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Let me answer that with another question. Do you know who Rick Maue is? Have you ever spoken to him? I once sat down with Rick and Docc Hilford and the topic of the Magic Cafe came up. When Rick was the special guest there, Docc said he was amazed that he wasn't getting the same kind of...

Taking that axe against Brad would be a waste because when all is said and done, to paraphrase Tim Minchin, "we'd as soon be a week back in time for all the chance either of us will change our minds." As soon as I'm done here though I'm going back into hibernation. I came back for B's topic...

Which I confess I never read because I only pop in when I have a particularly unwieldy axe to grind.

Rather unfair characterization. These are his own words from the start of his thread: Hardly a fanboy statement, wouldn't you agree? I've made more than a few enemies actually. I say what's on my mind, probably a little too much, and I think it rubs people the wrong way that I don't...

Don't get your hopes up. Brad and I have never really talked to each other so much as at each other. I try to keep things civil, but there's only so far this can go because our philosophies are fundamentally incompatible. And besides that, Brad is not a person I would actually consult to...

I think you and I are looking at this differently still. No. Just that it worked. That and the fact that so few of us attempt to be topical or relevant. Let's use Angel and Blaine as an example. Obviously, one of the most common jabs against Angel is that he's been busted...

Nice try at what exactly? I don't recall anyone questioning that, but okay, I can roll with it. I am. I just seem to be getting slightly different information from the world of satire than you are. Who said we have to? Myself, I instead would look at Jersey Shore, look at the satire of...

I'd clench my teeth and take it like a man. You don't run a red light and then act surprised when the cop gives you a ticket.

I'm sorry, what? How are the industry insiders supposed to be a better source of information? Industry insiders are what gave us Spider-Man 3, Disaster Movie, and the Celtic Frost album Cold Lake*. I really don't understand what your point is supposed to be in showing us a video that shows a...

I saw this a while back. It was okay. CollegeHumor dot com is kind of hit-and-miss for me. I'm not entirely sure where you're going with this. Throw me a bone?

Things get heated because many people consider being wrong to be a sign of weakness. I love to argue and disagree. I consider it a right that I should exercise daily. Keeps the mind sharp. But sometimes I have to be tough with people. I need to know they're not going to waste my time. It's...

I'm pretty sure that would be considered self-flagellation. If I want to know about the history of magic, I will talk to Brad Henderson. If I want to know about the landscape of the entertainment industry, what's changing and why, I will talk to Rick Maue. The comparison between Angel and...

My favorite literary villain. So delightfully Machiavellian.

Mostly it's from talking to people like you. Contrary to what you claim, I don't actually believe you respect anything about me. I don't believe you have any respect at all for my generation. Then read this, because I'm getting tired of linking it to you. Criss Angel had a mainstream...

No. My email can be found at my website. I try to stay reasonably accessible. Style also requires a developed foundation and the willingness to experiment. Charlie Parker invented bebop, but jazz progressed so quickly that he was shunted to the side and ignored in favor of younger...

Then read this. Show, don't tell. You have done absolutely nothing to convince me that I'm wrong, just belittled me and everyone else. And quite frankly, it's getting old. It wasn't requested. I came here because I believed it was the right thing to do. I believed in Baller's...

What I said was not bashing, child. I'm challenging other people to back up their opinions better. Don't like it? Cry to your mother about the bad man on the internet. I'm not here to baby people like you. I only came back to this board as a favor. And if I'm going to be here, then I'm...

Metal. Where do you think I got the term kvlt kiddie syndrome from? According to Woody Allen, the 90% part would be showing up. Actually I spoke with a woman once who has a tape of a teenage Criss Angel performing at her son's bah mitzvah. They loved his magic, but he was basically...

Don't I? If I must support anybody it would be Baller in spirit. He's right that magicians for the most part are stagnant, stale, and unoriginal. Rehashing the same material, the same out-of-date one-liners, the same appearances, the whole nine yards. The Old Guard are too secure in their...

Brad, really. The self-conscious attempts to be hip. The whole, "They treat me like an animal so I'll **** on the floor," attitude. The frat boy game of one-upmanship. You're old enough to be my dad. So why are you acting like you're old enough to be my son?