Hi everyone... I'm new to the current magic and mentalism scene and I have a strong interest in mentalism. So I would appreciate it if people could fill me in on what's hot an what's not now?

One more question, more specific... has anyone read Banachek's Psychological Subtleties 2? How is it and where can I get it?

Thanks everyone...

I missed this place.

Welcome back Kar Wee... :)

I see your sense of humour hasn't changed; it's good to have you back!

Shade

Please don't be so kind to me. I deserve a severe beating for actually disappearing for so long.

But hey guess what? I'm a teacher now too... But I really am extremely out of touch with the mentalism world. Time to read up and shape up. Hope to be able to join one of the meetings soon.

I missed everyone...

P.S. I see that Ning has struck out on her own. Hooray for her...

P.P.S. Shade, have you become the big brother of the SMC forums now? Seems like your presence and influence is fairly large here. Oh and can you email me your HP? I lost my phone on a cab. Thanks so much.

P.P.P.S. Did I say I missed this place and missed everyone?

Hmm... wonder you still remember me?

What made you vanished for soooo long? nearly 2 years...

Hey Axl! Of course I remember you! Saw something that you've now become Singapore's Best Magician? Cool man...

Yea well it's a combination of a lot of things that made me "disappear". Partly financial also. But I hope this time I'm back for good.

I think it's a sign how over the years I have stopped magic at least twice and still end up coming back to it. I guess it's just something that doesn't go away.

Hope to be able to be there for the next meet-up. ^_^

Hiya Kar Wee...It's been a long long time my friend since we met. I think the last time we met was the CCF 2 years ago...

It's been ages man... It's great to have you back... Hope to see you around for coffee and some sessioning bro...I sure miss your mentalism stuff... ^_^

Hey Jerome!! Thanks for the warm re-welcome. I don't think I deserve it but man you guys are so cool about it and so cool about my hiatus. It's touching... Thanks man.

Oh come on, I'm sure I'm not that great at the mentalism stuff lah. Honestly... But I hope to slowly rebuild. I've more or less sold off all my mentalism stuff so now I have to literally rebuild. Heh... Yea man hope to see you guys soon too. It's been toooo long lah...

KAR WEE!!!!

Welcome back! You a teacher too??

*sigh*

And i thought just 1 SHADE will be enough!!

Hope to catch you soon!!

dry_gin

P.S. I would if you would know / remember me!

Gordon! How have you been?? Ya lah of course I remember you.

And yes I'm a teacher too. Told you I wasn't joking when I said I would be messing with the minds of the Nation's young. Heh heh...

But eh, I really am out of touch ah... So anyone knows what's the talk of the town now in the world of Mentalism? :lol:

Hey Kar Wee, it's damn fine to see you back with us again after so long. :)

Yes - Gordon and I did contemplate running down to NUS to give you a good pounding, but I suppose something 'higher' stayed our hands. We thought you'd be more fun if you didn't have some sense knocked into you - we prefer you the way you are right now: senseless to begin with. LOL. Why else would you come back to this Asylum? ;P

Hey, I got your email; thought I'd just respond here first - drop me an SMS anytime. My number's 81804044. It's plastered all over the forums anyway so doubt Bernard will ban me or anything for posting my contact (after all, this is official SMC business - we'll conduct it over a beer or seven).

As for what's new in the mental scene - there is this new fangled gizmo where people with less than regular self-esteem issues turn to people with even less than positive self-worth issues to learn how to do cold reading for the opposite sex so they could to bed with them bring forth a new generation of brain dead idiots with nothing more than a fish bone for what passes as an IQ. But then, that's just my opinion of the aforementioned deadweights of society. What do I know? ;)

Hope to see you again soon pal. It's been a LONG hiatus. We thought you'd died and moved on to the astral plane. We were glad we were wrong. For once.

Shade

The last time we met was at the Biennale. Now Biennale 08 is here. Still keeping the bill I loaded into your bag?

Can you read my mind???

I think you can - this calls for a celebration - an outing for friends!!

Now the magical part!

MAGICDOW - PLEASE ORGANISE!

HAHAHA!

dry_gin

BS here we come.

Yay... Haha.

Ok I am like really out of touch huh. What is BS?

And Shade, seriously ah? The mentalism world has stooped so low?

I'm now trying to work my way back into the mentalism forums that I used to visit. So sad that most of them require some kind of invitation or evidence that you know what you're talking about. It's strange that they need to know you can talk about mentalism before they allow you to talk about mentalism on their mentalism forums.

All my privileges had been revoked so it's time to rebuild. Literally... Ha...

Yes... you've been out of touch, really. BS is a very popular hangout among the magicians, especially if you like Cups and Balls.... and you like using magic wands.

And did I mention that the people there are good with doing eh.. closeup. Especially tranposition... transposing our money from our wallets to theirs and it is only one way.

Yeah, you can treat us to BS next time. I'm sure we will appreciate it alot. By the way PM me your contact ok. :P

Check out this really cool new guy in the mentalism circles these days !!!
I'm not too sure what his name is, but I think its.... Dunninger or something...something..



Welcome back.

Hello Jeff! Alright yea! Dunniger... Will check him out. Thanks for that recommendation man.

Heard about this other new guy, Annemann or something like that. Think he has a book out... Must find out more about all these new hot names. B)

You refering to Theodore Annemann? He is not new, in fact,, he has already passed away.

His books (I wiki it)
Ted Annemann's Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks (1943)
Ted Annemann's Practical mental effects (1944)
Annemann's Miracles of Card Magic (1948)
Annemann's Buried Treasures (1952)
Miracles of Card Magic (1964)
Annemann's Card Magic (1977) ISBN 0-486-23522-X
Practical Mental Magic (1983) ISBN 0-486-24426-1

Manuscripts by Annemann
Card Miracles (1929)
Mental mysteries (1929)
The Book With a Name (1931)
The Book Without a Name (1931)
The Trick of the Month Club Presents: A Dead Name Duplication (1931)
202 Methods of Forcing (1933)
Annemann Manuscripts (1933)
Sh-h-h--!: It's a Secret (1934)
The Incorporated Strange Secrets (1939)

Um. Bernard, I think Kar Wee was being 'Kar Wee'. He aleady has all that information you took the trouble to post. ;P

You want me to ban him?

LOL.

Shade

Ah, now I get it. Chey! :lol:

Oops... Sorry about that Bernard. Guess my humour needs a bit of tuning up... Please don't ban me........ :(

Never mind... just treat him to BS.