HE’S NOT EVERYONE’S CUP OF LOKSHEN SOUP.. He can be argumentative, abrasive, pushy, boastful, attention-seeking, outspoken, petulant, intrusive and has irritated some of the best -known names in magic. I have known him for over sixty years. He has verbally laid into me many times, contradicting much of my conversation, which infuriates me because he [...]
Posted on August 19th, 2008 by John
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THAT’S EXACTLY THE REMARK MADE BY ED. MARLO when Jack Avis sent him a John Derris effect in one of the hundreds of letters they exchanged for nearly thirty years. Fame indeed and perhaps a sentiment shared by many magicians. For John Derris is not a name in the heady firmament of the stars of magic [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by John
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I’VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE of working an act regularly until it goes like clockwork so that all your energy goes into the presentation. Many professionals have worked this way – Eddie Tulloch the king of the trade shows in the U.S. I’m told performed all his life with just a pack of cards, a pack of [...]
Posted on August 17th, 2008 by John
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At long last John Derris’ KISS lecture notes are now available to purchase. This PDF ebook contains the entire KISS lecture that John has given to hundreds of magic clubs and associations, plus a wealth of additional information.
In it, John explains the simple principles that have helped him make good money from simple magic for [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2008 by John
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AS IS WELL KNOWN I HAVE BEEN GIVING MY LECTURE/presentation “KISS” (Keep it Simple Stupid) for over three years to magic clubs throughout Britain and overseas with great success. It’s a technique I used with my advertising agency that won me much high profile business and in the last 12 years I’ve successfully applied it to the business of [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2008 by John
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AS A KID I NEVER LIKED THE EGG BAG TRICK. When I saw a magician perform this effect I didn’t think it was very mysterious and the bit of ostensibly hiding the egg under your arm I thought was childish.
Until.
As a fan of Jeff Hobson I once saw him do a 30 minute spot in a [...]
Posted on August 14th, 2008 by John
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JUST HEARD THE SAD NEWS OF THE PASSING OF CHRIS PRATT yesterday. An excellent magician and performer, an outstanding servant of The Magic Circle, their most efficient secretary for many years and a real gentelman. My wife said he would always come up to her at social events, give her a kiss on both cheeks and engage in [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2008 by John
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MANY HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO BLOG on this site for the past three weeks or so. The spirit was willing but the computer had other ideas. It crashed and as a computer innocent I was lost and spent would you believe over four hours talking to a Dell technician in a call centre [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2008 by John
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