Advice for newcomers

Back when my college income consisted of tips collected doing close-up magic in one of the better bars in New York, I recall sitting at the table in the bar’s kitchen, which was where the magicians would hang out between shows. I was listening to an old-timer hold forth on the Art of Magic. This [...]

Speaking of Gary, Indiana…

Those of you lucky enough to have ever seen The Music Man may recall a number from that production called “Gary, Indiana,” which is memorable if only to illustrate the many different (and some might say beautiful) ways of placing the stress in spoken words.

However, as artistic as such spoken manipulations may be, misplacing the [...]