Month: March 2007

Don’t look, Ethel.

First, a quote: Here he comes, boogie-dy, boogie-dy There he goes, boogie-dy, boogie-dy And he ain’t wearin’ no clothes Oh yes, they call him the streak Fastest thing on two feet He’s just as proud as he can be Of his anatomy He’s gonna give us a peek Oh yes, they call him the streak […]

Short and sweet.

I can think of several reasons why I like Richard Kaufman. This evening one of those reasons decussated the unspoken reason I have yet to view the motion picture The Prestige: The editing and twisting of the narrative wasn’t hard to follow, but watching a film over two hours long about two asshole magicians who […]

The nicest guy in rock and roll.

Brad Delp June 12, 1951 – March 9, 2007 Remembering Brad Delp Delp remembered as generous, unassuming star UPDATE: I’m going to add this quote, currently the home page of the web site for the band Boston. I’m posting it here because it’s not likely to stay there, but it should remain visible: As you […]

Redefining “red hot” in “Red Hot Cold Reading”

Heard the one about the re-release of “Red Hot Cold Reading”, one of the seminal cold reading books, by Herb Dewey and Thomas K. Saville? Well, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want first? Okay, the good news. The good news is, “Red Hot Cold Reading” was re-released. The bad news? […]

Strip tease.

In the 90s there were not many web sites dedicated to magic. As I recall, we were all (nearly) on a first-name basis. Rhett Bryson, Christian V. Andersen, Jeff Lindsay, Dodd Vickers and, of course, the granddaddy of them all, Richard Robinson’s All Magic site — those are some of the names from the links […]