Found this information on CrissAngel.com, If anyone actually applies and gets accepted, please let us know.
Are you a fan of Criss Angel and want to be in a taping of A&E’s hit show, “Criss Angel Mindfreak” please contact us by video if you meet the following criteria.
Do you believe in the supernatural? Have you seen a ghost? Have you ever had a psychic experience? If so, please submit a 3 minute or less non-returnable home video describing your experience(s) with the unknown.
Please remember to state your age, place of residence, and contact information on the video.Please submit all submissions to:
Criss Angel Mindfreak Production Office
Luxor Hotel
3900 Las Vegas Blvd S.
Las Vegas, NV 89119
I decided to go to the Hollywood Dog Track with my friend Konstantin today because i like to pretend I’m a semi-pro poker player.
Earlier today I learned a sleight of hand magic trick which allows me to make Credit Cards, ID’s, playing cards disappear and reappear. It’s a very easy sleight of hand trick to learn.
So as I entered the Mardi Gras Casino in Hollywood Fl, I knew i was going to be carded so I had my ID in my hand ready.
Security: ID’s..
Preston: ID..Sure
(I present the ID to him at a side angle and with a quick shake of my hand and its gone. Then i make it reappear)
Preston: Here you go.
Security: Better becarful doing stuff like that, there going to throw you out or have to start watching you
(Security laughs)
(I laugh)
(We laugh)
I head towards the poker room and quickly sit down at my table with Konstantin. After a few hands into the poker session i take out the Ace of Clubs and just playing around with it. The poker dealer then asks me.
Poker Dealer Lady: Is that one of my cards?! (As she’s shuffling the deck for the next hand)
(I present the Card at a side angle and quickly make it disappear with my sleight of hand trick)
Preston: Card? What card?
Poker Dealer Lady: Very funny!
(Poker Dealer Lady laughs)
(I laugh)
(Table laughs)
Left around 11PM and up $128 dollars, Which is short of amazing for playing Texas Holdem $2 Straight
We went to the Lincoln Road Mall in Miami Beach and South Beach on Saturday night and filmed a video about how to get a girl phone number using magic tricks. We filmed the street magic video in the Lincoln Road restaurant “Pizza Rustica”
Maybe next time this magic trick can get you lonely guys a date on Valentines Day. Anyways here is the street magic video:
In this magic card trick video we basically did the “Psychic Test Card Trick” and one other simple card trick which involved peeking the bottom card and did a “Sooperman Levitation”.
When doing street magic you should open each trick with a line to help your magic. It helps the spectator know it’s about time for them to be amazed; much like the Laugh Box telling people it’s time to laugh.
Here’s my Top 5 lines I like to use when doing Street Magic:
1, Let me show you something strange
2. I’m going to try something
3. I’ve never done this before
4. Can I try something with you?
5. I’m filming a street magic special
Watch the StreetMagicBlog.com magician’s film their street magic video on the streets of Lincoln Road in South Beach. Also watch as Moisha the Magician tries to get girls phone numbers by amazing them with his magic skills.
Place: All Around Lincoln Road in South Beach Who: Preston, Moisha, and Konstatin Date: Saturday, February 10, 2007 Time: 7:00PM-9:30PM
Ultimate Street Magic: Amazing Tricks for the Urban Magician is an ideal book for people just getting into magic or even to the experienced magician who wants to add a few tricks to his or her arsenal
The best thing about the book is the sheer variety of tricks included. Card tricks, levitation, money tricks, fire tricks, rubber band tricks, mentalist tricks and random other kinds or combinations of all of the above. All of them are tailored to working on the street.
A lot of it is fairly basic and anyone who has been involved in magic for awhile will be familar with many of the tricks but there are also quite a few new ones.
The instructions are fairly clear and are accompanied with actual photographs of the magician doing the trick step by step, which I much prefer over the small black and white sketches!
It’s a pretty good book, worth adding to any street magician’s library or anyone who wants a few new tricks to try out but i’ll also be discussing similar tricks on Street Magic Blog for free.
Here is some additional information on the book:
Book Title: Ultimate Street Magic: Amazing Tricks for the Urban Magician Author: Gary Sumpter Published: 2006 Synopsis On The Book Flap:
“These days magicians have to work hard to keep their public happy. The traditional figure on stage, in sweeping tailcoats and top hats, has gone, usurped by a cooler and edgier trickster taking up their own brand of magic to the streets.
In Street Magic, Gary Sumpter offers readers a wide range of tricks that will wow the public up-close and personal. From impressive effects involving everyday objects, such as coins and rubber bands to playing cards, he moves on to mind magic and stunning illusions to confuse the steel-willed and scare the strong of stomach, with useful tips and thoughtful advice throughout.
Whereever you go - pubs, clubs, markets, restaurants - Street Magic will give you everything you need to entertain, perplex and baffle audiences everywhere.”
The performer asks the spectator to pick a card without him seeing the face and replace it in the pack. The pack is then shuffled and the performer is apparently unsuccesful in locating the card.
After a few attempts, the cards are thrown against a window in a fit of rage, on looking at the window, the chosen card is seen to be sticking to it, even more suprising is the fact that the card is on the inside of the window.
Preparation:
You will need two identical packs of cards and a willing helper.
Method:
This trick should be performed in an area with a large window nearby and with the spectator facing away from the window.
The spectator is asked to choose a card from a pack, memorise it and without showing you, replace the card in the pack.
The pack is then shuffled and a couple of attempts at “is this your card” tried followed by a look of disbelief when the spectator tells you that it is not their card ( this is al part of the act as you don’t even know the card).
After a few attempts you fake an angry outburt and making sure the cards are squard up, throw the pack broadside at the window, where they will hit the window and fal to the ground except the chosen card which is sticking to the window.
Your helper was already positioned behind the window and spectator and had an identical pack of cards. He was able to see the chosen card and took the duplicate from his pack.
A small peice of looped sticky tape ormagicians wax was attached to the duplicate card and it was stuck to the inisde of the window.
The helper should then have walked away from the window. This trick creates a real suprise but it is important to pick up the fallen cards quickly and to pocket the original chosen card.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the last of seven installments of the boy wizard’s adventures, will be published July 21
The final chapter of the Harry Potter series has at least one thing in common with the first six - it’s already a runaway best seller, six months before it hits store shelves.
Online book retailer Amazon.com listing the next book in the popular series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” as the No. 1 seller Friday, a day after they began taking pre-orders for the book.
A single day of pre-orders for the final Harry Potter book has already made it a best seller, six months before it hits stores and mailboxes.
Ultimate Street Magic: Amazing Tricks for the Urban Magician is an ideal book for people just getting into magic or even to the experienced magician who wants to add a few tricks to his or her arsenal
