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Desert Brainstorm 2

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Effects Performed and Explained:
Larry Becker – A Case of Simple Logic
Christopher Caldwell – Ani- Mental
Gene Urban – Body Talk
Docc Hilford – The Seventh Sign
Lee Earle – Manila Miracle
Kenton Knepper – The Five Bill Miracle
Mark Strivings – Confabulous Vacation

Magic Convention at the Capital 1999

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:08:12 +0000

Performers and Effects

Highlights from the lectures of today’s hottest performers! Year in and year out, the A-1 MagicalMedia Convention at the Capital is hailed as the greatest convention ever. The reason for that is the performers. With this incredible videotape you don’t have to miss a thing. These highlights of the 1999 A-1 Convention feature eight of the top magicians in the world sharing their pet secrets with you. Material suitable for close-up and stand-up, each effect is performed before a live audience and then meticulously explained. Not only that, but you will watch and learn secrets never before chronicled on videotape.

Close-Up & Stand-up! It’s just like being there!

Aldo Colombini – No- Palm Repeat Card To Pocket – Imagine, the spectator’s selection magically travels to your pocket – TWICE – with no palming required!

Paul Green – Tradeshow Transposition – A working pro teaches you his most sought- after tradeshowstopper!

Lee Earle – Life Force Triangle – An amazing effect that gets them to take your business card home!

Gregory Wilson – Body Piercing – A very creative and magical one-coin routine!

Paul Wilson – Spellbound To Please – Scotland’s top sleight-of-hand artist gives up one of his pet coin routines!

Chad Long – Ninja Coin & Ninja Key – Two extremely magical effects that make it appear you have the dexterity of a Ninja magic Master! Flip a coin high in the air and appear to catch it deftly between your thumb and forefinger! Or toss your keys in the air and catch the right key at your fingertips every time. It looks impossible, but it’s easy to do!

Frank Balcerak – The Color-Changing Pen – A beautifully thought- out method for magically changing the color of your trusty sharpie!

Mark Strivings – Psychic Influence – A wonderful mental effect wherein the performer predicts a matched pair from a spectator-shuffled deck!

Lennart Green – Green Lite

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There is no one else in the world quite like Sweden’s Lennart Green.

He is a true original, both in life and in magic, and his originality really shines through in his incredible and hilarious performances.

As a F.I.S.M. World Champion he is in constant world-wide demand, culminating with his tour de force appearance on NBC’s World’s Greatest Magic.

Lennart does things with a deck of cards that no one has ever done before. Much of his creative and original card work has been chronicled on his masterful six-volume DVD set, Green Magic. Now here comes Volume 7: Green Lite, with a big twist!
As you know, much of Lennart’s card magic is in the intermediate to advanced range. On this volume, you get over two hours of blow-your-mind, Self-Working, and Easy-to-do card effects! Imagine, all of the impact and none of the work needed to achieve the eye-popping results of a Lennart Green Miracle! This volume also features Lennart’s masterpiece of card magic, The Eye of Stonehenge, quite possibly the most mind-boggling card effect ever invented! A closely-guarded secret for many years, Lennart has used it to fool the greatest minds in magic!

Effects Featured:

Fractured,

4 Aces Squared,

Stolen Cards,

The Eye of Stonehenge,

Rain Man,

26,000 dollar,

The Dragon’s Pearl

Michael Maxwell’s – Really Warped

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Card Warp is one of the all-time classics of card magic. In essence, a card turns inside-out – half face, half back. Normally, the card is torn in half and left for the spectators to examine, and possibly reconstruct how it’s done. Michael Maxwell’s Really Warped takes the effect into another dimension!

Here’s what happens: A card is selected and signed by both you and a spectator, one signature on the face and one on the back. A borrowed dollar bill is then folded in half and the signed card is slid inside. Now, with no funny moves at all, you push the card through the bill and it turns inside-out – the face visibly changes into the back – and the signatures are in view the entire time! The change is repeated as many times as you wish; you can even push the card only half-way through, showing a face and a back at the same time!

It’s a stunning effect and, best of all, it’s easy to do. Now for the coup de grace; the card is given out as a souvenir – still half face and half back, and still with both signatures. It’s the ultimate give-a-way!

Included are handlings by Michael Maxwell and Darwin Ortiz, as well as 10 “warped” cards to give away. You can also perform it with no signatures and use the same gaff over and over. Don’t you think it’s time to get…REALLY WARPED!

