Jay

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12 Feb

Talking about Hallucination

Jay0 CommentsBlog, Magic, Mentalism
This is an excerpt from the podcast transcript from episode #1 where we talk about the first issue of The Jinx, for magicians and mentalists. The first real magic article of the series is called Hallucination, it’s by Eddie Clever, and the effect demonstrates how peoples memories can be unreliable. A deck of cards is shuffled then the magician turns to one audience member and has them lift up the corner of the top card and remember it. Turning to someone else, they lift up the top corner and remember if, and then a third time with someone else —…
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01 Feb

How to Organize Magic Notes Without Turning Into a Filing Cabinet

Jay0 CommentsJinx Navigator
Every performer knows the feeling: you’re mid-show, things are going great, and suddenly you’re reminded of a "brilliant" variation for the trick. (Note to self: changing an effect mid-stream is almost always a disaster—don’t do it!) Later, you’re frantically digging through emails, napkins, and phone notes trying to find where you wrote it down. Or you have the opposite problem: you’ve got a system so perfect it would make a librarian weep. Color-coded notebooks. Digital folders inside of folders. It’s so neat that you never actually look at it. Your notes haven’t been organized; they’ve been entombed! The real challenge…
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