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I believe it means that the corners have not been cut off. Casino's (like, say the Wynn Casino) will cut off card corners when they are done with the cards.

Unicorns would probably eat it before it reached the base camp.

What flourish takes 45 seconds? (and if anyone says Jackson 5, that doesn't count)

The Ego Change--It has much better cover than you might think. The Hermann Pass--No one ever sees it. The Tenkai Palm--The only palm I can do while being grilled. The Tip Over Switch--The only move I ever consistently use from an E product. Marlo Tilt--Well, duh.

Well... I'd say it's all a matter of what you're trying to do. If you're trying to convince your audience that what you're doing is magic, then you probably don't want to use flourishes or anything that might prompt them to think you're doing something behind the scenes. I get really...

Perhaps they'll have some books and other DVD's. Stuff that's already on the market, that is.

Wow. On number three, I accidentally skipped over the "deck" part, and was pretty confused for a while there.

I'm confused. I thought D&D would be releasing them on their new site. I guess it's both, though.

Tally Hos are fairly soft right out of the box...

All Together is in The Paper Engine. And yes, Riding the Ripple is quite dandy. I can't believe I just said that...

Alright, here's an idea. Have a spectator select a card and show them how you can make it "heavy." Control it to the bottom, at which point you can try to make the card jump to the top and then "realize" it's a heavy card as it appears on bottom. After phase one, offer to demonstrate it...

Of course not. Never any hard feelings. But I don't really do street magic. Strolling. Like at sexy parties and such.

I think question #2 would be better if you changed it to "which artist would you eat?"

1. In your experience, why does magic work? What is it about these tricks that amaze people? 2. What is it that makes a performance good or bad? What separates a professional magician from an amateur in terms of ability to perform? 3. Be honest: cards or coins?

Right, so that would be one of any number of routines. The only thing that makes it an ambitious card is that it keeps coming to the top. That's pretty much the only stipulation. So who says it always has to be the progression plot? I never found that section in the big book o' magic. I...

I used to do the whole "progression" ACR where I raise the stakes of how openly I make the card rise to the top, but I just got tired of it. Now, I almost exclusively do a series of changes. I do an Ego Change, then a Shapeshifter, and finish with a change in the spec's hands. It's a...

The DVD looks pretty cool, but that tricycle looks wicked sick. I'm gonna bag me one of those.

I believe that means that Joshua Jay wrote it.

For the record, I think Mr. Babin showed a lot of balls actually going out and performing for real people. Most "performances" that are posted are generally just the "magician" and his web cam. Being a magician is all about the performance, when it comes down to it. Really, the only thing...

I don't know, I'm personally of the persuasion that patter is something that everyone should create for themselves. Besides, if you look at Houchin's performance, the intro is very similar, word-to-word. Just saying...