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515: 2019 T.A.O.M. Update Day Two

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Schedule of Events - August 31

9AM-6PM Registration

9AM-6PM Dealers Open

9AM-10AM Chris Capehart Lecture

10AM-11AM Mahdi Gilbert Lecture

11AM-12PM Richard Turner Lecture

12PM-1PM Lunch

1PM-3PM Close-Up Contest

3PM-4PM Joe Givan Lecture

4:30PM-5:30 Free Time, Enjoy SA

5PM-7PM Dinner

7PM-9PM Show in the Magik Theatre

10PM-11PM Nick Lewin Lecture

11:30-1AM Bizarre Magic Event

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Time Stamps for this Podcast:

00:00:16 - Gregg Lancaster reviews last night’s show

00:08:50 - Jeremy Mikaelson, winner of the Peopls’s Choice Award (and recipient of a cash prize of $1,000), talks about entering contests

00:16:32 - Joe Givan and Carol Massie talk about their upcoming lectures

00:20:26 - Harry Allen presents his side of the argument over the recent controversy and selling cheap knock-offs

00:30:16 - Joe Givan talks about the ethics of presenting magic on TV when rights haven’t been given

00:38:10 - Chris Capehart comes in out of the heat for a few words

00:49:03 - Allen Pauly tells us about the close-up competition

00:44:00 - Scott Hollingsworth talks about why he supports the T.A.O.M. convention over the years

00:52:07 - Trixie Bond helps wrap up the day after the midnight Bizarre Show

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Posted in Convention Report and tagged with Texas Association of Magicians, San Antonio Texas, Gregg Lancaster, Mahdi Gilbert, Joe Givan, Carol Massie, Richard Turner, Harry Allen, Chris Capehart, Jeremy Mikaelson, Trixie Bond, Allen Pauly.

September 1, 2019 by Scott Wells.
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496: Scott Alexander - Stand-Up Guy

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Scott Alexander’s magic reached millions on NBC’s season six of “America’s Got Talent” where he advanced all the way with his large stage illusions. With articles in People Magazine and Nations Business, the Oprah Show took notice and Scott was invited by Oprah Winfrey to make a guest appearance on her show. Scott had the honor of headlining on the Las Vegas Strip at Caesars Palace for over seven years and 4,000 performances of large grand illusions fused with stand-up comedy magic. Scott’s magic has been featured on “Penn & Teller’s Fool Us”  on the CW, The SyFy Channel, Discovery Channel and NBC. Scott has appeared in Paris on the world class and prestigious Le Grand Plus Cabaret Du Monde. Whether it be the intimacy of a close-up sleight of hand performance, stand up comedy magic, or the all out spectacle of a large stage show, Scott Alexander’s delivery is always lighthearted, somewhat irreverent, amazing, quick-witted and sure to leave you filled with wonder and laughter.

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Scott Alexander talks about the development of MAJOKE, the parody of MAGIC Magazine that he helped produce, MAJOKE is probably the most hilarious, controversial, offensive and down right funny thing to come out in the magic world...ever! Similar to the "Weenie" parody of Genii Magazine a few years back, but nowhere near as reserved. We also talk about immediate gratification with immediate digital downloads like the new Magicflix, and the difference between males and females doing magic, the book he is writing on the life of Denny Haney, how he landed his job at Caesar’s Magical Empire,working with Penguin Magic, how he thinks and creates magic and so much more.

We also talk about his wife’s magic show. You can view Jenny Alexander’s promo video here: https://youtu.be/O-KQnN9uRv4

And here is the link to Denny Haney’s daughter’s movie we discussed: https://youtu.be/U42N6VT2USc

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Soctt Alexander’s “Bias Pad” is reviewed this week on the podcast.

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Tagged with Scott Alexander, Denny Haney, Puck, Fitzkee, Magicflix, Shezam Podcast, Caesar's Magic Kingdom.

June 13, 2019 by Scott Wells.
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212: Talking Trash with Steve Trash

MAGIC Magazine cover boy, Steve Trash, has been my guest in a previous podcast here on The Magic Word. In this podcast, Steve is recorded as he pontificates and waxes eloquent about street magic, character development, and more. He has a lot to say and he says a lot during our chat. This is not "trash talking" in the sports analogy vernacular, but this is Steve Trash doing all the talking and I did most of the listening. Hence, Talking (Steve) Trash..

He was performing in Houston along with Robert Livingston and he stopped by my home to chat and have a martini or two. After asking a couple of questions, I just sat back and listened and learned. It was like a magic mini-lecture...well, maybe not so "mini" as he talked for nearly an hour and a half. Or at least that's all I recorded. There was more before I turned on the recording device. I think this may become one of my more favorite podcasts. Let me know what you think.

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Please take a seat, relax, and feel as if you are with us, enjoying a martini and the smooth jazz in the background as we talk about the early history of street magic in New York City (well, in the 1970's), the importance of pauses, performing "jazz" magic, reading the crowd, dealing with hecklers, knowing who you are on stage (your performing persona), and much more.

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Steve Trash, Robert Livingston and Scott Wells enjoying martinis and magic conversation.

Tagged with Steve Trash, Robert Livingston, Philippe Petit, Jeff Sheridan, Chris Capehart, David Copperfield, street magic, transcendental meditation, Doug Henning, Apollo Robbins, Colin Cloud, Banachek, Gazzo, Doug Scheer, Mac King, Valentino, Lance Burton, Masked Magician.

February 26, 2015 by Scott Wells.
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