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I only own volume one at this point, but there's enough material there alone to keep my busy for a while yet. I still don't have backpalming down like I want. But several of the color changes are now staples in my routines. Also, the sections where Jeff shares his wisdom on performance...

Don't put words in my mouth. That's not what I said and you know it. I already pointed out that there's a difference between being broke and being cheap. If you truly do not have the means to buy anything, I won't fault you for taking a little under the table. But if you do have the means to...

No it doesn't. But money is only part of it. In regards to money, putting effects on the market is a stream of income for the creators. I freely admit that I download music, but I buy the albums (and merchandise) when I can afford them because I like what I hear and think the musicians...

Respect, ethics, morality... You know, grown up stuff.

That's more or less what I was getting at. There's a huge difference between being broke and being cheap in my mind.

True. We can't be faulted for having a mind. But that mind shouldn't be used for the sake of just taking. Sean Fields heard that Morgan Strebler had an effect to turn bottled water into mouthwash. Rather than wait for it to be marketed, Sean made up his own method. I don't own Taste...

So you say you figured out somebody else's method, and now you can't wait to tell everyone online all about it. Methods are simultaneously the most coveted and most worthless part of magic. Magicians have stolen them, attacked their peers over them, and other less-than-admirable things. And...

What do you want, a cookie? Are we supposed to be impressed? If you have even a shred of respect for Danny, buy the DVD.

Compared to some of the stuff Howard Thurston pulled off nearly a century ago, levitating from buildings is still impressive, but not that impressive.

If we're talking sheer bombast, levitating from one building to another is just a drop in the bucket. Cyril has more stage background than David. So yes, he does use a lot of unique set-ups. However, he and David both really cut their teeth working close-up. With that in mind, I'd say...

It always brings a smile (well... a smirk) to my face when some magician gets the notion in his head that he's too good for certain props. I love that. Of course, within a few months they either drop off the face of the earth or come back older and a little wiser.

Provided he could get over himself long enough to go through with it, I don't see this being a problem for him.

*cough*Cyril*coughcough*.

Unfortunately, guys like you and me who understand this are in the minority. Most of the other people around here would rather probably not believe it, because if they can't make Criss out to be an irredeemable villain, who will they make the butt of their stiflingly unfunny jokes?

Andrew Mayne has a bare-fisted card stab called Finger of Death on his DVD Maynia. You have someone mark a card and lose it in the neck. You then spring the cards out while they shout out the name of their card and you tsab your finger straight through the center of the card in mid-air.

I have the Skywalker levitation and I will use it. But definately not in a walk-around situation. The gimmick wouldn't be comfortable in such a setting. And besides that, I dislike using self-levitations in walk-around anyway. The Skywalker does have its place, though. The most ideal...

I don't know if he has any other products in the works right now. Are you new to his work, or do you already own several of his DVDs? As to his skill... I'll say this much. I consider him the Yngwie Malmsteen of card workers. Make of that what you will.

Then I think it's safe to say we've finally reached a conclusion we can both be happy with.

If this is working better than what you were doing before, why don't you do this more often?

Then perhaps it's time to re-evaluate your approach. You say this isn't the first time this has happened. Ever consider that you're not the victim here, but are equally at fault?