Magigazine episode 29
Hi Chakan
Hi Calix, hi guys,
How are you ? 
Good , donít look too tired ?
I was working on something weíll talk about later
Many things today, what do wee chose ?
Book , cards, mentalisme, rubbersÖ
Coin thru nose
It will be fast
In three words
Big bullshit
Oh 2 words, we saved time
You have a coin chosen
And it penetrates your eye or goes into your mouth
And it goes out through your noise
Really through your nose
Can it be signed ?
Yes, absolutely
It is the force of the trick
It is disgusting, dangerous, scary
It is full of goo
It lasts 1h30Ö
Too long
When it puts the coin in his nosen he is crying
And he really keeps a coin in his nose for a long time
It is spectacular and well taught
They show another guyís first time
Iíll try this effect for the first time
That is a good iea
It is modern fakir
But to me, since it is dangerous and disgusting
It is NIET
Compared to a spoon in nose, what would you say ?
A spoon is a curiosity
But at no time it can go in your body or stay stuck
Same with the nail, with caution youíre safe
The coin really is ëaloneí in your nose cavity
At some point youp pretend to swallow the coin
Some people might try to do it that way and really swallow it
A false move is come too quickly
It doesnít suit everybody
If it is your kind of entertainement, it might be good
But you must be able to make people dream with that
And thereís a looong way to go
Zero, the zero of defeat
Iíll surprise you, iíll give it a 1
1 for originality
Yes, it is not for us
But take Cris Angel
But he does nothing dangerous
Hey, fakirism might be dangerous
I derink to forget
His charactert is not even funny
I didnít understandÖ
1/10
Letís go with Rubber Bang
Please take a card
Itís our ladies favorite card
Put it back
On top ?
Yes, letís save some time
True, you finally worked your pass
It is on of Rubber Bang effects
I secure the deck once with a rubber band
Another time with the face up cards
I took 2 aces, you can take any cards
And above all,  the rubber once more
What was your card ?
The Queen of Hearts
On of the very simple, very ease eeffects
It is a good overview
It is very flash, very dynamic
You get many good ideas, some simple, some less
On trick does not even involve rubbers
What was it already ?
Side change ? The last effect
Oh it is a transposition of cards, with a change in the mouth
From the tip of lips
The interest is a very photographic effect
When I first saw the trailer, I tyhought it might be too hard
But from 9 effects, I kept 3, that I use
33% is a very good ratio, indeed
Not set up, got cards, got rubber bands, letís go
You receive rubber bands
He teaches how to chose them
He explains a false shuffle and a control
So he provides everything you need
In the first, he makes a gun out of the cards
And shoots the chosen cards
Many people like it a lot
I couldnít really work it out
He made me like sandwiched effects
I even began to work the Ishkabible (from Eric Jones)
You can use the case, you can make a production
The pyramid effect is a little complex
His change is very smart
You canít really do that with janapense rubber bands
He says you need different rubber bands quality according to the effects
For around 30Ä, you kept 3 effects, it is very good
What I liked is how to perform in public
He gives many pieces of advice
You can feel he performs it in real life
In the DVD the spectators are not very lively
They are here for the footage and donít react like they should
I like it a lotn I didnít waste my time at all
It is very well taught
For amateurs, you can find these rubber bands at the office
Or in anybodyís kitchen
For me it is 5/5
For me too, 5/5
I didnít think youíd give a high mark
Right, I wonít use it
But I think a lot of people will really enjoy it
Next, Phoenix Ashes
It contains only one effect
It it the good old trick of ashes on the arm that reveal a card
But you donít reveal only the name
You reveal the missing half
You tore it appart, burnt it
And there it is back
The arm must have been prepared
It is too beautiful
Too clean to be believable
The drawback is that he wanted to take this effect the next level
When you made a cheap appearance of a card
But he turned dit into somehting that leaves no mystery
The idea I had when I saw the trailer was : he stamped it on his arm
You receive 2 gimmicks for 2 different revelations
It is nice, but I donít fin dit practical
You cantí do it again
Got 2 arms, you can do it 2 times
It is too much
It is harder to prepare
And when you reveal it, you can come with a total black arm
To stay positive, is nice to practice
But your arm is full of ashes
I thought it would stick only to the image
But no, it is grey/blue overall
And you hand is dirty, canít touch your cards afterwards
On a TV show it might be beautiful
But for everyday life
It is too beautiful to be true
Not practical enough, but the price is not worth it
Technically you donít control the reveal perfectly
You can get more gimmicks
To me it is Original and Technically ok : 2/5
Ity is simple, less practical than the version we already know
It is originalÖ 
Ok, 3/5
It is not a bad product, but it is too perfect
Too bad we lower the mark because the impression is too perfect
Why not, if there was a distorsion, as in Printo Print
We almost are in voodoo, or bizarre magic
He presents it very kindly in the street
But if you work in the good atmosphere
You dive in another dimension
Like a tattoo, with pieces you have to adjust ?
