WMF Lawrence Cummings

Monkeysee is the same as expertvillage and like expervillage monkeysee has a magician who spoils magic and cannot do the magic well.

Embedding the video has been deactivated, so here is the link It is a really bad performance of a "chopless" chop cup routine. His name: Lawrence Cummings

Just as our former Weekly Magic Failure Malik Haddadi Lawrence Cummings has no problem spoiling other people's magic (Professor's Nightmare, a Coin Matrix or a T&R with a Napkin including Sucker)

In the beginning of each video he claims to be a professional magician. He seems not to love his profession enough to respect it. I think this is worthy of being a Weekly Magic Failure.

Cummings gives neither credits nor does he use the correct terms. Naturally I assume he has little knowledge of magic. Yet he spoils (I don't call that teaching) magic. Damn!

Wine and Cheese

I tend to oversimplify stuff and people. I have come to divide people in two categories. Those who are never happy with what they got, who strive for the next, best thing, who want to achieve everything that is within their reach. I put those people in the "red wine and cheese" fraction. The other fraction I would simply label "beer and pizza". Those people don't need much. They are happy with what they got. As long as they are not hurt and enjoy some pleasure they are happy.

On the one hand "wine and cheese" people tend to believe that their way of enjoying is much better that those of the "beer and pizza" people. On the other hand "beer and pizza" people also like wine and cheese, but see nothing better with wine and cheese compared to their beer and pizza. To them it is the same and it makes no difference.

Personally I think I belong in the later category.

In magic those two kind of people are very easy to differentiate. There are those who go to competitions who need constant reminders that they are still the best, while the other ones just perform and are happy about it. While a "beer and pizza" magician also likes to watch a magic competition the "wine and cheese" magician seems to think less of those magicians who do not take part in competitions and do not strive to be the best among everyone.

Try it! It works pretty well. You can easily put each magician you know in one of those two categories.

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Just A Sunday Post #42

Hehe, this is a mean thing to do... Imagine that someone has an incurable disease, like cancer. Tell him that you can cure them, by taking out the cancer from the body. All you need to do is having some bloody chicken parts palmed...

hehe, I bet noone has thought of this mean, mean joke before.... oh, wait....

At least my throat ain't sore!

I just returned from a magic show. (Yes I am actually performing and not just raping magic) The performing condition were the following: Noisy place, two rooms in a restaurant. Both rooms connected by a wide and open doorway. A DJ playing German folk music old folk dancing. Drunk people on the tables. A bit like Oktoberfest. Perfect performing conditions...

In fact it was so loud that any patter was reduced to "Watch!"

And as I was working the tables I realized something. I was not able to create a situation in which my magic would have the most meaning. I had to adopt my magic to the atmosphere. So basically I did coin vanishes and reappearances and sponge balls with no patter. I ended with the cups and balls (2 cups) and went from table to table in such a way. 21 tables, no introduction, I had to approach every table cold. I hate that, but I really didn't care after the sixth table. Got out some business cards and was out of there.

On my way home I realized another thing. Almost all magicians I know would not have been able to do their show, because the stuff they do depends so much on patter. And they need forever to get to the point.

Am I one the right path? I don't think so. I just had to do the other extreme today. Just magic, with no introduction, no time, no patter, no atmosphere and no jokes.

It was a great experience. Maybe I should specialize.