Magic from the Session #2

Magic from the Session #2

Available: www.andigladwin.co.uk
Price: £5/$10
Format: Booklet

When I ordered the Session 2007 DVD, from Andi Gladwin only, I also received this booklet free. It is a nice little grey booklet, that contains 7 effects, but 3 of the 7 can also be found in the DVD. So I will only be doing the effects that weren't on the DVD, with the exception of one, since I didn't review that one. Off we go:

Savannah Switch [Robert Moreland] - This is Robbito's take on Kenner's Four4Four switch, what separates it from the original is the finger used to execte the switch and the position of the cards being switched. Now I do like this variation but I think I will stick to the original, I think the original is a little more "automatic" shall we say, and this requires a bit of misdirection. Well probably not in Robbie' hands!

Kaned [Jamie Badman] - Jamie's handling of Peter Kane's classic Jazz Aces, except done with Jokers and Kings. I really like this handling for some reason, it's very clean, no meaningless fumbling around. Good Job Jamie, this and Rock and Roll Aces are now my favorite handlings.

Snatch [Tyler Wilson] - Favorite effect! Even though, as Tyler said, there are no new sleights the way he constructs it it looks new, at least to me! It is basically a sandwich effect were the two jokers "sink" into the deck to find the selection. It looks SO cool, especially the first "phase". The only thing I need now is to get my hands on that Trapdoor issue so that I can learn the Hurricane Change, for now I will just use the Winter Change. T-Willy doesn it again!

Fire Writer [Luke Dancy] - This is a neat little card revelation were it seems that the spectator burns the intials of her selection on the back of an indifferent card. I don't really like the setup for this effect, even though it is a one-time setup, I am not sure I will be using this one. But before I do I have to atleast try it out a couple of times, "Try it, then you can say you don't like it" thats what my mom says.

Lunch Crunch [Paul Cummins] - No FASDIU here, this is a situational effect where you aparrrently break a credit card and then heal it. It uses an old optical illusion, accompenied with a nice audio illusion. I wasnt' particularly fond of this one.

Also included:
Versatile Sandwich Move [Jon Armstrong]
Twisting Maxi Twist [Allan Ackerman]

Overall I liked this booklet. Now would I have bought this by it self, had I not gotten the DVD, most likely. Now if I did have the DVD, then most likely I wound't have, but maybe just seeing Tyler Wilson and Robert Moreland's names would have done it. Still, no matter what nice stuff in here, pictures are clear and concise, crediting is on key, good stuff!

Final Score / 7.9