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Where I'll be on Monday --- Rome, Italy.

Khaki shorts with a sharpie in the pocket.

Good catch. We've got good spam filters (most of it is blocked before you guys even see it). I think the reposting an old post was an attempt to get around the spam filters by having what looks like a legitimate post. Thanks to @ID4 it didn't work.

You can get all of them digitally for $150 here:https://www.lybrary.com/magic-magazine-p-889885.html They are also available as part of a Genii or Ask Alexander subscription.

That is the only source for the original version. It runs around $150 to $200 for the book.

The Magic Cafe has a forum for selling used books -- you have to be a member and have a minimum number of quality posts. Amazon and EBay are good too. Most of the other sites I know are for out of print books where you will be paying a premium over the original price because they are hard to get.

Marc DeSouza has an old Genii interview where he talks about there being many types of magicians - professional performers, casual performers, creators, historians and even those who just love the knowledge of how things are done. We are all drawn to different aspects of the art and that's OK...

This is the difference between telling and showing. Telling raises doubt, showing encourages belief. Part of this is developing an internal script - which is really a magician lying to themselves. If you tell yourself, "it doesn't matter which card they pick" when you are doing a force, the...

Are you sure? Was that fair? Let's recap. You could have picked any.... That was a free choice... Pretend you are that card... Verify its not a trick deck (coin, rope, etc.) I have an ordinary deck (coin, coffee mug, set of linking rings) It's completely lost in the deck. There is no way (I can...

Sounds like @Gabriel Z is correct if the deck shares a similarity with a Svengali deck. If not, it is referred to as a Pop-Eyed Popper Deck.

Having a sold out show for four nights a week in my own small theatre and everything it would take to develop that show.

The Cafe has its positives. They have a great forum section for selling / buying used books (as well as DVDs and effects). There are some members on there who have a tremendous wealth of knowledge and many posts that can greatly assist you when researching an effect or prop. However, there...

And some of us can answer questions you don't even know you want to ask.

One of my favorite shows growing up.... But with a different David.

Just dropped $150 each for two books... That tells you where I think the future of magic is.

This is a standard mentalism confabulation routine which has been used in magic shows being typically called the "show in review." There are so many different ways to do this using forces, Jedi mind tricks, switches, magic gnomes, writers, multiple outs, one-ahead, small assistants hidden in...

If this happens frequently, @Casey Rudd's idea is perfect. I think that could be taken the wrong way and the performer seems like the jerk and it actually seems to confirm that the spectator was in on it. My suggestion would be more along the lines of "That's funny, I don't remember talking...

The important question is what does your audience think? Exactly.... they can't tell the difference. They just see the "effect" of the gimmick or sleight of hand. As for gimmicks being easier, I don't necessarily agree. It takes a level of skill to handle gimmicks like a shell. Also, when...

@ChristopherT's post is pure gold. The only thing I can add is to avoid "don't" in your thinking. The only way you "don't" do something is to affirmatively "do" something. So think in terms of what you should do. So, for "don't act self-conscious" think "do talk to the person and make eye...

Unfortunately, a very tragic update: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/17/indian-magician-chanchal-lahiri-feared-dead-in-houdini-style-river-stunt