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Forgive me if I'm wrong, but your initial post made it look like you wanted to do away with all forms of categorization. Am I wrong? Prae man, we should meet up in Sydney.

I like that response. As for me: -Double lift. -Top change. I also use the clipshift as a control.

Firstly, It's not a problem unique to magic. You'll find this trend in almost every field. Secondly, mentalism is NOT magic, it is almost completely divorced. Con artistry is closer to magic than mentalism is. Thirdly, it's not the categorization that's a problem, it's the people in them...

I've heard good thing's about this, but I don't have it myself. I also thought it was appropriate with superday coming up as well. http://www.taylorsmagicshop.com.au/prod711.htm

I deny that I posted the previous response. See? I also deny that I am looking at a computer/phone screen while typing this response. I also deny that I am familiar with the English language.

Verb to deny (third-person singular simple present denies, present participle denying, simple past and past participle denied) 1. To not allow. "I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied." 2. To assert that something is not true. "I deny that I was at the party."...

Why? He's arguing logically. The quote really is fallacious. To claim that you can't deny what you can see is ridiculous.

depending on your presentation style, it might not even be necessary. Look at how Blaine does it. It's still magic presented well, but he doesn't really have accompanying patter. When I do my ACR, I don't use patter to "explain" that the card is magically moving itself up through the deck...

1:16 in this vid is the flicker shot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O6Gz9fh9ps

It's not an appropriate place to discuss the innate understanding of music opposed to the innate understanding of performance. For friends. Performance for friends is hardly performance. When one sees a movie, for example, Leonardo di Caprio in "Inception", you don't see him as di Caprio...

To cut to 26, sadly, I do need to look down at the deck. I don't think periphery can help in this case.

I'll concede this point just because this isn't an appropriate forum to discuss this matter. What do you mean by "We are magicians first, actors second?". Is there no difference between a "magician" and a "person doing magic tricks?" For the purpose of this discussion. I believe performance...

It's not an issue unique to magicians. Actors/singers/dancers also completely rip off other people in their field. It's part of human nature to do so.

The contemporary form is simply "Close up magic done to audiences on the street". Though the classic form is something much different: and

A watch steal if it was appropriate, or a muscle reading.

Draven, I don't like your analogy about music. Just saying. I've jammed with many musicians that don't know a single bit of theory. Some of them don't know scales, chords, time signatures, modes, or even pitch names. They have a system in their mind about how music works, and that system...

Try using bridge cards, or less cards, say 40 or so.

...there are seriously metal cards?

It's Chad Long's "Shuffling Lesson", on True Astonishments.

Mnemonica actually also includes an amount of tricks done with stay stacks, which are excellent.