Welcome...

Blog of a Magician: First thing's first. My introduction: "I'm a magician, and I'm a student. I've been learning and performing magic for a year now, and I've already learned enough magic to do my own street magic routine"

Good luck Evan

The first gasp

Journal Gazette | 08/27/2005 | With nothing up their sleeves: "His signature trick is the 'Newspaper Tear' he shreds the paper and magically puts it back together. It's a simple idea, he says, but execution is tricky. It's the trick that earned him his first audience gasp, back when he performed for audiences at his high school."

Hopefully not the last

A new act is born...

panwalker: Magic - It begins today: "I'm planning on doing the two-card monte, the card through the window, the bigger card predictor, a few mind readings, perhaps some blindfolded tricks (maybe), a couple of card switches through the audience's hands, and maybe a few tricks ala David Blaine (like levitation, having someone think of a card and turning it over in an closed deck, etc.). still not sure. need to hammer out a couple of routines of six tricks apiece, and stick with them. also plan on doing lots of story improvisation."

Good luck

Not a lot of people know this...

Study: 'Change blindness' isn't magic:- - Science News - Webindia123.com: "UCL Psychology Professor Nilli Lavie, the study's lead researcher, said the finding that the brain's parietal cortex region controls both concentration and visual awareness explains why we can be so easily deceived by a magician's trick."

So now you know!

Sound familiar?

Lexington Herald-Leader | 08/24/2005 | Making magic for 50 years: "His family members practically run when they see him coming with a deck of cards, Orndorff said, but Liz is still an honest critic with a good eye.
She'll argue, 'You're not going to do that trick, are you?' in the same tone she'd say 'You're not going to wear that shirt, are you?'"

Family eh!

Hi-tech magic

News 14 Carolina | 24 Hour Local News | HEADLINES | High-tech magic tricks: "We're currently launching a service called I-Magician, or Instant Magician, which is something where you can download a magic trick onto your cell phone and perform it instantly for your friends and colleagues, says Tempest. In Japan it's already at a point where we can download applications onto people's phones and enhance their phones to make them do magic by themselves."

I knew they would find a use for mobile phones.

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Sounds gruesome!

Hocus-pocus focus: "When Tim Kole was a little kid, he remembers his dad sawing his mom in parts and moving the boxes around.
He didn't turn to therapy. He learned how to do it himself."

That's a proper upbringing.

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Discover Magic Tricks: "Now imagine the look of amazement on the faces of your friends and family when you perform the magic."

The first psychic?

Scotsman.com News - Features - A spirited look at an enigma: "HE was denounced by George Eliot as 'an object of moral disgust', by Harry Houdini as a moral pervert and 'a hypocrite of the deepest dye', and as 'utterly contemptible' by scientist Michael Faraday."

Sounds like an interesting guy!

Amaze your friends and family

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Will the magic work?

MC^2: Wedding proposal: "(Pulls out a card with 'Will you marry me?' in big writing)
(Show everyone else the card except her)
Now take a look, is this the card you had?
Wait wait.. I've still got one more trick behind your ear..
(Gently click fingers behind her ear, ring in hand)
I think you might like this too...
(Get on knees, look her in the eye)
Will you marry me?"

Good luck with your 'trick'.

Magic trick video

MyExtraLife - Comics, Podcasts, Blog, Artwork, Humor and MORE! ' Blog Archive ' Another magic trick caught on film. I hate these.: "So I found another magic trick that I just KNOW is easy to figure out, but this one is really well done. So lets start guessing what this guy did. Here is the video."

I love these.

The reason why we love doing magic

For Amazing Doolini, a magical role to play - OrlandoSentinel.com: Features: "When a trick really works, the audience gasps and then there's the applause, he says. 'The first time I heard that gasp, I knew I wanted to do this'"

If you want to hear that gasp, go to DiscoverMagicTricks.com

The Amazing JoeJoe - Floating Lady Illusion

The Amazing JoeJoe - Floating Lady Illusion: "This is one that I really enjoy doing ... as many locals know, I've built my reputation on levitation. If you didn't get to see it while at Barefoot Landing, enjoy the video!"

I must catch your show the next time I'm in Barefoot Landing!

Hope he doesn't get heartburn!

Fredericksburg.com - 'Sevin' is the magic number in D.C.: "Perhaps the most risky trick he'll perform will be the acid-in-a-beaker test. Without looking, he'll drink the contents of three of four beakers--hopefully the ones not filled with hydrochloric acid.
'That's the best ending,' Sevin said with a chuckle."

Good luck mate!

Lemon into lemonade?

Tucson Weekly : CityWeek : Magic Masters: "The following magic trick has been performed in front of live audiences. No mirrors or smoke are used. No animals are harmed. Imagine a drum roll ...
A $100 dollar is obtained. A trusting audience member signs the bill. The bill is handed to a magician who destroys the bill in plain sight. Elsewhere in the audience, another trusting person is holding a double-bag, stapled shut, containing a lemon. This audience member is asked to hand over the bag. The magician removes the staples, opens both bags and takes out the lemon. The lemon is sliced open to reveal a $100 bill--the bill that was seemingly destroyed earlier, with signature intact! "

I'd like to pay my bill like that!

Make mine a pint...

Daily Lush Magazine: Three Bar Tricks Involving Napkins: "Bar tricks have the potential of reaping certain rewards if done well: cash; a phone number; free alcohol. Before sipping a hard-won drink, though, dedicate a toast to the simplicity of the bar trick."

The magic word is 'hick!'

