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Magic At the Edgeby Jeff McBride BEYOND STREET MAGIC! FILMED LIVE ON LOCATION AT BURNING MAN AND LAKE TAHOE! The middle of the Nevada desert. Four hundred square miles of nothing. Not even streets. Just 50,000 people attending the world’s largest art festival. It’s Survival Magic and there are no spectators, only participants in the most extreme conditions imaginable. Welcome to Burning Man and Magic at the Edge! Since the dawn of time, magicians have sought inspiration in the most unusual places. Burning Man is one of the most inspiring environments for performance magic in all the world. You’ve seen Jeff McBride featured on A&E's Mindfreak, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and VH-1’s Celebracadabra. Now you can see Jeff in action performing his magic at one of the wildest places in the world, the Burning Man Art Festival. But this is far more than just a performance video. It is a teaching video, an exploration that searches for the very heart and soul of magic. Here is an inside look into the lifestyle of one of the world’s great magicians and how and why he seeks inspiration. Magic at the Edge offers magic for all skill levels, with commentary from Eugene Burger and Jeff’s wife, Abbi McBride. They share their philosophies and techniques on performance. They teach you how you can add more meaning to your existing routines and use your magic to teach powerful lessons. Polish the magic you already perform and experience the wisdom of these masters of the art. DISC 1: MAGICIAN 24/7 EFFECTS
Magician 24/7 Audience Participation Flight Time 21st Century Street Magic with Eugene Burger Definition of Magician BONUS MATERIAL Meet Jeff McBride The Shaman’s Drum McTip #1 DISC 2: SURVIVAL MAGIC EFFECTS
Traveling with Props Less-on Interview with Sensei Strange BONUS MATERIAL Mystery School Assistant’s Revenge McTip #2 DISC 3: ART ATTACK EFFECTS
About Burning Man Simplicty BONUS MATERIAL Kabuki Magic McTip #3 TV Commercial Fire Circle You’ve seen Jeff McBride featured on A&E’s Mindfreak, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and VH-1’s Celebracadabra. Now you can see Jeff in action performing his magic at one of the wildest places in the world, the Burning Man Art Festival. But this is far more than just a performance video. It is a teaching video, an exploration that searches for the very heart and soul of magic. Here is an inside look into the lifestyle of one of the world’s great magicians and how and why he seeks inspiration. Magic at the Edge offers magic for all skill levels, with commentary from Eugene Burger and Jeff’s wife, Abbi McBride. They share their philosophies and techniques on performance. They teach you how you can add more meaning to your existing routines and use your magic to teach powerful lessons. Polish the magic you already perform and experience the wisdom of these masters of the art. Disc One Running Time Approximately 2hr 11min Disc Two Running Time Approximately 1hr 57min Disc Three Running Time Approximately 1hr 33min  |
Imagine the best magic, the best magicians, and the best producers all in one place, imagine no more.... Imagine owning the most comprehensive magic book ever written. This would surely be a treasured possession for any magician with each chapter focusing on a single aspect of the craft and the very best routines ever created for it. That's the idea behind L&L Publishing's critically-acclaimed DVD series, The World's Greatest Magic by The World's Greatest Magicians! Each volume is like another chapter in the world's best magic book. Featuring in-depth exposition and instruction on some of magic's most cherished and classic effects by its most-talented practitioners, this unprecedented series represents an essential reference work for anyone interested in the magical arts, regardless of their skill level. Magicians who specialize in close-up magic are constantly in search of material that doesn't use playing cards. Easily seventy-five percent of the magic that's been published over the last 50 or 60 years has been card magic of one kind or another so quality non-card material is a relatively scarce commodity in the literature. Volume 1 On this DVD, you'll meet seven different performers presenting and teaching powerful close-up routines that will wow any audience – and there's not a playing card in sight! The legendary Bruce Cervon starts off with a beautifully routined piece of magic where a borrowed handkerchief is clearly seen to be burned, magically repaired and then used for a stunning production. Glen Falkenstein, of the famed mentalism team of Falkenstein & Willard, combines two simple and well-known dealer items to create a beautiful hybrid of magic while Michael Ammar gives you all of the work on Stefan Schutzer's wonderful animated bill effect. Bob Read is next with a hilarious routine that will make you sorry you laughed so hard because you will be badly fooled by the trick's end. Mark Leveridge offers an elegant and very magical coin box routine while Flip brings the mystery of the classic linking rings to a few safety pins. Finally, Bill Malone performs and teaches a wonderful (and wonderfully portable!) Cups and Balls routine that will charm young and old alike. It's been said that even the world's largest and most spectacular stage illusion cannot create the impact – that feeling of pure astonishment – of a good, well-performed piece of close-up magic and on this DVD, you'll find seven compelling pieces of evidence to that effect.
