Special Guest: Simon Drake The star of Secret Cabaret comes to the Magic Week in Review! Hear his thoughts on Believe’s bad press, the return of the Masked Magician, injuries in the line of duty and those are just where the conversation starts. A wild episode from one of the true original thinkers in television magic history. …
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MWiR Preview: Simon Drake Dominates iTricks
http://itricks.com/news/?p=4717Our guest this week on the Magic Week in Review podcast is Simon Drake. Above is a simple primer for the kind of world-altering awesome that Drake has/does/will continue to bring. Believe us when we say that this is the most incredible episode of the Magic Week in Review we’ve recorded in recent memory. …
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Weatherford: Clock Is Ticking On Believe
http://itricks.com/news/?p=4714There are three things to take-away from Mike Weatherford’s column in today’s Las Vegas Review-Journal. First, he makes a point to say that this is not his “official” review of the production, however, the handwriting on the wall reads that Cirque and Angel shouldn’t expect glowing praise on November 1st from Weatherfored. …
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Strangers Shoes!
http://strangersshoes.comvia itricks.com
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Magic news sources protest TV show
http://blog.ellusionist.com/magic-news-sources-protest-tv-sh...show causing the concern features the Masked Magician, a professional magician who risks breaking the magician’s code in order to reveal secrets of many major illusions, from the classic sawing lady in half to simple street-magic card tricks. iTricks broke some disturbing news about the show: An anonymous source reports that members of The Magic Castle have been contributing to the exposure. Young said he will name those alleged to have helped the show profit at the expense of other magicians.
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Rough week for well-known magicians
http://blog.ellusionist.com/rough-week-for-well-known-magici...t give much hope for it, either. Lost in all this is the magic. Angel’s fourth season of Mindfreak is improved from previous seasons, in regards to actual magic being shown. Tickets for “Believe” are selling fairly well. And Blaine’s “Dive of Death” featured some of the best magic since, arguably, his first, groundbreaking special. If your friends and co-workers are dogging Blaine or Angel, don’t get disheartened. Blaine and Angel are larger than life, because
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- John Huntington's Entertainment Technology Blog
http://www.controlgeek.net/blogGeorge, with Damon Wooten (also sadly departed) and Jeff Berryman he did show control for EFX, which is in the same space as Ka is now at the MGM. It too had delays, and was at the time probably the most technically complex show ever done. Again, from Itricks: As we look forward to the grand opening of Criss Angel’s Believe at the Luxor, it might give some perspective to look back at another major magic undertaking: EFX at the MGM Grand.
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Ya Gotta Believe! Criss Is Top Cirque Show In Vegas According To Ticket Sales
http://www.blacksmagicgroup.com/forum/news-releases/874-ya-g...should put that in context. Criss Angel is third amongst all shows and within spitting distance of ticket-selling machines Cher and Bette Midler. In terms of the Cirque family, Believe is tops, supplanting the long time front-runner LOVE.As [...] More...
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Magic Spectacles
http://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2008/9/29/magic-spectacles.h...through my backlog today and am clearing out a couple interesting items in my "todo" email folder with which I had some connection. With Believe on the way (and I hear from sources inside that the show needs some work, but they still have some time), Itricks took an interesting look back at other magic spectacles that either were delayed or had other issues:
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Glasgow Magic Evening Class Opens
http://www.blacksmagicgroup.com/forum/news-releases/871-glas...a new course run by professional magician Mark Walbank.Students can take the evening cl**** teaching them how to create powerful magic using cards and coins, and psychological techniques such as predictions, mind-reading and telekinesis, which [...] More...
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David Blaine on Regis & Kelly 9/25/08
http://www.OnlineMagicClub.com/2008/09/25/david-blaine-on-re...Hopefully you got to see David Blaine’s “Dive of Death” last night on TV. As I posted over on itricks
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Dive of Death: Spectacular magic, controversial ending
http://blog.ellusionist.com/david-blaine-dive-of-death-magic...and disappeared. This is going to be controversial for a while. Justin Robert Young rocks the Iron Man mask. Only Downey does it better. One word for the bullet catch: WOW. Two more: Slow motion. Here’s a shout out to those following on the iTricks live chat. Blaine did the matchbook trick again (see below) for a New Orleans Saints fan (WHODAT?!) living in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. He then changed five $1 bills into $100s with just a twist of the bills. He then passed them out. An outstanding, charitable
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