Columnist: Mike Rogers SHOES By Mike Rogers The French Quarter in New Orleans is a haven for street entertainers. Some are good, some are bad, and many are terrible. Still, once you work your way through the rubber twisters and the spaced out bums there’s lots of enjoyable folks to see and hear. Magicians come […]
Columnist: Mike Rogers by Mike Rogers (with thanks to Larry Jennings) Earle the Cyber Jock is sitting in an airport terminal bar at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport enjoying an imported beer while reflecting on the many new high-tech gadgets he had seen at the recent COMDEX trade show. Having just attended the show he […]
Columnist: Mike Rogers By Mike Rogers On February 8, 2000 the phone lines everywhere were jammed with the recent sad news in magic. The Internet was a beehive as magicians around the world related the news, expressed sorrow, and grieved in numerous missives. Doug Henning left this life the previous day. This column is not […]
Columnist: Mike Rogers Selecting Material by Mike Rogers I have been asked just how I go about selecting performing material. It seems the process might be simple. Just find the tricks you enjoy using and put them in the act. I have a feeling that’s exactly how many do it. There are thousands of effects […]
Columnist: Mike Rogers High Tech Wizard HIGH TECH WIZARD by Mike Rogers Remember the trick we did years ago called The Wizard? A spectator removed a card and the magician then made a phone call asking “Is the Wizard there?” At this time the accomplice on the other end would start counting until the count […]
Columnist: Mike Rogers By Mike Rogers I’d better put the firewalls up, for I know I’ll be flamed to the max for what I’m about to say. However, something has me bothered. It’s simply this. When is it acceptable to do the act or material of another? Why would I ask that? It is old […]
Columnist: Mike Rogers by Mike Rogers I think most magicians enjoy a good gag, so I’ll share one that I have used for several years during the holiday season. It’s a spoof on those appalling family news letters that show up with greeting cards this time of the year. This letter is not original. It […]
Columnist: Mike Rogers HER CARD, HIS NUMBER by Mike Rogers (Inspirational credit to Paul Alberstat) The effect where any thought of card appears at any named number in the deck has tweaked the interest of card men for several years. The Subway Dealers and the Memorized Deck freaks have had a heyday, as the effect […]
Columnist: Mike Rogers No, I don’t intend to discuss the events in the life or death of a recently departed member of royalty. The topic for discussion is the card trick bearing the name The Princess Card Trick. The effect is hardly new for it dates back to 1905 and is credited to American magician […]
Columnist: Mike Rogers REFLECTING By Mike Rogers Reflecting on my years in magic I look back upon what I expected to happen vs. what has actually happened. As a kid growing up in a small Wyoming town there were no other magicians. When I finished high school I had probably seen a total of ten […]
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