by Jon Racherbaumer | Feb 1, 2016 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
FLIBBERTY-GIBBERTY #7 Jon Racherbaumer REGARDING A FEW OF THE QUOTATIONS PUBLISHED IN THE GREATER ARTFUL DODGES OF EDDIE FIELDS Most quotable pundits belittle the practice of quoting other pundits. That being said, consider these two sentences by Ralph Waldo...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Sep 23, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
VANNI BOSSI: CLASSY SCHOLAR Jon Racherbaumer Vanni Bossi was a classy scholar who diligently pursued excellence and he was a model of such artistic intent. This is why it’s challenging and perhaps futile to find an apt and summarizing word or two to pin like...
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 Prohibition led to speakeasies and after Prohibition was repealed, customers needed places...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 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...
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