Wayne Houchin Lecture
Greetings magic buds. Attended a great lecture in Tulsa last
Friday night. Wayne Houchin performed a number of his most
popular routines and how he performs them for real audiences. He
is a very nice guy. Young, but very talented, and extremely
creative. He puts a lot of thought into the development of his
routines and the psychology behind the words he uses and the
actions he takes. He is quite busy lecturing around the world
through next year and apparently recently relocated from
California to Hawaii.
The lecture included performances and explanations for Sinful,
Thread, a brief talk about success in magic, and finally the East
Indian Needle Trick with a twist. He displayed a cherry with 40
needles in it. He had a spectator withdraw them, place them in
shot glass and he drank them down with some water. Audience was
very surprised when he pulled them out threaded. Reminded me a
bit of Teller's Needles in Apple routine.
Anyway, one of the card effects he did fooled me badly so I
bought it it. The effect is called Influence and it uses a Monte
Cristo deck -- something I have never seen before. Came up with a
bunch of ideas for the deck and now just trying to figure out
where to go with it.
Saw the demo for David Regal's new Red Streamlined Convertible
which is an assembly of four red backed Kings and blue backed
indifferent cards. For those who know my effect, Card Marx, you
know I like effects where cards change color at the end. This is
different. A MacDonald's Aces like effect but the four cards that
assemble have red backs. Looks very good and there are no gaffs.
Looks like a winner. You can learn more at DavidRegal.com --
apparently Wayne Houchin is helping David with the video.
Well, it's time to trade magic. Look through your closets and let
me know if you want to trade anything from my list:
- 20th Century Bra
- Balloon Detective
- Branded
- CAPtivated
- Card Marx
- Cobra Deck
- Collapsible Beer Can
- Cruch
- Emergency Stop
- Flash Burst
- Gilligan's Prediction
- Head off Shoulders Illusion
- Magic Flask
- The Modifier Wallet
- No Gravity Cards
- Sand Frame
- Sudden Deck
- Super Sharpie
- Tagged
- Sprtizer
- Traveling Knot
- Vernet Multiplying Billiard Balls w/Climax Production
- Walk Around Silk to Egg
- Window
- Wonder Dog
More reviews coming soon.
All my best,
Steven
Friday night. Wayne Houchin performed a number of his most
popular routines and how he performs them for real audiences. He
is a very nice guy. Young, but very talented, and extremely
creative. He puts a lot of thought into the development of his
routines and the psychology behind the words he uses and the
actions he takes. He is quite busy lecturing around the world
through next year and apparently recently relocated from
California to Hawaii.
The lecture included performances and explanations for Sinful,
Thread, a brief talk about success in magic, and finally the East
Indian Needle Trick with a twist. He displayed a cherry with 40
needles in it. He had a spectator withdraw them, place them in
shot glass and he drank them down with some water. Audience was
very surprised when he pulled them out threaded. Reminded me a
bit of Teller's Needles in Apple routine.
Anyway, one of the card effects he did fooled me badly so I
bought it it. The effect is called Influence and it uses a Monte
Cristo deck -- something I have never seen before. Came up with a
bunch of ideas for the deck and now just trying to figure out
where to go with it.
Saw the demo for David Regal's new Red Streamlined Convertible
which is an assembly of four red backed Kings and blue backed
indifferent cards. For those who know my effect, Card Marx, you
know I like effects where cards change color at the end. This is
different. A MacDonald's Aces like effect but the four cards that
assemble have red backs. Looks very good and there are no gaffs.
Looks like a winner. You can learn more at DavidRegal.com --
apparently Wayne Houchin is helping David with the video.
Well, it's time to trade magic. Look through your closets and let
me know if you want to trade anything from my list:
- 20th Century Bra
- Balloon Detective
- Branded
- CAPtivated
- Card Marx
- Cobra Deck
- Collapsible Beer Can
- Cruch
- Emergency Stop
- Flash Burst
- Gilligan's Prediction
- Head off Shoulders Illusion
- Magic Flask
- The Modifier Wallet
- No Gravity Cards
- Sand Frame
- Sudden Deck
- Super Sharpie
- Tagged
- Sprtizer
- Traveling Knot
- Vernet Multiplying Billiard Balls w/Climax Production
- Walk Around Silk to Egg
- Window
- Wonder Dog
More reviews coming soon.
All my best,
Steven
posted by Steven at
10:06 AM
