Enter the strange and warped mind of Jeff Stone and attempt to view the world through his eyes... Good Luck, and Be Careful!
Stone Cold Magic on DVD is now available all over the world and the internet. Of course you can buy it from right here at Stone Cold Magic, but we also know that many of you have your own favorite magic shops, so here’s a list of all the places online we could find. If [...]
Ahhhh. The wonderful art that is translation. With Stone Cold Magic on DVD going world-wide, there have been some exciting and quite funny moments. I just found a website that I believe is Chinese. At the bottom of the site was a “blurb” written in Chinese characters. I ran them through the google translator, and [...]
I spend a lot of time on the forums, mostly The Magic Cafe. Recently I got into a discussion about the classic effect “Card on Ceiling.” The original conversation was regarding which is more effective, “Letting the cards flutter to the ground” after the card sticks to the ceiling, or “Keeping the deck intact with [...]
Synchronicity, Coincidence, Harmony and subconscious influence; fact or fiction? Real or myth? I say real. But I’m getting ahead of myself. I believe it all began roughly in 1993. I was just beginning to understand the value of studying sleight of hand and the works of other magicians, so I got my hands on a [...]
I’ve heard it said that pain is a good thing because it lets you know you’re alive. I’ve also heard it said that there’s no such thing as negative publicity. Well I’m starting to see the impact of the latter. With the release of Jay Sankey‘s Underground Jam people are starting to post feedback on [...]
In the world of technology we live in today, it is pretty easy to get your hands on a video recorder. You may be asking yourself why is a video recorded important to you. Well why do football coaches watch recordings of their games? They watch the winning games and the loosing games. They want [...]
As magicians, we often want to be perfectionists. We may spend hours perfecting the skills or moves needed to pull off the effect. We even spend time creating scripts, and we know what we’ll say when. That works great when nobody’s watching you. Don’t get me wrong; there’s nothing wrong with scripts, but remember that [...]
Let me start by saying, I Love David Blaine. Is it because I think he’s the most amazing magician in the world? No. Not even close. Is it because I think he’s got a great performance style? No. Not even close. What about his character or patter? No, and No. So you may be thinking [...]
In Late 2004, I began filming Stone Cold Magic the DVD, a project I’ve wanted to do for years. After technical difficulty on top of technical difficulty, the video was reshot 3 times. Finally it was finished shooting in August-ish 2005. a couple of months later, I was in Canada with Jay Sankey for the [...]