XCM (Extreme Card Manipulation) has been discussed quite a bit at this blog over the last few days. After I posted the video of “Card Manipulation Guy”, people started talking and bringing up some really good points about XCM… Can XCM be entertaining by itself? Should XCM be considered a branch of magic, or its [...]

These three guys are actually very creative film makers and they’re taking YouTube by storm. Have you seen their interactive web videos yet? I’m just warning you now…if you start, you’ll be watching them for the next few hours…they’re THAT good! Here is one I saw today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDn0ow8EzcU Why are they so entertaining? And more [...]

No doubt you’ve seen the video of the RIDICULOUS display of card manipulation skill on my blog. If not, here’s the direct link: http://timdavidmagic.com/?p=167 You’ll quickly see that there are already over 50 comments about this guy ranging from “OMG THAT IS THE BEST!” to “Boring after 30 seconds”. (There are some pretty funny comments [...]

A magic friend of mine sent me this video called, “Opera”: My question for you is this: What’s more impressive to you…a great magic trick, or a great demonstration of skill, like in the video above? Let me know your thoughts by posting a comment below.

I just finished reading the best magic book I’ve ever read. I’m NOT kidding. I knew it was the best magic book ever by the time I got to page 31. It beats Royal Road to Card Magic, Mark Wilson’s Course, Bobo’s Modern Coin Magic, The entire Tarbell Course, and anything else I can think [...]