Magic Roadshow

THE MAGIC ROADSHOW #158
September 2014

Hello Friends

I hope this issue finds all of you well and rested. If you are a new subscriber, we Welcome you to our community of like minded folks who enjoy what is now officially, the ‘art’ of magic.

Summer is ‘almost’ over.. thank goodness. The older I get, the less I like hot weather. I actually ‘think’ better in cooler weather, it seems, and my production increases. Since I do so much of my work at night, maybe the shorter days are conductive to creativity.

I will be at TRICS ( Carolina Close-Up Convention ) before the next issue publishes, so I should mention it now. Be sure to look me up if you’re there… There will be a star studded lineup this year, for what many top magicians consider their favorite convention. Check it out at: http://tricsconvention.com/

Thanks to all of you who went to my survey page last month and gave me your opinion. It really does help with the planning of features for the Roadshow. In fact, I have based this entire issue around one of the central questions. It seems most of you enjoy ‘free stuff’.. so I’ve declared this the ‘free issue’ and included PDF after PDF, including a couple of PDFs you’d have to pay for anywhere else…  -IF- you ‘forgot’ to take the survey, it’s not too late. It takes all of a couple of minutes and there is nothing to fill in, only a few boxes to click, and nothing other than your answers are recorded..       http://esurv.org/?u=magicroadshow

A Special Note on these download links.. I have obtained all the links in this issue via Google searches. All download links are indexed in Google and the ebooks are NOT contained on my site (except where noted), nor are they pirated .rar downloads.  Downloads originate from the site in the links and are not the responsibility of Magic Roadshow. We ONLY offer what we consider to be fair and rightful ebooks, either located in the public domain or published with permission from the author. I could easily offer five times as many if I published questionable downloads..

Seriously.. let me know your thoughts! EMAIL ME  ( rick@magicroadshow.com )

PDF Version…  Roadshow 158

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Table of Contents

12 Free eBooks
A Bunch of Other Stuff
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RIP Joan Rivers
“All I heard growing up was..’Why can’t you be like your cousin Sheila.. Why can’t you be like your cousin Sheila?’…. My cousin Sheila died at birth…

RIP Robin Williams
“Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they’ve got nothing to lose.”

There are two types of people in the world – the Givers and the Takers. The Takers eat better, but the Givers sleep better.  Anon.

There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Attributed to Napoleon
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Million Dollar Magic – ( for the flat broke magician ) –  Free PDF

This was first published by yours truly as ‘Magic Tips and Tricks’. I’ve re-edited portions of the book and added thirty plus pages of MathMagic not in the original. You can still obtain this on Amazon, among other places, in hard cover, but I’ve decided to let readers download the PDF version for a short while. I WILL take this link down after a month or so to prevent the search engines from indexing it.

Aside from a number of math magic effects, you’ll find chapters on card magic, mentalism, close up magic, and a number of tips and short articles on a wide variety of subjects. The ebook runs about 130 pages in length. Note the password needed to complete the download.

Table of Contents…
Page 03  – A Few Thoughts
Page 06  – A Couple of Quick Tips
Page 12  – Card Tricks Anyone?
Page 27  – Math Magic
Page 43  – Some Odds n’ Ends
Page 50  – Mentalism Spentalism
Page 56  – Making a Little Money
Page 60  – Finding a Fellow Magician
Page 64   -Here Kiddie Kiddie..
Page 68   -Other Stuff That Doesn’t Fit Anywhere But Here
Page 80   -Special Bonus…
Page 107 -Several Mentalism Effects Disguised as Mathematics

https://files.secureserver.net/0s5scPVyIT4c40
Password: roadshow

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Hugard’s Annual of Magic 1937 –  Free PDF

Jean Hugard, co-author of Royal Road to Card Magic, published his own magazine, The Magic Annual, from 1937 to 1939. I’ve not located years 1938 and 1939 as a legitimate download, but I did find 1937 in the public domain.

This 1937 annual has 10 sections covering: Cigar and cigarette tricks, Miscellaneous tricks, Coin tricks, card tricks, Tricks with silks, Billiard ball tricks, useful gimmicks, impromptu tricks, stage tricks, and a section on illusions.

http://www.march.es/Recursos_Web/Culturales/teatro/Magia/63200.pdf

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Body Tricks –   Free PDF

Tricks with your fingers, arms, nose, eyes, body, mind, head, and feet.. levitations, illusions with body parts, jokes, feats of strength, and an array of tricks that can be performed, mostly, without props. This is the perfect PDF to supplement your act and get laughs, not to mention raise a few eyebrows, at a moments notice.

Although published in 2006, the Roadshow got permission from the author, Stephen Ablett, to offer you guys BODY TRICKS au gratis.

“Have you ever been asked to perform a trick, but left your pack of cards in the other
coat? Or asked to borrow a coin, and no-one has one? I have. There is nothing worst
than being asked to do a trick, and failing to perform. As a professional magician we
should all be prepared, but as a human we forget things and no-matter how many
tricks with ordinary objects we know, sometimes they are just not available when you
need them.”

This collection of tricks can be performed by anyone, at any time. All it takes is a
little practice.

 

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Royal Road to Card Magic – All 300+ pages – Free PDF

Regarded as one of the true classics of magic and created by two noted authorities on magic,  RRTCM features complete, easy-to-understand explanations of card sleights, shuffles, flourishes, the glide, the glimpse, false shuffles and cuts, the pass, the classic force and many other techniques.

Mastering these sleights will enable you to perform over 100 impressive feats of card magic, including Thought Stealer, Gray’s Spelling Trick, Do As I Do, Now You See It, Obliging Aces, Rapid Transit, Kangaroo Card, A Tipsy Trick and many others.

RRTCM is generously illustrated with over 120 classic line drawings that bring the effects to life and make following the text simple. Although some think of RRTCM as a beginner to intermediate text, this introduction to card conjuring certainly deserves a place in every library.

“The pedagogical method adopted by the authors—that of first explaining the “mechanics” of a sleight, and then showing its practical application in several striking feats— is an admirable one in teaching conjuring. Not only is the student led, step by step, from the easy to the more difficult and from the simple to the more complicated sleight, but throughout the process he gets encouragement and enjoyment in the actual performance, from the very outset, of really first-rate magic. Indeed, the amateur who masters no more than the first chapter of The Royal Road to Card Magic will have at his command a half-dozen very good card tricks!”

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EXPERT CARD TECHNIQUE: Close-Up Table Magic –  Free PDF
by JEAN HUGARD and FREDERICK BRAUE (all 300+ pages)

To quote directly from Expert Card Technique…

IN NO OTHER BRANCH of the art of conjuring has such progress been made as in sleight of hand with cards. Beginning with the half-dozen basic sleights known to the magician of a hundred years ago, there have slowly been evolved new methods of performing these sleights, and new sleights the purpose of which is to achieve results never dreamed of by the earliest experts. The progress of the art is milestoned by the great conjuring classics—Secrets of Conjuring and Magic, Sachs’ Sleight of Hand, the great Hoffmann trinity, Modern Magic, More Magic and Later Magic, and Lang Neill’s The Modem Conjurer.
These were supplemented at the turn of the century by The Expert at the Card Table and The Art of Magic, two fine books which recorded the newer improvements in the art, the former of which even today will be found in the library of every card conjurer; perhaps no other book in all the list of conjuring books has been so avidly read, so affectionately regarded.

