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== Table of Contents == | == Table of Contents == | ||
− | * Introduction to the Foreword by Barry Julien | + | * 09 Introduction to the Foreword by Barry Julien |
− | * Foreword by Barry Julien | + | * 10 Foreword by Barry Julien |
− | * Introduction by David Acer | + | * 13 Introduction by David Acer |
CHAPTER I: Extrovert at the Card Table | CHAPTER I: Extrovert at the Card Table | ||
− | * Over Easy | + | * 17 Over Easy |
− | * Changes | + | * 21 Changes |
− | * Over Easier ([[Max Maven]]) | + | * 29 Over Easier ([[Max Maven]]) |
− | * Lucky Day | + | * 32 Lucky Day |
− | * Splittant Aces | + | * 36 Splittant Aces |
− | * Splittant Jr. | + | * 39 Splittant Jr. |
− | * Colour Inversion | + | * 41 Colour Inversion |
− | * Uppity | + | * 46 Uppity |
− | * The Madden Force ([[Ryan Madden]]) | + | * 51 The Madden Force ([[Ryan Madden]]) |
− | * Separation Anxiety | + | * 53 Separation Anxiety |
− | * Count On It (with [[Jay Sankey]]) | + | * 57 Count On It (with [[Jay Sankey]]) |
− | * Repeat Offender | + | * 61 Repeat Offender |
− | * The Charlier Control (Huot/Duperre) | + | * 64 The Charlier Control (Huot/Duperre) |
− | * Overtime | + | * 68 Overtime |
− | * Child’s Play (with Jay Sankey) | + | * 71 Child’s Play (with Jay Sankey) |
− | * Unlawful Entry (with [[Richard Sanders]]) | + | * 76 Unlawful Entry (with [[Richard Sanders]]) |
− | * Rub Down | + | * 80 Rub Down |
− | * Over Easy Scrambled ([[Joshua Jay]]) | + | * 82 Over Easy Scrambled ([[Joshua Jay]]) |
− | * The Flipwiches of Eastwick (with Jay Sankey) | + | * 88 The Flipwiches of Eastwick (with Jay Sankey) |
− | * Assimilation | + | * 95 Assimilation |
− | * Royal Flash | + | * 100 Royal Flash |
− | * Misguided Angels (with Jay Sankey) | + | * 105 Misguided Angels (with Jay Sankey) |
− | * The Sliding Double Lift | + | * 113 The Sliding Double Lift |
− | * Open Time Traveller | + | * 116 Open Time Traveller |
− | * Mad Card Disease | + | * 120 Mad Card Disease |
− | * Tangent | + | * 130 Tangent |
− | * New Millennium Ace Deuce Trey | + | * 134 New Millennium Ace Deuce Trey |
− | * Time Boards (with Richard Sanders) | + | * 139 Time Boards (with Richard Sanders) |
− | * King’s Ransom | + | * 144 King’s Ransom |
− | * MouseHunt | + | * 150 MouseHunt |
− | * Switchback | + | * 156 Switchback |
− | * Jim’s Pick | + | * 166 Jim’s Pick |
− | * Photo Finish (with [[Michel Huot]]) | + | * 172 Photo Finish (with [[Michel Huot]]) |
− | * Meta-Four | + | * 175 Meta-Four |
− | * Twice Removed (with [[Simon Lovell]]) | + | * 180 Twice Removed (with [[Simon Lovell]]) |
− | * The Painted Deck | + | * 184 The Painted Deck |
− | * Party of Six | + | * 189 Party of Six |
CHAPTER II: Magic By Mister Direction | CHAPTER II: Magic By Mister Direction | ||
− | * Coke Induced | + | * 201 Coke Induced |
− | * Unflappable | + | * 205 Unflappable |
− | * Ringworm (Richard Sanders) | + | * 212 Ringworm (Richard Sanders) |
− | * Make This Disappear | + | * 217 Make This Disappear |
− | * Upon Receipt | + | * 220 Upon Receipt |
− | * New Millennium Tenkai Pennies | + | * 227 New Millennium Tenkai Pennies |
− | * Unburnt ([[Barry Julien]]) | + | * 234 Unburnt ([[Barry Julien]]) |
− | * Breakneck | + | * 239 Breakneck |
− | * Pocket Exchange (with Richard Sanders) | + | * 240 Pocket Exchange (with Richard Sanders) |
− | * Hot Pursuit | + | * 246 Hot Pursuit |