Yes, or a tormented card, like haunted
Harder to read
So here, why this product ?...
It remains too beautiful
5/10, could be better
The Butterfly Pas sis a project by Stephen Leathwaite
It is a double DVD in his Buttterfly Pass
I couldnít find the difference with a Charlier
But he goes further
He teaches how to cover it, how to go faster
He gives many variation
6 techniques, and 20 routines
It is from Enigma and Flatcap
We already like the Wallet Weapon
In the DVD he shows everything you can do
It is too much before the explanation
It takes 22 minutes before any explanation
What I liked less, is his Droopy style
He doesnít look like heís having fun
I like how he explains his pass
But he gives tons of sound advice
Question anybody ? Mr ChakkanÖ
I said what I disliked, but there are very positive points
It is impressive
He doensít use it only to move blocks
He can control a card 2nd from the bottom, at the bottom
2nd from the bottom, upside down, woohoo
It is very versatile
By returning the card  you control what you have to
The video is HD quality
It is not mandatory, but WOW it is nice to watch
I watched on big screen
It made me want to work the pass, I didnít have one
I worked Andreaís Brick Pass, but it didnít suit me
I am far from the required level to perform it in public
If youíre like me, do the Passless Pass from Eric Jones in Twizted
But I am really happy I watched this, it convinced me to try
It goes beyond sour technique
He has an ACAAN that is very good
If you already use a Pass, you might learn routines
If you donít, youíll have something to work with
What I liked in his ACAAN, is that he uses a principle
That you can see a variation in Live at the Jailhouse
In a routine by Justin Miller with a blank deck
Same setup, with the Butterfly technique, I joined the dots
It is not an encyclopedia, he only mentions his pass
But even if you already have a pass, you thnik about it
To bring it further and keep improving it
You can adapt the advice
Iíll give 5/5
Me too
I really enjoyed watching this. HD quality ? Wow
For me who had no pass, Iím going for it
It shows the full potential of a pass
And not onlyÖ you knowÖ like ëLas Ketchupí
Thereís more, like some authors around the memorised deck.
Move on to mentalism
Marc Elsdon : Conversations as Mentalism 2
The CAMs
His idea is to perform without props
As you talk, you perform mentalism
You wanted to talk about theprice for  Butterfly Pass ?
Around $ 50, double DVD, HD quality
Back to CAM : 36 pages
What did you like ?
I donít know. I didnít quite like it as much as Fraser Parker
True. You mean this : Memoria ?
For instanceÖ
It is interesting, but I didnít find new things
Iíll give it a red on Originality
He takes a routine from ë21 from Swedení
He acknowledges he develops his routine from it
But I couldnít find what he brought
I might have missed it
Some things are quite complicated
I am not comfortable with this product
There are some ideas, but I donít feel like Iíll use them
I might need to re-read it and digest itÖ
It is not always very simple, you sometimes have big memory work
With tree views of possibiliies
With as many variables
I liked his ëBack to the futureí
But he makes so many references to Banachek
That I feel like I read it from Banachek already
Bewteen Fraser Parker, Luke Jermay and Banachek
I donít see the interest of this
If you have 15 to 20 Ä to spend, go check Julien Losa (French mentalist)
I was about to say the same thing
A least you get ideas, reflexions
This is volume 2, maybe there will be a 3rd one
It costs around 36Ä
OuchÖ red on the price
Practicaly , you need nothing in your pocket
But I wouldnít be comfortable trying it
For those who know, I tried Fraser Parkerís method
To glue a participant to the deck, and it worked very well
Once I saw that, I could go further
Here, I canít imagine starting one of his routines
Either he has never performed those, or it is very unpractical
But if you use a piece of paper and a pencil, go for a center tear
It is well taught, 1/5 for quality
2/5 for me
3/10, it is a miss
Even for general knowledge it didnít bring me much
*** next product is a French book not meant to be translated yet , jump to 33í20 ***
Do me a trick
Move the box here, no behind the mic
Say stop
Stop !
