Archive for November, 2007

A personal tour of Blogland

by: Intensely Magic November 29, 2007

There’s some good reading on some of the magic blogs right now. Of course there’s a load of crap too, but the balance isn’t quite as bad recently. Obviously, this reflects my likes and prejudices. Please take it as such. B. D. Erland continues to write one of the most thoughtful and well constructed blogs [...]

Castle Notebooks – Who cares?

by: Intensely Magic November 24, 2007

I’m just not too excited about the impending release of the Cervon notebooks – the infamous Castle Notebooks. The price is just plain stupid for scanned pages – especially given the rather large run (500). Even though Richard Kaufman seems to be on the rag permanently these days, I think he is justified in condemning [...]

We Award the i/m DD Again

by: Intensely Magic November 23, 2007

(It’s been a while since we awarded the i/m DD. Very honestly, the last award was a mistake. The award went to Paul Chosse and while I still maintain that his actions were over the top in the dispute which gave him the award, he appears to be a fine man and, possibly, his actions [...]

Quick trick recommendation

by: Intensely Magic November 22, 2007

I know there is substantial disagreement whether the PATEO force actually fools anyone. It’s one of those things that shot by me the 1st time I saw it and then I later wondered how it ever fooled me. Anyway, there’s a neat trick in the December Genii by Max Maven called Electile Dysfunction. Although I’m seldom [...]

Buyer Beware

by: Intensely Magic November 21, 2007

I see Tim Trono is raving about an upcoming release from Bob Kohler called IVanish. Just remember – the last time he waxed so excited we got Hole In The Head!

Walking Eagle

by: Intensely Magic November 21, 2007

Two weeks ago in up state New  York, Senator Hillary Clinton was invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation. She spoke for almost an hour on her future plans for increasing every Native American’s present standard of living,  should she one day become the first female President.    She  referred to [...]

Digital Dissolve – Again

by: Intensely Magic November 20, 2007

As I pointed out in my original review of Digital Dissolve – IT IS STEVE DUSHECK’s EFFECT. Period.  I was glad to see David Regal come to the same conclusion in his review in the December Genii. Great minds……. Take care………    

Again, A New Template

by: Intensely Magic November 18, 2007

  I just can’t seem to be satisfied with the look and feel of this blog, but I think that this may be it. It’s required a boatload of tweaking and there’s still a wart or two – it’s new, but there are real possibilities. I’ll be adding an image gallery this week – I [...]