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There´s another level of communication between a trick man and the audience and a magician and the audience. The communication skills of a magician are, or should be, superior. For me, a trick man is someone who just does tricks. He doesn´t care much about the audience, the focus is on his...

Well yes. And I think it depends on the age. Go to E-Forum and you´ll see Brad Christian as one of the favorite magicians in 'Who is your favorite magicians'- threads. That shouldn´t sound disrespectful (I have nothing against BC), but when someone mentiones BC as a favorite magician, leaving...

It´s a bit OT, but do you know that H.P. Lovecraft has written a novelette with/about Houdini? It´s called 'Imprisoned with the Pharaos' or 'Under the Pyramids' and worth reading. And there´s a 3D-Software named after him.

UncleMings recommendations are great. RCT is a classic. Marlo has done a hell of a lot work on the faro. Ackerman also don´t only teach the faro, he explains and shows the practical use of it on his DVD. http://www.michaelclose.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=10 is also good...

I suggest learning the faro shuffle. It´s not nearly as hard as you may think, and you don´t need years or decades to perfect it, like the classic pass. At least not the in-the-hand-faro. The faro is a great tool for memorize deck work (Tamariz stack) and you won´t regret it. ebook...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._W._Erdnase Erdnase is called 'Nose of Soil' (or soilnose ?) in german ;)

In no particular order: Top Four (departed): - Cardini - Fred Kaps - Dai Vernon - Tommy Wonder Top Five (alive): - Juan Tamariz - Bill Malone - Lennart Green - Daryl - Dani DaOrtiz

Has anybody more information on this?

Isn´t Wesley James 'The Man who killed Erdnase' ? I think he killed him with a color changing knife and his infamous (Charlier) cut...

Vernon is more than just the next Erdnase (a guy who wrote a classic, but nobody knows who he really was)to me. He (together with Marlo) was probably the most influencal magician of the 20.century. He contributed more than Erdnase in my opinion, because he made magic more popular and socially...

http://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic/magic-theory/designing-miracles/ for example.

Nice read! Read and study each book before getting something new is the best advise I´ve ever got! I think we all suffer, more or less, from the 'Next Book Syndrome'. Darwin Ortiz wrote a very nice article about that and he says that you don´t need the latest and greatest material but instead...

Card Fictions is a great little book. I purchased it because of Finger Flicker. You can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVVOjfqqYxg Another routine from the book. http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=JT6pvokTeq4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Azg5OeuhRo He´s amazing :)

It´s a bit overrated in my opinion by today´s standards. It´s not a bad book (a few gems in it), but Mr.Lorayne himself stated that it´s not his best book and his later books are much better. I agree (I own Classic Collection 1 + 2). I´m with RealityOne. I think Card College is the single most...

They just wanna make a Buck or two xD

Up in Smoke - Larry Jennings Workers Number 5 - Michael Close The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent - Michael Vincent (DVD)

Generally I find the quality of the threads in the cafe very high. Constructive discussions on a relatively high level. I really like the special guest of honor forum. A great idea and it´s so much fun to ask your personal hero a question or read through it. That´s the good. The bad: 1...

Sorry, post was offtopic.

(False) shuffles and the pass (classic and herrmann pass). Especially the faro shuffle is addictive.