Coffee, Cards, and a Goatee.
11.16.2005
Magical Musings
So, I haven't posted in a while. Sorry about that. But this will be a long one to make up for it. Mostly about magic things, which most of you probably don't care about, but hey, its my blog. And I'll do with it as I damn well please. You want a say, get your own damn blog.
...I'm sorry for the hostility. Moving on:
First of all, a response to the last post: Penn and Teller once again refuse to let me down. Their special, Penn And Teller: Off The Deep End was phenomenal. They really are like...how to put this...meta magicians. Not mega-magicians, like magicians who shoot fire from their eyes or something, but meta-magicians. They transcend the magician zeitgeist and play not inside the box, not outside of it, but right along the edge of it. Their work is akin to that of Hitchcock's -- commerically appealing and popular, but it also speaks, on a very deep level, to those with an understanding of the medium they are working with. Only Penn and Teller could expose method after method and only FURTHER the art by doing so. Plus, as they have often said before, whereas most magicians are "I'm here, youre there, and im going to show you what I can do and what you can't", P&T have always been about "You, the audience, and us, the performers, are equals. We'll let you into our world, and hopefully you'll let us into yours, and together we can share this thing we call magic, which is not card tricks and cheap illusions, but rather the maybes, could bes and what ifs of a life that is mostly constructed of yes and no.
...I think I've gotten a bit too theoretical on you. Allow me to move into more concrete things, by talking about this show I'm doing tomorrow...
I'm kind of pumped for this show. Its exciting. There's ads and word of mouth going around, I've got a set list and supplies...I feel like a professional magician. It's titilating for a dork like me. I'm still a little confused about what the last piece in the show will be though. I'm still leaning towards the Challenge Mind Reading, but the last 4 or 5 times ive tried it it hasn't worked. I'll probably go with it anyway, and hope that luck smiles on me tomorrow night. If it doesn't, I'll be in a bit of a jam, but hey, at least the rest of the show will have been good.
Also! On Saturday I'm doing some walk-around for a variety show being put on by the Binghamton Scholars. Supposedly BTV and the local news stations will be there, so I may potentially be on TV! Your goateed magician friend is becoming star struck already. However, the show is from 6 pm to 1 am. I'll repeat that, because it bears repeating. 6 pm to 1 am!! Damn! Thats 7 HOURS of walk around! My fingers just might fall off! But lets hope not, because I haven't learned the "Cut And Restored Dismembered Finger" trick yet. Yet.
So, thats whats new in my magical life. On a side note, if I could get personal for a moment, Heather (my girlfriend) is coming to visit on Friday for a quick overnight stay on her way home to White Plains. I'm just as excited for this as I am for all the things I've listed above. So, between the show on Thursday, Heather coming on Friday, and the Scholars program on Saturday, this might just the three best days of the year.
So I got a little sappy on ya. Magicians have feelings too. Just...sometimes those feelings are for pasteboards or half-dollars. You got a problem with that?
...I'm sorry for the hostility. Moving on:
First of all, a response to the last post: Penn and Teller once again refuse to let me down. Their special, Penn And Teller: Off The Deep End was phenomenal. They really are like...how to put this...meta magicians. Not mega-magicians, like magicians who shoot fire from their eyes or something, but meta-magicians. They transcend the magician zeitgeist and play not inside the box, not outside of it, but right along the edge of it. Their work is akin to that of Hitchcock's -- commerically appealing and popular, but it also speaks, on a very deep level, to those with an understanding of the medium they are working with. Only Penn and Teller could expose method after method and only FURTHER the art by doing so. Plus, as they have often said before, whereas most magicians are "I'm here, youre there, and im going to show you what I can do and what you can't", P&T have always been about "You, the audience, and us, the performers, are equals. We'll let you into our world, and hopefully you'll let us into yours, and together we can share this thing we call magic, which is not card tricks and cheap illusions, but rather the maybes, could bes and what ifs of a life that is mostly constructed of yes and no.
...I think I've gotten a bit too theoretical on you. Allow me to move into more concrete things, by talking about this show I'm doing tomorrow...
I'm kind of pumped for this show. Its exciting. There's ads and word of mouth going around, I've got a set list and supplies...I feel like a professional magician. It's titilating for a dork like me. I'm still a little confused about what the last piece in the show will be though. I'm still leaning towards the Challenge Mind Reading, but the last 4 or 5 times ive tried it it hasn't worked. I'll probably go with it anyway, and hope that luck smiles on me tomorrow night. If it doesn't, I'll be in a bit of a jam, but hey, at least the rest of the show will have been good.
Also! On Saturday I'm doing some walk-around for a variety show being put on by the Binghamton Scholars. Supposedly BTV and the local news stations will be there, so I may potentially be on TV! Your goateed magician friend is becoming star struck already. However, the show is from 6 pm to 1 am. I'll repeat that, because it bears repeating. 6 pm to 1 am!! Damn! Thats 7 HOURS of walk around! My fingers just might fall off! But lets hope not, because I haven't learned the "Cut And Restored Dismembered Finger" trick yet. Yet.
So, thats whats new in my magical life. On a side note, if I could get personal for a moment, Heather (my girlfriend) is coming to visit on Friday for a quick overnight stay on her way home to White Plains. I'm just as excited for this as I am for all the things I've listed above. So, between the show on Thursday, Heather coming on Friday, and the Scholars program on Saturday, this might just the three best days of the year.
So I got a little sappy on ya. Magicians have feelings too. Just...sometimes those feelings are for pasteboards or half-dollars. You got a problem with that?
:: posted by Bingmagi, 1:18 PM