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Magic and MultiMagic Squares..   Free PDF

Completing a three wide square with 9 blocks is one thing.. completing a square with over 400 blocks is something else. If you have ANY interest in magic squares, this is THE work for your library… This thesis by Christian Eggermont may not be the longest work on magic squares.. but it’s the most thorough, in my opinion.

“Magic squares are remarkable squares of numbers. They have been found around the globe and some are ancient. A few are even famous and have legends associated with them. The most famous is the 3×3 square to the left. If you can believe the stories about this square, it was found by the mythical Chinese emperor Yu (circa 2200BC) on the back of a turtle climbing out of the yellow river. Historians have been able to trace it back to the third century before Christ, which makes this square somewhere between 2300 and 4200 years old! It is commonly called the Lo Shu.”

http://www.win.tue.nl/~ceggermo/math/ethesis.pdf

 

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Where did it Originate and Who Should I Credit – Resources

Those words have been tossed about by every ethical magician in modern times. I have to admit, as I’m sure some of you have noticed, I’m not the best at knowing the origination of magic. I have a rather narrow view, in that I can trace effects back to the point I first familiarized myself with them.. then, my road ends. There were few resources to aid an honest country boy.. until now.

Thanks to my buddy, Jim Canaday, at http://TheMagicPortal.us for bringing these two sites to my attention. Both posses amazing range and depth. When you want to credit and aren’t sure where to start.. start here…

http://www.conjuringcredits.com/doku.php
http://archive.denisbehr.de/

 

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Introduction to Card Magic –  Free PDF
by Roberto Giobbi (150+ pages)

Card College books and Card College Light Trilogy are among the true ‘classics’ of modern magic.. and Roberto Giobbi is one of the most popular authors among the many. That’s why we are happy to re-introduce this PDF to our readers.

“Now, that you enter the fascinating and mysterious world of card magic, starting out on a journey that will accompany you for a part or maybe even for the rest of your life, you may have doubts to consider yourself a magical artist just because you picked up a deck of cards and know how to do a few simple tricks. You are right, of course. The fact that somebody writes a poem doesn’t automatically make him a poet, as little as buying a brush, paint and canvas makes him a painter. But don’t worry about these things yet – if they are meant to be, they will come with time. Rather look at the thought expressed above as your vision that shall guide you on the pleasant, instructive and beautiful journey we are about to undertake together..”

http://eugenemagicclub.com/Giobbi_Card_Magic-Intro.pdf

 

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Magician’s Apprentice Volume 1 –  Free PDF

After publishing volume 2 of the Magician’s Apprentice ebook in a recent issue, I had several readers ask if I had access to volume 1. At the time I couldn’t find it online, only for sale at a site or two. Well, I’ve found it on the site that originally published it. Volume 2 was full of thumb tip tricks and tips.. volume 1 is full of card magic. I did notice that some of the tricks require props that obviously came with the hardcover edition of the book. They will be hard to perform without the props. A chapter on Svengali effects will be of note..
Titled ‘Card Tricks Unshuffled’, it contains chapters on the following:

CHAPTER 1 CARD TRICK TECHNIQUES
CHAPTER 2 GIMMICK CARD TRICKS
CHAPTER 3 X-RAY GLASSES
CHAPTER 4 SHAVED DECK
CHAPTER 5 SECRET ENIGMA DECK
CHAPTER 6 SVENGALI DECK
TRICKS REQUIRING EARLY SET UP

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SCIENCE PUZZLERS  –  Free PDF
Martin Gardner
Illustrated by Anthony Ravielli

Science Puzzlers is just one of the many excellent works by the master of mathmagic, Martin Gardner. I’ve quoted from his intro to give you a full overview of this PDF…

“In selecting experiments for this volume, I have tried to keep in mind two guiding principles. First, avoid experiments requiring special equipment that cannot be found in an average home. Second,concentrate on experiments that, in addition to being amusing, astonishing, or entertaining, also teach something of importance about science.

Some of the tricks in this book, I must confess, were known to the ancient Greeks, but many are quite new and now appear in printed form for the first time. Who invents these clever diversions? I sometimes suspect that many of them are the brain-children of distinguished scientists who have not lost their boyhood spirit of play. Such a man was Robert W. Wood, a professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University. When he was not working on important projects or writing technical papers, Doctor Wood
amused himself by playing practical jokes on his colleagues, exposing pseudo-Scientists and spirit mediums, writing science fiction, and helping the police solve bombing mysteries. His quaint little book of drawings and verse, How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, has been reprinted in paperback (New York: Dover Publications).

Several decades ago, when there was a spirited public debate over whether pitched baseballs could really be made to curve, Wood devised a simple demonstration. He took a large flat rubber band, cut it to make one long strip, then wound it tightly around a Ping-Pong ball. By holding the free end of the band he was able to snap the ball forward, at the same time imparting to it a strong spin. The curving of
the ball’s path was clearly visible. (This experiment was not included in this collection because huge flat rubber bands are hard to come by, but Bernoulli’s principle, which explains why baseballs curve, is easily demonstrated with a spool and card as explained.)

To get the greatest value from this collection, try to follow up the experiments with exploratory reading. For example, after you have learned how to release a tangled couple, look up ‘topology’ in a modern encyclopaedia. Better still, read the chapter on it in the fascinating book, Mathematics and imagination, by James Newman and Edward Kasner (G. Bell & Sons Ltd., 1949). Do not just set fire to a lump of sugar and then forget about it. See what you can learn about catalysts and the role they
play in important chemical changes.

One other suggestion. If you want to entertain your friends—and some of the experiments in this book are superb party tricks—practice them a few times before you demonstrate. ‘Harpooning’ a raw potato with a drinking straw, for instance, is an amazing parlour trick, but you may have to damage many straws before you get the knack. Sherwood Anderson wrote a famous short story, ‘The Triumph of the
Egg.’ about a restaurant owner who failed miserably in trying to show a customer how to put an egg into a bottle. If the poor fellow had only practised his trick a few times, he might not have forgotten what to do to make it work.

If you know, or should you invent, an unusual science experiment that is not in this collection, drop me a note about it in care of the publisher. I cannot promise that I will find time to answer your letter, but I shall be most grateful, and perhaps I will be able to use your discovery in a second collection,.”

— MARTIN GARDNER

http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/martingardner.pdf

 

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Bobo’s Modern Coin Magic   –  Free PDF

What can you say about Bobo’s classic work? To quote Amazon…

“The most complete treatise on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring, including best traditional methods and modern innovations. Guides you systematically from basic techniques, through integrated tricks to complete routined acts, 18 in all. 510 clear illustrations by Nelson C. Hahne. The best manual for amateurs, an encyclopedic source for professionals.”

This is now in the public domain and can be offered to coin conjurers everywhere. Combine this with Downs work below and you’ll be ready to take on the world…

study guide and ebook
http://www.lincolnmagic.com/misc_items/Bobo.pdf

 

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Modern Coin Manipulation  –  Free PDF

Embracing Every Sleight and Subtlety Invented and Known..
T. Nelson Downs

Some folks consider this THE work on coin magic and manipulation. Between this PDF and Modern Coin Magic, you should have enough material to keep you busy for quite some time.. A little something about T. Nelson Downs from http://Wikipedia.com …

Rare volume by turn-of-the-century master features detailed explanations and diagrams of numerous feats with coins — most prominent among them the author’s world-famous “The Miser’s Dream.” Also included are scores of other fakes and sleights, including passing a coin through the bottom of a hat, the money-producing cigarette, the obedient coins, and many more.

