513: John Bannon - Scholar, Solicitor, Sorcerer

There are a fairly large number of great card magicians creating original magic. But the man whose card magic has resonated most with magicians in the last 30 years is John Bannon. Why? We think it's because John has just the right cocktail of ingredients: his magic is DIFFERENT than what others are doing. John has shared his magic through a series of books and DVD’s that have revolutionized card tricks. John is a low key, self-effacing, intellectual who is an attorney by day and a card trick innovator on weekends. For the last few decades, John has been part of the Saturday Session with Simon Aronson, David Solomon and David Finkelstein who work on and develop innovative card tricks.

For more about the Saturday Session crew of magicians, Click Here for the online article referred to in this podcast.

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315: Day 4 - MAGIC Live! 2016

Day Four Schedule - August 17, 2016

24 hours - The Back Room
9:00 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. - Wednesday General Session for Maroon lanyards
   The Drink That Schooled Einstein - Michael Weber
   Raise Your Level - Ken Weber
   The Magic Shop - Bizzaro
   Teach-in the F.B.I. to Read Minds - Ian Rowland
   ON AIR: How to Get Yourself Booked on Television - Steve Spangler
   The Illusion of Reality - Curtis Hickman
10:00 a.m. - Wednesday Focus Group for Black lanyards
   Close-Up Clinic - Nine Master Teachers, hands-On
   Improv for Magicians - Navaris Darson of The Groundlings
   20/20 Hindsight - 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 5 subjects
11:00 a.m. The MAGIC Shop open until 6:30 p.m.
11:15 a.m. - Wednesday Focus Group for Black lanyards
   Close-Up Clinic - Nine Master Teachers, hands-On
   Improv for Magicians - Navaris Darson of The Groundlings
   20/20 Hindsight - 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 5 subjects
12:15 p.m. lunch break
2:15 p.m. - Wednesday General Session for Black lanyards
   The Drink That Schooled Einstein - Michael Weber
   Raise Your Level - Ken Weber
   The Magic Shop - Bizzaro
   Teach in the F.B.I. to Read Minds - Ian Rowland
   ON AIR: How to Get Yourself Booked on Television - Steve Spangler
   The Illusion of Reality - Curtis Hickman
2:15 p.m. - Wednesday Focus Group for Maroon lanyards
   Close-Up Clinic - Nine Master Teachers, hands-On
   Improv for Magicians - Navaris Darson of The Groundlings
   20/20 Hindsight - 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 5 subjects
3:30 p.m. - Wednesday Focus Group for Maroon lanyards
   Close-Up Clinic - Nine Master Teachers, hands-On
   Improv for Magicians - Navaris Darson of The Groundlings
   20/20 Hindsight - 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 5 subjects
5:00 p.m. - Dinner break
6:30 p.m. - Live on stage II
9:00 p.m. Live On Stage II
10:00 p.m. Farewell party until 1:00 a.m.
11:00 p.m. Special Presentation

This is just a small piece of all the magic tricks Luis Piedrahita can perform, I wanted to translate it so that more people can enjoy his beautiful performances

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:13: - Mel Kientz, distributor of the free daily news brief - "Magician's Life", gives his perspective on this year's MAGIC Live!

00:06:24 - Mark Ginther gives us a couple suggestions for shows to see while visiting Las Vegas (HIT: Xavier Mortimer).

00:09:05 - Simon and Ginny Aronson chats about their intimate close-up magic group in Chicago that was featured in a recent news article.

00:18:11 - Bizzaro talks about his participation in the General Session plus some of his roots in Texas.

00:26:23 - Mark Mason is wrapping up his dealer's booth and his association with Penguin Magic and the one-day events (Magic Expo) where he deals. Plus he gives some advice on a throat losenger.

00:30:47 - Busy trade show magician, Scott Tokar, talks about this convention and his views of MAGIC Live plus some trade show worker tips.

00:41:09 - FISM 2015 winner and July 2016 MAGIC Magazine cover boy, Pierric, chats about his experience of attending MAGIC Live for the first time and for that matter, his first time in Las Vegas. He chats about his FISM competition experience.

00:47:01 - Richard Hatch, of H&R Magic Books, tells us what he has seen or heard that has been some of the top tricks at this convention. Dan Witkowski joins us to give us his perspetive of MAGIC Live, too.

00:58:36 - Peter Samelson gives a quick review of the final night show plus what made this convention memorable for him.

01:02:07 - Fielding West, one of the 'cover boys" from MAGIC Magazine, talks about the importance of using a metronome when practicing.

01:13:14 - Luis Piedrahita, star of Spain's TV show, "The Anthill" tells us how to pronounce his last name, plus an overview of his presentation from his General Session.

01:23:51 - Stan Allen is listing the names of people who are in attendance who have appeared on the cover of MAGIC Magazine over the past 25 years. There were over 70 celebrated magicians here tonight.

01:28:47 - Stan Allen talks about this all being over and his plans for the future. Thanks, Stan!

#201 - Murray Sawchuck - Celebrity Magician

Murray Sawchuck recently completed two and a half years at the Tropicana's Laugh Factory in Las Vegas. On December 20, 2014, he will begin a new afternoon show at Planet Hollywood's "Sincity Theater" along his wife, Chloe, and his partner, Lefty. Murray will add illusions to his comedy magic show plus bring in different aspects of his other appearances on television such as "Pawn Stars" and other shows.

During our conversation, Murray talked about his upcoming appearance on Hallmark's Home & Family morning talk show. After you have listened to the podcast, then be sure to come back to watch this video. The other two videos below are from a couple of his appearances on "America's Got Talent" (sic).

Murray and his baby Chihuahua Kahlua do a magic trick for the Emmy Nominated show Home & Family. www.murraymagic.com

Why is Murray considered a "Celebrity Magician"? Hear what he has done and what he is doing in and around Las Vegas and on television and determine for yourself if you think he deserves the title. Breaks happen, but as they say, "luck is when preparation meets opportunity." Murray works hard to find opportunities to promote his brand so you could say he is one of the luckiest guys in the business.

Among many other topics discussed in this podcast, Murray talks about how he got his first break to headline his own show in Las Vegas and how it evolved to the new show at Planet Hollywood. He talks about contracts, "two-wall" versus "four-walling" a venue in Las Vegas, working on "America's Got Talent", "Pawn Stars", "Wizard Wars", "Extreme Escapes", advice from Marvin "Mr. Electric" Roy, using social media to your advantage, and more. He also gives us an idea of what a typical day in his life is like. He also talks at the end about his favorite charity, Children of the Night", rescuing children from prostitution, which draws attention to one of the least visible charities out there. He is one busy guy!

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513: John Bannon - Scholar, Solicitor, Sorcerer

315: Day 4 - MAGIC Live! 2016

#201 - Murray Sawchuck - Celebrity Magician

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