Volume 2 On this DVD, you'll meet eight different performers presenting and teaching powerful close-up routines that will wow any audience – and there's not a playing card in sight! Eugene Burger and David Parr begin this volume with a stunning update of U. F. Grant's classic bill transposition. Banachek is next with a sensational book test while J. J. Sanvert combines two effects to create a wonderful interlude with a spectator's borrowed bill. Gregory Wilson follows with a mind-boggling bill switch routine that takes the audience on a figurative trip around the world while Paul Wilson performs and teaches a streamlined version of John Ramsay's classic Cylinder and Coins. Finally, Daryl demonstrates a totally impromptu one-cup routine that can be performed any time and any place.
Volume 3 On this DVD, you'll meet seven different performers presenting and teaching powerful close-up routines that will wow any audience – and there's not a playing card in sight! John Mendoza leads off with his stunning version of the Benson/Alan bowl routine, complete with three jaw-dropping final loads that actually make sense. Next up, Tommy Wonder demonstrates a truly impossible feat as he magically threads a needle with 20 strands of thread, creating a wonderful souvenir in the process. Al Schneider performs a great money printing routine while teaching the proper handling of a Himber Wallet at the same time while Henry Evans shows off a whimsical miracle where a silk handkerchief is produced from a photograph. Master coin manipulator David Roth magically transforms four U.S. coins into coins from different countries before causing them to vanish and reappear in a toy globe that was in plain sight throughout the routine. Johnny Thompson reaches back into magic history to perform and teach Max Malini's classic assembly trick while, last but by no means least, Larry Jennings demonstrates a signature effect, his one cup-one ball routine, which begins with the magical production of the cup and ends with its complete vanish. It's been said that even the world's largest and most spectacular stage illusion cannot create the impact – that feeling of pure astonishment – of a good, well-performed piece of close-up magic and on this DVD, you'll find seven compelling pieces of evidence to that effect.
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by Jimmy Talksalot A Street Magician's Manual So, ya wanna be a busker??? This is THE handbook for those ready to build a tip and pass the hat! Advice for working the street, and for working LIFE! If you consider yourself a magician, then you're an artist and you belong to a tradition (Whether you like it of not.) with expectations from your peers and the laity. This form of art can only function gracefully if the operator works with perfection in his mind, otherwise it appears clumsy and transparent to the spectator. Those words are directly from the pen of JimmyTalksalot- street performer and world traveller. Jimmy has busked the world over and learned through hard knocks and great teachers. Jimmy is a tremendously talented performer (You have to be to make a living on the streets- and eh DOES make a good living.) and more importantly SHARING! What does he share? In this book, Jimmy shares his bread and butter- not the routines he does, but the wisdom and information he has collected over YEARS of street performing in New Orleans, Europe, California, and around the globe. Jimmy is a plain talking, straight shooter and he will tell you like it is. You will hear about the glamour and the NOT-SO GLAMOUROUS side of making a living passing the hat. There are rules to street performing- it's like a special world and one where not knowing the rules will cost you MORE than money. Jimmy talks about those rules of the street. He also shares where to find the good pitches, how to draw a crowd, how to KEEP the crowd. He will tell you about various cultures and how they differ from American busking. He shares some of his magic Hat Lines to help you get fat hats. Jimmy also stresses ART, and the culture and tradition behind not only street performing but magic in general. He has a love of this art, and has strong ideas and opinions about where it needs to go and what needs to happen for it to survive. All this and more he shares with YOU! Rather than read this ad copy, I suggest you go near the bottom of this ad, and just look at the free preview.... I'll bet in those 20 pages you'll understand BETTER than anything I could tell you about this book. It is a 6 X 9 170 plus page soft cover book, small enough to take with you on the street and read in between pitches. It is a manual intended first for careful study, and then for repeat review as your experience begins to catch up with some of the ideas and concepts you will read about. This $35 book will probably pay for itself the first time you step onto the street, but even before then, you will probably find yourself taking some of this advice and applying it to LIFE in general, and your MAGIC as a whole! Peppered with snap shots and art based on Jimmys Busking adventure, there is little fluff left over in this booklet. I think you will find it a bargain and one of those books you read over and over and each time discover some new wisdom you had forgotten! Pages 170 - Softbound |
