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Thanks. I left out "Fa-Ko Decks" from the history I recounted. These were probably the first "ultra gaff" decks ever made, if you wanted to call them that. They had some very cleverly printed cards, but nothing like we have today. While a lot of people make fun of those old decks, the...

The idea of spinning a card (or double card) on top of the deck is fairly old. Most people do it with single one hand kick, propelling the card around. (The double card is turned face up onto the left hand cards, the left hand "kicks" and the card spins.) You are using the other hand as the...

I know Doug Edwards. He is based in NYC and is a very knowledgeable magician. While I do not have this book, I will say that every time I have sat with him as been a productive experience. His technique is very good and he knows a good move from a bad one. I know it doesn't say a lot about...

Not necessarily. One of them is a "pocket" edition and is only about 5 inches tall. The other is a full size book. I do not know if the pocket edition is a full reprint or not (it may very well be) but that is the difference between the two. Brad Henderson

It is not one of the greatest books ever. It is, however, a very good book filled with some very fun card tricks. I think they are all a notch better than his previous work - which was also very good. I would try dennymagic.com Brad Henderson

The Muscle Pass is not an effect, it is a technique. Some people put the technique on display to shoot a coin in the air. Laypeople seem to like it. But when you do that, you loose a tool which can be used secretly for other things. It's a valid choice, but should be a conscious one. If you...

Oh, I got the joke. I thought it was great. Brad

That was great, but sadly not the interview I did!

Promises, promises. Yes, Stuart was very upset that I denigrated one of his marketing heroes, Dan Kennedy. While he is fully entitled to his opinion of me, and of my opinions, but someone misrepresents what another wrote - that is the refuge of the very sad. I am that Brad Henderson. I have...

He is actually 4'8". However he insists that he is always shot at an upward angle and demands that his spectators stand in trenches in order that he may tower over them. Brad Henderson ;)

No flaming. These are important issues and Tyler's attitude is shared by many people - and this attitude has led to the situation we find ourselves in today. What I hope to accomplish is let people know how this attitude (and how it manifests) affects the creators and in turn affects them...

It does, and it doesn't. It does answer my question (thank you for pointing me there) but it raises too many more. While I can appreciate what he is trying to do, his definitions do not do a good job of defining how and why "cardistry" is different from the other terms. (It doesn't help...

Your sense of entitlement sums up the problem we face today. That sense manifests in many other ways - ways I enumerated. (I did not mean to imply that you engaged in those practices - and I am sorry if you took it that way. However I DO believe these practices stem from the same attitude...

The Castle is a private club. As a member, I go there to hang out with my friends. If there is a great performer or two that I haven't seen - all the better. (And with Max in charge of the booking now, I think you will see more and more of that.) A lot of people think of the Castle as an...

Aris, Thanks. Now how is that different from Flourishing, per se? Brad (Allow me to explain why I ask. Several years ago the whole flourish/magic/XCM thing was being widely discussed in magic journals. Dan and Dave had an appearance in Genii magazine, and it raised a lot of...

Tyler, I was responding to people who asked what we could do about the situation. Now, if you happened to think I was talking to/accusing you of those things - well, "me thinks thou dost protest too much." There are only two things I specifically reference about your statement: 1) Your sense...

What exactly do you mean by "cardistry"? Brad Henderson

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Tyler sums it up. He feels because he does not have the money, he should be entitled to learn everything he wants, and then decide if it was worth it to him. Now, this may be fine when it comes to buying TV's, but magic is different. When you have invested nothing in learning magic, you...

Here is why EVERYONE here should care: There are a lot of tricks that will NOT be released to the magic community because the creators do not want to see them butchered on youtube. There are several big problems in magic today: 1) people who publish (DVD or book) other people's work...