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From: mike@vpnet.chi.il.us (Mike Kamlet)
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Subject: alt.magic FAQ part 3/4
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Archive-name: magic-faq/part3
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Last-modified: Feb. 20, 1994
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Frequently asked questions in alt.magic/part3 (of 4)
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Last modified: Feb. 20, 1994
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Please send suggested corrections and additions to: mike@vpnet.chi.il.us
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Topics:
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Part 3
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VI. OTHER MAGIC REFERENCES
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VI-A. MAGAZINES
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VI-B. VIDEOS
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VI. OTHER MAGIC REFERENCES
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VI-A. MAGAZINES ON MAGIC
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The following list of magic magazines is from contributions from the
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following people:
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barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett)
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nielsen@eecs.umich.edu (Paul Nielsen)
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General Magic
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Genii
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PO Box 36068
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Los Angeles, CA 90036
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$30 a year for 12 issues.
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Color cover, 80 pages an issue. The largest circulation of any magazine.
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Everyone should get this just for the ads, as most items are advertized
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here. Some columns are useless. I currently enjoy "The Giorgio Letters"
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which describes how the Erdnase book is a lot of bull. I also enjoy the T.
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A. Waters book reviews and Harkey's column.
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MAGIC - an Independent Magazine for Magicians.
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Circulation Department
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13337 E. South St. #310
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Cerritos, CA 90701
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(310) 860-1508 (phone/fax)
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$30 a year/ 12 issues.
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Similar to Genii (actually - they are competitors) Color cover and color
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inside. Columns by Paul Gertner (performance tips), Richard Kaufman (editor
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of the magic section), and reviews by Mike Weber.
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In my (st922964@pip.cc.brandeis) opinion, is certainly the BEST magic
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magazine out there. It is where I learn about 90% of my magic news and
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features very interesting articles by the likes of Stan Allen and Michael
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Caveney.
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Goodliffe's Abracadabra
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Published weekly. $88.50 for 52 issues 20 pages each issue.
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(Send $2.00 in cash for sample issue )
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Goodliffe Publications
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150 New Road, Bromsgrove,
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Worcestershire B60 2LG.
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England
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Magigram
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12 issues for $35
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Supreme Magic Company
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Supreme House, Bideford, Devon EX39 2AN
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England
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Precursor: A Magazine of Innovation
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unikorn magic
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2215 Mytle St.
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Erie, PA 16502
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Edited by Bill Miesel
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3 issues a year
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$16 in US. Canada, Mexico, $19 elsewhere
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Similar to Ibidem. Mostly new/experimental card work.
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The Trapdoor
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Steven L. Beam
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Trapdoor Productions
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407 Carrington Drive
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Knightdale, NC 27545
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(919) 266-7900
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5 issues a year $30 USA, $42.50 Overseas
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Excellent artwork and Humor, Closeup
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The Minotaur
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P.O. Box 470025
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Broadview Hts. Oh 44147
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$18/year (I think 4-5 issues)
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This is Dan Harlan's magazine and its suppose to be one of the best close up
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magazines. Not much card stuff.
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Dan's has a great mind (I should probably get a subscription-- Mike Kamlet)
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The Servante
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P.O. Box 1714, Sta "M"
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Calgary Alberta Canada T2P 2L7
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$20 for 4 issues
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Unknown quality - read about the magazine in an ad.
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New Age, Bizarre Magic, Mentalism, Occult, Tarot, Crystals, etc
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Magick (Edited by Bascom Jones)
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7107 Weldon Ave.
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Bakersfield, CA 93308
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$25 for 26 issues. 4-6 pages per issue. (Every other week a bonus
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insert in included.)
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This magazine specializes in mentalism.
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Snake-Oil Almanack
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P. O. Box 465
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Monroe, MI 48161-0465
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4 issues @ $20. An issue is two books 4" by 5 1/2", ~20-30 pages each book.
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The presentation is in one, and the method is in the other.
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Published quarterly, hopefully.
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Specializes in Bizarre, New Age, Occult presentations.
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Krypts Quarterly Crier
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c/o David Zver
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89 West Broad St.
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Bethehem, PA 18018
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4 issues for $20. An issue is 16 pages of 8 1/2 by 11.
