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 Written by Jeff Stone  Stone Cold Magic News  3 Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Jan 102012
 
Free Stuff!

Help Me Win a Contest Before January 20, 2012 What a headline . . . but it’s true. I entered my effect Quarter Bird into the MagicSeen magazine Master Class Contest. If you liked that effect then vote for me. Of course, to keep things fair, here are my competitors, so if you like their effects better, then vote for them: From Magicseen Magazine Issue 42: All the entries for the Masterclass Award 2011 have now been published and we need you, dear Readers, to help us to decide which of the contributions is worthy of receiving the framed Masterclass [...]

Ghost in The Machine

 Written by David Acer  Free Magic  No Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Jan 102012
 
Ghost in The Machine

The Year is 1995. The place is Kansas City. Carl Cloutier and I are among a handful of magicians from the North who have descended upon Stevens Magic emporium to shoot a two-volume video set called The Magic of Canada. The magnanimous Joe Stevens tries to make us feel more at home by serving maple syrup and being polite. It works – everyone’s in a great mood. During a break, Carl and I wander over to the vending machines, and while he’s dropping in coins, I’m toying with a deck of cards. Then I see the “insert dollar bills” slot [...]

Love Cards, More Power To You, Oddballs, and Vertigo

 Written by Jeff Stone  Gems and Rubble  2 Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , , , ,
Jan 102012
 
Love Cards, More Power To You, Oddballs, and Vertigo

Send Products For Review Here As you know, each month I review a few products and give them a status of either Gem or Rubble (sometimes something in between). If you have (or know someone who has) a product you would like reviewed, please send it to: Stone Cold Magic Reviews 3367 South 6400 West West Valley, Utah 84128 I’ve got a pretty big stack, but I will make every effort to get the review out as soon as possible. All Gems this month . . . some a little less gemy than others. Craig Petty’s Love Cards – Gem [...]

Custom Connections

 Written by Jeff Stone  Roots and Branches  No Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , ,
Jan 102012
 
Custom Connections

You’re pumped up; You’re energy’s high; Table number 4 requested “The Magician.” You walk over there and everyone seems nice. You introduce yourself. You pull out a deck of cards, and that’s when it happens. The spectator says the most retarded thing you can imagine: “I’ve seen this one.” Doesn’t that kind of imply that there is only one card trick in the entire universe? How do you counter that? Even if she wasn’t being a heckler . . . maybe she was excited and she was telling her friends how excited she was to see that trick again. However, [...]

Dessert First

 Written by Kyle MacNeill  Free Magic  No Responses »  Tagged with: , ,
Dec 302011
 
Dessert First

Effect: You explain to the spectator how in some modern books and films they show you the ending first, and then the whole book builds up to that ending. To keep up with modern times, you have decided to create a card trick based on that principle. Firstly, you show the ending. To do this, you make the two red aces appear, and place an invisible prediction in between. With that done, you vanish the red aces and say that they will be brought back to the story when it is the end again. “Now for the beginning.” You get [...]

Surfaced, Whiplash, Color Changing Deck and Silent Treatment

 Written by Jeff Stone  Gems and Rubble  No Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,
Dec 302011
 
Surfaced, Whiplash, Color Changing Deck and Silent Treatment

Send Products For Review Here As you know, each month I review a few products and give them a status of either Gem or Rubble (sometimes something in between). If you have (or know someone who has) a product you would like reviewed, please send it to: Stone Cold Magic Reviews 3367 South 6400 West West Valley, Utah 84128 I’ve got a pretty big stack, but I will make every effort to get the review out as soon as possible. How’s this for a weird set of reviews: 2 gems, one rubble and 1 that’s bot gem and rubble. Read [...]

Houdini vs. Houdin

 Written by Jeff Stone  Stone Cold Magic News  No Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , ,
Nov 302011
 
Houdini vs. Houdin

The Magic gods Smiled That Day I hope everyone had a weight-gaining, new-belt-hole-punching Thanksgiving! I know I did. It was baby Oliveah’s first Thanksgiving. We hung out with some friends for the big day. Of course, I got asked to perform some magic. So I busted out 10 ESP cards that I keep in my wallet. I performed an effect where the spectator handles the cards for the most part. However, the cards must remain in a particular cyclical stack for the effect to work. As I was about to perform the effect, one of the guests (friend of our [...]

Minty Fresh Coin in Bottle

 Written by Dan Paulus  Free Magic  1 Response »  Tagged with: , , , ,
Nov 302011
 
Minty Fresh Coin in Bottle

. . . So there I was, sitting in the car with the motor running while my wife ran into the store for “just a minute.” Ya that’s right, I fell for it! While my wife’s minute turned into thirty, then forty, then . . . well, you get the idea – I got bored. I had eaten the last little mint from my box of tic-tacs and was fiddling around with the box. So bored was I that I started to wonder, “What magic trick could I do with this little box?” After awhile I worked out a method [...]

