Lost in the Shuffle Movie - Is Debuting!!! Where to SEE IT!

 

The movie, Lost in the Shuffle, which I posted about some time ago (click here) is now finished and is showing throughout the country and the world! The movie/documentary stars Shawn Farquhar, Juan Tamariz, Alexandra Duvivier, Richard Turner, Michael Vincent and others. 

FOUR SUITS.
FIFTY-TWO CARDS.
ONE MURDER MYSTERY.

In the hands of a skilled magician, a simple, everyday deck of cards transforms into a vessel of wonder and (im)possibility, so it’s little surprise that for almost as long as there have been cards, there have been card tricks.

Seen through the eyes of some of the world’s best sleight-of-hand artists, Lost in the Shuffle is a multi-faceted look at this remarkable 400-year relationship that’s seen these simple playthings provide an endless source of miraculous inspiration for magicians throughout time.

Here is a link to all the various places where you can SEE this movie for yourself!

 https://www.lostintheshuffle.film/live-dates

Steve Cohen of Chamber Magic Featured Alumni

 

Cornell University recently featured a profile of one of their Alumni, Steve Cohen. We know him as The Millionaire's Magician and featured performer at Chamber Magic in NYC. I've read many articles about Steve in magic magazine's but it's always nice when a real world periodical does a piece on one of our brethren. Here is a link to that article:  https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/cohen-magician/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3TCK6vn60DEpTiBrAQJy8MNCkWlbI4Fl8BYbt2Gbae0AFfQ-WetT2eN7M_aem_PjXgu3VvboLJa0iO3ychIg

William Rauscher Has Passed Away

 

I just learned that William Rauscher has passed away. This won't be a biography, but rather just a moment of admiration and reflection for one of magic's most prolific authors. I can hardly research a topic for The Magic Detective Blog or Podcast, without referring to one of his many books.

I remember on one episode of my podcast I was thinking about Bill and thinking he had 4 or 5 books and then I started adding them up and laughing because he had SO MANY fantastic books, far more than I ever even imagined. And some of them are personal favorites. I love his book that he did with Mike Caveney on Servais LeRoy. OMG that book is so full of wonderful stories and crazy cool information about illusion magic. I love his encyclopedic book on Mentalists, just filled with biographical information on nearly every great mentalist or mental duo. 

I think my favorite Rauscher book is the Houdini Code Mystery. This was an eye opener and I actually loved the fact that not every magician was thrilled with Houdini, some just down right hated him. 

I am so glad I got to see Bill perform. I saw him do his classic act at The Yankee Gathering several years ago. I think, if memory serves that was the year he lectured on KALANAG, the same morning I was lecturing. He was on first and then I went on.

William Rauscher was an amazing person. He had full life in magic, he had a full life as a historian, he had a full life as a Pastor. He was a remarkable man and now he now takes his rest and reward with the Lord. You will be greatly missed Bill! 

Links to more on William Rauscher: https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2024/07/william-v-rauscher-1932-2024.html

https://throwingcards.blogspot.com/2018/09/rauscher-revisited.html

https://mysticlightpress.com/index.html