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saxmangeoff Veteran user Moscow, ID, USA 353 Posts 
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On 2005-10-13 16:03, Whit Haydn wrote: I probably wasn't hip in 1968, but I bet I was cute! My hip years were around 1980, which "hip" meant Devo and A Flock of Seagulls. I wasn't hip. I was into Elvis, and John Coltrane, and Maynard Ferguson. (I was hip in band circles.) Geoff
"You must practice your material until it becomes boring, then practice it until it becomes beautiful." -- Bill Palmer
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Reis O'Brien Inner circle Seattle, WA 2467 Posts
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I'm cool.
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Magicmaven Inner circle 1235 Posts
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On 2005-10-13 16:03, Whit Haydn wrote: If you're not hip, who is?
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Al Schneider V.I.P. A corn field in WI surrounded by 1080 Posts
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Just a thought.
Something I heard on the radio. The queston was why are all the movie stars so important and in the news so often. The answer from a one time Hollywodd producer was that the media creates wow stories about the stars simply to have something to write about. Somehow this gives them power over all of us. If you hear what really goes on they are just like you and me. You know, drugs, murder, slander and all that cool stuff. If you have ever been around TV people and knew something about what was actually going on and what got reported you will know right away that what you read ain't necessarily so. Several times I have been on TV and have been at conventions where the local TV guys were roaming to get a story. A first I was honored that they might point a camera at me. Now, I just tell them in an unpolite way to get lost. That is the way they will treat me. Al Oh, at one convention they asked a dealer if they could tape a trick. He said OK. He ended up as a feature on that night's news. Unfortunately the camera was down behind the table when the trick was performed. I guess the city loved it that night to see the things palmed in the performers hands.
Magic Al. Say it fast and it is magical.
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kihei kid Inner circle Dog House 1039 Posts
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On 2005-10-13 16:59, Jonathan Townsend wrote: How about the National Enquirer? If you haven’t checked it out yet you should, that’s were I get all my news.
In loving memory of Hughie Thomasson 1952-2007.
You brought something beautiful to this world, you touched my heart, my soul and my life. You will be greatly missed. Until we meet again “my old friend”. |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27253 Posts
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On 2005-10-15 05:36, kihei kid wrote: I don't know about news, but it's a great place for inspiring presentations for magic.
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magicalaurie.jpg "View Profile") Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2957 Posts
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On 2005-10-13 16:03, Whit Haydn wrote: Not true, Whit! You're still hip in my book. 
It's VERY hip to be square. Be yourself. Be confident. That's hip. You don't need to be "hip" to be hip, if you know what I mean. Actually, the less hip you are, the better. That's really hip. Know what I mean??? Might have lost the hipsters on that one. I agree with pkg's sentiment.  And Bill, you are WAY cool, man! |
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asper Veteran user 364 Posts
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I doube that the best writers are writing for Copperfield. A lot of his humor contrasts with his character. Most of his humor seems to have been written by 12 year old boys.
Copperfield bores me. He's not cool. You know who's cool? Carlito. That's who. Quote:
On 2005-10-14 20:17, Joe Russell wrote: Posted: Oct 16, 2005 6:05pm Quote: On 2005-10-15 08:14, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Quote: On 2005-10-15 05:36, kihei kid wrote: Quote: On 2005-10-13 16:59, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Sorry guy, I don't read Red Book, Cosmo, Vanity Fair or GQ. How about the National Enquirer? If you haven’t checked it out yet you should, that’s were I get all my news. I don't know about news, but it's a great place for inspiring presentations for magic. Such as? Give us an example of an inspiring presentation you came up with out of National Enquirer. |
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Prof. Alexander New user 68 Posts
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I don’t know if this is a cultural thing or not but David Blaine would be considered to be a bit of an idiot in Britain and Ireland – Cool??? – did any of you see what happened to him when he spent 40 days in a glass box over here - nobody, but nobody thought that this was cool!
The coolest 'magician' around these day is Darren Brown and he wouldn't see himself as cool at all. Alex
I met this chap at the Olympics. I said to him, "Excuse me but are you a pole vaulter?" he replied "No, I'm German, but how did you know my name was Walter?"
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Joe Russell Veteran user Buffalo NY 397 Posts
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Carlito is cooooool. Hey, when is their going to be a magician pro wrestler?
Who is Tattoo Joe?
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asper Veteran user 364 Posts
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Georgous George did magic. I've met Harley Race and he does magic, quite well. There are a few out there, you'd be surprised.
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Prof. Alexander New user 68 Posts
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There is no success like failure and failure is no success at all...
Al
I met this chap at the Olympics. I said to him, "Excuse me but are you a pole vaulter?" he replied "No, I'm German, but how did you know my name was Walter?"
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glatner Loyal user 246 Posts
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Also, what's cool for us might be lame for the lay men (i.e. None of my "muggle" friends have any idea who Dai Vernon is), However some of them sill know who Sigfreid and Roy are. (Although that may have to do more with the tiger mauling, then the magic).
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16365 Posts
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Miles Davis invented Cool in the early 50s, sound was quiet and understated.
A style that describes few magicians. http://www.milesdavis.com/home.htm
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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Lee Darrow V.I.P. Chicago, IL USA 3588 Posts
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And Dizzy Gillespie perfected cool.
http://dizzygillespie.org/ Be-bop rules! Oobopshebam! Lee Darrow, C.H.
http://www.leedarrow.com
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onebark Regular user Atlanta, GA 141 Posts
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On 2005-10-20 23:03, tommy wrote: Wow. What a reality check. Thanks, Tommy. Its true...listen to any recording done by the Miles Davis Quintet. If your magic makes the audience feel like Freddy the Freeloader, All Blues, or So What, then you have a keeper! Now that's cool. I guess today's culture doesn't remember where the term became so mainstream...or bohemian? |
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saxmangeoff Veteran user Moscow, ID, USA 353 Posts
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Do I smell a conversation turning to the topic of jazz?
While Dizzy was certainly cool, he did not play Cool Jazz. http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/history.aspx?hid=21 I'm not sure Blaine would qualify as "cool" in the jazz sense. Maybe hard bop? Now you've got me wondering who would be the Sun Ra of magic..... Geoff
"You must practice your material until it becomes boring, then practice it until it becomes beautiful." -- Bill Palmer
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16365 Posts
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Oobopshebam! Cool word for magic. Thanks Lee.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14072 Posts
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On 2005-10-13 15:32, Jonathan Townsend wrote: I grew up with Mark Wilson, but I never made the association between him and Pat Boone...I'm still lost as to your meaning. Could you elucidate?
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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magicalaurie Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2957 Posts
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However some of them sill know who Sigfreid and Roy are. Poor Siegfried. Siegfried. Siegfried. SIEGFRIED. S-I-E-G-F-R-I-E-D
That's Siegfried, Siegfried "When we first came to America, people couldn't say Siegfried, now some of them even spell it right" Fischbacher. |
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