Andi Gladwin has asked me to post a short note. His excellent site Future-Of-Magic.Com has suffered a set back due to server errors, and for similar reasons he has lost his Trick&Treat subscribers database. Trick&Treat being Andi's FREE monthly newsletter full of gossip, hot news and a brand new trick or idea every month. So if you were a subscriber or fancy becoming one, all you have to do is click the link above to e-mail Andi with a subject such as "T&T Subscription" and he will do the rest... Hurry up though as the next issue goes out at the start of December!
Tom Stone - Trollkarl, Magiker, Artist och Underhållare: The WebPage of Tom Stone, author of The Warpsmith's Toolbox and The Warpsmith Returns. I have just got hold of a copy of the Warpsmith Returns, and I will hopefully review it here shortly, for now check his site, most of it is in swedish, but there is a good essay on creativity for us English!
Standupcom Magazine: An online Magazine devoted to the British comedy scene with reviews, interviews and gossip. Of interest to Magicians is the really interesting interview with Jerry Sadowitz it lets you into a bit of his background etc. Check out Jerry's new show Jerry A Tric on Channel5 on a Sunday Night! But not if you are easily offended...
Aerotech projects: They manafacture Illuminated Juggling Equipment. I saw 'Feeding the Fish' use them on this weeks Blue Peter their club juggling was out of this world!
HOW TO VOTE IN PALM BEACH FLORIDA: ROFL, A beginners guide as to how to vote correctly! I won't even mention the farce that is the American election, but I thought this was amusing! What happened to using simple boxes for ****s sake! Why do you have to punch holes at all?! I guess it makes counting easier if its done by machine, all though you could just use an OMR.
Magic Tricks Page: This page contains lists of references to certain tricks, for instance if you were wanting to do a Sponge Ball routine or a Linking Rings routine, you could find pre-published routines.
A BIZARRE MAGICK BIBLIOGRAPHY: If you are interested in this area of Magic, check this extensive Bibliography by Joe Lantiere to see what you should have on your bookshelf.
World Magic Center: This is a site by Al Schneider, the guy who invented the Matrix. The purpose of this site is to provide high tech magic information to the world wide magic community. Al starts this off with an excellent paper entitled 'The Theory of Magic'.
The Scooby Doo / X-Files Conspiracy Theory: I love Scooby Doo, I'm a big fan and apparently I do a fairly good impression of him as well :) Check this site out, it compares X-Files (another favourite of mine) to Scooby! (Link via usr/bin/girl)
The Arts of Magic and Illusions: Nice site with some interesting interviews with top Magicians, just added an interview with Card Magician Martin Nash.
CCMagic: Chase has just redesigned this site with a promise of some more content, you have to sign up to gain access, check out his version of Twisted Sisters.
Virtual Deck: The most comprehensive card calculating program I have ever seen, does everything you can do with a normal deck, and you can analyze the results.
hmmmm: An Abridged essay by Aaron Smith on Mesmerizing an Audience. Also from this page you can get a special time-limited offer to buy his new book Methodical for only $5.
The Magic Hat!: Despite having a pretty poor site design (what is with those animated gifs?) this site actually contains some good content, particularly the articles and bits on the conferences. He also wants to take on any content from magical sites that might be closing down, or messages from magic boards that may be lost in cyberspace.
Future Of Magic: Andi's site has just got an update, with the start of a very promising column from Ryan Pilling, and the start of some streaming video as well. Give him your support by joining in the forums, next update promised on Nov 15th. Also if you haven't done so already sign up for Andi's Monthly Newsletter Trick and Treat Issue 4 has just come out and it contains a really good plot line for Twisting the Aces.
Quarks and Quirks by Ben Harris: Ben has released some pre-publication information about the book. Looks very intriguing, I am going to get my pre-publication order in. I was discussing effects like this last night with someone at our club, the difference between Card Tricks (ie. counting, spelling) and Tricks with Cards, ie. Card Warp, Card Linking etc. The stuff in Q&Q is the very essence of Tricks with Cards, and the kind of thing that 21st Century Magic should be about, I'm looking forward to this!
PayPal: WOOHOO! PayPal is now INTERNATIONAL... that means you can now use it in 25 different countries for payment by CreditCard over websites, including of course here in the UK... we love you PayPal! Also it means that anybody can accept CreditCard payments without having the expense of setting up CreditCard transaction accounts etc.
Eugene Burger: Read Eugene's Genii column at his site, see him perform 'Thought Sender' and read a bit about the man behind the beard. Also if like me you enjoy reading what he has to say, you should check out his new book Mastering the Art of Magic.
