🎙️ 1. Most Magicians Are Lazy Hacks by Rick Lax

There’s nothing wrong with recycling the tried-and-testeds of magic. Most magicians do. But it’s time to shock and delight audiences anew.

Do you agree with Rick Lax's opinion? Do you think it's far fetched? Read the article to see what he has to say and reply to this email with your response.

Read Lax's article

🎮 2. One Magician Holds Singaporean Buskers Captive

This story is insane. I'm a bit bumped out that it's a magician doing this to other buskers on the street.

At the same time, it's crazy the lengths some people will go to stay ahead of their competition (or, in this case, to eliminate them).

See what this magician does

🃏 3. Magician banned by The Magic Circle

Magician Scott Perry, who performed for the King four times, spilled the secrets of a fellow illusionist on YouTube.

The Magic Circle are known for banning magicians that reveal magic secrets. The article talks about Perry's Magic Review channel where he's brutally honest about magic products and shows his viewers what each products contains (something that magic reviewers don't do).

The article about Perry's Circle BAN

Perry's BRUTALLY honest Magic Reviews

📚 4. The Bad Boys of L.A. Magic

Between chugging a bottle of cheap Bacardi, a trick involving the calling cards of Vegas “escorts,” and the (possible) swallowing of a detergent pod, this is a long way from disappearing doves.

I love it when magicians deviate from the general good magician persona and try out different things, especially when those things remind me of The Amazing Jonathan.

See what these two mags are up to in LA

🃏 5. Guessing Women's Underwear Colour Backfires

This article is a great example of what happens when a reporter wants to write a bad article about someone.

So, check this out. Nic Gignac gets hired to perform his mentalism routine for college students. He performs his mentalism routine (which I assume the people hiring him knew what it involved). Then a reporter writes a horrible piece on his act.

It's important you also read the comments to this article if you want to get the full story of the event.

What do you think about all this?

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