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If you don't already have Sean Fields' Explicit Content and 1337 notes, I encourage it. Again, I recommend Rick Maue's Book of Haunted Magick as a lot of it is based in mentalism with some magic thrown in. Good books by Docc Hilford would be Band of the Hand, The Book of Numbers (all...

Grammar nazi.

I highly recommend Rick Maue's Book of Haunted Magick. A number of great effects and some delightfully devious utility moves. Rick also includes a number of essays on magic and mentalism that you'll find intriguing. The Garden of the Strange by Caleb Strange is something for when you've...

I'm totally behind you on that, but the last time I tried to convince some philistine of that, he gave me a response that looked something like this: "this am not inglish class...... i dun need type gud 4 u. hahaha noob" The sad thing is that I'm not taking much liberty with his words...

Just because there are a few gangrenous limbs doesn't mean the whole thing is beyond saving. Though the majority of people in any given artistic community are those I can't get along with, there are those who are at the very least willing to hear me out. And there are those with whom I...

Let me clarify here. I have already stated that if someone doesn't want to use a custom deck, they won't. That's fine. What I dislike here is that most magicians simply will not say, "It doesn't suit my style." No, instead they make excuses. They blame the deck's design for a performance...

Not that you guys care, but that wasn't what he asked. Anyway, everyone's pointed out the awkward handling, so I won't harp on that. The main problem I noticed was what you were saying. All you did was flatly tell us what you were doing at every step until redundancy quickly set in. It's a...

No dude. Just no.

Okay, that's not just picking at on old wound. It's opening up an old scar and poking at it with a fork covered in salt and lemon juice while repeatedly asking the person you're tormenting, "Does this bug you? Does this bug you? Does this bug you?" If you have nothing to contribute, what...

Quite often actually. I use English pennies, incidentally. And I know this has something to do with how I'm presenting it, so I've been working on adjusting my scripting. It's not the coin's fault, it's mine. Less aware does not mean oblivious. My problem with this thread is that...

So when Justin Miller tells us how often he uses Vipers, he's lying? Again, I also reference Kenton Knepper. He touched briefly on this subject in Miracles of Suggestion, a great manuscript. As per my prediction, nobody read my post I brought over from Ellusionist. It seems the main...

If my last post was too abrasive, let's try something a little more light-hearted. Let's play a couple games. Throughout this thread, find all the posts speaking out against custom cards. Replace all references to custom cards with references to coins not of your country. Half dollars...

I don't. But I prefer honesty over biting my tongue in the face of ignorance.

Jeff McBride's Art of Crd Manipulation DVDs cover this subject among others. I highly reccommend them. Besides, they also cover a lot of great moves, sleights, and color changes in general.

I had a whole slew of reponses ready to go for posts in this thread, but it was depressing me how many stupid arguments I had to refute. Let me just say instead that this thread has further cemented my disdain for other magicians and has only encouraged me to be even pickier in the company I...

This is a collection of one-liners and general gags I use. "How did you do that?" "You know, I was asking myself the same thing?" (2 in the hand sponge ball routine) "I want you to hold on to that one as tight as you can to make a point. I want to illustrate to you that it doesn't matter...

Then why are you talking like a shill? Have fun going absolutely nowhere.

How much did they pay you to say that?

Don't knock it 'till you've tried it. But the site itself looks like someone's trying way too hard to be funny.

Those are the worst ideas I've ever heard. Where did you get tem from? Some direct-to-video high school flick made in the 80's? It really astounds me how many here are still thinking like 5-year-olds pretending to be adults.