Jun 6, 2012

I recently entered the world of reading ebooks (Hello, 1998!) as a way of passing time on the way to and from work. It’s given me the opportunity to read some things I have sitting in my physical book collection that I haven’t had the chance to open – Houdini’s The Miracle Mongers being one of them. It’s also allowed me to read...

Jun 4, 2012

When Mike was around six years old, his father took him to see Harry Blackstone Jr at the Irvine Auditorium in Philadelphia. Until that point, his magic interests were limited to the toy shop sets (“Learn to be a magician! Astound your friends!”) and watching Tony Curtis chew the scenery in the Houdini film. After seeing Blackstone perform some...