Downs never took any training in magic; all his tricks were self-taught. By the age of 12, he became an expert in card and coin manipulation. He further mastered his skills by the age of 17, when he took a job as a railway telegrapher and had plenty of time to practice with coins.

In September 1895, Downs decided to quit his telegraphy job and launch a career in magic. At first, he toured Iowa with his partner, Sam Spiegel, a mandolinist. By 1897, Downs concentrated only on the coin tricks — a rare specialization at that time, and established himself in vaudeville, which was a popular avenue for magicians.

The success of Downs career allowed him to get booked into Tony Pastor’s New York theater, and to London’s Palace Theatre soon after that.

At the peak of his career, Downs traveled frequently, and performed at royal courts. While performing his tricks, he could palm up to 60 coins at a time. One of his most famous tricks was “The Miser’s Dream”, in which he seemed to pull countless coins out of the thin air.

In 1912, at the age of 42, Downs decided to retire in Iowa. After moving back to Marshalltown, he rarely left the area. Not quite comfortable with idle retirement, Downs kept busy by opening a vaudeville house on Main Street, a few blocks from his own home at 7 South 3rd Avenue. He also sold a line of magic equipment. Many visitors, other magicians, streamed to his home to share gossip and the latest tricks as well as to brush elbows with the famous sleight of hand artist. The most famous of these visitors included Chung Ling Soo (William Robinson), Mrs. Harry Houdini, and Dai Vernon.

https://archive.org/stream/moderncoinmanip00downgoog#page/n74/mode/2up

 

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Watch Dynamo’s 15 best tricks, predictions and illusions as the magician levitates above The Shard
Danny Walker for the Mirror..

Here’s a little something to keep you video freaks busy for a short while. I wish we could watch Dynamo’s specials here in the states, if for no other reason than to decide for ourselves what we think of his ‘magic’.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/watch-dynamos-15-best-tricks-4128518

 

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How To Hypnotize… Without Trance – 17 Videos.
James Tripp

James Tripp loves to record videos. He also loves to share these videos with his students. Now, you can watch dozens of videos detailing the intricate world of hypnosis free of charge. You could pay for courses and receive less instruction..

There are a number of intriguing subjects covered, including Mentalism Skills, NLP, and Derren Brown skills, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I think you will too..

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXKYwLfB2VgXHQYcffcxx39kEEkRjjDal

https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesTrippTV/videos
Scroll down, hit the ‘see more’ button, and continue down until you get to the How To Hypnotize Without Trance videos. Many others along the way.. including NLP, Street Hypnosis, and Derren Brown Skills.

Mentalism Skills – 5 videos
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXKYwLfB2VgVmNVPFQiTheD-UHEQUKXe4
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The Secret Life of Uri Geller BBC Documentary- Uncut !

This 1 1/2 hour documentary, first broadcast on the BBC, reveals what some call the ‘secret’ life of famed mentalist Uri Geller.

“On camera and in interview, Geller still remains coy about his espionage activities. Nonetheless, the psychic acknowledges that his handlers once asked him to use telepathy to stop a pig’s heart. He refused, knowing that if he had succeeded, the next target would almost certainly have been a human…”

“I tried to execute missions that were positive,” Geller claims. “I said ‘no’ to dark things.”

“Jayanti didn’t rely on Geller’s own cryptic testimony. Instead, he spoke to the high-level officials involved in recruiting and using him. These include scientists from The Stanford Research Institute as well as senior CIA operatives. Among the interviewees with first hand knowledge of Geller’s psychic spying activities are former CIA officer Kit Green, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell (the sixth man to walk on the moon), physicists Russell Targ and Hal Puthoff, and retired US army colonel John Alexander (of The Men Who Stared At Goats fame). A Brit, Nick Pope, once the British Government’s UFO boffin, also puts in an appearance. We also learn about Geller’s stint as a psychic bodyguard for Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo.” Writes the Independent.co.uk…

Regardless of your belief or opinion, I believe you’ll find this a very interesting study of one of the most memorable figures in the world of magic, mentalism, and illusion…

http://site.uri-geller.com/watch_the_secret_life_of_uri_gellr

 

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The Magical World of Lubor Fiedler – Video’s

The magic world is sad to report the passing of one of the greatest innovators in the history of magic – Lubor Fiedler. Watch these videos of Lubor displaying a few of his effects and ‘thoughts’. Very original indeed..

http://www.etricks.info/

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Physical Comedy in Magic – An In-depth Study with Videos

Physical comedy in magic is not for everyone. Some magicians have built a career around it; David Williamson, Harry Anderson, Mac King, Silvester the Jester, and the late Carl Ballentine are good examples, but others come off flat or inexperienced when they venture outside the box.

Tanya Solomon writes extensively in the blog, All Fall Down, about the perils of performing physical magic and the performers who make it a way of life.. The ten videos are priceless…

“Startling transformations. Hubris. Violations of logic and laws of nature. The basic elements of stage magic would seem to make it fertile soil for physical comedy.

And yet most “comedy magic” comes more from the stand up comic tradition (Mac King, Harry Anderson, and David Williamson, to name a few funny ones). When physical comedy is used, it usually follows the narrative of the arrogant magician whose tricks fail and expose themselves. The classic act of this type is the late Carl Ballantine’s (video) Done well, by performers like Otto Wessely and Kohl & Co., this is great comedy. But when John gave me the chance to pick out some favorite funny magic, I decided to represent a less common type of act: one in which physical comedy is used and the magic (though not necessarily the magician!) is effective.”

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THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE –  Free PDF
Stephen R. Covey
#1 National Bestseller with over TEN Million sold…

During part of my tenure as publisher of the Magic Roadshow I worked as an operations manager for an Inc.500 company. I came in contact with many ‘important’ business folks, people important to the growth and future of our business. Yes, I made trips to Florida to learn directly from the company owners, but aside from binders full of operation how-to, the ONLY book the company asks me to read (and gave me..) was this one…

“In more than 25 years of working with people in business, university, and marriage and family settings, I have come in contact with many individuals who have achieved an incredible degree of outward success, but have found themselves struggling with an inner hunger, a deep need for personal congruency and effectiveness and for healthy, growing relationships with other people.
I suspect some of the problems they have shared with me may be familiar to you.
I’ve set and met my career goals and I’m having tremendous professional success. But it’s cost me my personal and family life. I don’t know my wife and children anymore. I’m not even sure I know myself and what’s really important to me. I’ve had to ask myself — is it worth it?”

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Photos –  Just a Little Something

It won’t take but about two minutes to view these pictures, but I can promise it’s time well spent…

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Marcello Barenghi – Hyperrealistic Art

Check out the time lapse photos of the hyperrealistic art drawings by Mr. Barenghi. Most are done with colored pencils and markers, yet the depth is astounding. I subscribe to his Youtube channel and get notifications whenever new drawings are posted online. Whether you are an art fan or not.. you owe it to yourself to spend a couple of minutes watching this amazing artist capture not just the essence, but the absolute realism of everyday objects.

http://www.marcellobarenghi.com/

 

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Make a Magic Stain Eraser With Three Ingredients You Already Have – Resource
Victoria Dawson Hoff

This is sort of like the search results you get when you google ‘magic news’. Articles like this trip the search term wire and pop up at inopportune moments. I found this one interesting, in part because I’m notorious for spilling ‘stuff’ down the front of my shirt. I think it comes from eating way too many meals behind a steering wheel.

