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I’m not interested in deceiving people.
Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
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my job was closer to working at a music store than playing in a band.
Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
What kind of magician do you want to be?
Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies

I am not interested in fooling people. Or at least that’s why I’m so uncomfortable performing as a magician. It’s not about deception. It’s about the deception of truth. To know illusions is to know reality. How can we know what’s true if we can’t recognize what’s false?
Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
He also performed Unshuffled, an effect he created that bowled over Penn & Teller on their television show Penn & Teller: Fool Us. The deck’s edge is drawn on with black marker and, after shuffling a few times, the scribbles magically transform into letters that spell out the spectator’s chosen card. He also performed Namerology, my favorit
... See moreIan Frisch • Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians
My favorite videos were the private home recordings of sleight-of-hand legends like: Del Ray. Miller. Grayson. Thompson. These were the guys Walt referred to as “the heavyweights.”