by Ron Dayton The Professor's Nightmare- Everyone knows it and does it, and audiences STILL love it. One of the biggest challenges is finding a presentation that is both unique and interesting, particularly when you know of other performer's in your market using the same old patter. Enter Ron Dayton and "Professor's Nightmare- The Awakening" Written By Ron Dayton, aka KOTAH with a Foreword by Ed Solomon. This 6 X 9 soft cover book is 48 pages, and 20 new routines for the tried and tested Professor's Nightmare. You won't find special slick moves, or any methodology in this book. You WILL find 20 new routines for the professor's nightmare everything from Gospel to Bizarre, Comedic to serious. Ron has variations using chains, Dr Frankenstein flowers, Dog leashes, Tape measures and more! Ron Dayton is one of the treasures of magic. He has authored countless books and invented tens of dozens of tricks- many of which you may do today without knowing their origin. Ron's interests are varied and wide, and he is a talented writer. He is also a deep thinker and deep person. Deep persons and deep thinkers are often moody and sentimental- Ron is no exception. You will see the moodiness within these stories not in anger or sadness but in variety of styles themes and tones. In this I was most impressed as I read these presentations. Within the 20 routines contained herein, the brief directions or notes are given parenthetically, while all the rest of the text represents spoken words. Much of Ron's writing must be read aloud and approached as prose to get a feel for how it is to be delivered, where the pauses go, and how to tell the story for maximum impact. Some of these routines will fit your tastes as is, others will be springboards for your creativity. One thing is certain, you will never look at the Professor's Nightmare the same way again! Pages 40 - Softbound |
In this whimsical DVD the infamously mercurial Dan Sperry takes you backstage to learn the inner secrets of return flight dove training. You will learn step by step how to properly train your birds for a near 100% successful return toss rate in literally any condition! Dan begins by giving you a little background into the training process and his secrets to developing this method. He will then take you backstage to where he performs nightly in Las Vegas with two untrained return flight birds and you will see the steps he takes day by day to train his birds to return with incredible accuracy. Within one week Dan had two doves returning by day 8 you get to see him use them in a live performance. Once you are ready to learn some new ideas in dove tossing Dan teaches his acclaimed tossing techniques for a more natural looking dove toss for maximum impact of your productions. You will also learn Dan's incredible handling of these eye-popping effects:
Running Time Approximately 71min |
Numismaticby Tim David "The slickest, most magical version of the 'coin through glass table' plot available to date, hands down." – Shane, Online-Visions.com Effect Borrow a coin, have it marked, and drop it somewhere near the center of an unprepared glass table. Show both hands cleanly and clearly empty. Press on the coin and it visibly passes through the table and into your waiting hand below. One second it's above the glass, the next it just drops right through. You can hand the coin (and table!) out for examination, they will find nothing. It's that simple. The way real magic should be: Quick, visual, hard-hitting, high-impact, and utterly impossible; leaving the spectators with no hope of ever figuring it out. "If you could actually push metal though glass...this is what it would look like." – Steve Fearson Works on any unprepared glass surface. Use any coin. No magnets. No "jewelry" required. Resets instantly. No funny moves - Just push and it's through. The special gimmick makes it all extremely visual and super easy to do. "The effect is very visual." – Danny Archer If you do close up magic of any kind, then Numismatic belongs in your arsenal. Everything in the description is absolutely true. Tim David has come up with an ingenious method that fools people even if they're "in the know". "Beautiful! I have no clue..." – Nathan Kranzo You get the gimmick and a full-length, professionally produced DVD that clearly explains every tiny detail of the effect. Running Time Approximately 25min |
Master Routine is a DVD series that will teach you full routines that you can learn in minutes and then perform for an amazed audience. The Ambitious Card is a classic and a staple of any professional card magician. You will learn:
