More lecture news
Hi folks Next Tuesday, 3rd July, I’ll be in Watford presenting my lecture to the Watford Association of Magicians. The lecture starts at 8pm and entry for non-members is £5. This is the first time I’ve lectured in England and I am both apprehensive and looking forward to it. I hope the members and visitors […]
Terrorvision/Television Memories
Many moons ago – 10 years to be exact! – my sister, Mhairi, and I would have our regular Saturday night TV shows. One of these was Channel 4’s “Last Chance Lottery”, a gameshow based on that night’s National Lottery draw and hosted by Patrick Kielty. Our favourite memory of this mental show is the […]
Velvet Revolver, SECC, 10 June 2007
This all starts last Wednesday when I got an e-mail from the SECC tickets e-mail list saying that the promoters were giving away a limited number of free tickets to the Velvet Revolver concert at the SECC. All I needed to do was e-mail them with my name, e-mail and phone number and I’d be […]
Chan Canasta
While brousing through YouTube recently, I came across the following videos. They are of a performer who, in the 1950s, caused a huge sensation on British TV. His name was Chan Canasta and his TV show in the ’50s caused a huge sensation. On a magical level, he was prepared to take risks that many, […]
Lectures
In a couple of previous posts, I’ve mentioned that I had been asked to present my magic lecture at a couple of places – the Scottish Association of Magical Societies Convention in Montrose at the end of April (at 10:15 on the Sunday morning!) and at Glasgow Magic Circle‘s President’s Night at the beginning of […]
Catch up – Germany (Long post!)
Well, the trip to Germany is now but a memory. But what a series of memories they are! It was almost like being part of a rock tour – a different day, a different city – so this is going to be a fairly lengthy post as we managed to cram a ton of stuff […]
Upcoming Lectures
I’m taking a few moments out while in the process of typing up about my Germany trip to let you know of a couple of lectures that I’ve got coming up in the near future. The first happens this Tuesday night – 8 May 2007 – at Glasgow Magic Circle. It is their President’s Night […]
Catch Up – Blackpool Magic Convention and SAPPA Tour Event 10
It’s been a while, so I’m going to use this post to catch up on a couple of things that have happened recently. The Blackpool Convention is now but a distant memory, but what a memory it is! One of the craziest and most fun weekends I’ve had in a long time and, socially, the […]
Dad
Just before midnight arrives and we move out of 16th February and into 17th February, I just wanted to say Happy Birthday, Dad! He would have been 66 today. We miss you every day. Speak soon. The Cardman 🙂
How did I start in magic?
One question all magicians are asked is “how did you get interested in magic?” Well, for me, it was one Christmas just after my 7th birthday when I sat and watched David Copperfield on TV. It was his fourth special and, it was said, at the end of the special he would try to make […]