A couple of weeks ago I wrote about why I like Michael Close’s magic so much. This was, primarily, for those of you who haven’t taken the time to make yourself familiar with his magic, since anyone who has crossed paths with Close’s magic probably found my praise akin to watching reruns of M.A.S.H. Recently, […]

I’ve been watching the feeding frenzy that found expression in eBay auctions wherein sellers are offering up copies of the Max Maven book, “The Protocols of the Elders of Magic,” at prices ranging from the truly sublime, to the truly — and I mean truly — fantastic. After tabulating the results, I find that the […]

First a bit of the story: International man of mystery, David Blaine, stopped by Brooke Army Medical Center here Nov. 22 to perform “street magic” for the wounded warriors recovering at the hospital. Blaine performed three shows at the center – in the Amputee Care Center, the Burn Center and the hospital auditorium – for […]

By now you’ve probably learned Dean Dill and his family were in an accident a couple of days ago. It was bad. Apparently, Dean and his family had stopped to help someone who’d overturned their vehicle, and someone slammed into Dean’s vehicle. Pete Biro copied a note from Alphonso: Dean has broken ribs, cracked pelvic […]

It’s been wickedly amusing to see the discussions regarding Hermetic Press’s book by Max Maven, “The Protocols of the Elders of Magic” — especially when the discussion surrounds ethics and secrets. (And, eventually, all discussions regarding magic lead to ethics and secrets.) Steve Pellegrino admits to reading the Genii BBS thread about the thing, and […]