An Indian newspaper
is reporting that magician Samrat Shankar was fined by local police for
riding his motorcycle blindfolded and without a helmet. He was left
with the choice of explaining how he could drive safely while
blindfolded or pay the fine.
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Josephine Shaw passed away on November 4, 2002 at the Eliza Jennings The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports, Our prayers are with Ms. Shaw’s family and friends. She will be missed. Continue reading Former Blackstone, Sr. Assistant, Josephine Shaw Passes Mark Mysterrio was "stiff, sore and smiling Friday after spending about 12 days on a bed of nails to break a 'Guinness Book of World Records' record" reports the Pocono Record. The record-breaking stunt was to help stop the exposure of magic secrets. Continue reading Magician Gets Nailed To Stop Exposure of Secrets
David Blaine?s new book is outstanding. This review is short and to point. You need to buy the book and enjoy it. I purchased the book four days ago and had a chance to read it during a trip to the west coast. It is a book to savor. You?ll want it to go on and on but like all good things, it must end. The book allows us inside David?s world-view and particularly his character. You learn what he is and what he is not. He is, for one, a very good writer. He is not, the ?mysterious stranger? he portrays in his specials. He is a great lover of magic and magic history. He is not some one who takes himself too seriously. David traces his love for magic back to his childhood and fittingly, to his enjoyment in watching his audiences react to the effects. It is that relationship between the person providing the magic and the audience responding to the show that seems to intrigue David the most. He learned magic the way we all did: Seeing a trick, reading books, practicing, and showing. He performed whenever and wherever he had a chance but ironically he was not a street magician. In fact, he credits his work hopping tables at a restaurant as the start of his professional career. From that job, he learned to perform quickly, with very tight material and move on. He learned that his repertoire had to include new effects almost constantly but each trick had to be visual. From his work in the restaurant, he received an… I was nervous the first time we met because I was about to follow him on stage at the World Magic Seminar open mike session last year. He had just performed one of the two tricks I'll be reviewing here, Stars. The crowd of magicians agreed that it was an outstanding effect. I congratulated him as he walked behind the stands and told him I was a big fan. I was nervous — like I said — so it came out like "I fan you big. Goo Job!" He looked at me like you would look at someone who offered to "fan you big."Buthe was gracious and thanked me. I thengotmy mic put on and walked out to do whatever I do when I have an audience. The second time I met him was when I was in the library of the Magic Castle. I'm not a member of the Castle — not yet, at least — and I was wandering around looking atall of the neat stuff. There was a private party going on downstairs and the signs clearly indicated to anyone who could read that the area was off-limits. I didn't let that stop me. I went down and tried to look cool — like I belonged. That lasted about a second or two. I tried to move around the crowd so that I wouldn't be noticed but quickly found myself in the main library and who should I bump into but Gordon Bean. "Hey," I said, "Hi, Gordon." I forgot that liketelevision, people we seeon stage don't necessarilyknowour names. He smiled and looked at me as if I should say something more. "I followed you at the World Magic Seminar," I pronounced. Great, now I sounded like a stalker. So if he recalledour meeting form the World Magic Seminar, he would recall me telling him I wanted to "fan him big" and now I was telling him that I stalked him. I have a way with this language we call English. He looked patiently at me and apparently decided that I was harmless but unable to talk gooder than most. "Would you like to see a trick I've been working on?" he asked. I nodded – I was afraid to talk any more. Gordon proceeded to show me Temptation. What an incredible… Continue reading Gordon Bean — The Coolest Inventor |
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