“Here at ELLE, we certainly love our clothes, but we also love cookies. And wine. And coffee. And sometimes, things get a little messy. We’re human. But when the inevitable does happen and we suddenly notice a spot on our favorite skirt, what’s an editor to do?”

“This week’s DIY was actually inspired by such a request. One unnamed editor spilled a little something on her shirt last weekend and put the call out for a recipe for “homemade Tide to Go.” After some research, we found that not only is this possible, but also you likely don’t need to look any further than under your sink and inside your medicine cabinet to find the ingredients. It turns out a concoction of dish soap, hydrogen peroxide, and baking soda will do the trick—and it’s basically the stuff of sorcery. We sprayed, we blinked, and the stain—a splash of particularly robust Cabernet Sauvignon—was gone.”

http://www.elle.com/news/fashion-style/diy-magic-stain-remover-eraser

 

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Build Your Magic Show – Free Videos

Step By Step Guide To Creating And Performing The Most Confidence Inspiring, Problem Free, Anytime Anywhere Kids Family Magic Show. This Comprehensive Course Is Regarded As The Best Of Its Kind.

http://5625fbo8may5qce9z5n8t16w7g.hop.clickbank.net/

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Get Pro Magic – Learn Magic Tricks RIGHT NOW!

Web resource for amateur and professional magicians or anyone interested learning the art of Magic. Instantly down loadable. GetProMagic.com will teach you incredible tricks that you can perform at home as soon as you receive the information from this site. Also, a selection of FREE effects.

http://9481afh6-0z7il3y1nd7kk4m0l.hop.clickbank.net/

 

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News stories published the past 10 Days on MAGIC NEWS includes:
(Arrows indicate my personal favorites..)

 

– What makes someone an entertainer? By Seth Grabel    <<<———-
– Now his next trick: Will Emirati illusionist disappear?

– Magician Paul Daniels and wife Debbie McGee on their marriage

– Watch America’s Favorite Magicians on HuffPost Live
– The Mind Control Freaks
– Inside the Houdini-Industrial Complex:
– Magician Misty Lee is the Staff Medium at Hollywood’s Magic Castle..
– Cosentino no boy next door ..
– At 86, James Randi is still amazing   <<<————
– Dynamo Denies Cheat Claims After Shard Stunt
– For Adrien Brody, History’s Houdini Is a Dream Come True
– Watch ‘Wizard Wars’ co-creator Rick Lax perform 13 magic tricks
– Watch Dynamo LEVITATE above The Shard – did he have help?
– Watch: Paul Daniels reveals why they couldn’t appear on Celebrity Big Brother
– David Blaine puts on magic show for dangerous inmates
– Another Mexico State Bans the Use of Animals in Circus Shows
– Behind the Scenes of a Reality Show Where Magicians Fight for Fame   <<<——-Join us at:  http://magicnews.org/

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That does it for this issue. I hope you found something to help your magic studies along. Remember, if you have something you would like to share with the magic community, send it to:  Rick@MagicRoadshow.com

“May my next issue find you well..” 

Rick Carruth / Editor

Senior Professor – Camelard College of Conjuring of Chemmis, Egypt
“Magic’s Only Worldwide Honor Society”
http://www.camelardcollege.org/

 

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MAGIC ROADSHOW #157

August 2014

Hello Friends..

I am SO glad to be presenting a new issue of the Magic Roadshow Journal of Magic. If you’re a new reader.. Welcome! I sincerely hope you find something of interest..

It’s been an interesting summer…. so far. We’ve not experienced a 100 degree day, which is a real rarity, but we’ve had twice as many 90 degree days as last year. That’s sort of where I stand.. hot, but not fried. The older I get the less I enjoy summer.. I’m ready for fall, for football, for the changing of the leaves, long sleeves, cool nights, scary kids, turkey, Santa.. OK, maybe I’m getting ahead of myself.  

 Just got back from the Smokey Mountains and Gatlinburg, Tennessee. l caught Keith Fields show, “A Brit of Magic” while in Gatlinburg, which was an interesting bit of magic theatre, performed by a seasoned professional. I would recommend it, except I think his block of time is coming to an end and I’m not sure when he returns.. Check his website. 

I hope you guys have visited MAGIC NEWS.org on a regular basis. I’ve added so much stuff.. every day it seems. I’ve published sneak previews of the CARBONARO EFFECT weekly, as well as advanced info on Penn and Teller’s FOOL US and MASTERS OF ILLUSION.. not to mention new magic shows in the work for the SYFY channel and COMEDY CENTRAL. Oh, didn’t know about those? Not my fault….   http://MagicNews.org 

Well, I’m going to refer to this issue as ‘The Teaching Issue”. There are a number of interesting resources to aid in improving your magic, as opposed to adding to.. I hope you find it interesting. 

I know you guys are ready to get on with the (Road) Show.. so remember, if you have questions or comments.. EMAIL ME  ( Rick@MagicRoadshow.com )   

Remember, You don’t have to have a reason to email me.. do it to say “Hi”, do it to say “Happy Labor Day”, do it because your wife is not speaking to you…

PDF Version.. Roadshow 157

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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• – INTERVIEW: HANNIBAL   (Christopher Hannibal) 
• – Alice in Wonderland – A Mystery
• – A Side Note – 
• – Magic Roadshow’s 2014 Reader Survey
• – Magician’s Apprentice 2 – Thumb Tricks Ungloved – Free Thumb Tip PDF
• – Not Quite Clowning Around –  13 past issues
• – TVs 50 Greatest Magic Tricks.. Over Two Hours of Magic
• – Paul Daniels on the BBC (1985) 40+minutes show
• – Magician Business Podcast – How to Create a Promo Reel.
• – How To See Business and Marketing In A New Light
• – Do you do magic at weddings? Interview with Andi Gladwin..
• – How To Produce and Promote Own Magic Show.. with Keith Fields
• – 14 Optical Illusions That Prove Your Brain Sucks
• – Expert MC – Devoted to making you a better speaker/manager/
• – The Secrets of Gaff Cards – Making Gimmick Cards
• – Six from Sankey – Video Tutorials
• – VANISH Magazine, Issue#15
• – Mnemonicosis –  Stacked Deck Teaching Aid for Your Android
• – Mock Questions – Are You Ready for Your First Interview?
• – Why Does My iPhone Battery Die So Fast? Here’s The iPhone Battery Fix!
• – Why Does My Android Battery Die So Fast? The Android Battery Fix!
• – 10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Johnny Winter
• – Free eBooks For Subscribers….
• – MathMagic – Newly Revised and Expanded, and STILL Totally Free

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“If humans stood in a single file line around the equator, most of them would drown.”

“Always assume they’re laughing WITH you…”

“Blood is thicker than water but maple syrup is thicker than blood – so technically pancakes are more important than family…”

“5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions.”  City Board in Danby, NY

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INTERVIEW: HANNIBAL   (Christopher Hannibal) 

I keep up with magicians.. it’s my job. I can honestly say if there’s one magician who’s stock is rising faster than any other.. it’s Hannibal, Christopher Hannibal, Chris for short.  Hannibal is sort of a ‘local’, residing and performing his magic in Charlotte NC.. but this past year I’ve kept up with his travels, and watched as he regularly flew around the country, speaking at corporate events and performing his special brand of “Unique Inspirational Theatre”.  One week he’s in Charlotte.. and the next he’s in San Francisco or Philly. One day he’s performing in a local restaurant.. and the next he’s wowing seasoned professionals at The Magic Castle. Hannibal has literally performed here and abroad for years, abet quietly. He is a magician’s magician. He is the guy ‘name’ magicians go out of their way to watch. 

