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Why did you accept a show you weren't ready to do? Not something that really screams "professionalism." I'm sorry, what? No! If you don't know what to perform, then no, you don't have experience with mentalism. What have you done besides cards?

That's not a problem as long as the things coming out of your mouth are interesting enough.

Totally honest: knowledge that it's only been tested for 6 months would drive me away. I want to know that it's seen frequent, regular performance for at least a year before I'm ready to buy. And even then, I'm not willing to shell out more than a couple bucks.

Considering the 60's was the watershed moment in the Civil Rights movement and racial tensions were running high all over the country, I assumed you already knew you were dealing with subject matter that required a high degree of respect on the part of the writer. A lot of people tend to...

I'm going to go ahead and assume you know that NLP was not a thing in the 60's, nor does it actually do dick in the practice of magic or mentalism. That said, Richard Webster has penned a large number of books for the shut-eye market about mystical, superstitious, psychic and New Age phenomena...

All intelligent observations, but let us also consider that value and price are not the same thing. The magic industry is looking at a glut of products over the last ten years. It's easier than ever to publish ebooks, cheap DVDs, and downloads. Piracy is in part a result of a situation where...

Thoughts as they occur to me. 0:06 - Why did the camera shake? And hate to say it, but I'm not digging the music. 0:16 - Okay, I've seen enough of your hands. I want to see your face now. 0:22 - The shake effects are really jarring and make it hard to follow the action on screen. Generally...

I'm not even trying to be funny. Man's gotta put food on the table. Compliments are low in nutritional value, whereas three and four-figure checks are high in awesome and make an excellent loan shark repellent. My ego has enough fat stores to weather a famine of flattery for a few months if...

"Do you have a business card?"

To expound on that, mentalism is purely implicit. In order to create realism, the mentalist has to struggle in a way the magician doesn't. Magic is best when it is sublime, like a force of nature. Mentalism on the other hand is better when it's not always right. The struggle, the drama, the...

You keep saying that, and yet you have not provided any examples or even bothered to contextualize or develop that thought.

Richard has written a number of books for the shut-eye market. His stuff for magicians is self-published on Deceptionary dot com. Just a heads up.

That's an encouraging answer. You want to learn. To get used to pendulums, first you need to get used to using them without the frills of bizarre magick. One of the best resources to start with is a book from Richard Webster's extensive work. I'm not going to say which one specifically, but...

You mean aside from the awkward lay-out, multiple spelling and grammatical errors, and poor quality of content in general? I preemptively want to respond to the person who's going to complain that I harped on the grammar. Imagine for a moment you overhear a coworker talking about that guy who...

First I have to ask if you're really interested in learning about bizarre magick and mentalism. The pendulum carries a lot of symbolic weight, so using one requires you to really know what you're doing when it comes to theatrics and performance theory. Otherwise, you risk looking hokey and...

I hadn't heard that part. I was too busy hating the music choices. But now that I know that was said, talk about putting the cart before the horse. I would also point out that the Revelation PDF is a laugh because any beginner could come up with their own method in about 30 seconds. And the...

About an hour give or take before I start having to dig through my memory. As for paper, I borrow it whenever I can. Carrying memo pads around when I don't have my messenger bag is a pain. Among other things, I'm working on muscle reading so by this time next year, I might not even need the...

It's called criticism. It's a wonderful tool for self-improvement. Didn't say it had to be the best. Just passable, which it's not. The format of the site is terrible, the store looks like a scam, and the videos couldn't be worse unless they released Brazilian wandering spiders into the...

I don't take well to children with bad manners. Then you're a shill advertising someone else's site. Is this a favor to them or are they paying you?

Excuse me? Little boy, I do not have to be Akira Kurosawa to know bad filmmaking when I see it. Everyone here is going to tell you the same thing. That's it, no holds barred. You want to get snotty with me? I give you both barrels. Those videos are an embarrassment. You're trying to...