Stranded with a Stranger: Paul Thomey

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So we do have another stranded stranger with us this week . This is Paul Tomey . He says I got into magic relatively late by most standards . I was in my early 20s and I've been obsessed ever since . I had great mentors early on and realized within a short period of time that magic is meant to be shared with others .

I started sharing my magic with others nearly 30 years ago and it's provided so much joy to myself and , hopefully , others . I've been lucky enough to perform from coast to coast in the US . My focus has always been close up . My list will reflect that . All spoiler alert . But I've also got a parlor show that I've worked hard on and gets good responses .

One of the great things about Magic is the community and our ability to meet and session with each other . I've been lucky enough to meet most of my Magic heroes , although new ones seem to appear daily . Currently , if I could sit down with one Magic hero , it would be Pit Hartling , as he's one I've never met except through his wonderful books .

Great to meet you , paul , so . So I think one thing that we should have done with the podcast is got everyone to mention the age that they got into magic , and maybe we'd get a decent understanding of the general age that everyone got into it , since it does seem to be kind of a mixture of different ages .

It's either really young or a little bit later in life . So yeah , who knows ? But let's get onto paul's list . So he's actually given us a couple of little honorable mentions . So his honorable mentions are sherlock by pitt hartling and the comedy confabulation by cody fisher .

So maybe that will give us an insight into the tricks that he's chosen , or maybe it won't . We'll have a look . We'll see what's what's in a position number one . So let's see what Paul's list consists of in position number one , he's got the nightshade coin set by Craig Petty . He says this is a great set and it's become part of my everyday carry .

I like many of the effects possible , but if I had to narrow it down to just one it would be the coins across the david roth method , but with only three coins . It's been my go to opener since I first learned the effect in the 1990s .

I always begin each walk around show with it as the first at the first table , as it calms my nerves and gets a great response . Great choice . The Nightshade coin set is such a wonderful coin set and I guess that's a great opener because it must focus everyone's attention in on what you're doing . So a great choice .

And it does bring us to number two , which is a deck of cards . Now I wonder if Paul's done it . I wonder if he knows what's about to happen . He says if I do one trick with it , ah , there we go . If I could only do one trick with the deck of cards , it would be a two-person transpo effect . It's always my second effect when I begin a show .

This , combined with coins across , is a strong beginning for me and it sets the tone for the rest of the show . The transpo effect I do is based on a routine that paul green published in his nothing up my green sleeves notes . Great choice .

Yeah , two card transpo effects are always wonderful and that's one that I've not come across , so I may I may have to try and find some of those notes and add that to my collection and see , uh , what that routine is . So thank you for that , paul . At number three , the monocosis by duane tamariz . I perform it with the Aronson stack .

This is , hands down , one of the strongest effects I know . The spectator names a card and they find it themselves . Or it just jumps out the deck , or it turns invisible , or it can go in many other directions . It's the ultimate jazzing effect . Great choice .

I wonder if everyone has a jazzing effect , like an effect where it's one method but you can achieve loads out of it . So maybe you're jumping from table to table . You only need to know that method , but each table will feel like a completely different trick . I wonder if everyone has one of them . But number four a chop cup , just a cup , by axel hecklau .

This is my closer at many tables . I love this method above most others because it's so clean and you don't have to bang the cup on the table . You know what I think chop cup and and cups and balls has to be in the top 10 overall at this point , along with the thumbtip , because they're just used so often by so many people .

And of course , there are some really clever methods , like Craig Petty's . Chop is a really clever method to achieve a chop cup but using , you know , a standard cup essentially . And Axel Heckler is always so clever . I always remember seeing his cap through bottle and you know being absolutely dumbfounded by it because it's so clever . He's such a clever cookie .

So , yeah , great choice . And it does bring us to number five , which is Close-Up Cardiographic by Martin Lewis . When their selected card rises out of a drawing you made , it gets a very loud reaction . It's the ultimate animation effect . My presentation is based on my son , so it's a very personal effect for me . Oh , I wonder what that presentation is .

That's great . Uh , yeah , it's a great trick . Any animation tricks we've spoken about it on the podcast before they just always catch people off guard . They're always so different , so unique , quite often something that an audience hasn't seen .

