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Rabid, my message was not in the words I used but in the words I didn't. Knowing your art's history is the key . . . But isn't it always?

It's fun to be fooled, . . .

Your point seems to be that there is a difference between the oops deck as a name and oops as the name of an effect. This may come from you never having owned oops. Oops is a trick that can only be performed with a single specially constructed deck. Also, the oops effect is (reasonably) the...

Why would you want your trick to have the same as another? Can you think of anything good which can come of that? Do you think it speaks to creativity? Do you think it shows respect and knowledge of the history of ideas in our art? To your examples: would a color changing deck trick called...

It is the similarity with the name that is the problem. Why give an item a name when another well known item (to well read magicians) already has that name? Why would I want to name a version of the sawing, "Asrah?" Why name your trick something that will automatically make someone else...

The oops deck was release by Bill Pryor back in the 70's followed by Son of Oops. This is a different effect than the one under discussion. Why do people insist on stealing names of tricks?

Your conclusions do not follow neccessarily from your anecdote. Yes, there are people who do not value talent and are always looking for a bargain, however this is not true of the entire entertainment industry, nor all buyers. As to the Joe Average notion, perhaps the most commercially...

Hi, I am going to Thailand this weekend to work on a project for a week. Depending on schedule I may be in Bangkok for a few days. Any magicians in that area? Brad Henderson

Top hats have been outdated long before Blaine came on the scene.And while I suppose it's fun to take words that have historically established meanings and make up new ones (and by the definitions given, one can only assume this is done out of ignorance) I cannot see how this displays any...

Carter beats the devil is NOT a biography, it is a fictionalization loosely based on Carter. There is an excellent bio of Carter by Mike Caveney. Expect to spend at least $400 for a used copy. I hear the new Henning book is great.

How can one be considered "underground" when they regularly sell their ideas to magicians in the open marketplace? Brad Henderson

Simon Drake's House of Magic

1) signed and sealed is way overused as a title. bad choice as there will be product confusion 2) Adam Rubin (who now writes for Magic Magazine) developed some very interesting coin and ziplock work back in the 90's. Seek out what he did before you release yours. Brad Henderson

Yeah, but what does he know - he's an *******. Brad (However, being able to review for either magic AND genii is quite a feat, no?)

Can you name one of his effects that received a positive review from an adult who writes for a major magic magazine?

If I didn't know what I needed to know already, I do now. Thanks for that. Brad

Because I happen to care what happens to magic. And when people are allowed to make uninformed statements which might influence other magicians, they should be identified and corrected. Clearly you have no intention (and I assume ability) to hold a rational discourse on the issue of illegal...

It is relevant. If you are young, then you have not had the proper science and math classes to understand why everything you say above is completely wrong. Being young, I can forgive the ignorance of youth. I remember when I was in 8th grade, I thought I knew everything. As I grew up, I realized...

Larry is a professional comedian and writer. He is an amateur magician. He is very passionate about his art, and is very skillful. Having said that, he is quite modest and not someone who I think performs magic regularly. I would guess, based on what I know and the time we spent together...

I think you might want to revisit your studies of scientific data and how it is processed. 50% of a carbon monoxide molecule is is oxygen. Statistics ARE facts. How we INTERPRET them can be subject to debate. But I think this sums it up: "I can’t dismiss findings that I do not know...