418: 2018 Obie's F.F.F.F. Day One

Wednesday, April 25
2:00-5:00 Registration & 4F Shop open
6:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures/shows)
8:00 1st Show: Taiwanese Gala (MCs: Anson Lee & Horret Wu)
10:15 4F first timers meeting (Executive Room)
10:30 Hospitality Suite (Crystal Room) opens -- Pizza Party
12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:18 - We depart Houston after a stop to Dunkin Donuts

00:05:16 - Charlie Randall talks about the new Johnny Thompson book plus what he's looking forward to seeing/doing at this year's 4F

00:10:26 - From Scotland, Peter McLanachan talks about visiting Canada and the "Browser's Bash" (one day convention) and the U.S. and his some of his passions other than magic

00:14:20 - Marc DeSouza reviewed the evening's Taiwanese gala then he and Steven Brundage exchange stories from touring on the road

00:26:46 - Eric Roumestan (from France) talked about working the streets of New Orleans and Berlin, Germany. I recommend that you go back and listen to our previous podcast about his "second life" by Clicking Here.

00:35:40 - Chris Pilsworth also talked about working the street plus why this convention is so different from all the others and the "mystique" of the 4F. Very well said.

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108: MAGIC Live! 2013 - Day 3

Day three was another fun and exciting day that began with the Opening Session hosted by Justin Flom A highlight of the show was Xavier Mortimer's incredibly innovative routines. He is currently featured in the Cirque du Soliel show here in Vegas, "Michael Jackson One".. But it was Wayne Dobson being interviewed by Jeff McBride which received a standing ovation.

00:00:07 – Tom Vorjahan, Daniel Herron and Eddie Wade give a recap of the Documentary Live 1 show from last night that featured the Long Beach Mystics hosted by Stan Allen and Mike Caveney. It featured David Deeble, Victor and Diamond, Michael Weber, Dana Daniels, Mark Kalin and Jinger, Armando Lucera, Kevin James, and James Hamilton (as Alexander Hamilton).

00:08:33 – I give a short review of the General Session that was hosted by Justin Flom and featured Master Payne, Bill Abbott, Xavier Mortimer, and Wayne Dobson being interviewed by Jeff McBride.

00:13:00 – I chatted with random people dining at the In ‘N Out and how much they enjoy this place. It is one of my regular, mandatory places to dine while in Las Vegas.

00:15:02 – Simon Coronel talks about creativity and how he developed his routine.

00:26:00 – Photo time with Criss Angel

00:26:50 – David Hira talks about this convention and conventions in general and their appeal to different age groups.

00:34:45 – Scott Hunstler was one of the winners on the Sunday night Welcome Party. He talks about what he won. Mark Weidhaas, S.A.M. Past President, and Errol Lipschitz, from Vancouver, talks about their experience of this convention.

00:39:56 – We viewed the documentary about Ricky Jay’s life, Deceptive Practices. Here I get to talk with a few people who know Ricky and have a perspective and opinion on the movie. It isn’t anything like Siskell & Ebert, but I think you will enjoy this discussion by Peter Samelson, Tim Felix and Jon Stetson.

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Looking out toward the Bristol Channel during twilight at Weston Super Mare - site of the Bristol Day of Magic

098: 2013 Bristol Day of Magic

I attended the 53rd Bristol Day of Magic on May 12th along with about 400 other magicians from across the U.K.; however, I was one of the few (maybe three) from the U.S. along with Joshua Jay and Arthur Benjamin who were other performers on this outstanding bill. I was brought in as the "compere" or Master of Ceremonies for the evening gala show.

This podcast features some sounds of the convention and chats with some of the organizers, attendees and performers.

00:02:36 - Mandy Farrell, organizer, starts us off by giving us some history of the Bristol Day of Magic and laying out what we can expect over the next 24 hours.

00:11:00 - Eric Roumestan, from France, talks about his upcoming workshop on coin magic and his inspirations for creating his way of loading coins on the volunteer.

00:26:30 - John Billett, winner of the first Bristol Bucket Award, talks about mentalism and his path into the art.

00:34:00 - Danny (somebody) talks about the new book "Frankly Disillusioned" by Dean Metcalfe.

00:41:15 - Dean Metcalfe joined us to talk about some of his life experiences that are in the new book (available from http://FranlyDisillusioned.com/)

00:50:06 - Soma, from Hungary, talked about the importance and use of music in your act. He also talked about his :road to fame: through contests from his first win in the Junior Stage Competition in Hungary to his first place win at the 2009 FISM context in Beijing.

01:12:42 - Arthur Benjamin, the MathMagician, talked about the way he came about to incorporate math into his magic performances and the similarities of logic, puzzles and math. You can check out a sample of his performance that he gave at a T.E.D. talk by Clicking Here.

01:36:47 - Colin McLeod, from Scotland, along Tim Stacy, from Bristol, and Mandy Davis, from London, talked in the bar after the convention about all the fun everyone had during the event.

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418: 2018 Obie's F.F.F.F. Day One

108: MAGIC Live! 2013 - Day 3

098: 2013 Bristol Day of Magic

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