Cube-Cube-Cubio!

A few nights ago, about 2 hours before our Ring's November meeting, an idea struck me for a bit using a Tenyo "Cubio".........I'm going to try to throw up a video here soon!

I'm a bit confused, if not annoyed that it's been so long since I last posted here!! Any-hoo, I stumbled upon a truly clever little trick in an old copy of the Linking Ring that I absolutely MUST start performing....uses only an Ali Bongo hat and a deck of large cards!

Gregory Wilson!

Holy Mother Magnus in a buttermilk biscuit........Gregory Wilson is AAAAA-------WWWWWWESOME!!!!!!!

This guy has re-awakened a love for performing magic in me that I just can't describe!! A bunch of us from the Tyler IBM Ring saw him lecture in Longview, Texas a few weeks back........words cannot describe this man's thinking! Absolute brilliance!!

Aldo and Rachel

First things first: Aldo and Rachel Colombini are NOT moving to the UK!!  That was a weird little rumor.....who knows how it got started!!  HOWEVER, this photo was taken when they lectured in Longview, Texas last month..........as a part of their VERY LAST BIG LECTURE TOUR EVER.  They won't do another big tour like this one again.  Yes, the photo's a bit blurry....sorry!  It was, without a doubt, the best magic lecture I've ever attended....and I won a DVD!

Wow!!

I wrote some ad copy for a web site my buddy, Jeff Stone designed (not a magic related site, but a site nonetheless)........and he paid me with product!  A big box of Stone Cold Magic DVD's! Wow! What a guy!  I just like looking at them all stacked up and shrinkwrapped!

Jump over to Jeff's site......he's a real creative guy!

Aldo Colombini

Very very soon......Aldo Colombini is coming to East Texas on his last big US lecture tour.  (I'd wrongly posted that Aldo and his wife were moving back to the UK.......that was false......they're staying in the US!!) [I'm correcting this post on January 19, 2013].

...and a photo to boot!

Check out Nathan Kranzo's site to order this cool DVD on the Mene Tekel deck!!

Mene Tekel

I felt it only right and proper to include a link to Nathan's cool DVD on uses for the Mene Tekel deck:

"Mene Tekel Miracles" by Nathan Kranzo

Kranzilla!!

Nathan Kranzo! Kranzilla!!  That dude is talented!  He lectured for Ring 266 last night in Tyler, Texas....awesome! Cool stuff with a Mene Tekel deck!

In Memoriam:Tim Conover

Although I never saw him in-person, I have seen a few video clips of mentalist Tim Conover online.  Great stage persona!  Fantastic!  Sadly, found out via Carl Jones' send-outs and Genii's forums that he took his own life a few days ago. Profoundly sad.......one great entertainer, man.

I had the great privilege of having dinner a few nights ago with Richard Hatch. He was at Discovery Science Place in Tyler performing and our Ring's V.P. (Mark Kilsby) and I went out to dinner with him and his friend, Joe (from Houston). Richard is a smart guy!  Recently sold H&R Magic Books to a former employee.

Nathan Kranzo is coming to Tyler

The East Texas Court of Magic (IBM Ring 266) will soon host Nathan Kranzo.....originator of numerous close-up and mentalism effects. Nathan is slated to lecture for our Ring on February 7th in the beautiful city of Tyler, Texas. I'll try to get a photo up soon.