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I've actually designed one of my walkaround sets so that I use ACR to lead into Paperclipped. I'll admit this completely throws my previous criteria for "logic" out the window, but spectators take to it wonderfully!

I went to Magic Camp as a teenager, but it certainly didn't include the likes of Ammar et al. I'm envious of the campers! Howsa bout a "Performer's Academy" or something of the sort: weeklong workshop for pros & semipros (aka people like me too old to show up as a camper or counselor). I...

Hahahahaha holy **** this makes me feel old

Indeed, I'm quickly suspecting that this place may not be for me. Cool little effects and some good people putting thought into what they do, but a surprisingly high number of jerks too. I would've expected more camraderie and communication of ideas, less posturing and baiting. Sure, you're...

Lesson number one: don't take you seriously unless I want to be subjected to tedious internet hardman analogies. Done. I suppose the proper question is this: is your goal entertainment or status-seeking? Doc's point was that Geller (and Blaine and Angel and Houdini etc, name your favorite...

My, what a delicately painted straw man you've made here! I've always felt there's not any *magic* in the 'hey let me show you something interesting' approach. In this way you're essentially presenting what you do as a series of disconnected curosities and then running for the hills. While I...

Ah web forums...discussing formatting and ignoring content for more than 25 years!

A few years back I made a cheerleader do a spontaneous high kick. "I don't know where that came from, I just got really excited I guess..."

Learned the sleights from this kickass Bill Simon book and cobbled together a couple phases on my own, but I put together my first real multi-phase ACR with the help of this guy. We had a great, lengthy thread on ACR in the Card Magic section earlier this week, you guys should check it out!

Hey guys. I really love this effect, from Mathieu Bich's "Bich on PDF" notes. If you're unfamiliar, here's what the spectator sees: Three cards are removed from the performer's pocket. There is a large hole in each of the cards: two of them have holes shaped like houses, and one has a...

I'd forgotten my buddy Cody Fisher does a version of this called "Final Fusion." It's in his Magic Castle Lecture Notes.

To put it succinctly: no. The angles when working tables are still the same, hecklers are still a little drunk, food will often show up right at the CRUCIAL CLIMAX of your routines, and waitresses still want you to get the hell out of their way. The mechanics of walkaround are the same, the only...

Jay Sankey's "Hypervisual" DVD will teach you some fun and useful color changes and it comes with some gaffes that help you utilize those changes for really cool effects. Plus I think it's still on sale for $25. Bill Malone's "Sam the Bellhop" DVD is an indisputable classic and you'll learn a...

Perhaps a bit ambitious, but by September I plan to have done the following: -Woodshed, woodshed, woodshed until various new effects/sleights are as natural as breathing -Finish designing 3 separate walkaround routines (of 3 effects each) -Dry run these routines at my girlfriend's birthday...

I just bought Hypervisual from Sankey Magic when I saw that it was on sale for $25. Lots of great stuff going for another couple hours, you should catch it if you can. Looking forward to receiving the DVD.

My complaint with most C2ILs (if you'll forgive the abbreviation) is that they aren't justified even within the context of the routine. Why should the card shoot to my pocket other than "because I said so?," and shouldn't the logic behind our magic be a bit more compelling than that? I'll...

Crystal Method looks amazing!

A wonderfully detailed response! Thank you!

Guess he won't be releasing any new teaching materials any time soon though... :( "Will you be releasing any of your idea and techniques in books or videos? pollomagic (3 weeks ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply This point is no. but I try make new coin DVD until few years. "

Akira has his own YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/pollomagic