Dustings #125
/If you have the most recent book (or will have it soon), check out the Digital Appendix next week for some updates/alternative handlings for a couple of the tricks which might be of interest to you.
Yesterday, new contributor Chad Brooks wrote:
WHY WOULD YOU TELL PEOPLE YOU’RE GOING TO DO A BETTER TRICK THAN YOU’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO?
He even helpfully put it in bold and capital letters.
A good example is this moment from Karl Hein. His claim is semi-outrageous—maybe not meant to be taken literally—but still, what’s the upside of building something up only to underwhelm? Especially when the payoff is such a tiny little airy queef of a moment.
Honestly, even just saying, “This is gonna be awesome,” was too much build up for that.
Very few magicians make me genuinely laugh. David Williamson is one who does. This is a great clip which was new to me. Thanks to J.S. for passing it along…
Hot tip for anyone who owns this product.
What I like to do is get a second one and wear it reversed on my chest so I can carry DOUBLE the amount of magic items in a way that is almost as inconspicuous and unobtrusive as wearing just a single one of these vests is.
Then I put on a jock-strap and cup and load it up with a bunch of thumbtips and D’lites and stuff.
