780: MAGIC Live! 2023 Convention - Day Two Report

Monday, August 7th

24 hours Mystque Lounge, Jackson Square
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. - Noon General Session for PURPLE, Showroom
10:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Focus Session
Sleightly Absurd, Charlie Frye in French Quarter
Building a Mystery, John Bannon in Bienville G
Six-Figure Family Shows by Ken Scott Joe Romano, and John Abrams in St. Charles
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The Magic Shop, Mardi Gras
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE, see above
2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. General Session for WHITE, Showroom
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 pm. Focus Sessions for PURPLE, see above
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Focus Sessions for PURPLE, see above
Live Tonight!
6;00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m. The Close-Up Experience, Bienville H
7:00, 10:15 p.m. Live Onstage!, Showroom
7:00, 8:45, 10:30 p.m. In Concert: Ben Seidman, French Quarter

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440: 2018 MAGIC Live! - Day Two Update

Day Two Schedule - Monday, August 6, 2018

9:00 a.m. Registration until 12:15 p.m.

10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - General Session for White Lanyards

10:00 a.m. Focus Session for BLUE lanyards until 11:00 a.m.

The Garage: Tune-Up Your Magic

Rubber Band Magic

Why Mentalism

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - What's New (Dealers' Faire)

11:15 a.m - 12:15 p.m. - Focus Sessions for BLUE Lanyards.

12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Close-Up Experience

2:15 - 4:30 p.m. - General Session for WHITE lanyards

2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE Lanyards

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.- Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards

Live Tonight!

The Close-Up Experience: 75 minutes - various times

Parlour of Victorian Mysteries: 50 minutes - various times

Live Onstage One!: 75 minutes 7:00 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:17 - Richard Olson won one of the grand prizes in the drawing last night with over $1,000 in magic items, Jon Stetson talks about mentalism workshops, John Rose talks about MagiCuba, and David Hinkin chats about the T.A.O.M. convention.

00:09:16 - Marc Summers kicks off the Morning Session who explains the theme of this year's MAGIC Live!

00:16:38 - Lunch time at In 'n Out

00:17:23 - Phillip Boruchowitz from South Africa talks about why he attends magic conventions around the world and how much he enjoys listening to The Magic Word Podcast

00:20:32 - Ron Ishimaru, National President of the S.A.M. tells us what he plans to do this year on his agenda for the organization.

00:25:23 - Scott Tokar talks about getting youth involved as Magic Castle youth program

00:35:31 - Marco Tempest talks about the future of magic conventions and magic performances using technology

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350: Hammer Time with Mike Hammer

For the past five years, Mike Hammer has been packing them in while headlining in his own theater in the Four Queens Casino and Hotel on Fremont Street, downtown Las Vegas. Mike has his own style, and it works for him. He is the "Don Rickles" of magic with a rather abrasive approach where he actually insults his audience...and they love him! The night I visited his show, the room was packed and afterwards I overheard some saying this was a repeat visit to enjoy his show. Two people had paid for return visits to watch his show over 30 times!

Some of you might remember seeing Mike on "Penn and Teller Fool Us" with his outrageously memorable performance using a blow up doll. If not, then you can view the video here on this blog.

In this podcast, we cover a lot of territory from how he developed his act, working in Las Vegas, routining, trick selection, getting out of bad situations when things go wrong, and keeping his performances fresh. This was a fun and funny podcast that includes a lot of sound advice with some great behind-the-scenes stories.