Trcky
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Magician Rich Aviles launches his new company Trcky in January, sign up to the newsletter now to receive a free trick when it launches.
Magic Links
Everything Erdnase | Exploring over 100 years in print
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The new Magicana online Erdnase Exhibition started by Julie Eng and Jason England. It shows the numerous printings of the book, the history behind it and a count of first editions still in existence.
Hermetic Forum
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Started by Tom Stone as a present to Stephen Minch a unique place to discuss the contents of all of Hermetic Press books.
Joshua Jay: 7 Tragic Magician Deaths
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Josh’s article published in the Huffington Post from his Tragic Magic lecture, on 7 Tragic Magicians Deaths.
At the Magicians Convention
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Review of the recent International Convention in London. I had a fantastic time and it was a great weekend with lots of talent, and some great lectures and shows, this convention is highly recommended, if you don’t already attend add it to your calendar, next years dates are the 16-18 November 2012.
Magician to Magician: Luke Jermay Interview
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Luke Jermay Secrets: Remain true to your ideals. Find strength in adversity. Listen to those who have gone before. Be confident in your abilities. The next in the series of interviews from Peter Wardell, in this one he interviews mentalist Luke Jermay, well worth a listen!
I clean and trim my nails
Monday, October 24, 2011
We constantly remind ourselves that magic is no longer about power, now that we are adults and can make our own choices. Magic is about that very strange, human experience of knowing that what has happened did not actually happen—even though it took place here, in your living room, in your own hand. via FORTNIGHT JOURNAL :: Print article :: Matt prakash :: I clean trim my nails.
Why Steve Loves Magic « Magick Words
Monday, October 24, 2011
But more importantly, they forgot. For that eight or so minutes they forgot about the heartache, they forgot about the disappointment, and they pretty much forgot about everything. And when it comes down to it, isn’t that the point of entertainment? via Why Steve Loves Magic « Magick Words.
Is this your full time job?
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Bristol Magician Rob James has started a new blog, go read his first post on getting fake enquiries, what baffles me is why people would do this in the first place, go and learn a new card trick instead of bothering professionals!
Magicians Scrapbook
Monday, October 17, 2011
Two old scrapbooks that contain magazine and newspaper clippings collected by a amateur magician from 1900 to the 1930′s. Covering all aspects of magic from the beginning of last century, from small close up tricks to the greatest Magicians of the time revealing their secrets. These articles have been scanned in from the scrapbooks and provide a fascinating insight into magic from that era, you can see what is coming up in each volume in the volume 1 and volume 2 index.
One of D.C.’s most successful lawyers is also a master magician - The Washington Post
Monday, October 17, 2011
Great article about Rich Bloch and his Dickens Parlour Theatre and his career as an arbitrator.
Sleights of hand, sleights of mind
Monday, October 17, 2011
Magicians take advantage of this to manipulate their spectators attentional spotlight. They know, for example, that the eyes give off important social cues, and that people have a natural impulse to pay attention to the objects that others are attending to. They exploit this joint attention by using their eye movements to divert the audiences attention away from the method – the secret action behind the trick – and towards the magical effect.
Magical Sleight interview with Bebel
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Magic is becoming a business by magicians for magicians, it's as if musicians were doing music for musicians, I think its not healthy for the art. Lots of people are creating extraordinary things but not targeted to a lay audience. Magical Sleight are going to be releasing some downloads from Bebel, go and watch this short interview to hear his thoughts on sharing magic with other magicians, and what it was like to work magic on the streets.
101 Steps to becoming a famous Magician
Friday, October 7, 2011
London Magician Noel Qualter has written a step-by-step guide to becoming a famous magician, go and read it, some very wise advice for anyone just starting out.
Full 52 TV Episode 6
Monday, October 3, 2011
Dave Forrest of Full 52 is ramping up his Youtube Channel into something he calls Full 52 TV. Go and subscribe to the channel if you don’t already. He runs regular competitions with some amazing give-aways as well as teaching free tricks. It was a real pleasure to spend some time with Dave and Andi Gladwin at the recent Southport IBM Convention. During the convention Dave filmed this recent Episode, you can watch Part 1 and Part 2 where Andi will teach you a great handling of Chicago Opener, you get a chance to win his Master Pushoff DVD, and you might even catch me lurking in the background, and at one point I was even behind the camera, filming John Archer’s hilarious antics, it was all I could do to keep the camera straight from laughing, so thanks for trusting me with that Dave, and please go and subscribe to the channel, tell him The Magician blog sent you!
The Gimmicks Lab
Monday, October 3, 2011
On the 30th October Jay Sankey will be releasing The Gimmicks Lab project. I am a sucker for a new Sankey release, and can’t wait to see what Jay has planned. You can read a little of his philosophy and thinking behind this on his blog post. But the real reason to link to this was to get you to watch this video, Beginning with the Ordinary. Something I have been thinking a lot about lately.
