A comprehensive exploration of one of the most important and valuable moves in card magic unlike anything the magic community has ever seen.

Regarding Eugene Burger’s Psychological Card Magic – Notes on the Workshop on Equivoque and Dai Vernon’s Trick That Cannot Be Explained – plus a one-of-a-kind document!

Jamy reviews Eugene Burger: Final Secrets by Lawrence Hass and Eugene Burger

Jamy returns to blogging after an absence, and there is much more to come in the weeks ahead!

Like it or not—or both, in reality—books do go out of print, and that is now the case, or rapidly becoming the case, with my three Vanishing Inc. volumes, one of which is now completely sold out. So, if you’ve been putting of buying any of my books, or completing your set, here is the current status (notwithstanding that individual retailers may have a copy or a few on their shelves) …

Richard Pryor – An Appreciation

On December 10, 2005, nine days after his 65th birthday, Pryor died of a heart attack in Los Angeles. I was deeply affected by Pryor’ life, work, and death, and I promptly wrote this piece about him, which I shared with a handful of friends, including standup comic, actor, director, writer, Paul Provenza. Paul asked me if he could send the piece over to Shecky magazine for possible publication, and indeed they posted my piece the next day. For sake of having it on the record and readily available, I am posting the piece here on my own site, and hope that my readers find it of interest.

Here’s a quick news update to let you know about a couple of new podcast interviews that have just been posted, including Part 2 of Vanishing Inc.’s INSIDER podcast, and a two-hour magic interview at The Daily Magician …

Top of my news today is that I was invited to return for a second time to be interviewed on “The Insider” podcast over at Vanishing Inc., this time about my new book, Conjuror’s Conundrum. The format is typically 30 minutes but the host kept the conversation going and so they’ve broken it into two parts. The first part is up today:

The Insider | Jamy Ian Swiss (Part 1)

Today’s blog entry is my first current foray out of the magic space and into another passion of mine, namely, cocktail craft. Here you will find a deep dive into the classic martini—about having a legendary example at famed Harry’s Bar in Venice, and about some detailed approaches to properly making one. I hope you enjoy this detour out amid some of my other passions, but fear not, magic will be back very soon indeed. If it happens that you do enjoy this piece, I encourage you to offer a blog comment and let me know. Thanks for your indulgence, and here now for your refreshment I offer you …

This week’s blog post features one more John Thompson item that we wrote for The Magic of Johnny Thompson but ultimately elected not to include. While it would have benefitted from illustrations, John did review the details of this text and I think careful reading will reveal all that is necessary to understand how to fabricate the special gaff. I’ve always been fond of the plot of the classic hat load trick, and I’ve provided some references that may be helpful to magicians looking to explore this classic further, along with a brief description of my own take on this classic plot.