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Well I don't go to Uni till March. So take that :P Happy Australia Day Tom, JDEN, Josh, Matt, Damian, and all the other Aussies around here.

Incorrect. I never get accused of a trick deck, and I've performed with everything: Props, Guardians, Centurions, Ghosts, Black Tigers, Vipers, Masters, etc. Arrco's, Wynns, Studs, never. I don't buy the argument that if you use a custom deck, or a deck that looks different, then spectators...

Hey, relax, I'm only offering advice. Nothing against you or anything like that.

Well, I did have a look at one, and frankly, I'm not really losing much. But seriously, I'm assuming that you're putting out material because in time you want to go somewhere with it. Well sooner or later you have to be professional about it if you're serious, so you may as well get used to it...

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I respect what you're doing, but for God's sake can you please please please learn how to spell and bother to use spellcheck? It's really annoying and is the sole reason I've never bothered with any of your work.

Then beat the expectations, change your magic. Show him the card is there. Control it to the second top instead of the top. Show him bottom card, then the top card, and on replacing the top card, perform a top change in that moment he recognises it's not his card.

Penn & Teller make magic and entertainment and literally have crossed the border into exposure. And yet to accuse them of such and henceforth banish them from the magical fraternity would be absurd. I don't particularly like that he's horrible at sleights. On one level, I would say that he's...

Gems are found in different ways, I guess. Some of them, I looked past them at first. Then after a re-reading or a recommendation, I looked back, and wow, it's genius. Sometimes I find gems simply by the effect rather than the method. Sometimes it's because I think the method is ingenious. Many...

tally-ho is right, you need to work on audience management and stuff to do with the performance. Why do people burn your hands? There could be many reasons. Because you flashed, or you're just acting suspiciously. Because you're presenting magic as a puzzle. Because you're presenting magic in...

The DVD is in French. I don't have it, but I do intend on getting it, it's meant to be very good. A non-French speaker will not understand the speaking, obviously, although it would not be impossible to learn at least basic mechanics from simply watching the video, if you are so inclined.

Can I say first of all, I KNEW IT! Secondly, can I say, I love you Thrall. Thirdly, and most importantly, you're absolutely right. The amount of people so easily led astray, caught up in the latest and greatest for magicians. Rather than for spectators. The way some magicians treat...

Would you trust Lee Asher on a deserted island with a girlfriend? Have you ever tried to prank the wrong Buck? Do you consider yourself better looking than Aaron Fisher?

Just throwing out the thought too that we're magicians - people expect us to be skilled. In this context it's not so unusual to turn a card over in a flashy manner.

No, of course not, did you read my post? I'm saying, I'd rather not mess up at all. But if I do mess up, I'd rather rely on myself to improvise an ending, an important skill, rather than spending valuable practice time working on restrictive outs, instead of preventing mess ups in the first place.

I think the problem is with how and when you perform magic. If you perform magic like a trained monkey, and make it trivial, it's natural for people to want to see it again. The problem isn't with the trick, it's you, the performer. It sounds like you need to make redline mean something, without...

I'm not sure I agree with the concept of having outs as per Gimmickless' argument. It's important for a magician to be able improvise, sure. But having outs for every possible situation? I feel that that conditions a magician against being spontaneous. It loses the essential sense of play in...

Lots of laffs. I loved the page about Feminists being the work of the Devil too.

The first thing that came to mind was Khmer Rouge. Lol. Sounds like someone just made a limited run of them or something.

Echinacea is very helpful for colds. The first thing I'd say is, well, don't get sick in the first place (I know this doesn't help you much now, but I'll be brief with a few things). I've been performing on stage for a number of years (as an actor, not a magician), and essentially, your body is...