What the? May!? Already!? My daughter will be a teenager officially in about 2 weeks. My three boys are 10, 8 and 5…. Man I’m old!

Buy one Get one Free:

Hey gang, don’t forget that you have until May 16th (that’s less than a week) to get Stone Cold Magic For Free. You buy Underground Jam for $25.00 and you get Stone Cold Magic on DVD for Free until May 16th.

However, the first 3 people to order will also get a free copy of Brad Gordon’s Clever Eight! That’s three items for only $25.00. Also included for everyone will a few special cards that’s you’ll need to perform a couple of the effects from the 2 DVDs.

Don’t worry, if you already ordered the buy one get one free deal when I first sent the offer, you already have a copy of Clever Eight on the way to you as we speak.

If you haven’t already ordered, get it now. Remember the first three orders get a second bonus gift: Clever Eight by Brad Gordon. The bonus Clever Eight is not listed on the order page and is not in the shopping cart. It will just be automatically sent to the first three orders.

Recent Giggin:
Last week I did a kid’s show. I haven’t done one of those for a while. I thought I was retiring that act, but I resurrected it. I learned a ton with that show. The short story is that the audience was TOOOOOO young… the kids were 4 years old. They were too busy pickin’ their noses to notice the magician. However, I made a mid course correction and started focusing the effects on the adults and using the parents as volunteers, and before you knew it, the parents were having a great time.

The kids didn’t notice, and they got candy at the end anyway, so everyone was happy, and I ended up walking out of there with my fee and a big fat tip! Don’t be afraid to modify things and change your course… thinking on your feet pays off.

Filming Begins:
We’re getting down to the wire. May 28th I’ll be flying to Toronto to film my next DVD project. While I’m there and not filming, I’ll be swinging by Jay Sankey’s house for a day or so. It’s been a couple years since we’ve hung out, so we’ll be doing some jamming for sure. I’ll let you know how the filming went and the Jamming with Jay went in June’s Issue.

Once the filming is done, the editing will take some time, obviously, but we’re still on schedule to release late fall. I’ll keep you posted.

Utah/Colorado Magic:
Here in the mid-west, we’ve got some great minds in the world of magic. I’ve been honored to associate with quite a few of them. I’ve been jamming with a few and some great stuff has come out of these sessions. I’ve been working with Brad Gordon from Utah, Donny Orbit from Colorado and Diamond Jim Davis from Utah. We’ve had some good jam sessions. In fact some of the stuff on the upcoming DVD project will be from the creative minds of these guys. You won’t want to miss out.

Celebracadabra:
I won’t spend a lot of time on this subject, other than to say that this show is definitely worth watching. The first episode was kind of weak, but the second one was much better. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, Celebracadabra is sort of like the reality show, Dancing with the Stars. It’s magic instead of dancing. A handful of celebrities are paired up with a magician, David Regal, Simon Lovell, Rocco, just to name a few.

The magician teaches them a trick or a prepares them to do a show and then the celebs compete. The first episode was Street Magic. The second episode was Children’s Magic. The third episode airs on Sunday May 10th, 2008 on VH1 at 10:00 PM Mountain Standard Time. I’m not sure when it airs in other time zones.

With judges like Jeff McBride and Max Maven and coaches like Regal and Rocco, you’ve got a good recipe for a decent show. The first two episodes eliminated the 2 people who were annoying me, so it’s even more fun to watch now. Check out vh1.com for more details. You can also watch the first 2 episodes while you’re there.

The best thing about this show is that I think it’s doing a great job at giving us magicians credibility. It really is portraying the fact that magic isn’t some cheesy easy to do thing for nerds and geeks. I love it, and you will too. Check it out.

Enjoy the rest of this month’s issue.

-Jeff Stone
And The Stone Cold Crew