Collectors Edition of The Award Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 10:44:00 +0000

Master one great rope trick and you will have a piece of magical entertainment that will serve you well for the rest of your life under almost any performing conditions. Rope Magic is the ultimate “packs small, plays big” effect. In The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary, not only will you learn the rope routine that won him the title of World Champion, but you will learn enough high-quality, stunning rope magic to keep you busy for a lifetime!

Tabary’s beautiful rope magic is visual, clean, brilliantly structured and flawlessly executed. He has used his F.I.S.M. act to baffle and confound magicians and laymen alike all over the world. To witness the finale of his act where one rope visibly melts into another is to see magic at its highest level. It is absolutely breathtaking!

The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary contains an incredible collection of mind-boggling original inventions. You will not find minor variations of tired old effects here. Tabary has created beautiful new effects, brilliant new methods, and even ingenious new principles. There is nothing ordinary or standard about this man’s thinking!

Every detail of Tabary’s incredible rope magic has been painstakingly written, and is expertly illustrated by renown artist, JEFF. This book is sure to be a crown jewel in your library and will become one of your most treasured resources.

Guy Bavli – Bending Minds, Bending Metal Series 2

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Effects Performed and Explained:
Incredibly Clean – An easy mental masterpiece with cards!

Question Mark Mystery – A matching pair of cards is located by a spectator using only the power of the mind!

Fan Vision – A thought-of card, the performer names it!

The Perfect Prediction – The ultimate book test, near- impossible conditions!

Impromptu Card Stab – A card is selected and lost; cards are tossed into the air and the selection is impaled on a knife!

The Perfect Clipboard – Guy’s ultimate routine for the popular marketed clipboards. Just like real mindreading!

Todd Strong – Dice Stacking Book

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:55:53 +0000

The Dice Stacking Book is 104 pages of tips and advice covering all sorts of dice stacking variations.

Well illustrated, including two flip books that show the basic stack and decapitation.

Paul Harris – Supermagic Book

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 09:54:08 +0000

This book is about a strange being from the West Coast possessing miraculous skills and incredible ideas. SUPER MAGIC. Able to create innovative routines at a single bound. Faster than a speeding billet. More powerful than a gross of TV Magic Cards. And who, disguised as Paul Harris, a mild mannered close-up worker, continues to fight a never-ending battle for better effects, stronger presentations, and the American magician’s way of life.

SUPER MAGIC is one of Paul Harris’ greatest books on close-up magic. It features such super routines as: The Ultimate Rip-off, Las Vegas Split, Hi Ho Silver, The Torn Restored Coin, The Ace Trap, The Library Card, etc.

Pages 134 – Softbound

Carl Cloutier – Lapping It Up

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:51:57 +0000

Here’s your chance to learn in exacting detail the act that catapulted him onto the world stage. Balls appear and vanish in the blink of an eye, he pulls signed, chosen cards from his pockets and inside his sock and more! Learn the close-up act of the decade from this highly acclaimed and respected artist.

Contains performances and explanations:
-Ballissimo*
-Liquid Asset
-Traveller’s Advisory*
-Carl’s Coin Production*
-Sleeving the Matrix
-Tete a Tete

* (from Carl’s FISM Award Winning Act)

Michael Maxwell – Learn to Levitate

admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:49:32 +0000

Learn the Secrets of Levitation
Learn the most amazing feats of magic possible-levitations! No effect compares to having an ordinary, everyday object seemingly defy gravity. Watch your audience gasp with delight as they witness the miracle of levitation. On “Learning to Levitate,” you will learn the closely-guarded secrets of making objects float in mind-air, things like money, matches, cards, knives, canes, balls and the coup de gras, yourself! Yes, it’s true. With no special gimmicks whatsoever, you can give the perfect illusion of levitating yourself right off the ground. And even more, it’s easy to do!

Contains:
The Floating Dollar Bill (with Thread Reel) The Floating Dollar Bill (featuring the “Burr Secret”) The Levitating Dollar Bill The Floating Match Swiss Movement (Paul Harris’ Animated Pocket Knife) The Floating Card The Dancing Cane The Floating Ball (for stage) The Balducci Levitation (Floating yourself!) Running Time: Approximately 40 Minutes