Review: New York Coin Seminar DVD Vol 10

This is a DVD from the series that captures most parts of the famous New York COIN Magic Seminar of David Roth, Dr. Micheal Rubinstein and Mike Gallo.
Mike Gallo
I’ve hadn’t seen this performer before and I am really enthusiastic about him. His style is very relaxed and casual, his methods are direct if not so [...]

On trick Exposure

I know, that his topic is discussed very controversial in the web. Here is my point of view which is also the politic of my blog:
I don’t think that exposure really hurt our art and these are my reasons for it:

How many people of our audience take really the effort to find a solution for [...]

Comment function is working now

Just a short note. The comment function on the blog is finally working. All dialogs are in English now.
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Have fun
Tom

Short Update on the NEWSFLASH last Tear

In my last post about how to make the last tear of newflash easier I described a method to fix the packet that was not perfekt. I had both ende glued below the packet whit the result that during one restauration I was left with to pices of the strip in each hand with the [...]

How to make the last tear of NEWSFLASH easier

If you own NEWSFLASH from Axel Hecklau, you too may have problems with the last tear of the newspaper with the handling Axel shows on his DVD. He also shows an alternative handling which is much easier, but has the drawback that you have to re-sort the paper layers before you can do the restoration, [...]

Review: Flaming Business Card

Just imagine you were able to produce a burning business card anytime, anywhere, blow it out and hand it over to someone. See a video and review here.

Magic on Stage by Jeff McBride

Some weeks ago I received the very read worthy Muse Letter from Jeff McBride. (If you have not subscribed to it yet, I recommend to do it here.)
In the mail aforesaid there was a link to, in my view, one of the best articles written about rehearsal and creation of your own routines.
Check it out  [...]

Development Philosophie

As already mentioned what I don’t want is to create a second SAP  with The Outlook Show Manager
We will start very, very small and add all the nice features that are really needed. I have a quite clear picture of what I need, but this should not be a tool just for me. [...]

Reviews: Brutally honest and subjective

Under the tag review you will find more reviews of magic tricks, DVDs and books. As already stated in the heading, I will be really honest with you, but please be aware of that they are also very subjective.
If you want to have your product reviewed by me, please send me an email at mail@escamoteur.de.
As [...]

NEWSFLASH – The last word on the torn and restored newspaper

To be honest, the classic effect of the torn and restored newspaper did not really appeal to me for a long time. Somehow it looked too common and in a way trivial to me. This started to chance while watching the DVD from Paul Potassy who has a very entertaining newspaper routine with a nice [...]