Hannibal knows the ins and outs of life on the street. He’s performed his brand of street magic in downtown Charlotte for a number of years. At one point Hannibal had developed a thriving comedy club career. He was on the road for months, opening for acts like the Smothers Brothers, Damon Wayans, Brian Regan, The Amazing Jonathan and Jeff Dunham. ‘Home’ brought him back to Charlotte. “I was away from home and missing important things, like good report cards, art projects, just time hanging out with my kids… so I consciously walked away from the comedy clubs, left them behind and basically restarted here in Charlotte and saved my family life.” (Charlotte Observer)

Today, a schedule of corporate trade shows, lectures, motivational speaking, street magic, restaurant magic, and “magic theatre’ keeps Hannibal busy.. and racking up frequent flyer miles.

  If you attended the joint IBM/SAM convention recently, in St. Louis, you watched Hannibal stun the crowd.. and walk away with a North American Close-Up award.. and an invitation to represent all of North America at FISM in Italy next summer. So, although we may consider Hannibal a ‘local’ guy, the world of magic has claimed him as their own. 

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Rick: Hello Chris and Welcome to the Magic Roadshow. First, thanks for taking time out of your super-busy schedule to share with our readers. Tell everyone a little something about your early years in magic.. 

Chris: I was working for a theme park as a scriptwriter and puppeteer. One of my tasks was to draw the attention of guests to impending shows, so I created a ‘street magician’ character.

When the job suddenly went away, I took the magician out on the street for real … and I never looked back.

Rick: Congratulations on your performance at the recent IBM-SAM Convention Close-Up Contest that earned you a trip to Rimini, Italy in July of next year for the FISM World Championships of Magic. I cannot think of a higher honor.. How has the honor changed your perception of yourself as a magician? 

Chris: I am pleased that my peers find my work worthy of inclusion, it is indeed a very high honor. As far as my perception of my own work, it hasn’t changed at all: my core philosophy remains intact.

Rick: Of the five honorees, Michael Dardant, Shin Lim, Alberto Lorenzo, Reuben Moreland and yourself, who among the other four left the best impression on you?

Chris: I don’t want this to sound … arrogant or anything, but I didn’t watch any of the other acts during competition. I am familiar with these fine gentlemen, and backstage they were professional and lots of fun to hang out with, but from performance I was focused on delivering my best. My biggest competition was myself.

Rick: Will you change your routine in any way for Rimini?

Chris: There will be some polishing and tweaking of incidental points, but the act will remain the same.

Rick: Back to Charlotte.. you are well-known for both your street performances and corporate work. At one time, you performed in many comedy clubs throughout the South. Why the change of direction, and how would you best describe your current specialty (specialties)?

Chris: In the spring of 2001 I walked away from the comedy clubs. The work was fun, the pay was excellent, and getting better, due to diligence … but I was losing my soul. I was away from home too many weeks out of the year and my family life was starting to suffer from it. The temptations of the road were becoming harder to resist and I found myself congratulating myself too often. (Which is a dangerous form of vanity)

One night I woke up in a hotel and I couldn’t remember the city I was in or what day it was. I didn’t remember if I had called home before going to bed. I had phone numbers written on my hand and two different room keys on the desk. It shook me, badly.  The next morning I called up my agent and canceled all my dates, then drove home.

I took my act back to the streets, restaurants and bars and made a new game plan that involved balance between family and work. I may not get famous, but I’m wealthy in spirit.

My current specialty is storytelling and fulfilling my client’s needs via speaking, magic and creative writing.

Rick: How important is comedy to your performance? Do you try to work out the comedy beforehand, or do you simply let it happen? Maybe a combination of the two..?

Chris: Comedy is one of several bows in my quiver. I use it for ice breaking and direction during the early part of my act. It establishes my character and relaxes the audience. I script a lot, I write down way more than I ever actually use on stage. Those scripts are in my head and I can pull from them as the situation requires. I tend jazz quite a bit as I learn the level of the audience, their tolerance and their group sense of humor. It’s also a fantastic way to recognize those in places of respect.

Rick: My favorite question for magicians – how do you practice?

Chris: I practice ‘moves’ during downtime: stoplights, airport terminals, flights … I practice routines and acts at my rehearsal table. I have a table set up in my home that is used only for practice and full act rehearsal. There’s a video camera handy to study different perspectives. Once a routine is where I’m happy with it I generally take it out to the street. Then I watch the audience to see what needs polish.

Rick: You describe your magic as “Unique Inspirational Theatre”. Theatre is important to your performance and certainly a lofty goal for any magician. What differs between a conventionally scripted show and magic theatre?

Chris: Most magic acts are a series of unrelated short stories. Better acts are a series of short stories bound by a central theme or (better yet) a character. Magic Theatre is a complete story, and the effects are incidental illustrations of story as a whole. Magic Theater uses the core of all live presentations: atmosphere, music, lighting, etc. but it doesn’t stop there. Scripting, audience relationship, pacing, speaking, technique, direction … all the best of the magic world and the theatre world combined.

Rick: I’ve read where you refer to yourself as a “self-professed liar”. I’m sure there’s a perfectly good reason for this bit of self-refutation. Does this phrase describe your (magic) persona, or is it something you ‘fit’ into your routine and use more as a prop or talking point.? 

Chris: I consider myself an artist, a master of my craft. Picasso famously stated that “All art is a lie, and it is the artist’s job to convince the world that his lies are true.”

As a magician and an artist I must lie to you in order for you to see the truth of my message. As a gentleman I must inform you ahead of time of my intentions: I’m going to lie to you. I am a liar, but in my lies there is a greater truth. Let’s discover it together.

Rick: Hannibal is, in your words, “Primal rather than Sophisticated..” How does this impact your magic?

Chris: Hannibal will not use anything that is simply a magic prop. It must make sense or have a function in the real world. Hannibal would never perform an effect simply to show off his magic: his magic must have a reason for existing. It must illustrate a point or move the story forward. 

By way of example: The Linking Rings can be elegant, beautiful and (in the right hands) magical. Hannibal will not perform The Linking Rings because they are simply wrong for his character and stated purpose.

Rick: Wayne Kawamoto, Max Maven, Eric Jones,  Paul Romhany, Doc Eason, and our mutual friend, Scott Robinson, are but a handful of fellow magicians who consider your 2 DVD set, “Hannibal – The Truth From A Liar”, a treasure trove of magic and a systematic exposition and methodical discussion of both your handling and theatre. Among the various genres of magicians, who’s your target market? Are you comfortable putting your full show ‘out there’, for anyone to copy? How long before we fans can expect another?  

Chris: Among magicians, my target market is the human. Human enough to allow themselves to be taken by the story. I have no problem putting my show out there. My material is so uniquely Hannibal that it will be extremely difficult for the honest performer to copy. To those who want to try, I wish you much luck.

As to another … well, it took twenty years for this to come to fruition., but now I have the formula. Perhaps only half that time for the next. I live with material for a very long time.

Rick: Tell us something about the concept of ‘Sleight Club’…

Chris: Sleight Club was the brainchild of several like-minded magicians who grew weary of the glad handing and false encouragement of the typical magic club.

