cheese it, the cops!

realizing the dream

i need my moment of grandiosity and achievement, and i propose to revel in it on the grounds that, if my previous life is any indication, various devastating humiliations are likely to be in store. but at any rate: i believe i just discovered the whereabouts of the holy grail of card handling, what we've been chasing for the last century and a half: the invisible shift. i can nullify your cut, bitch! if you don't know what 'the pass' or 'the shift' is, you don't know nothin. go read your erdnase, your dai. christ. do i have to tell you everything?

now, am i going to tell you how to do an invisible crispy shift? no i am not. i am going to try to figure out some way to sell it to you.

you must change

yo my latest book is the color change, out as an e-book and a paperback. now no doubt you if you were tempted to casually check this out - it is a book devoted to a single magical effect with playing cards - you might be put off by the, um, $40 pricetag. however, the photos, by charlie heidlage, are excellent, copious, color. magic books are expensive and not available on amazon, part of the incredible hermetic mystique. it was quite the little research project and has been percolating here and there publisher to publisher revision to revision for some years. 

 

sorry for the goofy titles; imovie insists on crashing if i try any other approach. i'm supposed to be in san antonio, but i am sick in bed in pennsylvania! but i did get this in the can yesterday. [update: re-uploaded with youtube annotations rather than titles. i'm helpless at this sort of thing!]

 

in the words of rockky rococo: perhaps you are ready for this:

for the card heads among you, if any, i'm working on a  of youtube playlist of color changes. i've written a book on the change, which will appear eventually!

let's play poker.

aces or queens?

me working out with a japanese fanning deck. no tricks: a real deck of cards, only colorful.

(ed) marlo clip color change(s):

giving yourself to me can never be wrong (the arm spreads)
music by marvin gaye
last card video for awhile

exhibition card fans:
goodlette dodson and jerry cestkowski, fans
rod piazza and jimmie rogers, music

tribute to ross bertram (b. Bowman hop)

hey yo. i just put up a video on youtube. it's very political.