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Probably for the best. I said some things I'm not proud of. I confess to being a bit militant about this particular opinion of mine. I get the impression from a lot of people that being called a card manipulator or a performance artist is somehow a lesser title than magician. For...

You can call yourself as astronaut if you want. My judgment stands regardless. And I admit to being arrogant as all get out. That's probably why I hate it.

I found your rhetoric to be ignorant, and I find ignorance offensive. All right. I'll humor you. Then I wouldn't call it magic. Well, to magicians anyway. As I said before, I don't consider magicians a legit audience. I consider them a target market. Once again, I do not...

Technically they didn't refute hypnosis proper, just the quack theories surrounding it, like the idea that you can enlarge your breasts or regrow hair through hypnotherapy. There is no biological or psychological precedent to support that. Furthermore, they've also disputed the claims the...

Then what was your argument? Indulge me.

I'm not going to go after you, don't worry. You didn't say anything stupid.

On that note, I put this up for critique. I do a coins across routine I learned from Ben Seidman's lecture. I set it up explaining that symbols carry power. The more value, symbolism, and respect we attach to something, the more powerful it becomes, and begins to transcend matter into the...

I made one reference to my own abilities and that was enough to overwhelm you. Jesus... Seriously, guy just admit that your argument was stupid. You effectively told everyone that they're not allowed to criticize the Bucks because we're not rich and famous (to a niche market anyway). That...

Then you already have what you need. If you really want performing tips, don't ask for new material. Ask how you can maximize what you have already.

Glad I could be of service. Now say something useful. Nice how you take that out of context. No and yes. You can judge me for anything you want. You can call me the reincarnation of John Wayne Gacey for all it means to me or anyone of consequence. Of course, it fails to address...

At least you can tell the difference. I'll let you in on something though. Two of my best card performances were recent. One used a sealed envelope with a card in it and Equivoque. The other was nothing more than a key card location. The former worked because I framed it properly. The...

Tangential, but when Celebracadabra aired, many magicians cried and sobbed their eyes out about how the show was cheapening magic. I was busking at the time, so after performing I would have conversations with my audiences and would eventually bring up the show and what they thought of it...

Apparently everyone's idea of becoming a better performer is to just buy more stuff until you're successful. Jesus...

You made a tribute video to yourself? Thank you, Bono. And no the editing wasn't good. It was awful. Good editing is subtle and immersive. This looked like it was edited by a drunken college student who just finished watching a bunch of videos from MTV circa 1984. On top of that, the...

Paul's a class act. I saw his lecture a week ago in Pittsburgh. He's also unusual in that he understands magic as both an art and a business and is adept in both.

Most of the responses fall into one of three categories. 1. Workable, if not entirely practical. 2. Buy more Theory 11 products. 3. Hackneyed shock jocking (Sick and Thread, mostly). Doing magic for a camera is much more challenging than doing magic for just an audience. You would do well to...

Since posting this, how many PMs have you received with lame attempts to hit on you or chat you up?

Jesus cross-dressing Christ on a bike. I leave for a couple of days to cool my jets. I'm feeling better so I pop back in, and this is what I find. I'm just going to break down the one post I find the most intellectually offensive. But you will try anyway just by the fact that you opened...

Then you're probably reading too much into the tangents I went off on. This is the point in a nutshell:

I was saying that not to be confrontational but out of exasperation because I'm beginning to think you would rather I say yes to the latter question. Well too bad because I do know what I'm talking about. I have been more on the nose about this than anything else I've posted since I rejoined...