Friday, October 5, 2007
MagicPedia is a wiki-style online encyclopedia dedicated to the techniques and history of magic. MagicPedia is the definitive Internet repository of magical techniques for all areas of the magical arts and also a way to document the history of magic. A new magic wiki brought to you by the Genii corporation.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Unexpected Wonders: A new blog by magician Jim Coles. Includes some writing from Suzanne and some other thoughtful pieces, looks like a great start to the blog, welcome Jim!
Sunday, September 2, 2007
This just in from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’m a Magician myself and quite recently got a blog. It’s address is http://www.workingmagi.blogspot.com It’s the blog of a working magician. I post my adventures in the world of private gigs. I’d be very flattered if you published it in your own blog. Thanks in advance very much. Sandor
Friday, August 31, 2007
This just in all the way from the bright lights of Hollywood: Hello from Hollywood! Thought you and your readers might like to know that Hollywood’s Magic Castle is being mentioned on tomorrow’s edition (Friday, August 31st) of Dave’s Hollywood Minute. There’s a quick story about actor Jason Alexander being a magician and having performed there. You can visit http://www.hollywoodminute.us/podcast to hear the show if it’s not carried on a radio station in your area (or find it at the iTunes music store).
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Sideshow Illusions is the new site to accompany Jon Marshall’s new venture. Hull Magicians’ Circle members have enjoyed these marvels for the last few years as part of our Annual Dinner. Jon and his team have been working hard to take these attractions on the road and have been travelling to society dinners and functions across the country. Recently they got invited to take part in the Admission All Classes event in Blackpool as part of the Cabinet of Curiosities show.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
A quick list of some new magic blogs that have started recently: Jim Sisti - author of The Magic Menu blogs on life as a professional magician. Aaron Fisher - a more immediate, unfiltered view of what it
Monday, June 4, 2007
Quirkology: Professor Richard Wiseman has spent twenty years exploring the backwaters of the human mind and going to places where mainstream scientists fear to tread. The result is Quirkology. A site around Richard’s new book on Quirkology which he terms as psychological research that is quirky. The site also contains some very interesting video clips (the Colour Changing Card Trick is amazing!) and some online experiments such as a lie detection experiment using YouTube videos, and testing how your surname affects your life.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Andrew Mayne’s MagicZine: free magic tricks, inside tips, articles, interviews and magic reviews. From the iTricks stable comes an online e-zine, with some very nice free tricks and articles. The Nathan Kranzo idea particularly appealed to me when he sent it on his mailing list, check it out, and also the related Mike Powers idea in his new book, I think doing copper/silver this way is a very cool idea, and very easy to carry the props for an ‘impromptu’ performance.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Youtube - Asher Twist videos: a page of Lee Asher’s favourite Asher Twist videos from Youtube, submit your own and get tips from the man himself!
Monday, June 4, 2007
The Magic Lantern Podcast: Scott Sullivan’s new video production company has a new magic podcast, the latest episode is an interview with Eric DeCamps.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Alex’s Magic Reviews: Alex Rossi’s new review blog, some good reviews of Jack Parker, Andi Gladwin, Dave Forrest, Justin Miller and Robert Moreland’s material.
Monday, March 26, 2007
A Double D Tour: Andi Gladwin and Tyler Wilson are currently touring the U.S. with their T&A tour, still a few dates left to catch them if you haven’t already. Check out the photos. How about a UK tour guys?
Monday, March 26, 2007
Network of Magic: an online magic community with a chat room, and forums offering advice, tips and reviews to magicians.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
AOL Show Me: AOL’s new video tutorial site, has a magic section with some interesting beginners clips, worth checking out some of the other video clips as well.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Photo Gallery from the Session 2007, also check out the MySpace page for more photos and a trailer for the upcoming DVD.
Friday, March 9, 2007
The Lecture Network: Jeff Hobson is the face of this new venture, hoping to bring live video lectures, starting this summer. You can let them know who you would like to see. Also there will be access to archive clips, live chat, interviews and podcasts, looks great!
Friday, March 9, 2007
Japanjin: Japanese magic blog. Somewhere between gaijin and nihonjin lies the Japanjin.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Directory of Magic is a magic and magician web directory, offer you links to websites which provide information related to magic, magician and performers, magic equipment, magic cards ,coins, illusions, effects and so on.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Street Magic Magazine: The ULTIMATE magic magazine is here! In the premiere issues of Street Magic Magazine, you
Friday, February 23, 2007
Magic Convention Guide: a new site from my friend Noel Qualter. It will be the one-stop shop guide to all Magic Conventions, with News, Reviews, Photos, Interviews, Articles, Guides and Gossip. Check out the guide to surviving Blackpool, if you are going this weekend and also the interviews from Luke Jermay and Joshua Jay and Kevin McMahon’s First Ever visit to a Magic Convention. The site will be updated every Saturday, so make sure to keep visiting, and if you have any reports or photos from conventions, or you are organising a convention then be sure to let them know.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Erdnase: The Expert at the Card Table: Bill Kalush and The Conjuring Arts Research Centre have produced a pocket-sized edition of Erdnase, you can see photos of this edition and all the other editions, and purchase your copy for only $15. The site also promises Essays and a Forum soon.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Magic Sanctum is a collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia reference for everything related to the performance and performers of the magical arts.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Sneaker Magic: See Dynamo perform his sneaker magic advertising Adidas’s new brand of trainers.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
The Genii Blog: a new blog by Richard Kaufman, extending his Genii Speaks column into the online blog world. No RSS feed yet but hopefully should be forthcoming. Some interesting magic and film and disney posts.
Monday, December 18, 2006
MagicTimes: Meir Yedid’s popular magic news site is back. After a short break from the strain of daily-updates, Meir now has an automated system up that scrapes Yahoo!, Google etc. looking for Magic related news. As such you do get the odd story not related to Magic as an art, but still very much worth a read.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Giacomo Bertini: Watch some excellent coin magic from Giacomo Bertini of Florence, Italy, and purchase his DVD. He wants to introduce you to new techniques and a new way of doing coin magic. He has some great quotes from Steve Draun, David Roth and Michael Rubinstein. You can watch his version of Spellbound, Matrix and Portable Hole, his DVD promises new equipments, vanishes, steals, fake transfers, switches and productions!
Sunday, December 10, 2006
iTricks: Andrew Mayne brings you itricks.com Magic News, Information & Culture. The goal of itricks.com is to bring to you the latest news and information from the world of magic.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Jerome Murat: a clip of an act I was fortunate to see twice live this year, once at Blackpool and again at FISM, its an awesome act very beautiful and just simply magical, if you get to see the whole thing live its even better than this short clip, but this gives you some idea.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Card Videos: some very nice card videos from a french user of video-sharing site DailyMotion.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Playing Mind Games: an article on the BBC site about how magic can be used in different contexts, from explotation, for both virtuous and criminal purposes. Also the article mentions David Copperfields Project Magic and more immediate uses for the art.