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Having missed Blackpool and the Session two years running due to exams, this was actually my first ever convention. I was very excited about the line-up, but overall the talks, lectures and events still somehow greatly surpassed my expectations. I keep recalling things and noting them as...

Just wondering, is anyone else here going to the session convention in Gloucester, England this weekend? The line-up is pretty epic. Darwin Ortiz, Pit Hartling, Ben Earl, Luke Jermay, just to name a few. Not to mention the surprise guest DAVID BERGLAS! Joe

This is a follow-up to my previous poll regarding what people consider their "go-to control" for situations when a card should appear lost but is actually needed at the top. My question now requires that you try to think, for a moment, from the perspective of a layman. Really think about...

Hey guys. I'm interested to see what people might consider their "go-to control". Assuming a card is meant to be lost in the deck, but you actually need it on top, how would you normally do this? Cheers, Joe

Hey Guys, If anyone is interested, I've recently had one of my effects published in the November 2010 issue Magic Magazine. It is an impromptu rising card in which all the fingers are visible as you rub the bottom of the deck to cause a card to slowly rise about half its length from the deck...

Hey guys. We have a small group of magicians and flourishers in York. Our meetings are always highly productive, as you can tell from this video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ0dEoYXMKo Joe

Deck Box Change This isn't to be taken too seriously. I was just playing about... :P http://video.ak.facebook.com/cfs-ak-snc4/33353/66/1414024783154_46377.mp4 Joe (EDIT: it is real and so are the decks)

At a magic soc meeting a few months ago down the pub, I was challenged to do a top-card cover pass with 3 decks of varying stickiness... [PLEASE NOTE: I've had a hair cut since :P] http://video.ak.facebook.com/cfs-ak-sf2p/27325/674/10150106277990284_39551.mp4 Just a bit of fun :P Joe

Hey guys. It has recently become apparent that I am in need of a business card, and so I have put together this design. Any feedback would be appreciated. (Just so you know, I do usually wear a hat when performing) Thanks, Joe

A friend of mine showed me Mystery Mark's cover pass video (the guy who is masterful at video editing but a bit of a fraud when it comes to most of his sleight of hand videos). Before I noticed it was a Mystery Mark video, I was trying to work out how he was doing it, and this video was my...

Hey guys. I'm just interested to know what the range is like here when it comes to frequency of performing. Please submit the option that you feel currently best resembles how often you perform, and if you are hoping to change this soon, feel free to share what your aims are and how you...

Hey guys, This evening, for a bit of fun and also to help me learn the Mnemonica stack, I built a web-based memorized stack trainer which you are all welcome to make use of, too. Find it here: http://huruey.webs.com If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. I already have...

Feel free to call it overkill, it probably is. It was more of an experiment than anything, but I have performed it many times, and it works well enough, even though I've never really been a fan of tivo in general. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQmCLkzQh9Y Apologies for my cramped and...

I've only just got photoshop reinstalled yesterday after months, but it meant I could complete the vision for this deck (designed from scratch, no clipart :P). I thought I'd share. ^_^ Joe

Kind of romantic, isn't it? Let's all further the art of magic. Let's all take magic to the next level and beyond and all that, right? (Apologies for the coming post. I don't meant to be preachy, I just need a vent.) Sorry to be so blunt about this, but in most cases such talk tends to...

Hey guys, does anyone have this DVD? The effect that most interests me is the triple prediction, but I haven't been able to find a review that says anything at all about this effect. If you have it, do you perform it? When is it feasible to do?

Which of these do you think you spend most time doing? Do you think you spend your time wisely? Which do you think make the best use of your time? What would you like to be spending more time on? EDIT: Sorry, this was supposed to go in general.

DO you have a routine with only one coin? What do you do? I don't do coins often. Normally only when asked to do something and have nothing prepared. Here is what I normally do using one coin... I begin by penetrating a 10p through my hand (both ways), and sometimes also make it penetrate my...

I am not a beginner, but with the name Joshua Jay attached to it, I had to have a look at "Magic, The Complete Course". Let me tell you, finally coming to review this is a bit of a daunting task. Every aspect of this product stands out as top of the league, and there a lot of aspects to this...

I haven't done one in a while, so I decided to do another card design. My last attempt at elegant ended up turning into a blood stained horror themed deck, so I thought I'd have another attempt at elegant. >_< Please note that this has been done from scratch, no images copied from the internet...