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914: FISM 2025 in Turin, Italy- Day Two Report

Tuesday 15 July, 2025

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Time Stamps: These will be posted after I have gotten some sleep.

FISM Day Two Report
Scott Wells with Vincent, Hatch, Ellis, Lucero, Gauci, Petty, Carlsen, Martinez, Williamson, Mitchell, Caesar, and DeSouza
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Posted in Convention Report and tagged with FISM Italy, FISM, Turin Italy, Michael Vincent, Tim Ellis, Armando Lucero, Rune Carlsen, Richard Hatch, Marc DeSouza, David Williamson, Craig Petty, craig Mitchell, Joan Caeser, Charles Gauci.

July 15, 2025 by Scott Wells.
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851: MAGIC Live! 2024 Convention - Day Three Report

Tuesday, August 6th

24 hours          Mystique Lounge, Jackson Square

 9:00 a.m.        Information Booth, Kiosk 11:00 p.m.

 10:00 a.m.       General Session for red lanyards, Showroom (Noon)

 11:00 a.m.       The MAGIC Shop, Mardi Gras (6:00p)

 11:30 a.m.        Out to Lunch, Esplanade (1:30p)

 2:15 p.m.          Focus Sessions for red lanyards (3:15p)

  • Acting for Magicians, French Quarter with Chris Philpott & Steve Valentine

  • Share the Awe, St. Charles with Javi Benitez

  • Magyver of Magic, Bienville G with Christian Engbloom               

 3:30 p.m.         Focus Sessions for red lanyards until 4:30 p.m. (see above)

 Live Tonight!

  •  Documentary Live: The Juniors, Dauphine 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 p.m.

  • The Little Big Show, Esplanade   5:35, 8:10, 10:35 p.m.

  • Close-up Experience, Bienville H    6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m.

  • In Concert: Tanto, Dauphine    6:30, 9:05, 11:30p

  • Penguin Magic Podcast, St. Charles      7:00, 8:30, 10:00p

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MAGIC Live Day Three Report
Scott Wells with Alexander, Lucero, Kippen, Cox, Herzberg, and Martinez
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00:00:20 – Matt Alexander shaved his beard just for the Sunday night costume party. That was quite a commitment. We then summarized some of events that led up to today.

00:20:59 – Armando Lucero is enjoying this convention by visiting with friends and introducing some of them for their presentations. He shared some of the memories of past events.

00:23:31 – John Kippen is a Knight of the Magic Castle and is one of the regular performers there. He has been buying some a lot of magic here and telling us what memories are being created at this convention. He particularly liked Jon Armstrong. He also gives us a tip on how to handle an audience members who might be playing on their phone during your show. He also talks about his Friday Zoom meetings that was started during COVID and continues to this day.

00:31:27 – John Cox was one of the outstanding presenters at this convention as he talks about the book he is working on about Houdini’s life that was taken from his travel diary from 1897-1899.

00:41:22 – Morris Herzberg talks about our long-time friendship which is what this podcast is all about: renewing old friendships.

00:46:30 – Joey Martinez, Entertainment Director at Nashville’s House of Cards, talks about that venue and how has been doing. We also summarize one of the shows at this convention and how much we enjoyed it.

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Posted in Convention Report and tagged with MAGIC Live!, Orleans Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Armando Lucero, Matthew Alexander, John Cox, Morris Herzberg, John Kippen, Joey Martinez.

August 6, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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386: Armando Lucero - Looking at Magic

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The chimeric Armando Lucero is an underground legend who rarely lifts his head into the social media let alone taking time to record his thoughts in a conversation for public consumption. Armando has a unique perspective on magic and a philosophy on our art that gives us something to ponder. His commitment to the art and deep understanding of what we do is phenominal. In this rare recording of our conversation, Armando uncovers the veil to give us a glimpse into his mind and world of how he views magic.

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00:05:18 - Armando Lucero talks about his thoughts on magic competitions, getting out of magic then back in, conducting yourself in a professional manner and not responding to every request to perform, creativity, woiking with "The Illusionists", and more.

01:09:37 - Product Review: "Epic Writer" by MagicWorld.co.uk A gimmick for "secret writing" of your spectator's "thoughts". Recommended.

01:16:30 - Product Review: "Impossible Box V 2.0" by Ray Roch produced by Paul Romhany. A clever origami box made from six playing cards then used in a clever Chop Cup routine on stage or strolling without any gimmicks. Recommended.

01:21:10 - Product Review: "Chinese Tweezers" by Mario Lopez from Vernet Magic. A non-gimmicked version of removing coins from within the hole of the Chinese coins using tweezers. Clever, but angly problems. Ungimmicked coins provided and link to online instructions. Recommended with caveats.

Looking At Magic
Scott Wells and Armando Lucero
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