The only way to travel

Oshkosh Northwestern - Illusions are his favorite form of self-expression: "A full-time magician, Rondini does shows around the Midwest, traveling in his 33-foot 'Rondini Mobile,' which houses his own stage and living space. He also runs a magic and costume shop in downtown Appleton year-round and travels with his wife, Jane, of 15 years and his two children. His family even assists in some of his shows."

A life on the road for me!

Cool kids

Schools & Youth - StatesmanJournal.com: "Zoe Alley, 9, already performs tricks for her family at home, ones she learned from reading a book. She came to the camp to find new tricks."

Am I too old to go to summer camp?

Rabbit trick with a difference...

riverfronttimes.com | Calendar | Say the Magic Word | 2005-08-10: "Velvet curtains part to reveal a small box and a short microphone center-stage. After a few moments of anticipatory silence, the box opens and a white rabbit hops confidently to the mic. Once the laughter dies down, he proceeds to say a few kind words about his owner in a transparent attempt to schmooze some extra carrots. Then, amid the stunned laughter, the rabbit introduces the first act of the night and dutifully hops back inside his box, bringing the audience to its feet -- all before the first magician hits the stage. "

Worth a hop over?

Has he got bottle or what!

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Is there any evidence mind-reading works?: "Illusionist Derren Brown survived a televised game of Russian Roulette, avoiding a bullet after claiming to have read the thoughts of the person who loaded the gun. There are now claims the whole thing was a hoax... but is there any scientific basis for mind-reading?"

A hoax? Don't you mean a magic trick?

An oldie but goodie

The Amazing JoeJoe - Some Hanky Panky!: "The end result was the best Tuesday night of the summer, perhaps I should keep doing this one even when the barker isn't there? Sometimes it's the simple stuff that works the best!"

Hear! Hear!

Maybe...

AMERIE - AMERIE SLAMS REALITY: " I don't want to show you how I did the magic trick. I want to show you the magic trick and have you get excited"

Maybe not!

Going with a bang!

A Trickster Right Down to His Name - New York Times: "Chung Ling Soo's greatest trick, however, turned out to be his last. Facing a firing squad, Robinson would hold up a plate and, miraculously, catch the bullets fired at him from across the stage. Other performers had presented the same trick, often with unfortunate results, proving once again that even in the world of magic, if something can go wrong, it will. "

Oh dear!

Lucky Aussies

Magic Unlimited with Ellis & Webster: Magic in Melbourne - Lucky 13th: "Tammii Twister's new Magic Cafe 'Trick or Treat' will be having it's grand opening. Come along and visit the world's first magic shop with a fully functioning cafe! Trick or Treat boasts a magic shop, cafe, catering, party venue, rehearsal room, and magic school all under the one roof!"

I'll have to move there

Going Googley eyed!

"The Magician while browsing the internet brings up a Google search engine on the computer screen. The Magician instructs a spectator to watch the screen carefully and then lightly places two fingers on the computer monitor screen, just over the two "O"s in the Google logo. When the Magician's fingers are removed from the screen the two "O"s in the logo have vanished. The magician then invites the spectator to place his fingers on the screen and magically the "O"s reappear upon the Logo."

Google without the 'oo'?

Magician reveals all...

The Daily News Online: "In the past, Evans performed a magic trick where he would saw a woman in half. He said he would have a little kid in the bottom half, serving as the legs of the woman.

'I was doing the act, said 'ta-da' and pulled the woman out of the box,' he said. 'The crowd was laughing. I looked over and realized that the kid didn't pull his legs in when the woman got out.'

'People loved that, though, so I made it part of my act.'"

Oh no! The secret's out!

Good question...

Abracadabra to fill airat UAH this weekend: "That's because 25 years ago, when he was dabbling in magic, Tony Slydini, the 'Master of Misdirection,' asked him at a magic convention, 'Are you a magician, or do you just do tricks?' "

What would be your answer?

Large magic!

Magical business - baltimoresun.com: "In addition, they will re-create a traditional cup-and-ball, sleight-of-hand trick with garbage cans and do card tricks with a foot-tall deck.

The Woods also have built what they say is a mind-reading machine out of boxes, tubes, plumbing pipes and two metal colanders."

Are big tricks better?

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Why hasn't David Blaine been tasered?

TALES TO ASTONISH!: Hooked: "I think Mr. Blaine needs to reach into thin air and pull out some charisma. The awkward silences following his tricks are not caused by wonder or mystery, they're caused by the fact that he just walked up to a complete stranger, did something weird, and then didn't say anything. Frankly, I'm surprised he hasn't been tasered."

A very good question.

How did you do that?

'Creators of magic' to share tricks of the trade at convention: "If you're a fan of the art of magic, you can learn what the pros know this weekend as magicians from all over converge in Huntsville for the South Eastern Association of Magicians convention.
Amateur and professional purveyors of prestidigitation will ooh and aah over the latest tricks by the masters and practice 'sleights' among themselves during convention hours at the Tom Bevill Center on the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus. "

If you're in the area...

And why not...

Hilly Boy's Deception: Magical Matthew: "What is interesting is that campers can take courses in magic, among other things. This is a little humorous simply because of how much disgust many of Hilly boy's supporters have for Harry Potter and the subject of magic."

Sounds cool to me

I need this book...

Thoth: "The magical powers of Thoth were so great, that the Egyptians had tales of a 'Book of Thoth', which would allow a person who read the sacred book to become the most powerful magician in the world."

I can't find it on amazon!

Check this out

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Wow, poetry!

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New Magic Tricks Site

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Well... you are about to find out!

I am an enthusiastic fan of magic tricks, just like you are, and I really, really, wanted to know how it was all done. So I asked!"

A new magic tricks site opened yesterday.