I was pulled in at the last minute to do a set with Magic and More last week. Apparently they want me to come back again this Saturday.

The details:

Saturday 24th
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Magic And More
963 Mission (Between 5th and 6th)
$20 Bucks a person.

I think I can get a “friends” discount for some folks but I'm not sure how many.

There are four or five of us who each do a 15 minute set. I expect it will be pretty good this week.

There have been quite a few people who have asked me what I think of what David is doing in New York. So what's with the underwater magician?

I believe it’s about extremes and the reasons people seek them. Want to be a good magician? Be ready to spend a hundred hours on a card maneuver. (And if you execute it properly no one will ever see.) Devote your self unwaveringly to an art that is in its twilight. Learn to do impossible things and prepare to be ridiculed for it. (I do at least six... read more

So the Grrl has decided that Wednesday night will be another Saddle Rack Outing. She describes it in her journal as a line dancing, tequila shooting night out, and briefly mentions the electric bull.

I think this is a slight oversight. I'd rather have a back ally rusty spoon vasectomy than do line dancing, and I think most of you feel the same. But don't let this dissuade you. When I think back to funniest nights out in the last couple years, these two outings were near the top of the lis... read more

In my studies into trickery, I found early on that the true basis of deception is the structure of language. A properly spoken word or phrase can multiply the impact of properly executed sleight of hand by 100.

You can’t just look someone in the eye and lie to them expecting belief. This wasn’t easy for me to learn because I’m a fucking horrible liar. This is compounded by the fact that I HATE lying.

So I found if I wanted any chance of deception to work, I need to state absolute trut... read more

People are always saying to magicians that they'd hate to play cards with us.

Magicians and card sharks are just two sides of the same coin. Many a cardsharp has turned away from the table and taken up magic after retirement. And on the darker side, many starving magicians have turned their skills to the ancient art of the swindle. We’ve both learned things from one another; false shuffles and deals have been invented by either side, and then used by the other for entertainment…' or for th... read more