And we do have slightly more modern versions , I guess , like roddy mcgee's little door , is sort of a picture animation , but the cardiographic now that it comes in so many different versions there's like a business card version , close up parlor stage .

It's just an incredible trick and handing that picture back to them as a souvenir really is something they'll keep hold on . So it's a great , great choice . And it brings us to number six , which is the color changing knives , based on whip pop hayden's method . But my presentation is completely different .

This is a nice piece with great visuals and audience interaction . I generally perform it as an opener and like that . It is modular , great choice . And I'm guessing quite a few of us have a hot rod style effect or a paddle effect , I should say . And color changing knives , you know , is the is the original really .

Really it's the one that really popularized this kind of routine and I would say that the majority of the props that we have nowadays that aren't knives still sort of use the original routine with the color changing knives . So it's a great choice and does bring us into the tail end of your eight pull , with number seven being ring on string .

This is my everyday carry and I think my hook is pretty good . My routine ends with the spectator performing the effect themselves and completely in their hands . It's always great when you can end an effect in the spectator's hands , and especially if you can transfer the magic to them . What a great point .

And that's always good with younger folk as well , especially if you're transfer the magic to them . What a great point . And that's always good with younger folk as well . Especially if you're at a wedding or , you know , in a restaurant and there's a young person on the table , it's great to have them stand up and perform the magic to everyone else .

It's a really lovely moment . And it does bring us to number eight . So if you're playing , what has paul put in his last position , based on what he's already done ? So we've got the nightshade coin set , we've got a transpo trick with the deck of cards , we've got the monocosis chop cup , cardiographic color , changing knives and ring on string .

So what do you think he's put in there ? I think it's going to be a visual one , because all of his tricks so far have been quite visual . So he's put in number eight rubber bands . I've been wanting to add a good rubber band routine to my walk around set for a long time .

I've worked out a few phases and performed bits of it to spectators in the past , but not a whole routine that I'm yet satisfied with . Maybe now I'm stranded on a desert island , I can finally finish it and have it ready when I get rescued . Yep , great choice . It's one of those props that it's always good to have them on you .

They fit around your wrist , they take up really no room . You can do loads with it . They're super visual . You can put them in the hands of the spectator and do you know ? Interactive tricks where they are holding the band as it gets penetrated . It's just , they're just such a versatile tool and there's so many different things you can do with them nowadays .

So that's a great end to your list . Now this takes us onto your two curveball items your book and your non-magic item . Now , paul has given us some honorable mention books , so maybe this can help us work out what his selection is . So his honorable mentions are the Secret Ways of Al Baker by the Miracle Factory and In Order to Amaze by Pitt Hartling .

So , based on those , what do you think is in his book position ? So he's gone for Fector , the Magic of Eddie Fector by Jerry Mensah . This is one of my all-time favourite books . It is my favourite kind of book that includes both great effects and history . Great .

I do not have that one in my collection , so maybe , paul , I'm going to have to get those notes you mentioned earlier and I'm going to have to get this one for my collection as well . Great choice . And it does bring us onto the curveball curveball item . Um , and what's good is we've not had this one yet . I don't think so . I I like it very much .

He's put mini altoids . This would keep my breath fresh , and when I finish the mints , I could use the tin for Toy Box by Jonathan Cam . A great choice . And I guess that's food . You know , if there's 30 mints in that tin , that's one mint a day . That's keeping you alive for a whole month . You may have to go fishing as well , but we'll go with it .

A great choice and a really nice list . Lots of visual magic in there . So thank you , paul . Now , of course , paul is no longer a stranger . Lots of visual magic in there . So thank you , paul . Now , of course , paul is no longer a stranger . We know everything we need to know about him . But if you would like to have your list read out again .

Please send in your list , plus your book and your non magic item , as well as a little bio , to sales at Alakazamcouk . So we'll see you this week with another episode of the main podcast . We've got some great guests coming up . We've got another video , one that we're actually recording in a few weeks time , so I'll let you speculate who that is .

But for now , I hope you're all having a wonderful week and we'll see you this Friday . Goodbye for now .

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