The Big Blind Friday Ep. 69

Your weekly dose of magic from around the world, from BBM

Hey Owen,

Another week, another episode of your favourite weekly newsletter - it's Big Blind Friday time, where we share with you our findings from all over the world.

This week we stumbled on quite a lot of news, gems and articles to share with you. Grab the nearest deck of cards you have next to you, something to chew on and let's dig through this week's curiosities.

🎙️ 1. Asi Wind New Show

Master magician Asi Wind is embarking on a five-city* tour with a new show, Incredibly Human, following the run of his hit show, Asi Wind’s Inner Circle which sold out for 17 months in New York.

Have you seen Asi's previous show? Are you going to the next one?

Check out the trailer for the show on Asi's Instagram page

Read the blog post about it

🎮 2. Houdini vs Thurston Podcast Episode

In his book "The Last Great Magician In The World," equal parts history and biography, magician Jim Steinmeyer uses the rivalry between two great magicians to explore an America caught between a past filled with intimate shows in small dusty towns and an inevitable future where explosive displays of showmanship would serve to light up the dark hearts of towering industrial cities.

In this podcast episode, he talks briefly about what can be found in the book.

🪄 3. The Best Magicians in The World Recommend One Non-Magic Book

This has to be the best article I have found to date. Someone asked magicians around the world, world class magicians, what would be one book they would recommend to other magicians. One book that was not a magic book.

It's very beautiful to see what books some magicians have recommended.

Check out this fantastic list for yourself

📚 4. Why magic should frighten you

Talks about the connections between horror and magic, what the first magic trick everyone has seen as a kid (you'll never guess) and how we feel when we see a magic trick compared to a horror movie.

A marvellous talk full of wit and insight. Highly recommend it.

🃏 5. 10 things I've learned as a magician

This article is actually about Paul Wilson, told from the point of view of someone who has never heard about him.

But if you scroll down, you'll find a short article by Troy Von Scheibner where he lists 10 things he's learned as a magician.

Do you agree with the list? I vibe with a lot of the things on it HA!

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In case you missed it...

Sorry Not Sorry by Liam Montier - RARE WALLET

Stephen Tucker invented one of the BEST mentalist tools ever - the WOWALLET. It's been out of production for years, but luckily for us KaymarMagic recently made a small number. And we have the last 40 units in existence. OMG!

To bring this KILLER tool back to life, Liam has created perhaps the perfect trick with it - a staggering double prediction, using a regular deck, where two cards are chosen - one randomly cut to, and the other merely thought-of.

Both are IMPOSSIBLY revealed by a single card in the wallet, by using a combination of cunning ideas from Stephen Tucker, Michael Murray, John Bannon and Max Maven!

Not only do you get the custom leather wallet and video instructions detailing the whole routine, but you also receive a link to an eBook which teaches Stephen Tucker's original WoWALLET routine, several variations, a handling by Wayne Dobson called 'SNAKES' and more!

The original WOWALLET routine sees you take a regular deck and deal cards face up, one by one, until the spectator calls stop. When they do, it matches a SINGLE card in your wallet!

£36.99

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