Nice article by Craig Mathieson in the Brisbane Times about magician Dan Sperry. Dan and other members of the Illusionists are performing in Australia and have garnered a good deal of attention from the press.

Magicians, notes Dan Sperry, are very sensitive artists. Sperry should know,  as he’s the magic practitioner whose motto is, “Magic no longer sucks”. Whether  as a marketing tool or a one-man-against-the-world  slogan it has certainly  caught on, but there are some side effects.

“Magicians take stuff very personally, comedians are incredibly thick-skinned  by comparison,” admits Sperry. “Using ‘Magic no longer sucks’ still offends so  many magicians – a lot of them hate on me, but it’s helped make a  difference.”

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/making-magic-20131226-2zxog.html#ixzz2oeWaMumj