by Jon Racherbaumer | Aug 27, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
MATT-INGLY YOURS Jon Racherbaumer The taverns in Chicago, circa 1935-1960, were a fertile breeding ground for a special kind of close-up entertainment to gain traction. Prohibition led to speakeasies and after Prohibition was repealed, customers needed places...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Jun 9, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
TWO SIDES OF THE SAME CIRCLE Almost forty years ago I wrote a short piece on a shop-worn term magicians regularly use: effect. This was a word that crept into our informal lexicon, supposedly because it’s preferable to “experiment” or “trick.” The old-fashioned...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Apr 27, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
OF DIVERSE PETIE JUGGLING KNACKS: Mulling Over Moves “Push on—keep moving.” -Thomas Morton What is a move’s role in the performance of magic? Shouldn’t “moves” be defined in ways more meaningful than previously defined? What would David Devant have thought...
by Noah Levine | Mar 11, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Magic News
It’s hard not to feel a twinge of respect for old school scam artists. There is something downright artisanal about the pickpocket, the confidence man, the card cheat, and the forger. Each is in possession of knowledge that cannot be learned in books, and skills that...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Feb 23, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
PERSONS, PLOTTING AND A WISHFUL WELL Plot – A sequence of events in a play, novel, movie, or similar work. Magicians palaver a lot about plots and plotting. Then they usually ask questions regarding “presentational plots” and the effects/affects these plots are...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Jan 30, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
Conjuring Arts is very proud to have Jon Racherbaumer writing an exclusive periodical for us. FLIBBERTY-GIBBERTY will appear from time to time and at Jon’s whim. F IS FOR “FAKE” AND “FUTILE” Magicians are in a unique position to be cavalier about fakers and...
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