Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Almost forgot to mention...
...how good Alex Geiser's Intensity is. It is not some super sensitive angle b.s. It is very practical, nearly impromptu, and quite beautiful.
Vanishing Inc is great
Seriously. Great service and great downloads. This is probably the only site I download from.
They're two new hot videos, Sense-sational and More Memory Man, are excellent. I like all the things I've received from Vanishing Inc, and these are no different.
Sense-sational is simple in effect, simple in performance. The premise is excellent in that there is very little done by the magician. I think the principles are excellent - however I have yet to try the second and third reveals, but if you're like me, even semi decent culling won't make this impromptu - so the second reveal I simply use Buckley's excellent fan peek since it gives you the position for when you're dealing as well making it easy to "sense" where the card is, and the third reveal I use the LePaul peek - the peek is quick and you don't need to know the position for the card. I think these are acceptable changes because they still seem like you're doing almost nothing - showing a fan, and drawing a square with the spectator imagining the card.
Actually now that I'm thinking about it, there's no reason you can't do the lepaul peek for the third card, and then carry onto an impromptu presentation of Bannon's Dead Reckoning. I did a standalone effect for it using the premise taught by Cameron Francis in his Scammed Across routine, making it totally impromptu and more involved (well, I thought so anyways - gave me more room for patter). I would think the third reveal you could just let that spectator hold onto his card from the beginning, and then go on with the Francis/Bannon combo as a finale. You'd still be playing with the idea of "hearing", but I was going to make it like "psychic hearing". I dunno. I'll test it out.
More Memory Man is just plain awesome. Use of Bannon's Bullet Catcher is just superb context. I know MMM was published in a book, but I don't want to buy the other routines, I only really cared about this one (although I might get it in the future, anyways - Joel Givens seems like a very charming gentleman with a sexy southern accent even though I'm not gay).
They're two new hot videos, Sense-sational and More Memory Man, are excellent. I like all the things I've received from Vanishing Inc, and these are no different.
Sense-sational is simple in effect, simple in performance. The premise is excellent in that there is very little done by the magician. I think the principles are excellent - however I have yet to try the second and third reveals, but if you're like me, even semi decent culling won't make this impromptu - so the second reveal I simply use Buckley's excellent fan peek since it gives you the position for when you're dealing as well making it easy to "sense" where the card is, and the third reveal I use the LePaul peek - the peek is quick and you don't need to know the position for the card. I think these are acceptable changes because they still seem like you're doing almost nothing - showing a fan, and drawing a square with the spectator imagining the card.
Actually now that I'm thinking about it, there's no reason you can't do the lepaul peek for the third card, and then carry onto an impromptu presentation of Bannon's Dead Reckoning. I did a standalone effect for it using the premise taught by Cameron Francis in his Scammed Across routine, making it totally impromptu and more involved (well, I thought so anyways - gave me more room for patter). I would think the third reveal you could just let that spectator hold onto his card from the beginning, and then go on with the Francis/Bannon combo as a finale. You'd still be playing with the idea of "hearing", but I was going to make it like "psychic hearing". I dunno. I'll test it out.
More Memory Man is just plain awesome. Use of Bannon's Bullet Catcher is just superb context. I know MMM was published in a book, but I don't want to buy the other routines, I only really cared about this one (although I might get it in the future, anyways - Joel Givens seems like a very charming gentleman with a sexy southern accent even though I'm not gay).
Monday, October 24, 2011
Card Magic USA
I didn't really get TOO into this book because I just never really had time, but there really are a lot of gems in here.
For instance, check out Jim Patton's Clip Force (which has almost replaced my riffle force use, almost because you are jutting out a card that could be noticeable if you aren't careful sitting down and performing), and Harvey Rosenthal's multiple shift (which is kinda like Ollie Mealing's Barrier Shift combined with the Neil Elias Multiple Shift - I love it!).
For instance, check out Jim Patton's Clip Force (which has almost replaced my riffle force use, almost because you are jutting out a card that could be noticeable if you aren't careful sitting down and performing), and Harvey Rosenthal's multiple shift (which is kinda like Ollie Mealing's Barrier Shift combined with the Neil Elias Multiple Shift - I love it!).
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Wow, lots of stuff going on in magic. New things to help me through med school and for good reads. Sleight I'm currently studying is Kosby's Raise Rise. Getting better at it!
Book I'm currently reading through is Wisdom of Solomon. It's good. I hate Faro's though. I can do a trick that needs a false deal or a pass or whatever. I just hate Faro's. The other book I'm reading are the two Walton books. Not far in but man, this guy has superb thinking.
DVD would be Bannon's Bullet Party. Easy stuff but really great thinking. People complain that he isn't the same as Impossibilia or Smoke and Mirrors or Dear Mr. Fantasy, but I have studied those pretty intently and I have to strongly disagree. Bannon is really good still. Between him, Solomon, and MacD's Aces I have more Ace Assemblies than I'll ever need in my life.
Trick is Garret Thomas's stand up monte. That and Lorayne's Poor Man Monte - you have the basic set up to a conman theme set (which I'm working out right now).
As a side note: I inadvertently discovered Ackerman's use of the double cut bottom palm as a direct method (meaning I just do it without the double cut - it occurs in two steps but is very fast and pretty easy...just wish I could claim credit to it).
Book I'm currently reading through is Wisdom of Solomon. It's good. I hate Faro's though. I can do a trick that needs a false deal or a pass or whatever. I just hate Faro's. The other book I'm reading are the two Walton books. Not far in but man, this guy has superb thinking.
DVD would be Bannon's Bullet Party. Easy stuff but really great thinking. People complain that he isn't the same as Impossibilia or Smoke and Mirrors or Dear Mr. Fantasy, but I have studied those pretty intently and I have to strongly disagree. Bannon is really good still. Between him, Solomon, and MacD's Aces I have more Ace Assemblies than I'll ever need in my life.
Trick is Garret Thomas's stand up monte. That and Lorayne's Poor Man Monte - you have the basic set up to a conman theme set (which I'm working out right now).
As a side note: I inadvertently discovered Ackerman's use of the double cut bottom palm as a direct method (meaning I just do it without the double cut - it occurs in two steps but is very fast and pretty easy...just wish I could claim credit to it).
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
