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Anyone know where the Strebbler piece can be obtained? I can find tons of reviews (none with a link) and a handful of videos on the piece but nowhere to purchase it. Penguin carries lots of his stuff but doesn't list the effect. Would love to know more.

I've never had a problem with a Raven "talking" as you're describing, but then I'm used to a lot more noise coming from props (you should stand next to big illusions when they work, or when you have big animals sniffing you through the cloth. . . ) The old "fix" has always been "turn up the...

WAIT A MINUTE! If you ARE NOT a "Mentalist" don't go doing Mentalism on the radio, please! There are a number of actual Magic/Card Tricks that can be done on the air OR, to be more accurate, ways of framing certain pieces that actually belong to Mentalism, in a manner that allows them to...

For starters, any no talent fool can work in Vegas if they have the cash behind them. I'll not mention names, but there's one blond bimbo that's played there for years and is known in magic circles for being one of the worse technical acts going (she flashes dove pans, for christ's sake)...

Ouch! $2k into a ZZ? If that didn't include cases that's nuts, even in today's economy. I remember hearing about this kid that used to drive a truck for Mark Wilson working his way through trade school. He got pretty good at it and started building some things for Mark, like this nifty...

i haven't, and i don't plan to. every sleight i know is done with poker sized playing cards. And while it might be easy to transition over, it also might not. so no I'm not going to be using bridge sized playing cards. You know, I offered you a very probable solution to your card handling...

The Mark Wilson & Tarbell Courses in Magic will give you a foundation when it comes to the basics. From there you want to get ALL of the Paul Osborne plan books followed by Stinemeyer, Rand Woodbury . . . here's the standard recommended list; Basic Building Plans & Methods Complete...

Making a DeKolta chair can be maddening because of the many hinges, etc. that go to it and secondly, it requires a stage trap to do properly. My suggestion being to get a copy of Gary Darwin's "Inexpensive Illusions" book; he has a very practical variation that does not need a ton of...

This is the sort of thing that requires a great deal of thought and practice as well as being willing to accept that you may not have the right style for doing this sort of force. Not everyone can get away with psych forces and too, there are those that can make certain one's hit every time and...

I wanted to address the bold section of your post first. . . to the chagrin of many in magic, we no longer find much on the size of card decks, nor is there much consideration when it comes to all the neat decks being published BUT, have you ever tried using Bridge sized cards? They are...

goatears, you are closer to where I stand with things, professionally. When I did big shows we got legal rights to all the music we used (don't have that problem now days) and in some instances, I've paid special fees to use a unique piece that we wanted to use as a PR bit or in a Television...

It depends on the trick or routine more than anything. When I did the big stage shows we spent weeks (10+ hour days) rehearsing so as to get timing and choreography "perfect" but that's why I and others that do such things, end up with uncannily fast exchanges be it a sub trunk or what's needed...

There was a very similar piece that came out a few years ago (Hole in the Head I think was the name) but it was very limited and from what I can tell, you aren't using the same method e.g. you have a piece of dynamite and I'd certainly love to be one of the first in line if you plan on marketing it.

The Lost Community Seems that everywhere you look now days there are discussions and arguments (along with tons of denial) pertaining to “Intellectual Property” and the issue of Copyright infringement and the stupidity known as Patenting an effect (the quickest way to give away the secret)...

Jay can be a bit of an enigma, he took 2nd place at FISM the year Lance won the Grand Prix. I was lucky enough to know him during those days and work as a kind of assistant to his primary coach (Peter Pit) when fine-tuning his program. You can find him on Facebook though his big thing now days...

Not that I'd be crude or anything, but I'm betting it has a lot to do with showing off his skill set while not realizing how fast it bores people outside of the magic world. The public expects us to have dextrous skills and while there are ways & times we can deliver a short demonstration, such...

Arguably, Jay was the first to introduce a "Manipulation Light" routine prior to the more popular system so many clamor over these days. . . I still have one of the gimmicks that I use in Seance situations (to light up a Crystal Ball). Jay's vanish to fog is priceless; one of the more unusual...

I'm thinking home grown terrorists here. . .

I'm not familiar with this incident, Steerpike. Given the plethora of pirates on that forum having problems with publishers wouldn't surprise me in the least. What I know about the two you mention is that several noted personalities warned me to never publish through Leaping Lizards, which is...

Damn. . . I ate a SPAM sandwich last night and this morning I'm finding it all over the place.