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Specializes in Bizarre, New Age, Occult presentations.
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The New Invocation (Edited by Docc Hilford)
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PO Box 17163
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Phoenix, AZ 85011
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$20 for 12 issues (12 pages, 8 1/2" by 11")
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Published irregularly.
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Specializes in Bizarre, New Age, Occult presentations.
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Magazine for Collectors
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Aphelion
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Thomas A. Sawyer
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521 S. Lyon St., No. 105
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Santa Ana, CA 92701
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$30
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Magic Collector's Bulletin
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George Daily's Magacana for Collectors
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3778 Cayuga Lane
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York, PA 17402
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(717) 757-3098
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$4 for current issue
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Magic Clubs
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Linking Ring (monthly magazine)
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International Brotherhood of Magicians
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PO Box 192090
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St. Lousis MO 63119-9998
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Tele: (314) 351-7677
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Fax: (314) 353-4771
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M. U. M. (monthly magazine)
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Richard Blowers, National Administrator
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P.O. Box 510260
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St. Louis, MO 63151
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(314) 846-5659
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Special Interests
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Rubber Chicken Chronicles
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Comedy and Christian Newsletter
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Send $2 for sample issue
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P. O. Box 505
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Sweetwater, TN 37874
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VI-B. VIDEOS ON MAGIC
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The following is a list of video tapes on magic. The intent is to list
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tapes which instruct rather than tapes of magic performances. If you are
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interested in the later, Jeff Isozaki (jti01@duts.ccc.amdahl.com) posts a
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monthly list of "Magic in Movies" indicating movies, actors, and scenes in
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which magic appears.
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Contributors:
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Sleight of Hans <HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu>
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cragaisi@isis.cs.du.edu (Chris)
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georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark)
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gumby@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (David B. Gumminger)
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halw@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Hal Work)
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jti01@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Jeff Isozaki)
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msibbern@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Sibbernsen)
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nielsen@eecs.umich.edu (Paul Nielsen)
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nigel@ietech.demon.co.uk ("Nigel G. Backhurst")
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Advanced Card Work - all of the Tannen's Stars of Magic-Paul Harris series.
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Paul is good, funny, and weird. The tapes are extremely well done, and
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the selection of magic is commercial (i.e. not just finger flinging to
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impress other magicians, its finger flinging to impress _everybody_!)
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Definitely not for beginners!
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Animation and Levitation - Kevin James' Floating Rose
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This tape is phenomenal! You might never do the floating rose, but you
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learn everything you need to do levitiation and animation (close up and
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stage). It is difficult, but Kevin takes you step by step and leaves
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nothing out.
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Basic Card and Coin Sleights - Brad Burt series
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Brad is the best teacher of effects around. He has beginners' tapes on
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cards, coins, flourishes and sponge balls. They are self-produced so they
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are more reasonably priced than Tannen tapes. Brad "guarantees" you can
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learn the stuff from the tapes. I don't know if that means refunding the
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price of the tape if you can't, but it seems worth a try. For more info,
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call (619) 571-4749, Fax: (619) 571-7943.
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From Jay Malone (malone@crash.cts.com)
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I know Brad and I
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have four of his videos (both coin videos, the sponge and the chop cup).
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Brad has been teaching many years and was, until he opened his shop, an
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active performer.
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He studies each effect that he sells and I feel that his "rating system"
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is fair. I've never been disapointed in my dealings with him.
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Basic Card Slights - Bill Tarr
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90min tape packed with, as Bill Tarr says, "everything you need to know
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to be a dynamite card magician." The video has fairly poor production
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quality, and the backdrop is quite confusing. This aside, the
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instruction is excellent; Bill Tarr is a very good teacher. The topics
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include: The Slip Shuffle, Jog Shuffle, Hindu Shuffle, Slip Cut, False
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Triple Cut, Double Cut Classic Pass, Invisible Pass, Say When Pass,
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Classic Force, Riffle Force, Top- Palm, Double Lift, Top Change, Glide,
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Buckle, Elmsley Count, Card Weaving, and Key Cards. It includes good
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bits of card business and a few good card tricks. Recommend to any
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beginning magician as a good way to start with almost all basic card
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slights. Also pretty good for those more experienced that need to work
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on old skills.
