Shameless Plugs
“… you can amaze people once or twice, but if you can make them laugh you can entertain them forever.” Jeff Dunham, All By My Selves I like to call myself a “hack magician”. “Hack” in this case is a bit of self-deprecating humor, implying that I know that I’m not the greatest magician in [...]
A friend of mine, Steven Moore (of the now famous Knight of the Living Dead Kindle book!) and I were talking about what it’s like doing more than one “job”, that is, being a magician and doing something as a “day job”. Steven has had a few full time magicians give him grief about not [...]
Keep Calm-o-matic poster generation. Tobias’ Credo, if you haven’t worked it out by now.
One of the biggest challenges for any itinerate variety performer is getting all the stuff you use in your show from where it’s stored (usually at your home) and getting it to the place where you’re paid to use it. This can be particularly tricky with outdoor events, as there’s not a great deal of, [...]
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From my “adopted dotter” Nichol – Nikol Bischoff I dunno tons about star charts but… Perseus 2h 39m 0.61s 57o 3′ 40.36″ is now named Tobias the Adequate So wow! I’m a star all right!
I have to give a shout out to the esteemed Mister Brian Brushwood for providing not only a good source for cheap magic wisdom (ie: free), but also a darn entertaining podcast in Scam School – put forth weekly but not weakly, Mr. B shows you a new way each week to use your powers [...]
