It’s way after midnight, but it’s never too late for Midnight Static.
One of the longest active Elite members on the Ellusionist forums is Chayne, a.k.a. Caspar. A bizarrist/mentalist, he talked with Jason.Michael about how he got into that field, why he doesn’t like — or use — the word “patter” and why magicians have to be careful with spectators’ emotions. Enjoy.
Featured in this episode of Jason.Michael’s Midnight Static: A member of the Ellusionist forums who returned in July after a 2-year break.
Panc– um, Shawn Mullins, has been performing magic for about 5 years, but still considers himself a beginner. In 2007 he took a 2-year break from magic so that he could tour with his band, and for other reasons. Listen about what kind of gigs he’s going to be landing soon, the campaign Jason is starting and how he got his forum name of Pancakes10385.
Click play below to hear the latest episode. Or just download it. Your choice. We’re not the boss of you.
The dictionary outlines a pretty clear difference between the words improbable and impossible. However, the difference is even more important for magicians. It’s the difference between a really great trick and miraculous magic.
So argues forum member Var18, of Pennsylvania, in this thread he posted last week. In it, he tells how his brother’s reactions led him to realize how to improve his performances. His post is very reminiscent of what Darwin Ortiz writes about in his book “Strong Magic.” Because we’re reading that book right now, and because his post started a great conversation, Var18 wins this week’s Post of the Week.
Go check the thread out and give him props, cred or whatever congratulatory noun feels right. Then think about how you can make your magic tricks even more impossible.
Jason.Michael is a proud member of the Eastern time zone. That means it’s about an hour past midnight. Here, in Central-time-zone-land, it’s exactly midnight! Or, at least it will be once I tweak the publish time on this post. Eh, that doesn’t matter. Midnight Static sticks around way before and way after the animal hour.
Jason has released a new Midnight Static series. Called “Backstage,” these podcasts will be him responding to things he reads on the Ellusionist forums and more. The first episode deals with kids magic and his experiences with it. If you’ve ever thought about performing magic for kids, please listen to this first.
In case you didn’t know, Jason is a performing magician in Michigan and has been a member of the Ellusionist forums since near the beginning, in 2001. He’s been a moderator since 2006. Dude knows his stuff. All I’m sayin’.
We’re looking forward to more episodes, and hope you enjoy this one. And if you have never heard one of his Midnight Static podcasts, the most recent one is this interview with Caine Horr, a.k.a. Soulgrind.
There’s no such thing as a stupid question. But we can all agree that sometimes people ask really good questions.
Forum member FishSticks started out with a simple-sounding question: Is coin magic harder than card magic? The question came from his practice efforts into a David Stone routine. However, his post is full of thought-provoking questions, which led to other members contributing, discussing challenges unique to coin magic and giving their performance tips.
Winners of the Forum Post of the Week usually answer questions really well. But sometimes a good question (or ten) does the trick — especially when it nets a lot of answers.
Choose your weapon:
