Monday, February 25, 2013

Kozmo says Reel Magic Issue 32 is ready!

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I just wanted you to know that the issue 32, Boris Wild is now available. If you're a current subscriber It will be arriving in your mailbox soon. If you're not a current subscriber Hit the link below

Ok, here's the news. We now offer Reel Magic via On Demand. Its a netflix model where you get every back issue and all future issues for $5 a month plus additional content that we are presently creating to add to the site. Currently there are 13 back issues PLUS the new issue on the site. This works fantastic. If you would like to see what Reel Magic via streaming looks like simply go to our web page and click on the Josh Jay Icon on the right of the front page and take a look. Imagine being able to access every issue of Reel Magic plus tons of additional content from any computer in the world by simply entering a user name and password. 

Another topic I want to address is that the US Postal service has raised prices on packages out side the US again. It's gone up $4 this time so in turn we will be raising our prices outside the US by $15. We're taking a loss again but want to keep you as a customer. Seems like a good time to convert to On Demand right? It's $60 a year, its there now and there's the additional content still in development.

OK so here's the link to our web page below.

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We really appreciate your business at Reel Magic and hope we here from you soon


Thanks
Kozmo 

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Magic Magazine Preview for March 2013

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MAGIC Magazine Month Year CoverMAGIC Magazine March 2013From The Editor

About a year ago, I received a call from Gina Soliz, a senior publicist at Warner Bros. She told me about a movie in production starring Steve Carell as a magician, and she asked what it would take to get a feature article in MAGIC and possibly even a cover. Next thing I know, my son and I are visiting the set in Los Angeles. Warner Bros. was generous in supplying us with some exclusive photographs and access to the filmmakers. At press time, however, the movie is still not ready for viewing, so I guess we'll all see this together. Maybe you could email me your (short) review.

Meanwhile, enjoy Shawn McMaster's behind-the-scenes story in the March 2013 issue, is now out in print, as well as on both the iPad and the Kindle Fire. If you haven't already received your copy, here's a look at what else is "between the covers."

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MAGIC Live Intern Program

Masters of IllusionWe are looking for young magicians, age 15-19, to participate in our intern program during MAGIC Live, August 11-14. This is a unique opportunity to work with the MAGIC Magazine team in all areas of the convention: registration, set-up, hosting, backstage, and more. You will also join in teen lunches with special magic guests, giving you an opportunity to mingle with, and learn from, some of the best. It's hard work, but a truly amazing, one-of-a-kind experience! If interested, please email Rory Johnston (rory@MAGICmagazine.com), explaining why you'd like to be an intern, along with your bio and where we can see footage of you performing.


Burt WonderstoneMore stories in MAGIC this month:

COVER: Looking at Magic with a Magic Eye
By Shawn McMaster
Magicians are the focus of Steve Carell's latest comedy, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, which opens in theaters this month. Shawn McMaster discovered that the folks behind the film have something of a history with magic, and a love for it that allows them to both honor and parody the art.

Mark MasonDoug McKenzieMark Mason: Major League Pitcher
By Alan Howard
He's a performer, dealer, manufacturer, lecturer, and creator of magic. But Mark Mason is first and foremost a pitchman. Countless hours running carny games and extolling the virtues of household products have honed his spiel and audience psychology — useful assets in the magic business.

Taking Advantage of the Opportunity
By Jaq Greenspon
Doug McKenzie is a magician with an international upbringing and a technological bent. This combination of background, skills, and interests serves him well as a performer and as a consultant to several high-profile conjurors around the world.

That's How It All Began
By Mark Kalin
If a magician is fortunate, he or she might become known for a signature piece — an act that is immediately associated with a particular person. How do these career-defining routines come about? There is no one answer, but Mark Kalin asked half a dozen magicians "how it all began."

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  • Jorge Blass debuting his new Spanish television series with Luis de Matos, Juan Tamariz, Sos & Victoria, Yunke, and Dani DaOrtiz.
  • Twenty-five of the United States' finest professional close-up magicians — and one from England — entertaining Medal of Honor recipients at an Inaugural Ball.
  • Two successful fundraisers in Massachusetts to benefit David Oliver.
  • A reunion of some of the more than 2,000 graduates of the Magic Castle Junior program.
  • MAGIC Magazine's listing of "Conventions at a Glance."
  • Reports on La Grande Magia competition in Italy and Magic Outlaws on the Travel Channel, plus remembrances of Imam Hossain and Kees Schoonenberg.

