Cheap Magic
In my last post, I mentioned how wandering through a craft store could be perilous … here is the result of one such excursion … Two small wooden “rounds”, some paint, stick-on lettering from the scrapbooking section and a sharpie marker… and we have the work-in-progress “parlor” version of my” Up-Vertible”…. all for about one-third [...]
One of the things I find myself doing from time to time is wandering through craft stores. Usually I’m doing this because my wife wants to go to one, but… I’ve found a lot of useful stuff wandering the rows of scrapbooking, wood, paint and random other supplies. Poster board, too. It’s odd, but in [...]
In his feature article in Genii magazine, Mac King once said that if his luggage was lost during a trip, he could put his act back together with a quick trip to the Woolworth’s. I got to thinking about that – so long as I can get to a hardware store I can put together
… Just a little teaser picture of what will be the Big Stupid Finale for the remainder of my 2010 season. The anvil is not part of the Finale…. Yet!
A little bit of goofy schtick using two hands and 11 fingers. Also: The first public display of the new Szur coat!
I have to give a shout out to the esteemed Mister Brian Brushwood for providing not only a good source for cheap magic wisdom (ie: free), but also a darn entertaining podcast in Scam School – put forth weekly but not weakly, Mr. B shows you a new way each week to use your powers [...]
I was lucky when I started the Magic Act in that I was given a budget by the management (my patient, long-suffering wife) and told that I could spend that money to acquire what I needed to acquire in order to further my career. I was unlucky in that I had no adult supervision during [...]
Aside from “How do you do that?” the most common question I get is “where did you learn how to do that?” Amusingly enough, I have the same answer for both. I learned most of what I do on stage from printed sources. I use books (which in this case will cover ‘everything in print [...]
