German Lecture and FFFF 2009
Hi folks Well, things have been a bit busy of late, but there is a blog that is long overdue. Hope you’re sitting comfortably because it’s a big one! The events themselves were a long time coming, incredibly fast in passing and now, sitting typing this, almost feel like the distant past. A trip involving […]
Upcoming lectures at the Scottish Conjurer’s Association
Hi folks I thought I’d do a quick post to let you know about a couple of lectures that the Scottish Conjurers’ Association are putting on in the next couple of weeks. First off, on Wednesday 13 May, is Canada’s Shawn Farquhar who will be presenting his “Bread And Butter Lecture” in what will be […]
Race For Life for Cancer Research
Hi folks A quick post just now. Both my Mum and my Sister are going to be taking part in the Race For Life in aid of Cancer Research UK. This charity is very close to me and Mhairi’s hearts as both our parents have survived cancer – Dad twice! – so, if you can, […]
Upcoming Scottish Magic Events
Hi folks A quick post to let you know of a few events taking place in Central Scotland in the coming couple of weeks.First off, on Thursday 9th April, Paisley Magic Circle will be hosting a lecture by American Close Up Magician Gregory Wilson as part of his limited UK lecture tour. The lecture will […]
The Cardman Goes International
Hi folks A brief post to let you know of a couple of things I’ve got coming up. First off, on Saturday 18 April, I will be presenting a lecture for Magischen Nordlichter (click here for the site translated into English) starting at 2pm in their headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. You can get more information […]
The Blog’s New Look
Hi folks Well, you might just have noticed that the blog is looking a little different. Well, for the last few weeks I have been attending an introductory course about Flash (ah-ahhhh!) at Glasgow Metropolitan College. I’ve been learning how to do some pretty cool wee animations, as well as creating websites within the package. […]
Search And Destroy featuring The Nowhere Pass by Aaron Fisher
Price: $25 plus $5 shipping and handling anywhere in the worldAvailable from: Aaron Fisher’s website from 4pm EST (9pm GMT) on 17 March 2009 From reading the information above, you’ll probably realise that this is not a review. This is, in fact, a preview. Let me just state here that I have not seen the […]
Spotlight On Carey by John Carey
Price: £15 postpaid in the UK ($25 postpaid for the rest of the world)Available direct from John via PayPal at johncareymagic@googlemail.com John Carey is one of the UK’s top “underground” magicians who, after some cajoling from his friends, has popped his head out into the open to share some of his material. This DVD contains […]
Bill Hicks on Letterman
Regular readers (hi folks!) will probably know that, thanks to my best mate Peter, I am a big fan of Bill Hicks. My sister and I used to stay over at Peter’s after a Friday night out at a ’70s night in Paisley and Peter would always play some of Hicks’s albums as we were […]
2009 Blackpool Magicians Convention
Hi folks Well, February is now behind us and another Blackpool Convention is part of history. It was a lot of fun and, to be honest, for the first time in a wee while I had more fun with the social side of things than I did at the organised events. The journey down was […]