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No one has pointed it out that I see, but check out wonderwizards.com and check the PDF downloads list, I don't recall the exact title but it's either the Power of Q or Power of X one of those if not both, use the Plastic Cards and you'd be wise to consider the method, it can blow the mind of...

I've been fortunate over the years to have uncanny access to all forms of magic and magic methods, it's a situation that goes all the way back to the late 1960s to present. In this array of "blessing" I've been allowed into the mind of one of Mentalism's rising stars -- Jerome Finley. While...

Why do you feel you must mass produce anything? The generation before mine typically refrained from pooping out products until they were well established by 20 or more years, as a working pro. There were a few amazing exceptions such as that New England Plumber that "discovered" how to make...

The Magnificent Seven was also a hit but I'm betting our friend here don't look very Borg (7 of 9) . . .

Christopher, didn't mean to slight you (no pun intended) I was just amazed to not see certain titles in the replies. . . Two of the better Thimble guys of the past were (drum roll) Mark Wilson and Shimada . . . there's a long story about Mark, Sponge balls and thimbles you really should track...

Hell Luis, just go by Fabian and charm the ladies, it's worked well for others ;-)

As the token Curmudgeon around here let me suggest that you invest into Bobo first and leave Royal Road alone for a while. Why? Because so many of us get addicted to card tricks and never learn to do anything other than card tricks, so give yourself a chance. Learning slights is A#1 so look...

My stage name is really super cool, it's CRAIG BROWNING. . . I've had a couple of "Character" names that I've gone by and the name I used when doing illusions which I will not disclose. The thing is, most "stage names" are silly and a pain in the butt to grow out of. You may decide to shift...

MAGICK by Bascom Jones, SYSYGY from Lee Earle and Stan Allen's MAGIC as well as Genii have been my primary favorites for years. There are some of the older bits that I've enjoyed but not as much.

Saturday morning TV 1963 -- seeing Mark Wilson do the Choo Choo Illusion with Nani. My mother swears she should have never allowed me to see that show knowing what she knows now. . .

I've been with Banachek when he's rung in forks and knives he's brought with him. . . then too, I've seen him contort house flatware. The point is, it's YOUR salesmanship around the effect. I've done Sidekick in Starbucks and no one ever said a thing about the fact that they don't have coffee...

You're correct about the girl in the bubble sequence, I recognized that one. . . and you are correct about the opening bit, I think that's Max's (he developed so many of those bits). I'm just trying to find out more about the creation of the bubbles from the bare hands. I'm beginning to...

I do a routine called "Being There" that is part of the material you get when purchasing "Sensory Projection" from the Underground Connective group in the UK. Sensory Projection is, in my opinion, an awesome piece of Mind Reading and evidently my audiences thinks so and the local magician's...

That's been around a while but it was certainly an original act. I believe that was the first time he did the act at the Magic Castle (that's the "big stage" @ the club)

Coins and Thimbles! The great Shamada once drove me crazy at the Magic Castle telling me a story about his dragon ring and in the telling of the tale had it walking all over this hands & fingers. Hiru was a master at thimble work which is what he credits the ring routine to.

You'd be surprised how many TV & film actors are magicians but think about it, Who's the President of the Magic Castle? Who was on the founding board of the Castle? The first time my parents came to visit me in L.A. I took them to brunch at the Castle, it was one of those very odd times when...

I purchased SSS for use in my Seance shows and it's perfect for that kind of situation. It is not "portable" in the sense of being able to move it around, though Shim does give you a method of sorts. I may be putting out a "twist" to one of the commercial methods; while I mentioned it to the...

I've been a Mentalist for nearly 20 years now, been a Tarot Reader since the mid-1970s and as such I both, know the differences between what I do when I read the cards vs. when I blow hot air up someone's kilt. It can be an entertaining experience but doing Readings is rarely a matter of...

William is correct to some degree there's a few other elements tied to this which includes the more exclusive fellowships within magic like the Mystic 13 and even the PEA at one time. There are virtually non-existent orders that were strongly influences by the Masons and Rosicrucian societies...

I'm not familiar with Real Smoke in that it's a bit expensive but the method isn't as practical as what I understand Real Smoke to be ... portable, yes, but not something that's as clean as Real Smoke reads & demonstrates. Most all of us know the basic technology behind these gimmicks, let's...