On Magic.

I’ve recently had the pleasure of testing the new Self Tying Shoelace (STS) magic trick from Jay Noblezada.

I’d heard good reviews of the trick, so I decided to find out for myself. And I’m glad I did!

Many magic tricks are cheaply produced, with instructions printed in black & white, with grainy images and possibly a DVD-R. What a breath of fresh air Self Tying Shoelace was. You get a proper, professionally produced DVD, with a quality glossy instruction booklet. The gimmick itself is a good solid professional product.

I love performing the trick. The beauty of it is the fact that you perform the magic when nobody expects, as if you weren’t expecting it yourself! You simply wait until someone points out that your lace is untied and then you shake your foot, the lace visibly tying itself!

For the price of this product, it’s an absolute bargain. It’s one trick I can honestly guarantee right now that you’ll be happy with, in terms of value for money, quality and magic trick effect.

To view a demo of Self Tying Shoelace, and to buy it, click here.

As if his pending rape allegations aren’t enough excitement for one month, David Copperfield is now being sued by two seperate companies, who claim that he pulled out of shows, thus breaking his contract.

Copperfield missed the appointments due to the ongoing sexual misconduct case.
He apparently entered a contract with the companies in September for 38 live performances in  Singapore, Bangkok and other countries. He was also contracted to 10 other performances in the United Arab Emirtates.

Copperfield had performed over 200 times with the companies in the past.  They had agreed to pay Copperfields company $4.4 Million. They had paid him $2.2 Million as of October.

World famous illusionist David Copperfield is currently being investigated by the FBI on suspicion of rape.

An un-named 21 year old woman made the claim whilst the two were staying in the Bahamas.  Copperfield denies the accusation, and as yet has not been charged.

Two female spectators commented on Copperfields character. One stating:

“I do think that David Copperfield uses his show to pick up women,” Heidl said, adding: “He was creepy and strange, but I don’t think that David is capable of being a rapist.”

The girls friend added:

“I wouldn’t like to think that. He should just give us more magic and less of ‘I’m David Copperfield, sex God.”

The girl continued on to describe Copperfields pervy comments:

“He put his arm around me and whispered in my ear and told me to grab his butt,”

He then apparently continued to persue the young female throughout the night with lewd and suggestive comments.

I stumbled across this cool magic trick recently.

I love the impromptu nature of the effect, and I’ve never heard of it before.

Next time your friend is drinking redbull, you can perform some totally impromptu magic. Enjoy!

The Amazing Red Bull Trick - Amazing videos are here

Magician Keith Barry has attracted criticism over his latest stunt, set to be aired on ITV.

The magician will  hang up 6 nooses in front of a live studio audience, one of them a dud, then ask a spectator to select one.

The performer will then proceed to attempt to hang himself using the selected noose. Presumably magically revealing the selected noose to be the dud.

The stunt has outraged many, with one Charlie O’Connor stating:

“This so-called trick is disgraceful and disgusting. It is the most insensitive attention seeking stunt I have witnessed in a long time. For this horrific and tragic act to be shown on national television and considered as entertaining viewing is an outrage.”

Let’s just hope that this doesn’t end up as new material for ‘Magic tricks gone wrong’!

If you have even the slightest interest in mentalism magic, then you will have heard of this book.

Described by many as “The bible of mentalism magic”, 13 steps to mentalism is the be-all and end-all of mentalism.

It’s a weighty book, 424 pages in total, hardback, and is packed with information, tips, tricks and routines to keep you entertained for a while to come.

The book introduces a range of gimmicks and tools available to the magician, and goes on to cover topics such as mental and memory systems, peeking methods, cold reading, card tricks and even publicity stunts!

The sheer range of information packed into this book is astounding. It’s clear that a lot of work went into producing this. There is one thing you can be sure of when purchasing a book such as this; You will not be disappointed.

If you’re looking for knowledge on a specific area of mentalism, then this book will teach you it, and so much more. You can literally be taken from absolute beginner to a professional level (combined with the practice required of course.)

Do I recommend it? Well, when I compare it to whatever else you can buy for £16.99, I can’t really think of a better way to spend your money. Buy it!

Buy 13 Steps to Mentalism Here