Entries from February 2006 ↓

When I read Mogs review of another of Euans book­lets More Deriv­a­tive P*sh I was intrigued enough to visit his site. When I saw the con­tent of his book­lets I was inter­ested. When I saw the types of reviews he was get­ting from the likes of Peter Duffie, I was sold. Unde­cided on which of his four book­lets to buy I made the hasty deci­sion to get the full col­lec­tion. I con­soled myself that at least my beer tokens were going to a fel­low Scot (cheers Euan), and it wasn’t the first or last time I’d spent a wad of cash on unseen magic. As fate would have it, I wasn’t dis­s­ap­pointed. A few days later an enve­lope arrived with my pur­chases, with a hand writ­ten note from Euan, thank­ing me and advis­ing me if I needed any help to con­tact him (nice touch). Now I haven’t had time to look through the mate­r­ial in detail, but from my rough browse I am very impressed. Heres a review of the book­let which I have had a chance to work­thru in detail, Free from Filler.

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Tricks con­tains mate­r­ial for all skill-levels, from tech­ni­cally demand­ing ren­di­tions of the “Cards to Pocket” and “Open Trav­el­ers” to self-working “Faux Automata” using cel­lu­lar phones and lap­top com­put­ers. In between, close up mir­a­cles, par­lor tricks and stage effects abound. Stand­out effects include “Postage Pre­dic­tion,” a no-nonsense men­tal effect with postage stamps; “Bad Habits,” an improved, log­i­cal ver­sion of the “Cig­a­rette Through Quar­ter” plot; and “Match­less Psy­chom­e­try,” an up-to-date ver­sion of Annemann’s clas­sic “Pseudo-Psychometry.”

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