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Brad Burt Video Tapes - Brad Burt series
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Are excellent for instructional purposes. They are not fancy studio
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productions but are easy to follow. One includes the Zarrow shuffle and
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appears excellent. The tapes are advertised in Genii from Brad Burt's
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Magic Shop in San Diego.
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Card Manipulation and Flourishes
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"Card Flourishes" - Lou Lancaster
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"The Major Card Flourishes" - Brad Burt
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"Fedko - Card Illusions" - John Fedko
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"Card and Ball Manipulation" - Peki
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"Steven's Vol 3" - Shimada
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Chop Cup, The - Brad Burt
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Everything to do the Chop cup, complete with the double large load
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endings standing up and surrounded.
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Eugene Goes Bizarre - Eugene Burger - STEVEN'S VOL 4"
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I'm very impressed with Burger's Videos. The number of tricks is pretty
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low but the production values are the highest I've seen in any of the 8
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videos I own. I do a modified version of his "Retribution" (aka the
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burned card) and just left people with jaws on the floor. His Gypsy
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thread routine in "..Bizzare" is REALLY nice. I have several of his books
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and attended a small seminar that he gave in St. Paul last year. A
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thoroughly enjoyable person, he really puts a lot of work into his
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routines, books and videos.
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Gambling Protection Series - Steve Forte
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Mail order from RGE - 414 Santa Clara Av; Oakland, CA 94610
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Phone: (510)465-6452; Fax:(510)652-4330 Mail:
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RGE is a publisher and distributor of gambling related literature,
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software and videos. (Visa and MC only for phone orders)
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Tape #1: EXCELLENT examples of the pass. These videos are NOT DESIGNED
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FOR MAGICIANS OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. They target pro gamblers and
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expose gambling sleights from many angles and in slow motion, etc.
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Forte's execution of the two handed pass is flawless. Steve makes a
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living doing "cheating at gambling" demos, writing, etc. HE USED TO
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BE A FULL TIME CASINO DEALER. He also discusses stacking decks, etc.
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A great video.
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Greatest Hits - Randy Wakeman
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C&S Enterprises - 1116 Brookview - Brentwood, TN USA 37027
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90 minutes. 13 effects all taught. All Card routines.
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Great quality, post production editing by pro magician (Jim Suprise).
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Three good routines are Overclock, Card under glass, and Spectator on
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stage. I have included Spectator on stage in my own performance it is a
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great ace cutting effect. Harry Loryane Linking Ring "Fine Selections,
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fine quality, fine teaching tape"
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David Harkey Lecture - David Harkey
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Top notch! His routines are simple, visual, and strong. It requires
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some good misdirection, but its not overly finger flinging. Here are
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some of the routines he performed:
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1- He takes out a clean purse filled with black balloons. He blows one
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up and pulls off the round part. It becomes a billiard ball.
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2- He took a glass marble (it's like, man, a new age crystal, you know)
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and softened it with a lighter. He then held it to his lips and blew
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into it. It expanded from his mouth like a balloon and you realize
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it's a test tube. He fills the tube with sugar from a packet, and
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then turns the tube into an hour glass - filled with sugar. He uses
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this hour glass to turn time back to the beginning, where the tube
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becomes a marble and the sugar is back in the unopened packet.
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(PERFORMANCE ONLY)
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3- "No Return" - A safety pin is placed in a business card, and the
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hole is dragged around. (steel pin = $12)
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4- A bill and pencil are borrowed. the pencil penetrates the middle
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of the bill, which remains untorn.
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5- Four coins are visibly produced and appear at the ends of his
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fingers as he touched the table.
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6- A ring penetrates his ring finger visibly. A spectator can place
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her hand on his and FEEL the ring travel up and thru his finger.
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7- 4 coins travel into a glass - You can visibly see the coins arrive
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in the glass.
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Most (all) of the material is in his book. His lecture consists of 10
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items. His book has 60 items. All of the material is similar in
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style/strength. He is very innovative. His routines have been used to
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win awards. He spent "10 years of his life" working on this book and
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it shows. He is a nice guy and quite funny. He is easy to talk to and
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not egotistical. He has a knack of ribbing people in the audience w/out
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insulting them. This is a rare talent. Strongly recommend the lecture
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and the book.
