magician.org.uk webloga weblog for the magical artsJack Parker Video Marathon- June 29, 2008 Tomorrow marks a year ago on the 30th June 2007 that Jack Parker passed away. To celebrate his magic Andi Gladwin is running a week long Jack Parker Video Marathon. Every day he will share a video of Jack's magic including videos of tricks that Jack only shared with two or three magicians. Andi's blog post tells you more and the video's can be found here, with a great one to start the series: Jack Parker Video Marathon. I've seen some of these when Jack initially posted them to TSD...http://www.magician.org.uk/index.php?itemid=1164 Losander Needs Our Help- June 28, 2008 Straight from Dirk Losander himself: I Need Your Help. Our little baby &8220;Ione&8221; was born 6 days ago. Today we found out she needs a heart operation and our insurance is not going to pay for it. I am not writing you this to beg for money but if you need to buy something from my website now would be the time to help us out. Every Dollar counts and we really need all the support we can find right now! So if you feel like supporting this cause, go to my website and find your self some...http://www.magician.org.uk/index.php?itemid=1163 Magic Channel Launches- June 24, 2008 Foreign BBC correspondent and magician Geoff Harrison has launched what is claimed to be the world's first magic channel, tvmagicians.com. The site, part of Global Digital Broadcast's IPTV network Play TV UK, will feature magicians' showreels, effects demonstrations, industry secrets and related material. The site will host sub channels on jazz, independent films, nightclubs and other entertainment. Content will come from Harrison's company TV World Productions and magic specialists...http://www.magician.org.uk/index.php?itemid=1161 Friendfeed for Magicians- June 9, 2008 Anyone else here on Friendfeed In case you don't know, Friendfeed is a new social site made by ex-google employees, you can see an introduction and explanation on Wikipedia: http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiFriendfeed Recently they have implemented a Rooms function: http:blog.friendfeed.com200805get-room.html I have setup a magicians room here: http:friendfeed.comroomsmagicians If you are into any of the Web2.0 sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, Google Reader, del.icio.us or any..http://www.magician.org.uk/index.php?itemid=1159 FFFF 2008 Photos- June 9, 2008 Three sets of photos from the recent FFFF convention held April 23-26 2008: Paul Gordon from his lecture and performance Robin Dawes Flickr Set Antony Gerard's comprehensive day-by-day accounthttp://www.magician.org.uk/index.php?itemid=1158 Smoke and Mirrors- June 9, 2008 Christiaan Lopez-Miro has a new gallery of photos on his site called Smoke and Mirrors, click on the Images link and then Smoke and Mirrors. In his words: These photographs are suppose to be about the moments between the performance. The moments when the magician is simply alone contemplating hisher own craft. They are meant to be very intimate photographs that confront the viewer.http://www.magician.org.uk/index.php?itemid=1157 MagicTricks.tv- June 9, 2008 Another Youtube index has recently emerged at MagicTricks.tv. It is owned and run in direct conjunction with the Magic Tricks Store, www.magictricks.co.uk It is aimed at anyone with an interest in magic and has been designed to put many magic videos in one place. They have designed the site so the videos are listed in specific categories, to help you find the video you are after even quicker! The majority of videos on MagicTricks.tv are hosted by YouTube.com MagicTricks.tv also has a...http://www.magician.org.uk/index.php?itemid=1156 AbraTube- June 9, 2008 James Munton has opened a new youtube video site, from his post on The Magic Cafe: I got frustrated trying to search YouTube for good magic videos. You have to wade through the thousands of bedroom magicians doing awful card tricks. So I put together a website that allows people to post their favorite YouTube (and Google) magic videos. They are categorized and searchable. My hope is that magicians will post their favorite YouTube videos and we will build a collection of videos that...http://www.magician.org.uk/index.php?itemid=1155 |