At SC you bring your work to the table for honest critique. All aspects are considered, from technique to character to presentation. Effects are stripped down and rebuilt. There are no egos and no holds barred. The magic and the magician are improved via the forge.

Rick: I have to ask about your recent appearance at The Magic Castle. What was the One memory or One moment that made you say “Oh yeah… they’ll not forget Hannibal” ??

Chris:  I had just finished up a show in the Parlor where several ‘names’ were in attendance. There was a knock on the door and I opened to find Max Maven. He took the time to stop in and tell me how delightful he found my act. That moment will stay with me. An artist that I admired for years appreciated my work AND went out of his way to let me know. Oh, yeah …  

Rick: Are you sure there’s no future FISM champions at home, aside from yourself ??   

Chris: Absolutely positive: my children all pursue different crafts, and they play from the heart. They are excellent in their endeavors … but not a single magician among them.

I do hold out hope for the (eventual) grandchildren, though.

Rick: The Magic Roadshow wishes you the BEST, particularly in the FISM competition next July. Thanks for taking the time to share some of your thoughts and philosophies with our readers…

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To read more about the absorbing career of Hannibal, go to:

http://marchblakemedia.com/2011/02/27/hannibalarticle/

To check out his amazing DVD set, with his full act and explanations: 

http://chrishannibal.com/products/for-magicians/

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Magnetic Colors – A Principle

Magnetic Colors – A Technique

I enjoy giving you guys a pathway to a successful effect, without necessarily providing all the dotted i’s and crossed t’s. Lets face it.. most guys will change up an effect to suit their style anyway. This principle, established by Gene Finnell and Norman Gilbreath and written up by Karl Fulves, among others, is a personal favorite. There are a fair number of magicians who understand this principle.. and an equally fair number of magicians who don’t. It’s these magicians who are most fooled, as they THINK they know a truth, which is actually NOT a truth. 

Ask a spectator to cut the deck and complete the cut. Ask the spectator to cut the deck a few more times. If you aren’t comfortable with the spectator cutting the deck, cut the deck several times yourself. Now comes the moment of deception. Ask the spectator to give the deck a riffle shuffle. Ask if they can perform a perfect riffle shuffle. Tell them that your riffle shuffles aren’t perfect.. and that you don’t expect theirs to be perfect either.    

Once the riffle shuffle is complete, the proposition is made. It can be anything you want it to be. You’re betting on how long it will take the spectator to turn up a PAIR of red cards, or a pair of black cards, or betting against the odds of ALL pairs being one red and one black. The fact is.. despite the deck being riffle shuffled, if you begin with a deck where the red and black cards are alternated throughout, if the cards are turned over in pairs, one will be red and one black. 

Magicians assume that, barring a perfect shuffle, the deck will be un-ordered to some degree because the shuffle wasn’t perfect. Since the magician, or the spectator, know that their shuffle wasn’t perfect, they’ll bet against any possibility of an ordered deck. 

The only ‘catch’ is this.. you must make sure that the deck is cut into two halves with a RED card on the bottom of one half and a BLACK card on the bottom of the other. You can cut the deck several times yourself and begin to riffle shuffle but, after you confirm the bottom cards are correct, say.. “Out of fairness, why don’t you shuffle the deck”. 

Karl Fulves told the spectator he could mentally force him to shuffle the cards in a precise manner. As I mentioned, I use this as a betting proposition. There are many different ways to approach it if you put your thinking cap on, including a ‘demonstration’, a ‘force’, a ‘mental control’, a ‘prediction’.. etc. 

I’ve been known to shuffle a deck a number of times while I talk. I then case the deck, begin to put it in my close-up case, and remember that I have ‘one more thing’ I want to show the spectator. Of course, I use the cover of the case to switch the deck with the prepared deck. Not only does the spectator/magician think they saw me shuffle the deck numerous times, but that, combined with their shuffle, makes the matching of red-black cards more than improbable.  

Let me know YOUR favorite method.   

Rick Carruth

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Alice in Wonderland – A Mystery

Thankfully, I don’t have to explain the ‘magic’ behind Alice in Wonderland. Guys like Martin Gardner explained the complexity better than I could possibly hope to do. I’ve published the link to two pdf versions of Alice and her magical cast of characters. Download and enjoy…

Lewis Carroll was the pen name of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematician at Christ Church College, Oxford, England, and most mathematicians are cognizant that woven within the Alice story are many mathematical mysteries and aberrations. 

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“Alice in Wonderland got its start as a simple story, told by a mathematics professor to a colleague’s daughter. It’s a strange story that seems to be the result of a drug trip, but is actually a scathing satire of the new-fangled math that the professor was seeing invade his area of study.

Most of us just enjoy the White Rabbit and the hookah-smoking caterpillar. But now you can understand the math in Alice without needing to be a math whiz.

Some people who read Alice in Wonderland find it a whimsical adventure into a world of fun little paradoxes. Other people consider it a creepy march through a world of characters who seem to be set on making life as frustrating as possible as manically as they can. Which side you see might possibly have some bearing on your view of the world. Alice isn’t just fun and games. Charles Dodgson — the real name of Lewis Carroll — added all those paradoxes and puzzles as he was poring over the new math that was springing up in the middle of the 1800s.

Carroll liked good old-fashioned no nonsense algebra and Euclidean geometry — areas of study that could prove things about the natural world. Suddenly math students, and even teachers, were using different mathematical methods to prove things like one and one not equaling two. It seemed to Carroll that they were just being difficult on purpose, so he skewered them in prose.”

http://io9.com/5907235/a-math-free-guide-to-the-math-of-alice-in-wonderland

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Here’s a little something you won’t find in the above free guide. Martin Gardner….. yes, THAT Martin Gardner, notes that Lewis Carroll begins ALICE IN WONDERLAND with:

“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do; once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading..”

Gardner asks us to select one of the first twelve words.

“Starting on the next word, spell the word you chose, tapping a word for each letter. For example, if you selected the word ALICE, you spell A-L-I-C-E. Counting words for letters, this takes you to the word VERY. Then four words later we get BY. Keep going. Note the word on which your spelling chain ends. What’s the word?”

Did Carroll actually devise a cunning web of words intent on arriving at the word SISTER regardless of where you start.?  Could the depth of his embedded math extend for a century and depend on future generations to discover its secrets.? 

According to the late Princeton physicist Martin Kruskal, who discovered what has become known as ‘Kruskal’s Principle’, there is a mathematical theorem at work that says, with a high degree of probability, a common sequence is eventually found in any long text and the same word will be zeroed in on.. Like a fair amount of Martin Gardner’s work, Kruskal’s principle first appeared in a magic periodical, Ibidem, under the title “Sum Total” in 1957 by Alexander F. Kraus. 

Whether Kruskal’s principle explains away Carroll’s paradox remains to be seen. Maybe it’s a principle at work.. maybe it’s magic. 

You decide.     

http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/books/alice-in-wonderland.pdf

https://www.adobe.com/be_en/active-use/pdf/Alice_in_Wonderland.pdf

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Side Note – 

While researching this article, I ran across this… I’m not going to attempt to explain it, but if you have an extra hour or two and want to exercise your funny bone, go to:

 http://math.sfsu.edu/beck/quotes.html

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Magic Roadshow’s 2014 Reader Survey .. 

Considering it’s been six years since our last survey, I’ve deemed another a necessity. I’ve considered putting together another one for months, but I simply didn’t have the time, my most precious of commodities. I value YOUR time as well.. and I’ve put a little something together that will take you two minutes at most..

