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What Does It Take to be a Mentalist?
Tuesday, 15 December 2009 03:24 | 
Written by Massimo Malloque | 
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What Does It Take to be a Mentalist? Now, there’s a question. This is something that a lot of the younger magicians ask my fellow mentalists and me. We try to answer the question the best that we know how, but the answers never seem to be said correctly and as it should be. The young magicians find it hard to follow or understand what we try to say. We have pondered, considered and brainstormed this question and it is hard to understand. We have tried to put it in a recipe form, a scientific equation, and even in a formula; nothing seems to make a dent in the process. After, many years of thinking and many man-hours of struggling with the question, I am attempting to formulate a universal answer or at least a start to the answer.
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Del Ray: The Greatest Magician You've Never Heard Of!Friday, 11 December 2009 18:25 | Written by John Randall | | |
If you're under the age of thirty, here's someone you've probably never heard of. But that's about to change. Del Ray was born Delbert Raymond Petrosky in 1925 in the quiet little town of Hubbard, Ohio. At the age of three, he entered an orphanage in the nearby city of Warren. It was there, long before thoughts of puberty ever entered his mind, that he saw a professional magician for the first time ever. And he was hooked.
Repair and Maintenance of your Magic Tricks and Apparatus - Part 2Tuesday, 08 December 2009 00:07 | Written by Massimo Malloque | | |
This is the second installment of repairing your own magic props. I think I forgot to mention in volume 1 that I do have a lot of experience in repairing, refinishing, refurbishing, and building magic props. I have a little over 40 years of doing the repairs, building, and etc. on magic props. My father was a master wood worker and an Industrial Arts professor. I learned from him and he was my building partner and consultant for years. Last Updated (Tuesday, 08 December 2009 22:25)
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On Why Illusions are Expensive: The Artist, the Engineer & the IllusioneerTuesday, 01 December 2009 18:33 | Written by Ryan C. Reed | | |
From a note posted elsewhere, I thought these were strong and sound words so I thought I should share it with you. Last Updated (Saturday, 30 January 2010 00:43)
Blending Your Magic Act: From Random to RoutineMonday, 30 November 2009 20:27 | Written by Massimo Malloque | | |
I have often wondered what would have happened if when I was first learning magic and mentalism, and buying every prop in the store, if someone would have said “you need to learn how to blend”. I was like every other student of magic; I just wanted every prop, gimmick and secret there was. I never stopped to think of putting the same kinds of effects together for a routine nor did I realize that what I was stringing together for a show was just effects, no real entertainment value at all.
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4 Assorted Gags - Giant Comb, Bang Gun, Nose/Glasses, More
( / Comedy and Kids Magic)
Friday, 19 June 2009