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Tattoo Card Reveal INKED--a spectator's chosen card shows up as tattoo in the most unusual of places. From the creator of HOLY GRAIL, one of the greatest visual advancements to the torn and restored card plot, JORDAN JOHNSON brings you a tattoo reveal like no other on the market. A deck of cards enters play. A spectator picks a card and checks it. The magician rubs the card against his cheek and one of the pips vanishes, only to end up on the inside of this mouth tattooed into his flesh. Everyone can see it. It's right there. There's stunned silence. Striking and bold, this is the kind of in-your-face magic people never forget. Then the magician forcefully blows onto the face of the card and the pip instantly reappears. They break into applause. But there's more. The pip is now gone from his cheek. This is REAL magic. INKED. Running Time Approximately 50min |
An amazing, visual and magical transformation that will leave your audience speechless! Five cards are shown to your audience. They represent your poker hand - and a poor one, at that. With a deft turn of the wrist and a snap of the fingers, the mis-matched cards instantly and visibly change into the winning hand - a Royal Flush in spades! Easy to do, no sleights required. A very clean, direct effect from FISM card champion Boris Wild. Included is a DVD with step-by-step instructions from Boris himself, and all the necessary cards printed on Bicycle stock from the U.S. Playing Card Company. |
From the creator of Glass Mirage and ButterCoin, Silver Impression includes a full length instructional DVD, and two incredible gaffs. With these tools, you'll be armed and ready to visibly melt a coin with your bare hands, and smash your fingerprint into the coin - permanently! In addition, you'll learn how to use these techniques to create a stunning card revelation. Warning: this effect is so powerful, spectators will swear they just witnessed a true paranormal event |
by Ben Harris The Perfect Magnet to drive Ben Harris' Enlightenment - The Ultimate Floating Card or any PK Effect. Compared to other PK magnets, the Paradigm Shifter is quite moderate in it's strength. It is designed to be finger palmed for close use to the Enlightenment Engine. Some of the larger and stronger PK magnets in the marketplace will have to be held further away from the Enlightenment Engine. The more powerful the PK magnet, the greater the distance for activation. A STRONGER MAGNET DOES NOT give a higher levitation. |
The Ultimate Floating Card "The Power Of Enlightenment" is not "the talent for acquiring wisdom"—as one might assume. Rather, it is the rarely seen ability to make any given object incrementally lighter—sometimes to the point of defying gravity—to "enlighten". Here's the key effect: A spectator shuffles the deck and nominates any of the cards as her favourite card. This card is removed, examined and placed face up onto the top of the shuffled deck. The spectator HOLDS THE DECK IN HER OUTSTRETCHED HAND. On the performer's command, the selected card slowly breaks free from the vice-like grip of gravity—rises into the air—floats for as long as the performer wants, and then slowly descends. So freaked-out is the spectator that she breaks with protocol and reaches for the selected card—turning it over—looking for some secret. NOTHING IS FOUND! It simply looks amazing. Spooky. Hauntingly beautiful. Amazing magnetic control feels like "real magic!" IMPORTANT NOTES:
Bonus: Floating Bill On Spectator's Knee. Requires typical PK-Style Magnet for operation. PARADIGM SHIFTER MAGNET available as optional extra. |
As always with Mikame Craft you receive a genuine piece of art, very high class magic apparatus. Place your bird into the box. Now you take the box apart and show each piece. There is nothing to hide! Very light, Beautifully made and high gloss painted. 14x1/2" x 13x1/2" x 6" and Only 2.8 pounds! |
Hypno Trickby Ben Williams Now it is possible to make people believe you are a master of suggestion/hypnosis techniques without having to learn the detailed ins and outs of this advanced skill! Imagine dividing your audience into two groups, the first you influence with an hypnotic suggestion, and the second remain unaltered by your powers! Effect With HYPNOTRICK a spectator can select a card from a deck and show it to everyone in his group before signing it. The performer then shows the second group the selection and they see a totally different card, despite there being only one card and it being signed across it's face! The performer can release the spectators from their hypnotic state at any time, to show the true identity of the card. Oh, and the card can then be immediately inspected! Now you can do all these things with Hypnotrick, a brand new effect from the creative mind of Ben Williams. With this knowledge and detailed photo illustrated routine you will be able to perform a whole range of effects from convincing people you are a master of suggestion techniques to doing a signed colour change using just one card and your bare hands. This effect could also be translated onto stage for a larger performance maybe in a mentalism act. This is visual magic at it's best, not just 'another card trick'; this can be as powerful as you want it to be. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Can the spectator really sign the card? Yes! Although it is not necessary, the spectator can sign the FACE OF THE CARD before it changes. There are no duplicate signatures used. The signature can be in full view the whole time whether the 'hypnotised' group or the 'unhypnotised' group are seeing the card. Can the spectators inspect the card? Yes, after the trick is done the card is 100% examinable and can be kept as a souvenir, something I would encourage. In fact because of the nature of the effect the card can also be fully inspected as it is selected. Do you need to be highly skilled with cards to perform this effect? No, not at all. In fact all you need to know is one sleight that is not hard to execute and 95% of people reading this will probably know how to do it. The handling has also been refined so that there is no knucklebusting sleight of hand required, allowing you to concentrate fully on your performance. Do you need to know any hypnosis or suggestion techniques? No you don't. Although to gain full credability for what this effect can achieve you should be able to act the part of a mentalist or somebody who can influence a persons mind using suggestion, such as when you read a spectators mind to tell them what card they have. Is it suitable for 'real-world' working conditions? YES! Here's a few reasons why :-
"Nice One!!! I've been playing with this for the past few weeks and I LOVE IT!" - Dan Makings "I purchased this on the strengh of your other 'own' items which I have found to be excellent. Once again I am not disappointed. Keep it up!" - JoJo UK "I actually made a GUY scream out in shock and amazement with this! It's a strong bit of magic guys, now moved it to be a card magic closer effect! Thanks" - Mat Cane "I have my sticky mitts on a copy of Ben Williams' effect, Hypnotrick. I havebeen eager to see this ever since Ben showed me a video when he was workingon the effect. Hypnotrick is written with Ben's friendly and witty style. The instructions areclear, detailed and easy to follow. Ben goes into the minutest detail whendescribing his presentation and handling of this effect, though he pointsout that this is just one presentation, you could easily come up withsomething that fits your own style. What I particularly like is the depth in which Ben describes the finerpoints of the handling, misdirection and audience management, something thatmany magicians leave out when publishing an effect. The effect relies on a simple gimmick which is easy to prepare, there aredetailed instructions on how to do this. Due to very clever routining thecard is 100% examinable when selected and at the end of the effect. It canbe signed by the spectator if you wish, and can be handed out as a keepsake.You end totally clean. This is a very clever routine with the potential for you to inject your ownpersonality into it, though Ben's style fits it perfectly and he givesdetailed instructions on how to achieve this. It's a routine which willamaze your spectators and have them thinking you truly do have hypnoticpowers. For the spectators that is the only possible explanation. I am now busy practising my hypnotic stare, and unnerving all around me Imight add! I have tried this out on my family who are used to being my magic guinea pigs, but this really freaked my sister out, tee hee! I willdefinitely be adding this one to my new repertoire of effects this year andI highly recommend it. For all you wannabe Derren Browns out there, you are going to love this.Brilliant in it's simplicity as the best magic effects should be, but withgreat reactions! I wonder if Derren has seen it yet?" - Stephen Morrison Pages 8 - Saddle Stitched |
The Ultimate Method to Divine a Spectator's Thoughts DIVINE2--step into the uncommon mind of Stathi Zaf, one of the most extraordinary underground magicians to ever hit the scene. Combining his deep appreciation and love for magic and mentalism, a passion for engineering, and a critical thinking ability that would challenge the most gifted inventors in history, Stathi Zaf introduces you to one of the most devilish and deviously clever methods ever devised to definitely divine a spectator's thoughts. On the streets and in the studio, Stathi teaches you everything you'll ever need to know to not only construct this diabolical gaff, but to also slay audiences no matter what venue you perform in. And the beauty, is you'll do it right under their noses. Kept secret and only revealed to a select few for many years, Stathi finally shares this fantastic method with you in this informative and educational DVD as part of the Stathi Zaf Project. Running Time Approximately 20min |
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