There is NOTHING to fill-in or fill out… only a few boxes to tick.  

I DO NOT collect personal information. I WILL NOT be able to differentiate one response from another. I will only have access to the final tally of answers. This is how surveys should be.. totally anonymous and hassle free… not to mention Quick.  

Click the link.. take the survey.. and hurry back. This issue is still young…

http://eSurv.org?u=magicroadshow  

My survey host is http://eSurv.org .. They feature unlimited surveys and unlimited responses, plus the survey page is customizable and embeddable. I recommend them for your next survey.  

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Magician’s Apprentice 2 – Thumb Tricks Ungloved – Free PDF

If you enjoyed the info on thumb tip magic in last months Roadshow, you’ll love this.. In fact, here’s the content of One of the Nine chapters:

CHAPTER 2 MAKING OBJECTS APPEAR

• Gold Thread from Straw 
• Gold Thread from a Dollar Bill 
• Enchanted Genie Bottle
• Spider from Your Nose
• Cockroach from Your Ear
• Cube from Thin Air .
• Gift Wrapped Bug
• Catching Flies
• Invisible Money Machine 
• Coin from Thin Air
• Dollar Bill from a Banana 
• Dollar Bill from a Cup 
• Squeezing Water from Air
• Silk from a Purse

         CLICK HERE

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Not Quite Clowning Around –  13 past issues

Did you wake up this morning with a really red nose and unexplainable make-up on your face? Either you got very lucky last night – or you’re a clown. If the latter was your fate, then you may enjoy the last 13 issues of Not Quite Clowning Around; a newsletter devoted to the art of clowning.  Published by the World Clown Association, this is the industry standard. Take time to explore this genre of entertainment… it’s time well spent.   

http://worldclown.com/not-quite-clowning-around/

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TVs 50 Greatest Magic Tricks.. Over Two Hours of Magic

TV illusionists have been sawing ladies in half catching bullets between their teeth reading minds and performing feats of escapology for decades. Channel 5 counts down the best including the astonishing set-pieces of Penn and Teller the mind-bending of Derren Brown and the street magic of David Blaine. It features spectacular illusions such as making the Statue of Liberty disappear intimate card tricks and the lighter side of the business thanks to the inclusion of comedy great Tommy Cooper. Paul Daniels and new kid on the block Dynamo also feature in this magic compendium with contributions from Joe Pasquale Dick and Dom and Stephen Mulhern.

http://youtu.be/mcLsS_idliY

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When routining your next show, keep this in mind…  “Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.”  Aristotle

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Paul Daniels on the BBC (1985) 40+minutes show

Including his complete chop cup routine, linking ring routine, and Paul’s classic routine involving two hilarious chimpanzees. This is classic magic, presented the way many of us remember magic when we were enthralled with TV performers like Paul, Mark Wilson, and Doug Henning. 

http://youtu.be/tvm37VgHIbY

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Magician Business Podcast – Real podcasts for Real Working Magicians..

Steve Russell is our guest in Episode 11 of MB Podcast and he shares his expertise in how to create a promo reel that make an impact. Hear the most common mistakes that entertainers make in their show-reels and find out how you can improve yours by making a few simple changes.

Steve says “Video is perhaps the most persuasive tool in the performer’s marketing arsenal. It is your chance to give your potential clients a taste of who you are and what you do. Sadly, most performers put up a clip that is badly edited, overly long and without a focus on selling.”

http://www.magicianbusiness.com/promo-reels/

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How To See Business and Marketing In A New Light

Magician Business interviews Barry Friedman from the Raspyni Brothers

Since 1982 the Raspyni Brothers have appeared at sales meetings, product launches, trade shows, and user conferences as emcees or headline entertainment. They have kicked off morning general sessions, and entertained after-dinner for meetings in every industry imaginable from pharmaceutical to financial, from insurance to automotive. 

Barry speaks honestly about what it takes to work the corporate market. ?He shares how the biggest barrier between the high ticket gigs and the big pay checks is ourselves.

http://www.magicianbusiness.com/barry-friedman/

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Do you do magic at weddings? Interview with Andi Gladwin..

The business of magic at weddings is worth big money in the United Kingdom. In this episode of Magician Business Podcast, one of England’s top working pro magicians tells you how he successfully targets the wedding magic market and how you can do the same.

http://www.magicianbusiness.com/magician-business-podcast/

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How To Produce and Promote Own Magic Show.. with Keith Fields

Ever laid back and daydreamed about having your own magic show? A theatre with your name in lights? Keith Fields did. More than that, he did something about it.

Keith Fields has appeared in New York’s Broadway, London’s West End and the Las Vegas Strip, but not in his own show, doing it his way.

Keith’s new show “A Brit Of Magic” is a multimedia extravaganza of comedy and magic that plays at the Iris Theater in the tourist town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This show exists because Keith had the drive and persistence to make it happen.

http://www.magicianbusiness.com/magician-business-podcast/

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14 Optical Illusions That Prove Your Brain Sucks

I’m not a great big fan of optical illusions, mainly because I don’t want to look at some seemingly spinning circle until my eyeballs melt. I have enough trouble with my eyes as it is.. But.. these illusions are more ‘mature’ by nature and are designed to largely fool your mind into seeing something that doesn’t exist. 

“Your brain sucks. All our brains suck. Or let me put it another way: Our brains are actually really amazing, but they’re not nearly as infallible as we like to think they are.

Our brains filter through a constant tsunami of stimuli and piece the important parts together to recreate what we know as “reality.” And they do all this in damn-near real-time—which is really impressive if you think about it. But here’s the thing: a big chunk of what we consider “reality” actually consists of our brains making guesstimates.

We know this because researchers have devised ways to consistently fool our brains into seeing things they’re not really seeing—even when our brains know that’s not what they’re seeing. These little reality busters are known as “optical illusions.”

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/325796/14-optical-illusions-that-prove-your-brain-sucks?mailingID=0F850EEE334A710F25081C2CBE4D8392

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Expert MC – Devoted to making you a better speaker/manager/

You will NOT make it as a top flight magician/performer if you are unable to talk to an audience. Thankfully, there is a ton of information out there to assist with your maturation into a seasoned speaker. Timothy Hyde, aside from the site most of us are familiar with, MagicCoach.com, has hit a home run with ‘Expert MC’.  

Everything is composed in a blog-type format, with long, informative articles for your immediate enjoyment. There are a couple of resources to be downloaded, but the majority of information is freely available to anyone wanting to take the time to learn. 

“Timothy Hyde is booked and re-booked by clients like – AutoDesk, Samsung, ANZ, Nestle, ASIC, SPAR, Canon & many professional & industry Associations because of his insiders understanding of corporate expectations. He is recognized as one of Australia’s top MC’s.”

Among the topics:

• – Ten Secrets to Running a Panel Discussion
• – The Expert MC’s Guide to Pronouncing Names Correctly
• – Brilliant new Video Tool for MC’s
• – 15 Alternative Market Areas that need an MC!
• – MC Tips – 5 Easy Actions to Boost your MC Business, Right Now!
• – Expert MC Tip – A Bio is not an Intro

http://expertmc.com/

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Dennis Bakke, co-founder and former CEO of global energy supplier AES Corporation, said, “We try a bunch of stuff… see what works…and call that our strategy.”

