Comments for Andi Gladwin

Comment on 2011 Lectures by Robin Maddy

Robin Maddy — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:18:26 +0000

I am the Programme Secretary for the Home Counties Magical Society. Reading. We would like to book your lecture. We meet on the 3rd Thursday in the month. Looking at dates Feb 2012 onwards. Please advise fee and availability.

Comment on CoolSmartFunny by Mydas

Mydas — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:53:45 +0000

From the very moment, I knew that being a “nerdy” magician, so to speak, was not going to cut it for me, so I polished a “cool” magician look ‘n’ feel. At first, I thought every magician should be like that, because I thought that “nerdy” magicians everywhere are ruining our image in public.

Only now do I realise that not all magicians can be cool, and not all magicians can be funny…

Guess that’s what they were talking about, when they said “be yourself”. Figures.

Comment on CoolSmartFunny by jay sankey

jay sankey — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:42:41 +0000

From a commercial point of view this makes total sense to me. But artistically it sounds really limited and even sad. Popular musicians are def not expected to be CS+F. Same goes for actors or writers. Yes, of course, magic is a performance art, and we often choose the most ‘everyday’ venues, but I very much hope that in the not too distant future the general public (and we ourselves) will be more comfortable with a wider range of styles including cranky, strange, uncool, etc. (Side note: I suspect Paul Harris was one of the original CS+F magicians. Or at least the IDEA of Paul Harris.) Funny makes almost everything more commercial. So does smart and cool. Of the three, it is the ‘cool’ that is rarest in magic circles. Plenty of smart individuals in our craft. Also loads of humorous people. But truly ‘cool’…? Seldom. Seems to me, most of the people who wander into magic that are C,S, AND funny…they usually move onto more appreciative audience and far lusher creative opportunities (Johnny Carson, Orson Welles, etc, etc, etc, etc.) Let’s all try to keep moving this whole ‘magic thang’ FORWARD. Thanks for posting yet another thought-inspiring blog Andi G!

Comment on Master Pushoff Trailer by Andy Dean

Andy Dean — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:16:41 +0000

Hi Andi
We meet on monday, i was very impressed with the push off, could i buy a dvd from you?
Best wishes
Andy

Comment on iPhone Tools by Ryan Swigert

Ryan Swigert — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:09:43 +0000

Great post! I’m all about running a business via the iPhone. Some other apps that you might find helpful are: Analytics, Ego, MailChimp, RTM, and Accounts. However, you also can’t forget about Angry Birds!

Comment on A Royal 242 Deal by Dennis van den Hove

Dennis van den Hove — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:46:19 +0000

Actually, the order of the cards should be reversed. The handling, as published on the DVD set, starts off with counting the cards onto the table, reversing their order.
Performing it as described above has the spectator end up with the winning hand.