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Saturday night, I did my magic lecture for the Portland Society of Magicians. This was the same lecture that I did for the PCAM magic convention a few months ago.

This lecture is mostly platform/stage material, however there is a lot of stuff of use to close up performers. In the lecture I talk about how I create original magic, and ways to make magic your own. It’s always fun to share my “art” with other magicians!

-Louie
PS You an get the lecture notes at: https://www.magicshow.tips/lecture-notes-2025/

In my reading of The Bat magic magazine, I found an interesting trick from July 1945. In the magazine, this is called Radio Mind Reading by Professor Elkan M Lipka. Despite the name, I’m not sure how this would work over the radio, but the magazine says it’s a good phone trick that makes much more sense.

The effect is you show the layout below. Someone thinks of a any card and they tell you if it’s in row A or B. Then they also tell the which of the numbered rows it’s in. You then tell them the card they are thinking of.

I posted this on my Facebook and had people do it. I did make one change: instead of them telling me which rows it appears in, I had them tell me the sum of the rows. I think that buries the method a little bit by adding a variable where you could get to a number multiple ways.

A change I would make is to adjust the method to match a memorized deck stack rather than the ace-to-king order. That would make it a trick that the average person couldn’t backtrack. That said, in either form, all the person has to do is say it’s math or an algorithm, and they’d be right, and there’s really nothing you can do to dispel that.

I think that if you used this with a physical prediction, like an invisible deck, you might have something. If you put the layout image on a projection screen and talked about how magic used to be done, and how it’s done now. Here’s how this trick would look in 1945, and here’s how it looks now.

-Louie

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This is a quick heads up that I’m out of town October 4th, 2025 through October 12th 2025.

No orders will ship during that period or work on products will happen while I’m away. In stock items will ship on 10/13/25.

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I just wanted to give a quick “thanks” to all the magicians who came out to visit with me this summer!

Here’s the pictures of some of the magicians that visited!

There were a ton more, but I can’t find the pictures.

If I’m ever performing in your area and you come out, be sure to say HI!

-Louie

One thing I try to do is send a handwritten thank you postcard for every gig I do. Well, almost every gig. If it’s a horrible experience and I don’t think it’ll change and don’t want to do it again, they don’t get one.

There’s not much to these, just a simple thank you. That’s all. I used to send a more elaborate thing with a survey, but no longer do that. Just the postcard.

This is just another way to keep your name in front of the booker after the gig.

-Louie

It’s taken bit to get to posting about this, but about a month ago I went out to see Wes Barker‘s show when he was in Seattle. Before the show I met up with Eric and Alyss Stevens for a quick drink.

Then on the walk to the venue, we ran into another magician Brian. When we got to the venue, we ran into Wes taking tickets.

There was a miscommunication about booking a ticket taker with the venue, so Wes did it. He was great taking tickets. He handled it really well and was essentially an opening act to his show. The show was Wes and two comedians.

Wes is a great example of what a modern magic show is. Not a ton of props and a lot of personality. There was one idea in his show that I thought was amazing and wish I had thought of it. The whole show is really great with a lot of surprises. If he’s in your area, it’s totally worth checking out his show!

After the show Eric, Alyss, Brian and I had a little magic jam.

I do love seeing shows that inspire me to be better!

-Louie

On this episode of the Moisture Festival Podcast we welcome in puppet maker Annette Mateo. We discuss her interest in puppets as a kid and how she rekindled her interest in it after attending her first Fremont Solstice Parade.

We chat about the puppet scene in Seattle and the various ups and downs over the years for her as a puppet builder. We also discuss her thoughts on emceeing the Moisture Festival Open Stage event just a few days before the interview. A great conversation with a creative mind and awesome person.  

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