the method is devious. I've performed this as a Key Flight & as a Ring Flight & both get grate reactions, but now i've just kepted it as a Key...

Temptation I got this a few years ago & i must say it's a very good effect, if you like Temptation check-out Monte 3.0 also a very good effect. What i like about Gordon Bean's effects is that you end clean & how you end clean is built into the routine itself, Monte 3.0 i like better than...

Art Of Magic I really enjoyed Wayne,s Interview by Richard Kaufman in This months issue of Genii (June 2009). Also the six effects (A Wayne Houchin Magicana, written by David Regal) are a nice set of effects, Jury Duty is a nice take on a "Ring Flite". For people who like preforming WH Ring...

R.I.P Micheal Jackson. There is no doubt this man was a legend who had a vary troubled life, may he finally R.I.P.