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Magic secrets…..

Magic secrets…..

If you saw Steven Frayne walking down the street in his hoodie and trainers you probably wouldn’t recognise him.
But give the slightly built performer a deck of cards or a mobile phone and the crowds gather as the stage persona of street magician Dynamo comes alive.How does he make a ring disappear inside a soft drink can, a mobile phone inside a bottle? How does he turn paper receipts into real money? How does he know what card you have memorised? How the hell did he walk on water across the Thames, or in his most legendary performance, appear to levitate above Britain’s tallest building, The Shard?Sorry folks, Dynamo, as he’s also happy to be referred to, is not about to spill the beans. Magician’s code and all.  Read more…

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/32454966/dynamo-brings-his-amazing-stage-show-and-magic-to-perth/

MAGIC Magazine announces their final 25 issues..

MAGIC Magazine announces their final 25 issues..

During the last quarter century, MAGIC Magazine has published 300 issues, with thousands of tricks, stories, interviews, and columns. The goal was simple: to create the best magazine for magicians, in the hope of making the art even better.

Things have changed in the last 25 years, most notably the Internet and smart devices. But our goal is still the same, and so it is with great excitement we announce that we are going back to our roots and printing 25 final issues, premium editions that we call MAGIC Legacy.

MAGIC Legacy is an opportunity to raise the bar, shake things up, and break a few rules. One of the biggest changes with MAGIC Legacy is that these issues will not be sold individually; Legacy magazines will only be sold as a complete set. This allows us to do some exciting things on the pages of the magazine — and with the ship schedule — that we’ve never been able to do before. We will share more details in the coming weeks but for now here are just a few of the things that will make Legacy special

  • Limited print run. Legacy is sold exclusively as a complete set, and by subscription only.
  • Exclusive bonuses. For example, you’ll get a Legacy Deck — a deck of special gaffed cards for some amazing tricks found throughout the Legacy issues.
  • Remixing content.
    We’re reimagining some of our favorite items from the past, while introducing plenty of new contributors, tricks, and stories.
  • Less Advertising. More selective. More interesting.
  • No digital edition. We’re going back to our roots of paper and ink.
    Secret delivery dates. Legacy will not ship monthly. Twenty-five magazine will arrive in your mailbox at varying intervals — each a surprise, the way magic should be — but all by August 2018.
  • This is the end. Legacy editions mark the end of MAGIC Magazine.The publication will not be sold or rebooted in any form.

This is it! … MAGIC Legacy is a premium collection with a premium price.

Each Legacy issue has a cover price of $10, making the complete set of Legacy editions $250 (US). This price covers all 25 special edition magazines and all the bonuses, including a deck of gaffed cards. If these cards could be purchased separately as individual packet tricks, they alone would cost more than the price of Legacy.

But with our pre-publication specials, you don’t need to pay the full cost!

Subscribe by October 31, and the prepublication rate is only $175 (US). Even better, if you subscribe by September 30, you can get the special Early Bird pricing of only $140!

Plus, you can lock in Early Bird pricing today with a deposit of only $35. Additional payments will be due in January, March, and May 2017.

And if you are one of the first 10,000 to subscribe, you will receive a free copy of Square One, a new edition of the now highly collectible book sent to early MAGIC Magazine subscribers in 1991 when MAGIC was first launched Story Source and for more information:

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MAGIC Magazine Ceases Publication..

MAGIC Magazine Ceases Publication..

Las Vegas, NV
Tues, 16 Aug 2016
23:13 PDT

After 25 years, Stan Allen announced here at the MAGIC Live! convention last night that the current (August) issue of MAGIC magazine is the last. As his swan song, he will publish, over the next two years, a set of 25 magazines called “MAGIC Legacy”. These will be issued with no fixed schedule, but the complete set (and you must purchase the whole  set – they won’t be in stores and you can’t buy by the issue) will have arrived by August 2018.

At that time, there will be one more (the ninth, and the last?) MAGIC Live! convention. If you enjoy magic conventions at all, I predict this will be The One to attend.

I spoke with Stan this afternoon, thanking him for all he’s done for magic over the years. As we chatted, I tried to read whether he’d considered turning over the reins of MAGIC magazine to someone else. He saw where I was going with my questions and stated emphatically to me, “Nobody else is going to publish my baby. This is it.”

For more info, go to magicmagazine.com > In This Issue > subscribe
and you’ll be told about the Legacy Magazine instead…and what to do if you currently have a MAGIC subscription that has not yet expired.

Your magic reporter,

Bob Leedom…. 

Editors note: A special THANKS to Bob.. who is currently attending MAGIC Live! and is reporting directly from the convention..