Quasi-Impossible Card Sculptures
Several things worth mentioning about the above photo: It’s an unmodified photo straight from the camera. No photoshopping or other image editing. The green background...
Tales From FISM – Tactical Vodka Usage
(A bit over a month ago, I won a big award at the FISM World Magic Championships. This is one of several stories from behind...
Pleasantly Surprised
Life is full of unpleasant surprises. While this is obviously a sad thing, it does make it even more wonderful when you get the occasional...
In The Blink Of Any Eye (Literally)
This is a video of a something called a quadruple snap change; one of the hardest sleight-of-hand moves I can do well enough to actually...
Scared, Scared, Scared
"You didn't look nervous." -Many people, after I told them how nervous I was when presenting at The EG and performing at FISM When someone...
Tales From FISM – Look in My Pocket
Over the next few weeks, I want to share some of the stories behind the scenes from the whole FISM thing. A couple of them...
Special Thanks To…
It seems that congratulations are in order. Four days ago, at the awards ceremony of the FISM Magic World Championships, I was awarded the prize...
Post-FISM Tension Break
Anyone who’s completed a university degree knows that feeling of the tension break after finishing a final exam. The stress builds all semester long, exponentially...
Avengers Assemble!
I've been trying to find a way to capture the essence of what I'm doing at the moment with regards to the upcoming FISM Magic...
The 45-Minute Poster
It normally takes a few weeks to assemble the promotional materials for a show. Photos, blurbs, descriptions, poster layouts, drafts, revisions, proofreads, and other things...
On Ideas and Cities
In between workshopping the hell out of my shows at The Magic Castle and doing a run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, I popped up...
Ultra Portable Theatre
The Handsome Jack shows marked an interesting point in the evolution of Black Label Productions (the banner under which we produce public ticketed shows). Specifically,...
The 28-Show Workshop
I’m back at the Magic Castle this week, and have work to do. As well as being an amazing place to perform, and one of...
Once You Go Jack…
Five years ago I was booked to perform at the Magic Castle in Hollywood for the first time. The guy who booked me, John Lovick,...
One Year and Counting
On May 3rd, a couple of weeks ago, this website turned one year old. I’m extremely proud of the fact that over the course of...
Debriefing After The Chuck Show
For a show that was conceived, planned, produced, promoted, and executed all within a three weeks, I was slightly overwhelmed with how well Chuck Fayne...
Volunteer Opportunities at the Hollywood Fringe
With the Hollywood Fringe coming up, I’m once again putting out opportunities for volunteers interested in helping with the production. Much like the way we...
The Mr Miyagi Principle
There is a subtle perception about expertise that exists in various forms across most cultures. Specifically, that a true ultimate master of something very rarely...
Chuck Fayne And His Four Opening Acts
I landed back in Melbourne four days after the EG finished, mind still reeling from the experience, and quickly had to hit the ground running....
Continuing The EG Story
A little more back story, further to last week’s post where I was getting excited about presenting at the amazing EG (Entertainment Gathering) conference. The EG...