809: Tales From The Road

At last year’s “Magic at the Beach” convention in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the organizer, Charles Bach, asked his friends and fellow performers to participate in a panel discussion where they would recount some of their “horror stories” from the road. All of us have had problems getting to or from our shows or even during our shows. For the most part, those are not pleasant memories to remember, much less than to retell to a large group of magicians.

This week, John Shryock hosts a panel of magicians who “bare it all” by retelling some stories that were painful to remember and in some cases were just painful. Featured in this podcast are stories told by John Shryock, Eric Buss, Dan Harlan, Kerry Pollock, Charles Bach, and Greg Frewin. After the panel discussion, we hear from three more of the performers in an outside setting who recount their own “Tales From The Road”: Wacky Chad, Steve Beam and Amazing Adam

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682: MAGIC Live! 2022 - Day Two Report

Monday, May 16, 2022

9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Registration open
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. - General Session for YELLOW lanyard
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Focus Sessions for GREEN lanyards
- Talk About Tricks: Very Best of by Joshua Jay
- A Perilous Tightrope by Christopher T. Magician
- Rediscovering Wonder with Michael Weber
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - The Magic Shop (Dealers) Open
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Focus Session for GREEN Lanyards
12:30 - 1:40 p.m. The Close-up Experience
2:15 - 4:15 p.m. General Session for GREEN Lanyards
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Session for YELLOW Lanyards
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Focus Session for YELLOW Lanyards

LIVE Tonight!

Documentary Live 70 minutes: 6:00, 8:00, 10:30 p.m.
The Close-Up Experience 70 minutes: 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m.
In Concert: The Historie of Magic 60 minutes: 6:00 7:45 9:45 p.m.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:42 - Trigg Watson talks about this convention and Masters of Illusion and Matthew O’Niell (20 year old member of Magic Castle Juniors) talks about this being his first MAGIC Live convention

00:08:03 - Diamond Jim Tyler talks about some of the events we attended so far today, plus an update on his “Bamboozlers 4” book

00:16:14 - Joseph Daniels is one of the dealers and chats about Arcane Relics and some future “Bizzare” conventions coming this year.

00:22:09 - Chris Philpott (creator of “100 Monkeys”) moved to Canada during lockdown but has been working on other projects during that time.

00:29:05 - Ben Dentika is another person who is attending MAGIC Live! for the first time and shares his experience

00:35:21 - Earl Chaney is one of the original Ronald McDonald clowns and is a chronicler of old Las Vegas

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649: TRICS 2021 - Day Three Report

Saturday 6th November 2021

Dan Harlan 11:00 – 12: 00

Beam’s Door Jam 12:30 – 1:30

Lunch 1:30 – 3:00
Jonathan Levit 3:00 – 4:00
Henry Evans 5:00 – 6:00
Dinner 6:00 – 8:15
Public Show with Dan Harlan, Ryan Plunkett, Jonathan Levit, Garrett Thomas, Michael Ammar, and Henry Evans 8:15 – 10:15

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Kevin Raylek is one of the dozen dealers at TRICS and he talks a bit about this event and dealers.

00:04:26 - a Friend of The Magic Word, Rick DeNatale, talks about why he enjoys coming to this convention and a few things he has enjoyed most so far.

00:09:20 - one of the presenters on Friday in the “Insights” portion of the program was Rolando Santos. He gives us a recap of his “TED Talk”

00:18:39 - Steve Beam and Scott Robinson talk about their work with TRICS and keeping this event fun and fresh each year.

00:26:28 - Tiffany Allen performs a “Georgia Wonder/Magnet” show and has been a long time member of the local “Sleight Club”

00:35:41 - Dan Harlan is no longer associated with Penguin Magic by resides in nearby Raleigh, NC and tells us what he’s been up to for the past year including a “secret” project that he tips to The Magic Word as a scoop.

00:41:38 - Michael Ammar enjoyed his first TRICS convention, too, and talked about this, his family and upcoming projects.

00:49:57 - Scott Robinson gives a wrap and perspective on the 2021 convention.

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