Blackpool Convention 2010 – Part III

O.k, now it almost month ago, but I want do complete my Blackpool report.
The dealer’s room
When I first visited Blackpool Convention I was totally stunned about the size of the dealer’s fair. It covers the whole floor of the Empress Ballroom, its balconies as well as a second hall the Arena. All in [...]

Blackpool Convention 2010 – Part II

Sorry that you had to wait that long for Part II, but I’m just too busy at the moment with other projects. But now as promised Part II
Saturday
As Levent had introduced me to David Kaplan, who stopped by at our dinner table, I wanted to see his lecture, although it was the first in the [...]

Casting a ritual dagger

While working on Eugene Burger’s pretty routine “The Burned Card” I was not really happy with the force that he proposed, as in my view it did not fit well in a Voodoo based theme. After reading the book  Roy Benson by Starlight I decided to use the  Benson Knife Force but I wanted to [...]

Used Magic Items on my blog

I just added a new page to the top menu of my blog “Used Magic Items” there I offer some magic items that I no longer need.
I want to point out, that I never sell any items that I got for free for doing a review! Also if I perform or plan to perform any [...]

Blackpool Convention 2010 – Part I

I will only talk about my personal highlights as it was just too much going on and I could not see everything. As in numbers Blackpool 2010 again broke its records: 3600 Magician from 36 countries and 125 international dealers…

On the way to Blackpool

I’m almost on my way to Blackpool to the world biggest magic convention. I’m really looking forward to it as it’s every year a great event. Especially I’m happy to meet Levent face to face after seeing so much of his great work.
If you are also there, I would be happy to meet you. You [...]

Welcome in 2010! What’s coming up?

First I want to wish you all the best for 2010!
May your dreams come true and that you will have success in magic!
After 6 months online, I’m very pleased and a bit proud on how well this blog was so well receipted by my readers.
Here are some statistics that may be interesting for you:

Visitors since [...]

Review: Levent’s Ultimate Guide to the MISER‘S DREAM

“Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Miser’s Dream, But Were Afraid to Ask” would have been the subtitle that I had chosen for the DVD if someone had asked me. Levent stays a bit more serious in stating “Everything you ever wanted to know about this classic effect!” And exactly that’s what you get when buying this three volume DVD set….

Keeping this blog ad-free

Dear Readers,
As you can imagine, it takes a lot of time and energy to blog in the way I do. Most bloggers try to get a bit of compensation by placing ads on there pages. From start on, I decided to keep this blog free of any advertisements to ensure my independence from any [...]

Preparing Ropes

After it took really long to get me hooked on ropes, I know love them and especially my own cut and restored rope routine. In this post I want to share my experiences and ideas on how to prepare / gimmick a rope.
First, what type of rope to use. I recommend a soft cotton rope [...]