Magic Agora
Monday, October 3, 2011
Magic Agora's essential objective is the education of magicians as artists and professionals in the Art of Magic; it carries out a work of investigation and development of the training technology most appropriate for magicians, it puts them together in a common methodology and, as a result, periodically plans training actions destined to offer a good-quality education to the magicians. Basically an online Hogwarts, this looks really cool, get an overview of how it all works.
Swedish Magicians
Monday, October 3, 2011
The Swedish version of The Magicians, thanks to Noel Qualter for the link. You might not be able to understand it, but at least you don’t have to put up with Lenny Henry!
The Magic Pub
Monday, October 3, 2011
The Magic Pub is a new magic forum, where performers help performers. Seems a bit less flooded than The Green Place, and more focused on performance of magic, might be a nice quiet alternative to the existing forums.
Lee Asher Interview on TheMagicBroadcast
Monday, October 3, 2011
Lee Asher is Interviewed on The Magic Broadcast, find out how to tune into the Live Stream.
Six Hour Memorized Deck
Monday, October 3, 2011
If you are into Memdeck work as I am, you might be interested to know you can get the out-of-print Martin Joyal book as an ebook from Hermetic Press for $20. If you haven’t learnt a stack you might consider this, as you can learn the rules, and it should take you, as the name suggests, around 6 hours. Although you will have non of the advantages of using a stack with in-built features, so it might be worth reading round first.
A Blog in English
Monday, October 3, 2011
Woody Aragon has just published his new book, A Book in English, this is the accompanying blog, to showcase some videos and anecdotes. I have the book and haven’t yet made it past the tools/sleights section, that isn’t the books fault, it’s just that I can’t stop playing with some of the original sleights in this first part. The Separagon move is superb, I couldn’t stop smiling as I was working through it.
Five Ways to Improve Your Magic
Monday, August 29, 2011
It’s very common to have customers ask how they can make there magic better. While there is no carved in stone formula, there are some practical steps you can take to improve your magic. Five ways to improve your magic from Paul Richards of Elmwood Magic, courtesy of our friends over at The Magic Session. While there check the rest of the site, watch some of the On Demand Content, and head over to their new facebook page to see the new version of the site.
The Journal of Secrets
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Helder Guimarães and Derek DelGaudio launch the Journal of Secrets with a manifesto that is well worth reading, and then reading again, then printing out and sticking in your magic den! Inspired by Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth it should be required reading for any magician, young or old, amateur or professional! Can’t wait to see where they take this site, and for the launch of The Ontology Project.
Who Reviews the Reviewers
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
It’s about thinking carefully, seeing past the tricks and seeing what the performer is trying to achieve, magic is and always will be more than just tricks. The tricks are the bones of it, but it’s everything else which makes it watchable. We are not here as magicians to make you believe we are really performing the impossible, we are here to entertain. An article from Chris Cox about a review of his recent Edinburgh Festival show, and the problem with people reviewing magic.
Writers Talk featuring Joshua Jay
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Ohio State University Centre for the Study and Teaching of Writing interviews magician and author Joshua Jay. Fascinating, particularly the part where Josh shares some thoughts on the development of his own show, and giving the spectators a peek behind the curtain into the process of magic, a presentational concept I am becoming more enamoured with. Also check out the trick at the end, this might be a sneak peek at The Prism Deck coming out soon through Vanishing Inc.
Secrets of Magic Forum
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Secrets of Magic Forum: Are you looking for a magic site with a solid community? At SOMF, we have everything, we do everything, we talk about everything. The rules are simple, help each other! If you are stuck on a certain effect, can’t get a presentation right, or just need to ask a question, then sign up now! We have forum sections on everything ranging from Presentation and Reviews, to Coin Effects and DIY Magic.
Magic Video Blog
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Magic Video Blog: The Magic Video Blog was started in 2008 by a select group of magicians who love vintage magic videos. Their intention is to provide an amazing magic clip - every 24 hours. The more they can expose you to great magic, the chances of helping you improve your own magic will increase. In turn, the art of magic advances. And ultimately, that
John G Magic Blog
Saturday, December 6, 2008
John G Magic Blogspot: One of my favourite magicians John Guastaferro has just opened a magic blog, if you haven’t seen his products go to his product page do yourself a favour and order everything he has, then thank me later! You can see some clips on his Youtube Channel. John has some seriously good material that is both strong in construction as it is charming in presentation, and his DVDs are among the handful I can watch the performances from, again and again.
Magic Mornings Video Podcast
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Melbourne magicians Kamal Bhushan and Dean Atkinson continue to delight audiences in their weekly Magic Mornings video podcast. The show fuses informative magic reviews, clips, comedic personality and hilarious repartee. You can watch at http://www.magicmornings.com.au/ The show also has its own online magic forum at: http://www.magicmornings.com.au/forum