Europe 2011 tour update.

Hey there.
After Rome, i was in Milano, Zurich, Neudau (Austria) and Prague.

Milano:

Did not do any work but it was very magical, nevertheless.
I met a magician friend who introduced me to another magic friend.
We´re all friends now :)
Been practicing and learning and jamming with this guys all my stay there.
Cool beans. Mid - july i´m going back to Italy to tour the country doing street shows with them, NICE!

Zurich: Did some close-up to the people who were by the side of the river. It was good.

Austria: Been working the streets of Graz, a city which is about 3 hours from Vienna. Also i visited Hofzinser´s grave in Vienna´s central cemetary.

Prague: It kinda sucked work-wise. No street performers. Everybody warning me about the police. I did some work but i was stressed about the cops and stuff.

My first day, not a good start.

Woke up in Rome and sun was shinning in the sky.
I got dressed with my new ´street performer clothes´, grabbed my equipment and left the hotel ready to kick some ass. I was a little bit anxious but that´s part of the game. Took the metro to Fontana di Trevi but when i got there, it started raining!
Dang it!

Tomorrow will be a different day.

I opened a Twitter account

@TheWorkingMagus

Follow me!

Twitter

Well, i´ve started using Twitter not long ago.
I´m HOOKED.
I´ve find out something interesting:
I´ve never been able to sit down and write stuff for my show. I´m too lazy and lack discipline. But Twitter is kinda forcing me to sit down and produce funny shit.
The benefit of being addicted is twofold:

1)My creative muscle is working out.
2)I use the shit that gets RT´d and FAV´d in my show.

KACHING bitches.

My first instant stooge experience.

Yesterday i was doing a cards accross routine at a party.I tell her to count ten cards. I make a joke, everyone laughs and i palm 3 cards. I tell her to sit on top of them. She goes ´let me count them again´. She starts to count them. I start to panic and whisper: please don´t.

This is how chop cup routines should look like

Hollywood clip

Here´s kinda summary of my performances in SoCal.

Magicopolis

One day i went to work to Santa Monica to street perform as usual but i did not have a pack of cards. I scoured the place in vain untill someone pointed me in the direction of Magicopolis. I entered and a lovely lady behind the counter told me they did not have any decks for sale either. We started talking and she said `my husband Steve could help you, give him a call`. I called him and he invited me to `Escape Reality`, his show. I went and i loved it because it was such a complete and funny show. I ended up staying in the theatre and working at Magicopolis too. There was another `magician` staying and working at the theatre named John Guirguis who was a complete douche.
I also got to do tricks before each show. It was a very nice experience and Steve and Bozena were so kind and nice.
Living in Santa Monica was good cos my `office` (the pier) was walking distance. I enjoyed pretty much my stay in that city. It`s a relaxed and healthy environment full of beautiful chics.
I would spend 4 days a week going to the pier to do my tricks. It was a great laboratory where i would practice new tricks and sleights. The good thing of doing street magic is you can FAIL without any remorse.

The streets are AWESOME.

Very good times!

Vegas

I spent my last week as a tourist with my buddy from my country.
He flew from Miami and we went to Vegas and Hollywood.
Vegas was disappointing in a way. I expected much more party.
I was impressed with the strip. Those huge ass hotels and casinos are crazy.
What i enjoyed most was the shows.
We went to see Penn & Teller´s show. It was AMAZING.
I never liked them but this show KICKED ARSE.
It`s a very cool show. Their take on magic is different and fresh.
The tricks are so good. The one where they do some close-up with a guest from the audience blew me away completely.
Also the first trick, borrowed cellphone to impossible location, was the best way to start the show.
We also saw Mac King`s show. The Mac is a funny dude and the show`s lovely. It`s got some very cool stuff. The Bear trick is HILARIOUS!
We also saw Cirque du Soleil`s `Mystere` and it rocked.

Rudy Coby

The last show i saw in L.A. was Rudy Coby`s Experiment.
I was so excited to finally see this great magician perform.
The cold hard truth is that i was disappointed.
The whole thing was pretty sloppy. I expected more professionalism.
Rudy seemed too anxious.
Maybe he had one of those days.
The audience reacted very well though.
They gave him a standing ovation.