"I don't know how"

Lance Pierce summed it up best this week when he wrote, "...Dani DaOrtiz is operating on a completely different plane than the rest of humanity. His live set defies description. No one has the words for whatever it is that he does. You just have to...see it."

Eugene Invades Florida

HooHa! 


Eugene Burger will be lecturing and conducting a four hour workshop in Jacksonville, Florida this coming February. 


First night is his lecture on 'Creating A More Powerful Performance'  and the second night his workshop on 'The Art of Forcing Objects' is limited to 14 attendees. 


While Jax is only a three hour drive for me with the cost of gas and the prospect of facing >12/hrs of driving if I attend then journey home, I'm going to stay at least one night possibly two. 


Jacksonville is also home to Paul Cummins so if I'm lucky I may see if he's working either of those two nights and get out to meet him. 


Can't wait for this event as Eugene has been someone on my list to see since I returned to magic seven years ago. The first book I purchased when I returned was Mastering the Art of Magic and it's a book that I read at least once a year. 

Penn & Teller in London: Teller explains their trick style - TNT Magazine

Penn & Teller in London: Teller explains their trick style - TNT Magazine

Carey Strikes Again

To be released on December 1, a new two-disc DVD set from RSVPMagic, "Carey 24SEVEN".

I've known John only online for a little more than a year now and besides being a wonderful magician, he's a good man with a quickly spreading reputation in the magic community. He's been very generous with his time for me, offering advice and sharing tricks.

In the past year he's lecturing more and apparently performing quite a bit. His "Handle With Carey" was well received in Europe and the US and contains practical and direct tricks which are within reach of some beginners and most intermediate card handlers.

Earlier tonight I sent off a note to John asking about this new set and it's contents before I found this trailer. It appears to have picked up where his previous DVD set left off. Carey often takes established and well known material and boils it down to simplify it so it keeps it's entertainment value and removes the knuckle busting.

Although I'm sure John can hang with the move monkeys he's targeting the serious amateur who wants practical  material that plays quickly and often in the hands or with limited table space. While I'm in the middle of re-reading Giobbi's Card College and working on material from the first three volumes, I look forward to John's new set of discs.

Ricky Jay Portrait

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America's Problem

Tony Cabral on Steve Cohen MUM Cover Story November 2011

The link below takes you to Steve Cohen's Chamber Magic Blog which features the Society of American Magicians November cover story from their MUM magazine. A well written piece by Tony Cabral you get to read about how Steve Cohen has transformed his brand from typical performer to The Millionaire's Magician to Chamber Magic at the Waldrof-Astoria to a one-man show at Carnegie Hall.

Cohen is now seen as a peer within the arts and show business as well as being much in demand by many Fortune 500 types and he's accomplished all of this literally 'overnight'.........a thirty-year night.

Society of American Magicians’ magazine cover story, November 2011