Where are you located?

[CDXX]

Post your location (and name if you wish), you might find some new jamming buddies. I'll try to edit this post with everybody's nam and location.

Santi (Me) - Riverside, CA.
Joshua (FIVEofHEARTS) - Sydney, Australia
Haritaipan (phantom1412) - Tokyo, Japan (and Bangkok Thailand, once in a while)
Carrickfergus (Kanped) - Northern Ireland
Alex - Las Vegas, NV

[Joshua Robinson]

Joshua (me)- Sydney, Australia

[phantom1412]

Haritaipan - Tokyo, Japan (and Bangkok Thailand, once in a while)

[Joshua Robinson]

u must travel a bit haritaipan

[phantom1412]

u must travel a bit haritaipan

Well, I'm Thai. But I came to study in Japan.
So, mostly I'm in Japan. And I go back home around twice a year.

[Kanped]

Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

[John B.]

first this seems like this could go bad posting where we live....but i am in kansas, if anyone is in the central united states pm and i will try to keep in contact.

[phantom1412]

first this seems like this could go bad posting where we live....but i am in kansas, if anyone is in the central united states pm and i will try to keep in contact.

No one is gonna fly a long way to find another. Don't worry. Just a town, doesn't change much thing.

[John B.]

No one is gonna fly a long way to find another. Don't worry. Just a town, doesn't change much thing.

i meant it as i can keep in contact, everyonce in a while I travel and if I stop in your town or something we could meet up.

[zmuddiman]

first this seems like this could go bad posting where we live....but i am in kansas, if anyone is in the central united states pm and i will try to keep in contact.

I live in Houston, Texas.

But i go to school in Nacogodoches, Texas (east texas)

So Central US it is!!

I was in Kansas this summer haha

[John B.]

I live in Houston, Texas.

But i go to school in Nacogodoches, Texas (east texas)

So Central US it is!!

I was in Kansas this summer haha

ok so we need stay in touch via aether, if your up here again let me know.

[zmuddiman]

ok so we need stay in touch via aether, if your up here again let me know.

Sounds good!

Where in kansas are you? I have friends at K-State never know when i might drop by to visit them

[xela]

Las Vegas, NV. I'm often in NYC and Phoenix, AZ.

[MrLukeCarroll]

Newcastle, Australia

[Curt]

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

[Evan]

im in Potomac, Maryland

[Bulldozah]

Just out of Auckland, New Zealand 

[zmuddiman]

Just out of Auckland, New Zealand 

I have always wanted to travel there! Well New Zealand anyway

[Joshua Robinson]

i was born in New plymouth new zealand

[CDXX]

man, where are the cali kids at?

[Don Boyer]

I'm from the NYC Tri-State area.

Las Vegas, NV. I'm often in NYC and Phoenix, AZ.

Next time you're in town, give me a shout and maybe we can shoot the breeze over some fast food...

[dmbaggs]

Representing Portland, OR. #PNW

[AceGambit]

Boston, MA.  It's lonely here.

[Don Boyer]

Boston, MA.  It's lonely here.

Lonely?  In a major city like Boston?  I'll grant that NYC can feel a little isolating as well, but there's so much going on here that you practically have to work hard to avoid meeting people if you get out of the house and go do something.  I've met lots of people under weird circumstances - and being a magician doesn't exactly hurt, either!  So what do you do with your cards - toss them in the air, make them disappear or stare at them on a shelf behind glass?   

[AceGambit]

Haha, No I know a TON of people in Boston.  But no magicians.

So what do you do with your cards - toss them in the air, make them disappear or stare at them on a shelf behind glass?

A little bit of each.  Mostly I go out to bars and clubs and perform.  I don't do it as a career, just a hobby.   I absolutely love it, but sometimes it's nice to have someone to share my hobby with, on the same side of the art, not as a spectator.

[Don Boyer]

A little bit of each.  Mostly I go out to bars and clubs and perform.  I don't do it as a career, just a hobby.   I absolutely love it, but sometimes it's nice to have someone to share my hobby with, on the same side of the art, not as a spectator.