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The Secrets of Gaff Cards – Making Gimmick Cards

FernandoP1 – Art Zone Productions

Learn the secret behind an endless variety of gaffed cards. How to split ’em, how to stick ’em, how to make ’em look real.  Gaff cards are a standard. You’d be surprised at the number of top flight magicians who use gaffs. Nice, in-depth video from FernandoP1..

http://youtu.be/5VNBPI1MMjk?list=UUrtfFfr0m2GtLuwHw4jJzvQ

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Six From Sankey – Video Tutorials

Here’s 6 video tutorials from Jay Sankey. Some may have been published in the Roadshow in the past, but I’m publishing them all in one spot for easy reference. There is something interesting about each effect, and all are easy to perform.  Also, if you are reading this before August 16th, 2014 you can access Jay’s InsideDeception private training site on Saturday the 16th and Sunday the 17th FREE. You can go to this url for more details..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbP8z7MebFw  

Counterfeit –             http://youtu.be/IiYuB2nIbcA

Shuffle Cut Deal –   http://youtu.be/QKIAnhTWtec

Inside Job –              http://youtu.be/NyzqhENw0Go

Bender –                   http://youtu.be/_X8MEawUtiI

Smoked –                 http://youtu.be/ppqoH3XZT8A

Exit Strategy  –        http://youtu.be/Bf-dBYGkVyw

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VANISH – Edition 15 now ready

You can read this issue online as magazine or download for later..

This issue features Russ Stevens. Russ has done it all from touring with his own show, television in the UK, producer and director of RSVP Magic and now managing and guiding some of the hottest young acts in magic today. Nick Lewin gets the inside scoop on the incredible career of Russ Stevens.

Read ONLINE as a real magazine – http://online.flipbuilder.com/mtkz/gzfz/

or visit http://www.vanishmagazine.com to download and read it on your Android, iPad or phone.

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Free Mentalism Tutorial: How To Do A Stunning Mentalism Effect That Will ASTONISH ANYONE (You Can Master It In Less Than One Day)

  http://mastermentalism.com/finger?hop=realclear

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Mnemonicosis –  Stacked Deck Teaching Aid for Your Android

Working on an ACAAN or any other effect that requires a stacked deck? Now, get a stacked deck app for your phone to help work through the difficult parts… This Stacked deck study app is $1.50 (yes, you read that right..) and includes..

* 3 different stacks: Juan Tamariz’s, Woody Aragón’s and Simon Aronson’s

* Follow Woody Aragón’s method by choosing the section you want to study: half stack (first or    second half) or complete stack

* Card and position questions

* 3 ways to learn:

• Study: Go throw the selected section in order
• Practice: Random card and position questions from the selected section
• Exam: Answer to every card or position in the selected section in a random order

* Stats: review the cards you failed, so you can focus on the harder ones

* Notifications: get a random question periodically anywhere, so you don’t forget to do your    homework 😉

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alvaritez.mnemonicosis

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Mock Questions – Are You Ready for Your First Interview?

What if I called you tomorrow and said..”Hey Joe, I REALLY want to conduct an interview with you for the next Roadshow.”  Would you be ready? Would you know how to properly compose sentences to convey your thoughts and feelings? Mock Questions gives you a chance to answer several questions that are normally asked a magician. Consider it practice.. of sorts. 

http://www.mockquestions.com/position/Magician/

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Why Does My iPhone Battery Die So Fast? Here’s The iPhone Battery Fix!

After reading this article I realized there were many ‘little’ ditties ticked ‘On’ on my iphone that didn’t need to be On. Some features/apps were requiring constant updates when every fifteen minutes or so is more than enough. This article will show you exactly where to need to go to streamline your phone and preserve battery life WITHOUT sacrificing performance. 

 http://www.payetteforward.com/why-does-my-iphone-battery-die-so-fast-heres-the-real-fix/

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Why Does My Android Battery Die So Fast? The Android Battery Fix!

And for you Android users… here’s the same set of fixes to streamline your service..

http://www.payetteforward.com/why-does-my-android-battery-die-so-fast-best-phone-tablet-battery-life-saver-apps/

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Did you know that, back from the Moon, Apollo Astronauts Had to Go Through Customs.. Here’s a copy of their form…  http://www.space.com/7044-moon-apollo-astronauts-customs.html

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10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Johnny Winter

The music world lost one of it’s most iconic performers with the passing of Johnny Winter, the Texas guitar slinger who preserved the Blues for future generations.  Johnny found himself tormented at times with alcohol and drug use and abuse. Perhaps it was a necessity, as he, like some of the early blues legends, lived the blues. Popular at times.. and not so much at others, Johnny Winter never waivered, never gave up, never left the road. He was born to play the blues…

Here’s 10 interesting facts about Johnny I’m sure you didn’t know.. For instance, he was one of the very few performers actually paid to perform at Woodstock, about $3700.00, and then opted out of allowing his performance to be shown in the movie, as his manager felt nothing would ever come of Woodstock – The Movie. The movie made superstars of almost everyone featured in it.. 

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/johnny-winter-facts-you-didnt-know/

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Build Your Magic Show – Free Videos

Step By Step Guide To Creating And Performing The Most Confidence Inspiring, Problem Free, Anytime Anywhere Kids Family Magic Show. This Comprehensive Course Is Regarded As The Best Of Its Kind.  http://5625fbo8may5qce9z5n8t16w7g.hop.clickbank.net/

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Get Pro Magic – Learn Magic Tricks RIGHT NOW!

Web resource for amateur and professional magicians or anyone interested learning the art of Magic. Instantly down loadable. GetProMagic.com will teach you incredible tricks that you can perform at home as soon as you receive the information from this site. Also, a selection of FREE effects.   

 http://9481afh6-0z7il3y1nd7kk4m0l.hop.clickbank.net/

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Free eBooks For Subscribers….

Here’s a link where you can download a variety of free ebooks, including Erdnase’ Expert At The Card Table… If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up HERE.. http://MagicRoadshow.com

http://streetmagic.info/cbmall3.html 

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MathMagic – Newly Revised and Expanded, and STILL Free

This excellent little ebook, now almost 30 pages long, is still available as a free download. Believe me.. I have bought math magic books for good money that were not nearly as entertaining as MathMagic.

I wrote it for Magic Roadshow readers…and I have no doubt that you will find something among the effects that you will add to your repertoire. These are NOT your typical counting tricks….

You can actually click this link and read the entire pdf without downloading…although a download link in the upper right will let you save it to your device for future enjoyment..

 ( see link in sidebar..)

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That does it for this issue. I hope you found something to help your magic studies along. Remember, if you have something you would like to share with the magic community, send it to:  Rick@MagicRoadshow.com

“May my next issue find you well..” 

  Rick Carruth / Editor 

 Senior Professor – Camelard College of Conjuring of Chemmis, Egypt 

“Magic’s Only Worldwide Honor Society”

http://www.camelardcollege.org/ 

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 This page may contain affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, I may earn a commission on the sale. The price that you pay should not be affected by buying through an affiliate link, and I never use affiliate links if I know they’ll result in a price increase. 

 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in the Magic Roadshow is accurate. However, there is no guarantee that you will achieve any particular results using the information provided or any products referenced. Examples in this document are not to be interpreted as promises or guarantees of any particular results. 

 All information is for education and information purposes only. Seek the advice of a qualified professional before acting on such information. In using this document, you agree that the Magic Roadshow and its publisher, Rick Carruth, are not responsible for your success or failure as a result of purchases made through this site. 

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