I’ll admit to being a bit looser these days about what I’ll post to Escamoteurettes, though I probably have more unfinished drafts that may never see the light of day than posts you’ve actually seen here. In the beginning, I made a conscious decision to stay away from much of the current events type stuff. […]

First, a couple of quotes: “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get ahead in this world are the people who look for the circumstances they want. If they can’t find them … they make them.” – George Bernard Shaw That is pretty apparent, […]

I find ironic the fact that I’m writing a post on Escamoteurettes to answer some of the remarks you made in a post on Magic Rants today dealing with whether or not to host/field comments on blogs. Normally, in the blogosphere, these comments would be entered and hosted with the article on which I’m commenting. […]

I read two things last night worth mentioning: The first is a blog post on how to blog. Not often, but every once in a while someone emails me and asks how to get started blogging. The simple way is to go to Blogger, follow the instructions, and start typing. Beyond that, I’m really not […]

Todd Karr posted a note to the Genii Forum last night noting Teller passed along word from Sandy Marshall that The Dean of Magic, the great Jay Marshall, has passed away. Anyone who has experienced the loss of a close family member will tell you that, even knowing the end is near, when it happens, […]

As any blogger who has been around the block a few times knows, the comments section is where the real fun occurs. It’s the question and answer session that occurs after someone puts out their opinion on something. Most blog posts are shoot-from-the-hip style writing and it’s in the comment section where things often get […]

This post is about a Gospel magic themed cups and balls routine. (I’m kidding.) But, as I just wrote to Jim Sisti, the two recent topics that have garnered the most comments here at Casa Escamoteurettes are Gospel magic and the cups and balls. Go figure.

Not so long ago, I wrote here that I have a love-hate relationship with the cups and balls. If I left you with the impression that love and hate set the balance even, allow me please to clarify: I hate more than love the cups and balls. And, by that, I mean the trick itself. […]

A friend of mine is having his spleen repaired this morning. While he’s having the necessary procedure done, I think it would be a kind gesture for magicians to visit his blog and read his latest post, though it may do you more good than him: Arrgh!!!! (While you’re there, why don’t you spend some […]

Sure, we are enjoying an age of technological advances that make anything found in Hillard’s “Greater Magic” seem so…20th century. The Hubble Space Telescope is one piece of technology that has absolutely exceeded the expectations of most who encounter it. Last August, NASA reported that Hubble’s eight year-old Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph failed to respond […]