This just in: Illusionist DAVID COPPERFIELD is planning to go one better than rival DAVID BLAINE by impregnating a woman live onstage. The magician will carry out the stunt in Germany, without – he insists – even touching the volunteer. Copperfield tells PageSix.com, “There is a great deal of new territory to conquer. I’m going […]

For some people, failing drives them to drink. For David Blaine, however…there’s this: David Blaine, who failed to break the world record for holding his breath underwater last week, has announced his next stunt will be living among wild animals in the jungle. The 33-year-old was released from a New York City hospital last week […]

Some of you will be familiar with this quote: “Note also that you must have none of your trinkets wanting, least you be put to a nonplus: besides it behoveth you to be mindful whereabout you go in every trick lest you mistake and so discredit the Art.” –The Art of Jvgling or Legerdemaine’ 1614 […]

First, a quote: Plus ça change Plus c’est la même chose The more that things change The more they stay the same — Rush, lyrics to Circumstances from the album Hemispheres (I could have just used the quote alone, since it’s a popular phrase in French — a language with which I am somewhat intimately […]

Sometimes it’s a real joy to listen to professional entertainers talk about other entertainers. I’m not a big fan of podcasts. I think they’re a very good idea on paper, but they don’t really fit my lifestyle. To enjoy a podcast, you have to listen to a podcast — and pay attention. It’s not like […]

When in doubt, start with a quote: I’m so bloody rich I own apartment buildings and shopping centers And I only know three chords! — Alice Bowie, “Earache My Eye“ This post was a long time coming. In fact, bits and pieces go back almost a year when, at various times, I was struck by […]

The shortest passage in the Bible is found in the Gospel of John, Chapter 11:35: Jesus wept. This may not be the Gospel of John, and this may not be the shortest post ever on Escamoteurettes, but I thought I’d post my thoughts on my initial experience with Ben Harris’s new trick, Hole in the […]

Thanks to a post at RealityTVWebsite.com (and not ABC for some bizarre reason) we learn a few more things about David Blaine’s next television special, and his next stunt: David Blaine Returns to ABC In DROWNED ALIVE – Seven Days Under Water At Lincoln Center Hold Your Breath… David Blaine Is Coming! David Blaine Will […]

Richard Osterlind’s project to produce a guide book to accompany each of the seven DVDs in the Mind Mysteries series has, so far, been a remarkable success. Purchasers have been virtually unanimous in their praise. As a natural result of the interest in the guide books — and the reviewing of the DVDs — certain […]

I am under no delusion that I am a writer. (Pretend you are Cary Grant and pronounce those last two words out loud — that’s what I had in mind.) Oh, make no mistake, I love to write. While I sometimes fret over the way one word preceeds the other in the way Alain Ducasse […]