Oh boy, it’s almost a year since this place got started! How exciting. We do have a little something planned, but not much. Maybe more next year, if we make it that far. On that note, there might be less posting for a little while after the anniversary. There’s gonna be some shakeups in our lives, and we probably won’t have the time for weekly posts for a bit.

What’s that you say? “But Mr. Editor, you didn’t even have a post last Sunday! And this Sunday’s post is 12 hours late!”?

I’m very sorry. Full refunds will be processed for anyone with a receipt.


So, we have good news and bad news. Good news first.

The good news is, there’s a marvelous library full of magic books available for anyone to read in Omaha, Nebraska.

As a magic blog that was founded in 2023, we would be remiss not to mention that you can read any Jerx book save for the latest one there. If you’re a new subscriber, fret not, we’re nothing like the Jerx anymore. We just started out a bit like it. Hard not to be influenced by a whale taking up all the space in the pond.

The bad news is, our article about museums is now a relatively moot point. And also was four years ago for that matter, when this research library was founded.


Justin Miller is soon to announce that he is retiring from magic.

I wish I were joking.

I wish I were joking because this is a very fucking travestying travesty! What are we going to do if we can’t hate on Justin Miller anymore?

I’m just kidding, he’ll be back any day, just like his supposedly limited releases. In the meantime, we may as well be positive about him for once. Some highlights of his creative magic career include Freedom Pack, Ring Slide, Divorce and Silver Dream. He is also known for divorce.


In case you missed it, here’s one of the worst magic performances ever, with plenty of rumors swirling about how it happened. From what I could track down, this was the 12th China Acrobatics Golden Chrysanthemum Awards National Magic and Comedy Competition, and the umbrella people won. Yes, this was actually a competition. These people weren’t working in concert.

I’m sorry for the obnoxious editing. I wish we could find the original video.


Dispatch from Tokyo: One of our writers has just attended Cardistry-Con 2024, the premier convention for three guesses what.

It may not seem that this has much to do with magic, and it doesn’t, but there’s a post featuring Cardistry-Con coming up so we figured we’d give you a rundown of the events.

Congratulations to Nathan Wu, whose video “Solitaire” brought home the trophy at the film festival.

The next Cardistry-Con will be in New York City. Of the two Buck twins (as opposed to three Buck twins), Dave was there, but Dan was in NYC working on the new Art of Play store.

At the convention, our writer found that there are some gorgeous deck display stands that would be good for a Wonder Room as described by the Jerx sold by Art of Play themselves, which can be found here.

Alright, I promise, I won’t mention the Jerx anymore. Because this is the end of the post.

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