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For the love of George Romero... There's your handicap! You learned unethically from the worst teachers imaginable. Don't get Stigmata, don't get Control, don't get Chaos. Invest in Royal Road to Card Magic, Modern Coin Magic, or something from Michael Ammar's Miracle series.

I want you to stay as far away from dark magic as possible. You clearly aren't ready to even attempt it. How is this a situation which warrants a lol? You're obviously still doing something wrong. If you're not getting reactions, it's not the material you're using, it's all you.

Like I said, convenient seating. I go completely rag-doll during the effect, so I need to be in a believable position and standing just doesn't cut it.

I only ever do it whenever there's a convenient bench around. And I only ever do it as a finale for a group that's been especially receptive and good-natured.

Intro I’ve been seeing stories about what you can do with magic popping up more frequently now that the weather is turning out more pleasant and people are out performing more. It’s natural. The problem is the tone I’ve noticed in certain people’s attempts at giving advice. In this...

It's rather disconcerting that it takes three pages of replies before the topic comes up. If you'll excuse the self-plug, I really think more people need to read this: http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=7562

I'm going to go against the grain and urge you NOT to get Control. Pulse stops are never meant to be taken lightly, and if you only want to learn one to "be the guy who gets the best reactions," then to be perfectly frank you don't deserve to perform it. Think about this. The spectators...

Which I won't. I'm not going to dumb down my work. While there is some truth in the old slogan that clothes make the man, you seem to understand the point better than most. Creating beauty in darkness is not about where you shop, though appearances do help. As Andrew Mayne said, it's no...

Don't get so defensive. It was just an observation.

If I'm not mistaken, then that would mean this could be taken as advertising.

Specifically, creepiness comes from the Shadow inadvertently exposing itself. Everyone has a Shadow. We all have done things we're not proud of and prefer not to talk about. But when you continue to do them, whether out of self-gratification or compulsion and then hide them because we're...

No. Just you. But I have a personal aversion for people spouting hollow cliches that would fit in an 80's pop ballad.

Just because it's the internet does not give you or anyone else a license to act like a fool. If you were having a conversation and some kid butted in with some vapid feel-good rhetoric that had nothing to do with anything, you'd be annoyed too. The fact that it's cyberspace changes nothing.

You know why magicians say not to do that? Because it makes a heckler want to destroy you even more. In this case, pissing the guy off even more would just make his antagonism that much worse. This posturing troglodyte shows off fancy cuts to beat his chest and make everyone think he's...

I've encountered similar types of "magician" as this guy before. Telltale sign that he's going nowhere with this: the first thing he chooses to do is show off with a couple of fancy cuts. Magic is public fun for him. The best way to show him up is to perform effects that involve more audience...

Ed Wood doesn't really fit the definition of bad taste. Low quality, yes. Bad taste, hardly. John Waters made his career exploiting bad taste and using it as a mirror for the values of the time. In his own words, "Whenever somebody throws up at one of my movies, I consider it a standing...

There's a lot of material in 13 Steps to Mentalism that plays well on-stage. I have to agree with Dee here. Mentalism would be better suited than standard close-up magic. Remember, Houdini's performance at the Hippodrome was awful because he didn't consider the audience. He opened with the...

It's not that I can't take other's comments. It's that your comment had no value or relevance, and was just hollow feel-good rhetoric. You shouldn't have even posted in the thread because you said yourself that you didn't read the article. If you can't show enough respect to read a discussion...

Moving on, here's a small reading list. Capricornian Tales by Christian Chelman: One of the must-haves of bizarre magic. Provides a great insight into the world of the strange, while also showing how character affects a performance. The Book of Haunted Magick by Rick Maue: If you don't...

The sad thing is, you're probably right.