Exchange Rate, Fast Company, Exit and Gafftastic

 Written by Jeff Stone  Gems and Rubble  No Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Nov 302011
 
Exchange Rate, Fast Company, Exit and Gafftastic

It looks like we’ve got a balance of 2 gems and 2 rubbles this round . . . not bad. Cameron Francis’s Exchange Rate Inc – Gem Damian Nieman’s Fast Company – Rubble Mickael Chatelain’s Exit – Rubble Liam Montier’s Gafftastic – gem Cameron Francis’s Exchange Rate (MSRP: $30.00) Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: I’d Just Love to Lay You Down By Conway Twitty. I’ll just dive right into this. For $30 bucks, you get 8 tricks . . . mostly good tricks, but even so . . . that’s a little pricey considering the price of other DVDs [...]

ACAANC

 Written by Jeff Stone  Roots and Branches  No Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , ,
Nov 302011
 
ACAANC

I’ll give you three guesses as to what the last “C” stands for in ACAANC. I’ll give you a hint; it rhymes with “rap.” Any Card At Any Number. To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, What’s the deal with that plot? Spectator number 1 names any card. Spectator 2 names any number. Spectator 3 counts down to the named number only to find that the card at that number matches the card named. It’s a decent effect. However, many of the methods are way to fidgety and call attention to the wrong place at the wrong time. Additionally, many methods use crazy [...]

You’re Right

 Written by Jeff Stone  Free Magic  4 Responses »  Tagged with: , , ,
Oct 262011
 
You're Right

Another entry from my upcoming book . . . Here’s a fun little ploy I’ve used to add a little comedy and misdirection to my close up performances. When I need to stack a handful of cards for an effect, I’ll use this. If I’m just stacking 2 or 3 cards, then I may not use this. However when setting up 5 or more cards, this is a lot of fun. The basic idea is this: let’s imagine that I need the entire hearts suit in order on top of the deck. I’ll go through the deck and cut the [...]

Four Piles of Rubble You Don’t Want to Miss

 Written by Jeff Stone  Gems and Rubble  5 Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Oct 222011
 
Four Piles of Rubble You Don't Want to Miss

Man o’ Man . . . This gaggle of magic is one of the worst bunch I’ve reviewed. I’ve reviewed a ton of stuff over the years, and . . . well . . . just read it yourself . . . L&L Publishing’s World’s Greatest Magic – Magic With Dice – Rubble Shane Black’s The Pandora System – Rubble Simon Lovell’s Million Dollar Secrets With Cards – COMPLETE AND UTTER RUBBLE Stephen Tucker’s and Martin Breese’s This, That and The Other – rubble L&L Publishing’s World’s Greatest Magic – Magic With Dice (MSRP: $20.00) Random I-Tunes Song Of The [...]

Blink, Blank, Fully Loaded, Illusions, I’m So Confused

 Written by Jeff Stone  Gems and Rubble  No Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,
Sep 222011
 
Blink, Blank, Fully Loaded, Illusions, I'm So Confused

Gem, GEM, grubble, Grubble . . . Alex Moffat’s Illusion Through Expectation – GEM! Mark Mason’s Blink – grubble Craig Petty’s Blank – Grubble Gareth Shoulder’s Fully Loaded – Gem Alex Moffat’s Illusion Through Expectation (MSRP: $39.00) Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: Burning Briges By Survivor Yes folks . . . they had more than one hit. So does Alex Moffat. His DVD Illusion Through Expectation is not just a clever title for a DVD; it’s also a solid mantra for the magi. This DVD, though a bit pricey, is loaded with gems. Let me get my complaints out [...]

D.E. Triumphs!

 Written by Geoff Williams  Free Magic  No Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , ,
Aug 302011
 
D.E. Triumphs!

Effect A card is fairly selected and fairly placed into the deck. Half of the deck is fairly shuffled face up into the rest of the face down deck. With almost no moves whatsoever, the fairly selected card is fairly shown to be the only face up card in an extremely face down deck. What could be more fairly? Requirements For this you’ll need a regular deck of cards, three kerosene-powered flashpots and some mango-scented Baby Wipes (just kidding; only one flashpot is used). I loved this Triumph effect when I first tried it and, after playing with it for [...]

Maven, Maven, Maven, Maven

 Written by Jeff Stone  Gems and Rubble  No Responses »  Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Aug 302011
 
Maven, Maven, Maven, Maven

This Month it’s all about the maven, Max Maven. I figured if you’ve ever wanted to get to know Max Maven, The following four Gems are perfect for this. First you get a documentary about Maven’s life. Following that you get three DVDs of commercial powerful mentalism that is solid gold. Donna Zuckerbrot’s Max Maven: A Fabulous Monster – GEM Max Maven’s VideoMind: Volume I: Close Up – GEM Max Maven’s VideoMind: Volume II: Parlor – GEM Max Maven’s VideoMind: Volume III: Stage – GEM Donna Zuckerbrot’s – Max Maven: A Fabulous Monster (MSRP: $20.00) Random I-Tunes Song of The [...]

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