More products reviewed this month:

Eighteen products are reviewed this month by Michael Claxton, Peter Duffie, Jared Brandon Kopf, Francis Menotti, Arthur Trace:

WoodylandWoodyland by Woody Aragon
Pack Small, Play Big: The Tradeshow with Dan Harlan
Quadrant by Brandon David and Chris Turchi
The Ultimate Control from Happie Amp
Wayne Dobson & Friends by Wayne Dobson
A Baxt, a Boy, and a Bucket with Robert Baxt
Angel by Chris Knudsen
Modern Intricacies by Yoann
The Dance with Brain Platt
Profile and Skewer by Garrett Thomas Quadrant
iProject with Alan Rorrison
The Evolution Deck by Bob Solari
Milbourne Christopher: The Man and His Magic
     by William V. Rauscher
Lotto Square by Leo Smetsers
Seeking the Bridge by John Born
The Multiple Revelation Project
     by Andi Gladwin and Rob James
Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic
     by Joseph Dunninger. Out of print.
Shirt Pulling Trick from Abbott's Magic Co.


Joshua JayIan RowlandMike BentLee AsherRick LaxTricks and advice in MAGIC this month:

Talk About Tricks: Discipline
By Joshua Jay
This month, we explore a fabulous interlude with ESP symbols, suitable for close-up or stage, as well as Curtis Kam's new take on a prop you probably haven't used since you first started in magic: the Ball & Vase. J.K. Hartman, Jesse Rijpkema, and Zane Kinkade round out the issue with powerful card routines.

Loving Mentalism: The Psychic Gift
By Ian Rowland
This month's slice of mentalism is simple, direct, and lots of fun. A spectator is given over two dozen sealed greeting cards. Inside each card is a message promising a gift of some kind. With the cards in her own hands, the spectator freely chooses whichever card she wants. The cards she did not choose are opened and read out, and all the gifts they mention are absurd or humorously unpleasant! When the spectator opens the card she selected, she sees that you predicted she would choose that card, and she wins the nice box of chocolates that has been on your prop table all along.

Bent on Deception: Let's Not Make a Big Production Out of This
By Mike Bent
I don't have a lot of use for the "now it's empty, now it's full of silks" kind of production, but I still love the gadgetry! I also have a longstanding obsession with the most entry-level "packs flat, plays big" production prop: U.F. Grant's Temple Screen. I have come up with several routines for it, none of which involve silks. I also haven't given up entirely on productions, but they need to make sense and have an element of surprise and humor behind them. I think this month's offering fits the bill.

50 Years at the Castle: Nobody's Pirfict! Fun and Follies
By Milt Larsen
My late brother, Bill Larsen Jr., always called me "Mrs. Winchester." After inheriting the Winchester rifle fortune, Sarah Winchester was told by a spirit medium that she should build a home for the spirits of all the people killed by Winchester guns — and that she would join the spirits if she ever stopped building the home. For 38 years, the round-the-clock sawing, sanding, and hammering at her San Jose mansion never ceased. I guess Bill's comparison was well founded. In the fifty years of the Magic Castle, we have never stopped sawing, sanding, and hammering.

Viewpoint: YouTube Exposé: A Different Perspective
By Lee Asher
The most significant benefit the Internet provides us is the ability to get back to mentor-student relationships.

For What It's Worth: Who Do You Think You Are and What's the Big Idea?
By Mark Kornhauser
Whatever type of magician you are, no matter how "real" and believable your personality, when you are onstage you are not a real person. You are a theatrical character. Your theatrical character can be a realistic character, but it is a character nonetheless.

Paynefully Obvious: Just a Theory
By Payne
"I know how you did that," the spectator exclaims upon seeing the magician cause a coin to vanish. "It went up your sleeve." The magician mentally carves another notch in his magic wand and counts this performance as a victory. The spectator has been fooled. The coin didn't go up the magician's sleeve; he used a hook coin. The half dollar is safely hidden behind his lapel. He succeeded in deceiving the spectator. How could anyone see it any other way?

#LaxOnline: Shut Up Already About How Magic Shops are Dead
By Rick Lax
Old Guard magicians spent the last decade lamenting the creeping extinction of the brick-and-mortar magic shop. Well, I have some news. The magic shop lives. It moved. It's online now.