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Backstage Pass- Joel's strange Pass is great in the fact that you can show the top and bottom card without revealing the card's location. The bottom card doesn't change, either. This is all done as the pack is raised to chest height and the deck is spread for the spectator to see the top...

It's a Tie- Three people select cards, and three people put their cards, which had been noted, back into the deck. Joel asks a spectator with a watch to keep time, and he begins doing fancy cuts. At 27 seconds, he calls out stop, and turns over the top card... it is the first selection. He...

Kicking Ace- This is just a nice Ace production in which you swivel cut the deck, and with a wave of your hands, the four Aces are face up in your hands... two for each pile you are holding (one pile in each hand). It's nice, and I'll end up using it. Tiny bit of setup, pretty easy to...

Session by Joshua Jay The Official Spam- The Story- Well, I woke up Christmas morning, and opened my presents until I only had one left. Earlier I had opened up Generation Extreme by Brian Tudor, which was one of the bonuses, so I knew that this last one had to be magic. Inside the...

Hiro Sakai- My Little Kaps- Here, a copper coin and a silver coin repeatedly change places, and at the end change into four Chinese coins. Being a coin effect, this isn't really my thing, but I'm sure you coin guys out there will love it! Imprisoned Rising Card- A card is freely...

Ken Kuroki- The Talisman- The magician explains that he's always a little nervous when performing cardtricks, so he carries a talisman with him. A card is revealed to be stapled onto the front of the box. It is briefly lifted up and shown to be the Joker. A card is then selected, and...

Five Times Five Japan The Story- Well, a couple weeks ago my step-mother asked me what I would like her side of the family to get me for Christmas... I told her that I would like Five Times Five Japan. So we drove to her parents' house, and when it came time to open presents... I got my...

Gazzo's Tossed Out Deck The Official Spam- Sleights- To do the whole routine, you will need to be able to do two sleights, and that's it. The sleights are taught in the booklet you receive with the deck, and they're not hard to master. Other than that, it's all presentation. What You Get-...

Well, you're the first person I've talked to that has actually had that happen, Cory. And btaylor, yes, Criss is performing magic and entertaining people, but... what about his little stunt on Phenomenon? What did that do to further our art. Unfortunately, a lot of lay people agreed with what...

True, and I agree, it's probably more important that we are asking these questions, even if we don't answer them. Thanks for responding, though.

Well, I'm taking that as a good WOW... so thanks!

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about our art. Not just what new tricks, books, or DVDs I should buy, but at the actual art. Things like, where is it taking us, how is it advancing, is it too open, is it too secretive? I'm going to explore these questions here, and hopefully it'll start...

BJ Bueno...

Learn some Crowd Control. You should be in control of your performances... not them. It should be easy to keep them away from your cards. Tell them that they can keep the cards, because it's obvious that they don't want you to perform for them, and walk away. 9 times out of 10 they will...

I could have sworn that I saw that same exact picture earlier in this thread.

I really don't know where to begin... except for the beginning. Video 1- I noticed that during the effect, when you produce the Aces, you performed the sleights way too slowly. Speed it up a little so the specs won't catch on. Also, when you're performing, it seemed like you treated your...

Well, I'm very pleased that you guys liked it... I knew I could do a lot better than my Indecent video. And thanks to the people out there that have really helped me... people like Katie Egleston and Lee Asher, just to name two that have really been great on helping me with my presentation...

Oh crap... I just realized that I forgot the link. And I can't get it because the video is still processing. My bad, I'll have it here in a minute! My apologies! Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3uvp22DgRY Sorry for the bad quality... it's the only camera I have and...

Hey guys, due to my own lack of enthusiasm at my former video of Indecent, I removed it. I'm sorry if it upsets you, but I was disappointed with it myself, but I replaced it with my new video of Schwing... I sincerely hope you get at least some form of enjoyment from it. And please, don't...

The video is down. It is not because I can't handle criticism, I just didn't like the video myself. However, I have replaced it with, I feel, a better, more entertaining video of Schwing. I'll make a new topic for it once it's done processing.