− | * High Invisibility | + | * 251 High Invisibility |
− | * The Edible Coin (Torkova) | + | * 255 The Edible Coin (Torkova) |
− | * Bespectacle | + | * 258 Bespectacle |
− | * Seedling | + | * 261 Seedling |
− | * Cap In Hand (with Jay Sankey) | + | * 264 Cap In Hand (with Jay Sankey) |
− | * Fresh Mint | + | * 269 Fresh Mint |
− | * Plop! (Richard Sanders) | + | * 273 Plop! (Richard Sanders) |
− | * Packs a Wallet! | + | * 275 Packs a Wallet! |
− | * Under Foot (with Jay Sankey) | + | * 280 Under Foot (with Jay Sankey) |
− | * Get Bent! | + | * 285 Get Bent! |
− | * Take a Seat (with Michel Huot) | + | * 287 Take a Seat (with Michel Huot) |
− | * Mitosis | + | * 290 Mitosis |
CHAPTER III: Confessions of a Road Warrior (The First 12 Genii Essays) | CHAPTER III: Confessions of a Road Warrior (The First 12 Genii Essays) | ||
− | * Introduction | + | * 297 Introduction |
− | * Bombing | + | * 299 Bombing |
− | * The Suits Vs The Talent | + | * 301 The Suits Vs The Talent |
− | * Books Vs Videos | + | * 303 Books Vs Videos |
− | * Oh Canada! | + | * 317 Oh Canada! |
− | * The “Witness” Approach | + | * 320 The “Witness” Approach |
− | * Prop-aganda | + | * 322 Prop-aganda |
− | * Pet Peeves | + | * 324 Pet Peeves |
− | * The Dark Side | + | * 330 The Dark Side |
− | * A Piece of the Rock | + | * 334 A Piece of the Rock |
− | * The Fine Art of Bio Writing | + | * 335 The Fine Art of Bio Writing |
− | * The Julien Incident | + | * 344 The Julien Incident |
− | * Five Card Mental Farce | + | * 345 Five Card Mental Farce |
== A Few Highlights == | == A Few Highlights == |
Latest revision as of 17:52, 28 August 2010
Random Acts of Magic | |
Author | David Acer |
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Publisher | Camirand Academy of Magic |
Publication Date | 2004 |
Language | English |
Table of Contents
- 09 Introduction to the Foreword by Barry Julien
- 10 Foreword by Barry Julien
- 13 Introduction by David Acer
CHAPTER I: Extrovert at the Card Table
- 17 Over Easy
- 21 Changes
- 29 Over Easier (Max Maven)
- 32 Lucky Day
- 36 Splittant Aces
- 39 Splittant Jr.
- 41 Colour Inversion
- 46 Uppity
- 51 The Madden Force (Ryan Madden)
- 53 Separation Anxiety
- 57 Count On It (with Jay Sankey)
- 61 Repeat Offender
- 64 The Charlier Control (Huot/Duperre)
- 68 Overtime
- 71 Child’s Play (with Jay Sankey)
- 76 Unlawful Entry (with Richard Sanders)
- 80 Rub Down
- 82 Over Easy Scrambled (Joshua Jay)
- 88 The Flipwiches of Eastwick (with Jay Sankey)
- 95 Assimilation
- 100 Royal Flash
- 105 Misguided Angels (with Jay Sankey)
- 113 The Sliding Double Lift
- 116 Open Time Traveller
- 120 Mad Card Disease
- 130 Tangent
- 134 New Millennium Ace Deuce Trey
- 139 Time Boards (with Richard Sanders)
- 144 King’s Ransom
- 150 MouseHunt
- 156 Switchback
- 166 Jim’s Pick
- 172 Photo Finish (with Michel Huot)
- 175 Meta-Four
- 180 Twice Removed (with Simon Lovell)
- 184 The Painted Deck
- 189 Party of Six
CHAPTER II: Magic By Mister Direction
- 201 Coke Induced
- 205 Unflappable
- 212 Ringworm (Richard Sanders)
- 217 Make This Disappear
- 220 Upon Receipt
- 227 New Millennium Tenkai Pennies
- 234 Unburnt (Barry Julien)
- 239 Breakneck
- 240 Pocket Exchange (with Richard Sanders)
- 246 Hot Pursuit
- 251 High Invisibility
- 255 The Edible Coin (Torkova)
- 258 Bespectacle
- 261 Seedling
- 264 Cap In Hand (with Jay Sankey)
- 269 Fresh Mint
- 273 Plop! (Richard Sanders)
- 275 Packs a Wallet!
