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The only time I would say that switching in a deck would actually work for you, rather than against you. Is if you perform some stuff with a borrowed deck, and then switch in a Memdeck. Though, the chances in reality of people always having a deck of cards on them (even when at home), is rather...

And many of those "working pros." would be in the wrong for doing so. Carrying all that crap on you when you are doing a walk around gig is just over doing it and makes you look like a dork. If you are doing a parlor or stand up show, then it's fine. But a walk around show... No.. Just..No.

It still makes you look silly if you are carrying all those decks on you. 10 pounds of crap in a 2 pound bag. If you were smart, you'd mainly only carry what you NEED.

Pocket space, and you end up looking really silly if you tend to carry around a ton of props on you. As the old saying goes "10 pounds of crap in a 2 pound bag."

There are no great deck reviews because many of them are pretty much redundant.

It would be great but I think the closest we have in color and sound is the Vernon Revelations DVD set and that was when he was around late 80's and was pretty much past his prime and suffering from severe chronic arthritis. I myself would have liked to see how guys like him and Marlo...

I recall Whit Haydn mentioning that Vernon had excellent taste in magic and was exceptionally skilled, but was a mediocre entertainer.

Usually it depends on if I can think of a interesting change of presentation for the routine that ties the whole thing together. Though sometimes I don't always give new effects a new name.

Then go back to your old books and look again, you most likely missed a few things here and there.

You know, you never answered Will's question. All you did was list random books (poorly) and then continue to say "I need something new." We don't have any idea of what your skill level, or what exactly you are looking for. What you are doing is like walking into a store and asking "I need more...

Depends on what I have decided to do that day. Usually it's 3 coins and a deck of cards and that's pretty much it.

Expert at the Card Table is a bit advanced and more of a "College" level magic book. Tarbel is a HUGE group of books that deals with much more than close up magic. Here is what I am going to suggest doing. First question: Do you have Royal Road to Card Magic? If Yes, then here's what my mentor...

I still like my idea of changing the moment, and it could also because you were static when you did the move. The Top Change or ANY sleight for that matter are not meant to be done when you are standing completely still. Michael Vincent talked about this before in how it's best to have the...

You most likely did it at the wrong time. The thing with the Top Change is that if it's done at the wrong, then it's "Game Over man! Game over!". What you should have done is wait for a bit and maybe instead of do the usual motion for it. Instead change the moment and maybe do the move as you...

Keep back pedaling enough and you'll end up moon walking back to 1982.

Still the other thing about this story that doesn't add up is the hospital allowing you to continue "performing" and allowing the other guy to continue to swear at you. You see, most hospitals would tell BOTH of you to stop it, because you are disturbing the other people there. Regardless if...

This story is obviously fake. 1. If it were real, the hospital would have you removed and possibly arrested for assault. 2. While I don't think there are people out there that ignorant to think they have to perform all the time. This whole story smells fishier than the entire cast of deadliest...

With anything in life, you HAVE to get some form of personal satisfaction from it. Otherwise there would be no reason to do it.

Roberto Giobbi had some good advice about this subject in his "Ask Roberto" download from the lybrary. I think one of the things he mentions that you could do is that you draw and imaginary circle in front of you, and take ALL of your best moments and put them in there. Then before each...

Have you thought about trying out something like Bill in Lemon. I think I read somewhere that Chris Randall did this on the streets in Las Vegas during his shows and it worked out great for him.