BOOKS
DEREK DINGLE'S LAST NOTES CD-ROM by LOVELL & MOROTTA
Derek Dingle's Last Notes is now on CD-ROM! If you missed out on buying the original manuscript, it can be yours DIGITALLY! The 46 page book has been converted into a PDF file which can be viewed on your personal computer. (Mac & PC)
Every magician loved to see Derek perform. They loved to see effects from "Dingle's Deception's" and "The Complete Works of Derek Dingle." But when Derek worked for real people (non magicians) he did Five (5) classic effects. He did them better than anyone else. Here, for the first time, is Derek's Walk Around Close Up Act. Every effect was routined to be instantly repeatable. No reset. This is what makes the act perfect for walk around magic, no stealthy trips to the bathroom are necessary. Everything is included: Sleights, routine and complete patter.
Routines include
Ambitious Card: The signed card ends up in an envelope. The notes also explain how to set the envelope during the routine.
Ring Flight: Performed without a jacket. A real stunner.
Coins Across: Performed under test conditions in the spectator's hand. Direct, clear and very funny.
Cigarette Through Quarter: Another Great insight into Derek’s magical mind. Here you learn how to turn a weakness into strength.
The Collectors: This never before published effect is included to give the reader an insight into Derek’s thinking. The collector effect has been tackled by many great card men. Derek simplifies the handling and eliminates one of the plots major flaws. An understanding of this effect will improved your performance immensely.
Also included in this collection
The FB Pass: If you've ever seen it you know it is the best. It's easier than you think but it has never been fully or adequately described, until now. Very few people do a good pass, even fewer do Derek's. These notes teach Derek's pass. Completely illustrated.
The Derek Dingle Fabulous Jumping Card Trick: This is Derek's handling of the Edward Victor Eleven Card trick and it is one of his favorites. Edward Victor's plot has been retained but all of the handling has been changed completely. The false count is completely explained.
The Whispering Queen: A quick, funny version with variations by Simon Lovell and Rich Marotta.
Sympathetic Cards: This includes Derek’s work on how to make gimmicked cards.
With additional material by Richard Kaufman.
All of Derek's lines, jokes and bit's are included. Written by Rich Marotta and Simon Lovell. Two magicians who worked with Derek often.
ITEM # CDR008 PRICE $30.00
MY WEEK WITH A STRIPPER by BILL GOLDMAN
From the book's INTRODUCTION:
I just spent a titillating week with a stripper. DECK, that is. And did I get lucky!
I always carry a deck of cards. This week, I grabbed a deck, put it in my pocket and away I went. It took half a day for me to realize it was a stripper deck. Until now, I thought a stripped deck was like a Svengali deck - something for beginners. A pitchman's product, something you buy at a flea market.
The more I used the deck, the more possibilities came to light. Forces, controls, demonstrations of skill, impossible locations. At the Florida State Convention, I fooled magician after magician, not once using the standard pitch routines or handlings.
The first effect really excited me. I developed it while driving my car and interestingly enough, without the deck in hand. I visualized it over and over wondering if it would really work. Does it ever! Is it worth the price of this book? For me, it's worth a dozen books.
What follows is the naked truth laid bare - it's my week with a Cincinnati stripper. - Bill Goldwin
Among the book's contents are
For more than two decades Bill Goldman has been "wowing" crowds at trade shows and impressing guests at sales meeting and hospitality suites. His rare blend of comedy and magic has entertained audiences around the world, and his list of clients reads like a Fortune 500 Who's Who.
In addition to performing his unique magic on American television and the BBS, his magical creations are performed by many of the World's Greatest Magicians.
This booklet contains15-pages
ITEM # BK0372 PRICE $15.00
Automata is a collection of effects based on self working magic. WAIT - I know what you’re thinking... Counting and math, OH NO!!!
No Indeed!!! Yes, the principles behind most of these are based on tried and true mathematical principles which, in their original form, are not particularly performable, but take a look at what R. Shane has done with them!
The subtitle of this book is Self-Working Miracles With A Sense of Humanity! That says it all. Here are simple methodologies enshrouded in awesome presentations that make the "tricks" into magic theater that entertains, amazes and inspires. R. Shane begins each effect with a treatise on the original method and effect and then explores variations on the theme. R. Shane is also a master at finding a hole and plugging it up. He finds the "flaw" in a method that prevents it from being a masterpiece, and finds a way to seal that hole so the mystery won't escape.
In this book, you will find complete performable routines and literally DOZENS of variations on each one. This is NOT ONLY a book of effects ready to perform, but an exploration in creativity and adaptation.
Automata takes the effort out of the method and allows you to focus everything on presentation!
This book contains140-pages
ITEM # BK0208 PRICE $25.00
When Magic Becomes Theatre...
Pentalogy is almost 500 PAGES long with ZERO FLUFF!
Pentalogy is a collection of FIVE smaller books that R. Shane wrote and released over the course of five LONG years!
Pentalogy is a powerful set of routines of easy to do, NON-finger flinging close-up magic that is more accurately called Close Up THEATRE!
Pentalogy is filled with themes, stories, effects and ideas that provoke emotion and involvement. From the romantic to the frightening, from the bizarre to the beautiful. R. Shane has poured his heart and soul into this collection of real pieces of magic that he has tested and performed.
Pentalogy is real, useable magic that has been used in front of real audiences!
Here is an excerpt from the book's Introduction:
We can count. ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. There are exactly five books, approximately five hundred pages, and nearly a hundred effects...
... Shane is a working magician. His presentations are not in the tradition of those tending to be seated in a nineteenth century library mixing tricks with brandy snifters and literary devices. He tries out his words on people in a variety of circumstances and prunes, prunes and prunes. The plots are not just potent, but also clear and to the point. Because the circumstances of a working professional do not encourage a lengthy dissertation or rambling story unaccompanied by visible enticements, the performances engage the audience right from the beginning. And let me add, contrary to some of us in this mode of magic, Shane neither pontificates nor preaches. He is having a whale of a good time and desires that the audience will too. Pick out any script and you will realize that his spirit is infectious.
The tricks? They are for close up and stand up performance. And Shane is well acquainted with both classic and contemporary methods and effects. The props are varied, to say the least. Sure, he employs playing cards and coins, but also a great many other uniquely and especially constructed vehicles. He relives upon different approaches to method, using what fits the demands of the effect, sleight of hand, gimmicks and/or subtlety. The tricks reveal a strong search for practicality. And they have been performed. Over and Over. Shane's discussions of his experiences and revision are extensive and stimulating. ... - Robert E. Neale
"This book is for you... I simply cannot give Shane's work anything but my highest recommendation." - Larry White
"Cleverly written, solid thinking, skillful wit and charm... [This] is a masterful production... this is destined to become a classic." - Ed Solomon
"The content is a distillation of some of the finest work I have run across in my 50 years in and out of magic." - Gregory Chmara
"If you are a bizarrist, get this book as soon as you can. If you think you're a bizarrist, get this book now! If you think bizarrists are creepy guys who walk around all day in black cloaks with long pointy beards and pentagram jewelry, I think you'll enjoy seeing the field in a new light, and might even find yourself drawn to it." - Andy Leviss
This book contains 456-pages.
ITEM # BK0417 PRICE $95.00
CLOSE UP FANTASIES BOOK 1 & 2 by PAUL HARRIS
Close-Up Fantasies by Paul Harris Paul Harris has created some of the most original magic effects ever invented, and Close-Up Fantasies (Books 1 and 2 combined together) contains 117 pages of classic Paul Harris material. The book is hardbound.
ITEM # BK0064 PRICE $17.50
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