562: Marc DeSouza - A Winning Combination

Multi-award winning magician, Marc DeSouza, joins us this week to talk about some of the competitions he has entered. But he also talks about Star Trek conventions, graphic artist, Steranko, F.I.S.M. as well as some of his favorite magic conventions he has attended, plus he talks about the legendary Fred Kaps, and more. Marc also offers a couple prizes to listeners this week. You can see the details below in this week’s blog.

He is also offering the following: "DeSouza's DeCeptions" is almost out of print with less than 40 copies remaining. The retail on the book is $60.00 from Vanishing Inc. If they buy it from Marc, then the price is $40.00 and it includes the companion DVD, which Vanishing Inc. no longer offers. The four DVD set from L&L is available from Marc for $50.00. These prices are only for Magic Word Podcast listeners. To get them, you need to e-mail Marc at fkaps@aol.com and mention The Magic Word. This offer is good only until his stocks run out.

Marc Desouza is a renown award winning magician among the magic industry. A group of magicians and I were nicely granted a visit to Marc Desouza's collection...

Episode #3 Marc DeSouza (National IBM/SAM award winner) Speaks about the most potent tactic for making your magic feel real. Michael performs "Invisible Coin...

Marc DeSouza talks about the new book, Rubinstein Coin Magic, available for shipping during the first week of June 2020.

Compliments of the Society of American Magicians, Marc DeSouza Lectures for All Magicians beginning at the 00:30:00 timestamp.

While limited supplies last, Marc is offering deals on his book and DVD set. Only $40.00 for DeSouza’s DeCeptions (less than 40 copies remain that include the DVD) and $50 for the four DVD set of Masterworks of Conjuring. You can write him at fkaps@aol.com But you must mention that you are a listener of The Magic Word Podcast to receive the discounted prices.

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275: Where Comics and Magic Collide with Jon Armstrong

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Jon Armstrong is not only a pretty face in the magic community (among other things like being the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Academy of Magical Arts, Close-up Magician of the Year, Consultant to theme parks, film and television, headliner at Caesar's Magical Empire, and appeared on many TV shows including "Penn & Teller Fool Us" and other talk shows), but Jon is also a self professed "comic book nerd".

Jon visits ComiCons each year and is a sought after as a panelist discussing the confluence of "magic" with "comic books" or "graphic novels",

Magician Jon Armstrong (www.cardjon.com) performs his signature effect "Tiny Plunger" which Penn calls the most original card trick he's seen.

In this podcast Jon Armstrong talks about how art influences life and vice versa, how magic and comics intertwine and how and why we should wisely choose our selection of tricks. Basically, we should select those things that reflect our unique personalities rather than just buying the "trick of the hour" that just came out.

He also refers to a book entitled "Understanding Comics - The Invisible Art" and why it should be required reading for magicians. You can read the free PDF excerpt by Clicking Here or download the entire PDF by Clicking Here or just read online all 223 pages of it by Clicking Here. Jon discusses how he approaches groups to perform close-up during cocktail parties. And he talks also about "branding" yourself and how he does it.

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216: Brad Henderson, the Esoteric Escamoteur - Part Two, Tales from the Mansion

We continue our conversation with Brad Henderson telling stories about his good friend Richard Garriott, aka Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa, but perhaps more well known to the general public as a game developer magnate and civilian astronaut. As mentioned in the blog last week, Brad was the curator of Richard Garriott's magic collection though now Richards primary residence is in New York City following his nuptials in 2011.

We begin this second part of our chat discussing more of the practical than the theoretical side of magic. But since we are talking with Brad, it does eventually slide into a little more theory towards the end.

Brad planned elaborate parties for Richard Garriott, one of which nearly cost Brad his life due to the stress and physicality of the planning. These parties were not your typical birthday parties but elaborate, extravagant events that that attracted the glitterati and Illuminati and literally cost a small fortune. The details and behind the scenes stories are incredible and almost "fairy tale" like.

Many of you are aware of the embezzlement proceedings that involved Hank Lee and Richard Garriott. Well, Brad tells a little more about that affair now that some time has been served, literally.