When I feel the urge to be near fellow magicians, pro or amateur, I go to a local magic shop.  Tannen's across from the Empire State Building is very well known for being a magicians' hang-out as much as it is a store.  Each time I've been there, there were a few magicians swapping stories or showing off new illusions.


There MUST be a shop fitting that description in Boston, right?


Another thing I've tried (with a bit less success) is sharing the art with a protege.  My proteges, however, tend to be not as jazzed about magic as I am.

[AceGambit]

You know, when I was a kid, I remember visiting at least 3 different magic shops in Boston, they are actually all gone now.  The city has 0 magic shops left in it.  There are a few on the outskirts, and I have visited them on a couple of occasions, but every time I go it's just the shopkeeper and an empty store  :'( .


I have tried reaching out to 1 or 2 people that have expressed interest in magic, but no one seems to share the passion I have for it.

[Don Boyer]

You know, when I was a kid, I remember visiting at least 3 different magic shops in Boston, they are actually all gone now.  The city has 0 magic shops left in it.  There are a few on the outskirts, and I have visited them on a couple of occasions, but every time I go it's just the shopkeeper and an empty store  :'( .


I have tried reaching out to 1 or 2 people that have expressed interest in magic, but no one seems to share the passion I have for it.

Hmmm...  Perhaps it's time YOU opened such a store... 

[AceGambit]

Haha, that's a wonderful notion, but I could never do it.  Unlike the "American Dream," I, in fact, do not want to own my own business.  I like having a boss.  I'm a software developer by trade, and magic is a very passionate hobby for me.  My own store, I literally couldn't do it.  Perhaps the reason all the stores around here shut down is because no one was spending any money in them.


Magic is funny like that.  Anytime you inspire someone else to become a magician and start practicing the art, it leaves a warm fuzzy feeling inside you.  Magic still has to be that exclusive club though, it looses its flair if everyone is doing it.

[John B.]

You know, when I was a kid, I remember visiting at least 3 different magic shops in Boston, they are actually all gone now.  The city has 0 magic shops left in it.  There are a few on the outskirts, and I have visited them on a couple of occasions, but every time I go it's just the shopkeeper and an empty store  :'( .


I have tried reaching out to 1 or 2 people that have expressed interest in magic, but no one seems to share the passion I have for it.

Hmmm...  Perhaps it's time YOU opened such a store... 

im going into marketing and advertising so i can help someone with a store

[Don Boyer]

Haha, that's a wonderful notion, but I could never do it.  Unlike the "American Dream," I, in fact, do not want to own my own business.  I like having a boss.  I'm a software developer by trade, and magic is a very passionate hobby for me.  My own store, I literally couldn't do it.  Perhaps the reason all the stores around here shut down is because no one was spending any money in them.


Magic is funny like that.  Anytime you inspire someone else to become a magician and start practicing the art, it leaves a warm fuzzy feeling inside you.  Magic still has to be that exclusive club though, it looses its flair if everyone is doing it.

Try starting a weekly gathering for magicians at a local restaurant - nothing fancy, say, a diner or a McDonald's.  Penn & Teller used to do that here in NYC at a dive joint near Times Square, but that was before Times Square lost all of its dives and those two became Vegas celebrities.  Post about it on social sites like this one, oriented towards magic and/or cardistry.

[Don Boyer]

im going into marketing and advertising so i can help someone with a store

My dream of a store in my old county is dead.  Someone beat me to it, and in a good location, no less.  I could try competing, but there's likely not enough business right now for two such shops to survive.  We'll see in a few years.

[Atheosile]

My name is Arko, and I live in Rogersville, Tennessee...Soon to be Virginia Beach, Virginia.

[John B.]

My name is Arko, and I live in Rogersville, Tennessee...Soon to be Virginia Beach, Virginia.

i lived there when i was longer, enjoy the beach man