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Revealed: The magic tricks Paul Daniels used to save his £2.5m home from the floods… and the truth about those 300 groupies..

January 19, 2014 Rick Carruth

Much can be said for a good article title. This heading in the DailyMail definitely made me want to read more. The Magic News thinks It was time well spent….

“Visiting Paul Daniels in his riverside home is definitely not for the fainthearted.

‘Park where you can on the lane and wear a pair of waders,’ Paul tells me beforehand. He might well have added: ‘Or bring a canoe.’

For the lane is no longer a lane, but a torrent of fast-flowing water.

The heavens have opened and the rain is sheeting it down now. This is not fun…

Which is why when Paul, 75, opens his front door I’m, well, rather taken aback to see him full of the joys of spring. So much so that if he had a tail he’d be wagging it.

‘Come in and look,’ he says, with a flourish of his hand as if presenting an illusion. In a way, he is. For the kitchen into which we step is dry as a bone…”:

Unique Deck of Playing Cards Scores Big On Kickstarter

January 18, 2014 Rick Carruth

Abracadabra! Master magician Brian South has just played a remarkable winning hand with the launch of a unique, mind-challenging deck of cards.

Within the first 30 hours, South achieved his first financial goal on the Kickstarter fund-raising website conjuring up more than $20,000 from 500 backers. He’s now seeking a further round of financial applause with additional Kickstarter offers for his cards, aptly called “Different Deck.”

Like most sets of playing cards Different Deck has 54 cards—but that’s where the similarities end. These cards are visually stunning pieces of art, bursting with images, words, numbers, secret symbolism and other hidden elements.

In fact, there are more than 100 different languages and numeric systems featured in this desk, plus symbolism and imagery in each card—some of it based on South’s globe-trotting visits to ancient monuments whose mystique has fascinated him since childhood. There are science, math and historical references and even pop culture icons buried in the deck, layer upon layer…(thanks to PRWEB for this article..)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11493909.htm

January 17, 2014 Rick Carruth

Las Vegas Hypnotist Scott Lewis Dead After Fall in Australia..

(Source: http://player.ooyala.com/)

Big Mystery over Legend’s Magical Tour

January 17, 2014 Rick Carruth

UK’s The Star reports that Paul Daniels is all set to kick off his farewell tour.. or is he..? This may be, as is the case with some well-known performers, the infamous ‘1st Farewell Tour’…

“Magician Paul Daniels is bowing out with a final ‘farewell to the legend tour… Or so it seemed from his publicity. The irrepressible Yorkshireman said: “No, it’s the first farewell tour. The Stones and Frank and Status Quo, they all did it. I said to Debbie it’s about time we had one of them.”

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