Lance Burton: glass and bottle routine

In honor of my last JAMM post of the year ( and decade for that matter ) I thought I would revisit the magician recognized in my first JAMM post ever. If you followed the link you realize that my Just Another Magic Monday posts go back before the start of this blog ( but not really that far back in time ). At the beginning of my personal magical journey I found Lance Burton, who is still one of my favorite magicians. He has a lot of great routines, so how does one choose a routine to share. As with comedy and magic, it's all about the timing. This being the JAMM post before people go out and celebrate the new year, possibly in a bar but most likely with some drinks, I thought I would show his Glass and Bottle routine. There may be more slick routines out there for this but Lance performs in a way that just makes it look easy. He is a true master magician. [ad#Ellusionist] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADPELYkYsNk&w=500&h=405] If you liked this post please follow me on twitter and/or subscribe to my RSS feed. If you only want to see my JAMM posts you can subscribe to the Just Another Magic Monday Feed.

Just Another Magic Monday: Close-up Magic

It's been a while since I've shared anything, let alone magic, so here is my first JAMM post of 2009. The following is a BBC special on close up magic. Lots of great magicians are interviewed and many great pieces of magic are performed. Well worth the time to watch it. ...

Just another magic Monday

No, that wasn't a misspelling of the Bangle's song. Lately I've been looking into magic to wow my son. Since my ability is extremely limited, I thought you tube could keep his interest peeked. Unfortunately, there is a fine line for him and magic. It has to make sense to a 4 year old ( some tricks don't seem to work as well for kids ) and the setup can't take too long ( he wants to see the magic right now ). That's why I was happy to see the following video of an amazing routine by Lance Burton. ...

After watching this I was able to find a few more interesting videos of Lance Burton for him which he enjoyed. As a newbie to magic I hadn't heard of Lance Burton before. However, in the back of my mind I knew the name from somewhere. It wasn't until the 4^th or 5^th video that I realized he wrote the forward for the magic book I recently got from the library. Now that seemed almost magic! At least none of the videos had him say,"Daryl, read the forward."