Precisely the card you wanted to sign : the 3 of spades
Why a heart ? You know itís impossible between us
Your wife disagreesÖ. Or it would be done already !
Imagine that even before you choose and sign you card
I folded it into a box. Would be crazy right ?
It canít be, I just signe dit
Just show it the the camera
In the box, there was my card
This is Mystery Solved from David Penn
You get a box, a DVD, 4 gimmicks for the revelations you want
With cards, bills, paper, anything you want
It takes less than 5 minutes to customise
Technically it is very simple
You just need to know a fold, very well taught
You get a 1h20 DVD, with the history, sources
His process of thinking, why it is designed this way
He used a GI principle for close up
You can really feel it. Instead of a woman in the box, you get a card
It is very fun to perform, even when training in front of the mirror
The reset takes less thant 2 seconds
You can do it, youíre reset
Moving on the the next table, youíre reset
Or in front of the current table, when you put a card in the box
When you put the lid back on, you can reset it in the pocket
He gave on his Facebook page an idea we loved
He asks someone to turn his back, and shows the other
A card with ëYour Nameí written on it, litteraly
He folds it and put it in the box
The person turns back, chooses a card and signs their name on it
It is lost in the deck, but from the beginingÖ
In the box there is a card with your name on it
And everybody laughs, because they saw the ëYour Nameí card
He reveals the card, and gets a double reality effect
Everybody around is hit because they thaught they would be accomplices
And the person gets a real magic effect
It is mentalisme, double reality
One get a transposition, and the others saw a transformation
You can check this video on World Magic Shop Facebook page
He expains a full Ambitious card routine
True. And Card under the box
And you get a full conversation with Peter Turner
And you dive into mentalism
You can use a piece of paper, or anything flat
Like a bill
And reaveal a serial number
He explains how to control, how to Mercury card fold
Peter Turner explains that the fact the card is visible, it is real
And he speaks about how to transcend the box for whatís inside
It gets funny
You feel he put anything needed for a successful project
It costs around 65Ä
But when you know how it is done, the magic starts there
He thought about everything
It is more than a cube
I have on regret, but I might be a personal choice of his
I liked better the lid from David Regalís Clarity box
It was more a flat piece of plexiglas with an insert
Going inside the box. It looked stronger
It looks thin, I hope I wonít damage it
But the Clarity is a mammoth
The Clarity a little more expensive, much bigger
And you always have somehing visible in the bow
It is more angly, and the box is never empty
Regalís reset isnít as fast or as easy
5/5 for me
I was already very much impressed with FOB
But here, for the working magician, you want to check it
It is intriguing, mysterious (hence the name)
He also shows it like that
And here you have total transparency
The box is floatingÖ you even forget the box : the car dis floating
It looks like a sculpture, very nice to see
And you wonder ëwhatís happening ?í
It is very pure, unreachable
Fragile, you donít want to make it fall
And with a big enough glass
You can have the box under the glass
Youíre in lab conditions
Bravo David Penn
We wonít hide that there are some angles
Less than David Regalís Clarity box
Yes, but he handles them
He has people hold it between their hands
And I defy anyone to find the angle, it is against human anatomy
You can perform it stand up, unbreachable between their hands
But when you place it on a table, you must be careful
Bravo, it is our favorite for this week
We fell in love with it
5/5
We had a very nice episode once again
10/10, no hesitation ?
Indeed itís obvious,you didnít need to mention it
Thank you Chakkan
Thank you Calix
