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A Shepard tone, named after Roger Shepard, is a sound consisting of a superposition of sine waves separated by octaves. When played with the base pitch of the tone moving upwards or downwards, it is referred to as the Shepard scale. This creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually ascends or descends in pitch, yet which ultimately seems to get no higher or lower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugriWSmRxcM

[ Thank you boing boing ]

The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie Trailer.

My online friend and fellow magician Alym Amlani has been getting some media attention lately in a big way.

“We’re not saying let’s explain exactly how magic tricks are done. We’re saying scientists should look at why they work,” says study co-author Alym Amlani, a magician who has been transformed into a researcher at the University of B.C.

Read the whole article over at Canada.com

More articles on the same topic over at google news.

As the title says Justin Kredible will be on Rachel Ray tomorrow (July 23rd.)

David Copperfield is coming to Kelowna’s Prospera Place on October 22nd. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (July 19th) at 10:00am.

Go to SelectYourTickets.com to buy your tickets.

Event Date:
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
8:30 pm

Event Date:
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
8:30 pm

Onsale Date:
Saturday, July 19, 2008
10:00 am

Well the 2008 PCAM convention is over and the reports and photo’s are rolling in. I wasn’t able to make it to the convention this year because I decided to visit Vegas instead (more on that in future posts). There’s thousands of photo’s from the convention posted online over at magic4us.com. Thanks to Elton & Anne for letting me live vicariously through the pictures

[My friend Dean Hankey running sound at the convention]

[Dean Hankey workin' the audience]

Fun Day in Gyro Park in Trail, BC includes live performance’s all day long

Rossland, BC – July 3, 2008 - The West Kootenay Boundary Regional Spirit of BC committee is pleased to celebrate BC150 and YOUR Heritage! The committee has a fun filled day planned for Sunday, July 27, 2008 to celebrate the province’s 150th anniversary of becoming a crown colony, as well as the Kootenay Boundary’s multicultural heritage. The cultural celebration will take place in the West Kootenay Boundary city of Trail at Gyro Park on Sunday, July 27 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and will feature a performance by Rivers Edge Theatre Group, Can-Can dancers, magician Ali K. Zam (From 12:00-1:00pm) and Canadian Country music recording artist, Craig Moritz. “The West Kootenay Boundary Spirit of BC Community Committee is pleased to organize this event that will coincide with BC’s 150th anniversary of becoming a Crown Colony,” said Maritza Reilly, Chair of the planning committee. “Our event plans to celebrate the cultural diversity, community strength and widespread achievement of not only our province but also of the West Kootenay Boundary area.”

Raymond Crowe will be on The Late Late Show tonight (July 15th) with Craig Ferguson

Wow I’m so excited to announce that it’s confirmed! I talked to Shawn Farquhar and booked his lecture for the Okanagan Society of Magicians on Sunday October 19th! Mark your calendars now, you don’t want to miss this.

You will see great effects like:

MatriXpress
Don’t blink or you will miss this lightning fast matrix!

MagiCd
Magic for the digital age …

Blown Away
A card effect with a commercial twist.

The Ultimate Invisible Deck
A deck of cards turns to glass …

Torn 2 Pieces
The torn and almost restored photograph

Signed Card in Wallet
It doesn’t get and easier than this …

Tagged
Signed card trapped by a security tag in your coat!

Photo Finish
A poker chip moves so fast it gets trapped in a photo

Deck Switch
Completely invisible deck switch!

Admission is going to be just $20 so there’s absolutely no excuses for missing this amazing opportunity to see one of the world’s finest performers give a magic lecture.

This lecture features Shawn’s most amazing real world close-up material. But- there’s more. On Saturday October 18th Shawn will be performing a public stage show in Vernon. Tickets will eventually be up for sale on http://www.ticketseller.ca. Right now the website is only promoting shows up to August and the show is in October. I’ll let everyone know once tickets are available.

If your a magician from the Okanagan area and you’d like to be a part of the Okanagan Society of Magicians please give me a call at 250.575.SHOW(7469) or email me at alikzam@gmail.com.

As the title says Justin Kredible will be on Rachel Ray tomorrow (July 16th) and 23rd.

I took the time and figured out how to solve a rubiks cube this past year. The reason I did is because I wanted to be able to solve a rubiks cube while blindfolded during my show. The cube is handed out, mixed up, I get blindfolded, the cube is returned, and then I solve it.

I haven’t had the opportunity to perform it too often just because it takes about 5-7 minutes to solve the cube, which is a long time for the audience to watch you. I still love the concept of the blindfolded cube solve and hopefully in the future i can include it in shows more often. I’m thinking I might also be able to include it in my evening school show program.

Anybody who really sets out to try can learn to solve a rubiks cube. Maybe not blindfolded, but, just the regular way. You can order a regular cube from amazon at the link below. To learn how to solve the cube this is the website I used.

The reason I mention all this is because today I came across some rubik’s cube ad’s that I thought were funny. (3 in total)

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