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A Performer with his Heart in the Streets
Mike Kepka writes an interesting article for SFTimes about the street magic scene on Fisherman’s Wharf..
A recent Friday, 1:39 p.m.: Lynx the Animator wheeled a dolly full of magic tricks to the water’s edge in the heart of Fisherman’s Wharf. He hoped his usual weekend spot was available, but instead found another magician named Jonathan Strange in his place.
Undeterred, Lynx said hello, calmly unloaded his equipment and changed into a showman’s outfit, topped off with a floppy porkpie hat.
Sharing territory is a fact of life for the sidewalk entertainers spread out from Pier 39 to the Hyde Street Pier. Staggering their shows and working together to maximize crowds is crucial to survival, where income is dependent on the audience and a performance can rake in anywhere from a dollar to $150…..
Fixing Vintage Magic Tricks
Interesting and informative article by Bill Stevens for the Tampa Bay Times…
“Four white doves share a cage in the Amazing Lembo’s workshop, constantly cooing and making a noise that sounds like laughter. "Mating call,” says Lembo, who most often goes by Paul. He once had 20 doves that flew from top hats and handkerchiefs, but even a magician can’t make things live forever. “The last four are retired,” he says, “like me.”
He’s a 76-year-old cancer survivor, but hardly what you would consider retired. Mail trucks regularly deliver broken magic tricks to his house in the Golden Acres community near New Port Richey and Lembo fixes them. He’s rarely stumped and maintains the same patience and ingenuity that years ago earned him a place on the team to land astronauts on the moon.
Last week he accepted a much different mission. He opened a package from a collector in Sarasota and pulled out a small black plastic box with wires hanging every which way. Its inventor gave it a name: “Compu-psycho Galvanometer….”
Issue #150 of the Magic Roadshow Journal of Magic Now Available Free..
The Magic Roadshow Journal of Magic, the largest free ezine in the field of magic, has published a new issue online. Subscribers received their issue last week, and non-subscribers can now access the same newsletter online. Here is the table of content…
~ Table of Content ~
– Sir Arthur Knows – A Card Effect
– The Business of Table Hopping – A Definitive eBook by Paul Lelekis
– Balloon-Animals.com/ – A Tutorial Resource
– Need Gallium? Spoon Molds for Sale.. (plus video)
– Jerry Andrus’ T Rex Illusion – Video
– Magic Dice Tutorial – Video
– Fewdoit – 21 Magic Video Tutorials
– How to do a Card Spring.. Detailed Video
– How to do a Card Spring.. Another Tutorial
– Magic Square Puzzles – Video Lectures & Presentations..
– (FREE) Magic Square Ebook – 100+ pages
– Werner Miller Monthly Feature for Roadshow Readers.. 2 Effects
– James Galea Gets a Standing O on Ellen – video
– Suspended – Balancing a Card Box at Extreme Angles Atop a Deck of Cards..
– Gravity Change – Color Change/Top Change with Attitude
– Guang Dong- Filmed at The Lido in Paris
– Magic News – The #1 Site for Constantly Changing Magic Related Stories
– The Magic Roadshow Dollar Store – Our Two Deals of the Month..
– The Importance of Habit..
– Bitdefender Free – Unbreachable Security
– Hot Scots Drum Line.. – Video (Just for Fun)
– Free eBooks for Roadshow Subscribers