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Illusion Video, The
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A cheaply made, cheaply bought video teaching you how to make and
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perform some standard stage illusions. Included are producing an
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assistant, a dove production and vanish, various producing tubes and
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boxes, and the flying carpet levitation (you could use an audience
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member for this one without tipping the method).
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Impossibilia - The John Bannon Video.
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It demonstrates and explains 13 tricks, and it runs 90 minutes. It's
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excellent.
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Linking Rings - Here is a partial list of tapes with instructions on the
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linking rings:
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1) Fedko - John Fedko has a series of 6 tapes numbered 1 thru 6. One
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of the tapes has linking rings as well as other platform effects. I
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believe the linking rings are on the "Classic Magic" volume.
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2) Marc DeSousa - "Prize Winning Magic"
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3) Richard Ross - Stevens' "Greater Magic" series
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The most beautiful version of rings I have ever seen. I watched it
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many times and was always impressed. He's great.
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Negotiating Higher Performance Fees audio tape - Michael Ammar
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Recommended regarding fees earned by magicians.
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On the Pass - Richard Kaufman
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I just bought the video "On the Pass" by Richard Kaufman last weekend. It
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is a good presentation of the classic pass, riffle pass and Herrmann pass
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along with several variations and tricks based on them. He first
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demonstrates the pass as the spectator would see it. Then carefully shows
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finger positions and moves very slowly. This is shown from the
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performer's point of view. Then he speeds things up. Awesome!
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My first time through the tape, I just sat there with my mouth hanging
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open. Do I ever have a lot of practicing to do. One comment he makes
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near the end of the 40 minute video is, "Practice the classic pass 100
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times a day for a year and you'll really have something special."
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Penn and Teller -
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1: Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends, The video version of their book of the
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same name. The Tricks are different than those in the book. You
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actually use portions of the video to play the pranks. Hilarious.
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2: Penn and Teller Go Public: A 30 minute video which I believe was
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originally a PBS special. They do some of their classic bits like
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the handstab and Teller's Straight-jacket escape. A mini-concert if
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you will.
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3: Penn and Teller Get Killed: An actual movie about Penn and Teller.
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Penn and Teller guest star on a talk show. Penn mentions how
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exciting he thinks life would be if someone were trying to kill him.
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You guessed it. Someone takes him seriously!! Some good magic and
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lots of humor.
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Restaurant Magic Business - Charles Green
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Tape that is VERY helpful for the restaurant performer.
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Routine Closeup - John Mendoza's
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C&S Enterprises - 1116 Brookview - Brentwood, TN USA 37027
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1 hr 40 min tape. Mendoza performs 10 effects and teaches 6 of them.
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Great quality, post production editing by pro magician (Jim Suprise).
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Particularly well explained are Mendoza's Cups and Balls and Dice
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Stacking. The Dice stacking are done in slow motion with a clear glass.
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Phil Willmarth in Linking Ring said, ".. it is far and away the finest
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instructional video I have ever seen"
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Simply Magic - Bill Thompson - from The House of Secrets,
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12 Caunce Street, Blackpool tel 0253 20902
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Thumb Tips - Patrick Page - from the Trik-A-Tape Company,
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45-47 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5RS tel 71 253 9693
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Having watched perhaps a dozen instructional VHS tapes on magic, this one
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has to be my favorite. It gives an incredible amount of detail for the
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endless variety of tricks you can do using a thumb tip. I see beginners
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frequently posting inquiries about how to get started in magic. Buying a
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copy of this tape is my advice.
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Topit Secrets - Patrick Page - from the Trik-A-Tape Company,
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45-47 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5RS tel 71 253 9693
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Zarrow Shuffle, The - Brad Burt
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This man has to be one of the best teachers I've ever seen. Here, he
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teaches both the Zarrow and Faro shuffles as well as tricks. The
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Zarrow is the best looking table false shuffle I've ever seen. Unless
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you are specifically looking for it, you can't tell the difference
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between a Zarrow shuffle and a tabled riffle shuffle - even then you
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might not do it.
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