Magic Magazine "David Stone" June 2015

CONTENTS

JUNE 2015
VOLUME 24
NUMBER 10

David Stone: Perfection is the Minimum
By Jaq Greenspon
French magician, actor, and lecturer David Stone is known for his clever, comic, creative close-up, yet he remains uncomfortable with praise for anything less than the perfection he strives for.

Some Moves, Routines, and Gimmicks
By David Stone
David Stone teaches card and coin magic, including his version of the Snap Change, along with a novel variation and two routines using the moves. Plus, he shows a gimmick to secretly load coins into your previously empty hand.

Theatre of Dreams
By Tim Pendergast
For a dozen years now, Joe Givan and Carol Massie have created a family atmosphere for performers and audiences alike with their Theatre of Dreams, a unique magic venue located outside Denver, Colorado.

Lefty's Incredible Hat Trick
By Richard Faverty
Douglas Leferovich. Lefty. The Red Gamester. All three are actually the same person - one man who is a magician, producer, consultant, nightclub proprietor, creative director, and wearer of various other hats.

Plus Updates on...

• Jason Hudy in The Magic of Saipan.
• Stuart MacLeod's short silent film, Funny Love.
• The 45th anniversary gathering of Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic.
• "A Moment With..." Mat Franco.
• MAGIC Magazine "Conventions at a Glance."

Bonus Content for the June Issue...

• A David Stone performance at Double Fond in Paris.
  
  
• Performances and explanations of David Stone tricks with cards and coins.
  
  
• Cameron Francis performing Sleightless Sightless.
  
  
• Performance and tutorial of Immediate Ace Spelling from George McBride.
  
  
• All 21 of the products reviewed in the June issue, plus 414 reviews from previous issues, are all now available at the fully searchable "Marketplace" section of M360.
  
  
• Convention Podcasts: SAM National Convention, IBM Annual Convention, Abbott's Magic Get-Together, and MAGIC Live!

(* Available for subscribers only at M360)


Marketplace Twenty-one products are reviewed this month by Michael Claxton, Peter Duffie, Gabe Fajuri, Jared Kopf, Francis Menotti, Peter Pitchford, John Wilson:
Confictura by Thomas Moore
Too Hot to Handle by Kieron Johnson
Unlink by Jordan Victoria
Tchin by Eric Leblon
Three Ropes and a 1000 Laughs by Cody Fisher
Hacked by Brian Kennedy
Conjurors, Cardsharps and Conmen by Bernard Reid
What Tha! by Roger Lovins
Quantum HD by Magic Encarta
Badge by Alexis de la Fuente and Sebastien Calbry
The Matrix Pad by Richard Griffin
Something Out of the Ordinary by Nicholas Lawrence
Magician Nitely and Fechter by Jerry Mentzer
Dissolve by Francis Menotti
Incarnation by Marc Oberon
Against All Odds by Alakazam Magic
I Lie for Money by Steve Spill
Elit by Peter Eggink
The Changeling by Marc Lavelle and Martyn Rowland
Canic by Nicholas Lawrence
50fifty by Brian Kennedy

Finn Jon's Esoterica: The Vanishing Cigar
Finn Jon
In this effect, the magician enters the stage, puffing a cigar. But the cigar obviously does not taste good. The sour cigar is crumpled up into the magician's hand, continuously releasing smoke, and then disappears without a trace. I usually use this effect as an opener. The design of the fake cigar has undergone several steps of development. I conceived a cigar that could be operated with only one hand, as well as added a gadget to allow it to be smoked like a normal cigar for a short while. The new method is a good simplification of my first method, as it is easier to build, handle, and maintain. And the illusion is stronger, because the cigar is continuously giving off smoke until the moment it vanishes. Finally, a pure sleight-of-hand version might just be the best way to do this.

First Look: Out of Sleight
Cameron Francis
Cameron Francis is an actor and magician currently living in Orlando, Florida. He is well known for his offbeat, quirky style of magic. Taken from his new Big Blind Media release, Out Of Sleight, Sleightless Sightless is an amazing card experiment involving mindreading, clairvoyance, and precognition.

First Look: The False Deals Project
George McBride
George McBride is well known as a card worker of devastating caliber. A respected and revered member of the Scottish magic underground, he is famed for his elegant style and flawless technique. This effect, Immediate Ace Spelling, is taken from his new Big Blind Media release, The False Deals Project, a four-hour class in the art of false dealing. Here, a spectator shuffles an ordinary deck of cards. The performer then immediately spells to three of the Aces. The deck is handed to the spectator, who spells to the fourth Ace.

Loving Mentalism: The Eye Of Horus
Ian Rowland
There's a rich cultural blend in "Loving Mentalism" this month: an Italian mentalist shares a routine about an Egyptian symbol, and it would play well just about anywhere! The mentalist is Luca Volpe, a full-time professional whose routines pack plenty of strong emotion into the proceedings; he's often known as the "senti-mentalist" for this reason. The effect is one of inexplicable divination. A participant from the audience successfully identifies the contents of a sealed envelope and has absolutely no idea how she did it. Simple to do, but very baffling!

Bent on Deception: Sound Advice
Mike Bent
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