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1. Can you confirm that it teaches everything in the Scorpion kit? 2. Garrett does acknowledge that the sleight itself is not original and sites his sources. However the routines, performance techniques, convincers, and other subtleties are his own that he developed through years of real-world...

Tell me which books exactly contain routines using UV light? Which book has Garrett Thomas' Ring Thing? What book was Live at the Jailhouse completely ripping off? Any DVD that you don't believe is rip off. I don't care what's on it. Unlike you, I don't buy into this argument that...

Shocking/bizarre effects can be great. But not in the hands of amateurs. Usually, when I hear about a kid bragging about the "crazy" reactions he got doing Stigmata, there's one thing going through my head. Wanker. Really. It's masturbatory. There's no other motivation or reasoning.

Sarcasm is one of the many services I provide. I answered your concerns with what I know. Does that satisfy you? Yes or no.

How is not foolish to assume a person is automatically going to screw up? I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. Hell, it's why I still occassionally speak in Criss Angel's defense, if in nothing other than the perspective of a professional. A skeptic demands to be proven wrong...

Oh quit your crying. If you're so thin-skinned that you blow up at me for that, I can only imagine how you react to getting a real heckler in performance. Seriously, I can almost guarantee I've done more research on this than you have. Give me one good reason I should believe you aren't...

I'm doing real research on this topic, scouring news sites, the blogosphere, and any other place I can mine for information. I've dug up information on the confirmed names attached to this project. I've watched performances from people I know are going to be in this, magician and celebrity...

That's part of the learning process. Even the Tarbell Course has scripting and choreography in it. Are you saying nobody copies all of that? 13 Steps lists several routines with complete scripting and choreography. So does Modern Coin Magic. These are point that people who whine about DVDs...

It's in writing. No sleight, method, or gimmick will be knowingly exposed on the air. To do otherwise would be grounds for a lawsuit and possibly confiscation of the tapes. Don't be so cynical.

Sarcasm is one of the many services I provide.

You only watched the methods? But you seem to be counting on it. Let's be realistic people. We're both shopping at Ellusionist and Theory-11. Arguably the greatest commercial virtuosos in modern magic. We're in a generation that's supposedly media savvy. If we're disappointed with a...

For the sake of devil's advocate, let's go over quickly a couple virtues of teaching on DVD. The most obvious benefit is being able to see the moves performed. Jeff McBride in particular emphasizes this virtue in his manipulation DVDs. For some of the moves he performs, nothing can equal...

I am? News to me. Although some here would like you to believe otherwise.

I'm serious. Describe to me why it sucked.

Well, let's break it down. What went wrong with Phenomenon?

It's an old expression meaning to hold a grudge and act bitterly about it.

The producer is a magician himself, and The Magic Castle in on this. Michael Gingrass, the general manager, is trying to bring Hollywood back to the Castle itself. The judges include Jeff McBride and Max Maven, respected authorities on magic and mentalism as an art. It seems they've tried...

I've already done a quick sweep across the 'net to gauge the reactions. A lot of positive ones, yes. But I've also noticed that there are also those who are already going on the warpath despite (or perhaps because of) their ignorance. Most of them have a subtext of wanting to see celebrities...

I love books. I have to go into book stores with caution because of the temptation to impulse buy. My last stop to Barnes & Noble was to get one book on filmmaking. I left with two books on filmmaking, a book on Japanese history, a book about wolves, and a journal that had a raw leather cover...

VH1 further cements their move toward more of an entertainment network than a music one. Rumors of a show by the name of Celebracadabra have been echoing across cyberspace for a couple months now. Finally, some official info has been released. Right now, they're still being rather mysterious...