The book I’m reading right now is Atomic Habits by James Clear. This is about creating new habits and breaking old ones using small steps. I’m about halfway through it and really liking it so far. I’m practicing more, and dinking around on social media less. So that’s a good start. One thing that was … Continue reading “Take Action…”
In the past I think I’ve written about this, however there are a few instances recently that got me thinking about using face masks and hand sanitizer in magic routines. First of all, it’s no longer the elephant in the room that needs to be addressed. It was in March and April, but not now. … Continue reading “About Masks…”
Recently, I’ve been writing a bit about progressive anagrams and their use in virtual shows over the internet. I’ve come up with a bit of a routine, here’s what my idea looks like: You put display a coin envelope in your left hand and hold your empty right hand palm up. “Imagine I have some … Continue reading “Progressive Anagram Routine…”
Take Up Reel $400 A Take Up Reel is a reel that has one function, to shorten a length of string on a “wrist to wrist” pull. This allows you to use the pull easily at any point of your act. If you don’t know what a Take Up Reel is. It’s a double locking … Continue reading “Take Up Reel”
If you’ve seen my magic lecture you’ve heard my favorite quote, which is essentially what my lecture is about. If you haven’t, here’s the quote: Go past crowd pleasing and into real comedy… Mel Brooks He says it on Tom Papa’s podcast, it’s a great interview and you should listen to it. In my lecture … Continue reading “Take It Further…”
This morning finds me back at the airport after being home for about 30 hours. It was great being home for a bit and my family had tickets to see Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live last night and it was a blast. Joel Hodgson the show’s creator is also a magician and did one of … Continue reading “Take a Risk!”
Last week I performed at Jeff McBride’s Wonderground in Las Vegas. It was a lot of fun. In my show I take a couple of risks, and usually they pay out HUGE. Let me back up a minute, I went to Wonderground with some friends who had been showcasing at the same conferences as me … Continue reading “Have an Out!!!”
The last few weeks I’ve added a few new things into the show. Yesterday at the fair some friends and amazing performers watched my show and gave me some great input into the new routines. Having someone watch your show with a fresh set of eyes is amazingly helpful! Having an ad hoc team of … Continue reading “It Takes a Village…”
Sometimes you have to do something that’s hard. Where if it fails, you stand to actually lose. I was curious about adding money to the presentation of the 10 card poker deal. The idea of losing real money, even for a sure fire bet was hard to do the first time. Yesterday I put some … Continue reading “Take a Risk…”
After playing some more with the Three Ball Routine, I started to write up a little routine. The routine changed from what I had written yesterday for an ending, however the ending that I wrote make more sense with the routine. I still like the egg idea from yesterday’s post, just not with this routine. … Continue reading “Three Ball Routine…”
