Talk:Street magic

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[edit] Expanding street magic

Thank you Krash for your literate interventions on this page. I saw your correction to the link on 'lower case ' aladin and was impressed that you followed through to the page on aladin and had made an addition there too. Meanwhile, it is a shame that Jeff Sheridan does not have a page to himself and I am also keen to get some content about street magic elsewhere. Presumably prior to the Mayflower making landfall on the Western side of the Atlantic there used to be magicians not only there but Asia and so on as I reminded readers. Lynrdandersen 21:11, 17 September 2005 (UTC)Lynrdandersen

Well, now he does. But it's rather stubby at this point, so we should endeavor to fix that in time.

Also, what is parlor magic and does it need its own article? I would contrast it with stage magic (which redirects to magic (illusion)) and street magic. But there aren't really clear-cut definitions and many classifications seem to overlap each other. The main magic article makes no particular mention of parlor or street magic, even in this section.

-- Krash 13:06, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Krash, the difficulty with definitions is that geography determines who or what counts as street magic. aladin may be known in some circles and probably does cross over into the category of non Western street magician, but it is not enough to have a sole representative of that side of it; we must seek greater balance. Ironically Jeff Sheridan and aladin are best placed to contribute! But certainly contributions and contributors from further afield are needed. As for parlor magic - this seems to be a genre including 'Close Up' surely? Or perhaps 'Parlor Magic' dignifies the other?! Lynrdandersen 01:40, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] External links

The link to StreetMagicBlog.com i thought was relevant because it's a site I use to learn street magic, it teaches you for free and doesn't ask for any money of any kind. I'm trying to learn to use Wiki better and become a better editor. Please explain why it was a bad link so I can understand for future references.

Thanks, Joe

Generally, links to blogs are avoided because they are not reliable sources; there is no fact-checking in them. Veinor ^{(talk to me)} 18:22, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Look at the magic tricks section, the site clearly tells how to do street magic tricks, and the blog is about how he does street magic and what he thinks about it etc. just my 2 cents Preston