- 280 Under Foot (with Jay Sankey)
- 285 Get Bent!
- 287 Take a Seat (with Michel Huot)
- 290 Mitosis
CHAPTER III: Confessions of a Road Warrior (The First 12 Genii Essays)
- 297 Introduction
- 299 Bombing
- 301 The Suits Vs The Talent
- 303 Books Vs Videos
- 317 Oh Canada!
- 320 The “Witness” Approach
- 322 Prop-aganda
- 324 Pet Peeves
- 330 The Dark Side
- 334 A Piece of the Rock
- 335 The Fine Art of Bio Writing
- 344 The Julien Incident
- 345 Five Card Mental Farce
A Few Highlights
- Mitosis: Predict a cellphone number during walkaround work, at someone’s home, or on stage.
- Misguided Angel: The angel on the back of a signed, selected Bicycle card visibly rotates 180 degrees, whereupon every angel in the deck follows suit. The selection can then be handed out as a souvenir, and the deck can be examined.
- Ringworm: A borrowed finger ring that's been dropped into a coin purse changes places instantly with a knot tied at the center of a piece of rope.
- Unflappable: A jaw-dropping torn-and-restored matchbook.
- Time Boards: The magician performs a strange version of Triumph in which the deck becomes a time-keeping device, ultimately revealing the correct time at the end of the trick.
- New Millennium Tenkai Pennies: A coin initialed by a spectator travels invisibly to join a coin initialed by the magician, then, during a second attempt, only the initials travel, leaving one coin blank and the other coin with both sets of initials.
- Changes: The impromptu card routine David used to open his Magic Castle close-up act in which the pips on two chosen cards travel back and forth from one to the other in eye-popping ways.
- Fresh Mint: Mint a piece of foil into a coin at your fingertips.
- Open Time Traveller: The magician offers disturbingly convincing proof of having travelled back in time during a card trick and changed something in the past.
- Coke Induced: A cap is removed from a Coke bottle and visibly changes into a beer-bottle cap, whereupon the Coke bottle is shown to have become a beer bottle.
- Party of Six: Six people each choose a card from a shuffled deck, then line up on stage, whereupon the people are shuffled. An audience member who was holding a prediction from the start is asked to choose one of the people. The chosen person shows his chosen card, which matches the prediction.
A Sampling of Reviews
“...the great bulk of the material is excellent. This is some of the stuff David actually uses in his act, excellently credited, and a pleasure to read.” Matthew Field, The Magic Circular
"Random Acts of Magic is a hefty tome, filled to the brim with the type of close-up magic that will bring tears of joy to Acer fans around the world." Michael Close, MAGIC
"I’m reluctant to mention my favorite effects because I don’t want to encourage readers to skip over the rest of the material and miss out on making some discoveries... David’s writing style is something of a rarity in magic books: it’s actually entertaining. The book made me laugh out loud a number of times. Especially amusing is a satirical essay originally printed in Genii magazine about the efficacy of Vernon’s Five Card Mental Force. It’s a brilliant piece of writing." David Parr, www.mylovelyassistant.com
"David Acer’s reputation suffers, I think, from his surfeit of wit, leading one to perhaps assume that the magic he performs is only for those with a comic bent. Of course this is not at all true... In this book are many terrific effects, most with a presentation included that can be augmented or adjusted to suit personal taste." David Regal, Genii Magazine