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Read more: In Defense of Lecture Patter
Hello from the land of surf and Spam musubi, where you tip the beach boys by day and Shoot Ogawa by night. That’s right, as I write this I’m absorbing the mana of Hawai’i. I’m not sipping a Mai Tai on the beach, unfortunately. I’m in an airport lounge punching keys on my laptop and…
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Read more: My Cheap Uncle: A Bank Night Presentation
Here is my personal presentation for a close-up Bank Night effect, and some thoughts on a more widely applicable version. While my version is specific to a particular occasion, it will be made clear how something very similar can be done at any time of year. I’m hanging out with a friend at my place…
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Read more: Further Notes on Halal Magic
The other day, I received a lovely and insightful email regarding the Halal Magic post from someone who shall be known as T. I wanted to share it, along with some thoughts on truthful patter for ACAANs, sponge balls, and one of the first tricks ever referenced on this blog. Great essay. Just wanted to…
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Read more: Conducting Trains and Bones
This is an idea for those of you who use bone conduction devices. I always thought it was great that you could play your own audio file (on most if not all of the devices currently available). The stock audio preloaded onto the device was always some creepy robotic sounding voice. The script would usually…
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Read more: Prisoners Passing the Pat Downs
The vanishing red silk is a classic effect in magic. We’ve all been giddy after getting away with using that ugly plastic thumb for the first time. (Try reading that sentence out loud and out of context.) This presentation gets rid of the silk and justifies the vanish of the item, the item itself, and…
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The Forbidden Library: A Prelude
Category: presentationRead more: The Forbidden Library: A PreludeThis is a prelude for an esoteric or bizarre effect. It can run as long as you like, though at least a couple weeks is best if it’s an impactful trick. However, you could just retell it as if it took months if you want to do the trick the same day.
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Read more: Start A Resolution
It’s New Year’s Eve and Jerry’s back, baby. My resolutions for this year are to learn more magic that I already own and to buy less magic. Consider it yourself. Today, here’s yet another fucking DFB trick. I haven’t tried this out, because this idea didn’t exist last year, but I like it a lot.…
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Dying People
Category: presentationRead more: Dying PeopleHere is a fascinating tale of a study I heard from my professor who taught a class on mysticism and the occult. He mentioned that people who were clinically dead or on the brink of death before coming back to life would report similar out of body experiences. People from all over the world, across…
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