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gothicmagic Inner circle Ubiquitous 1374 Posts |
Greetings one and all
I trust this finds you well, just wanted put out there a heads up about a BT that touches on a subject not really dealt with New Orleans prostitution in 1915 (think of the storytelling possibilities The book has been created by Paul Noffsinger and is available from Gemini Artifacts (creators of way too many cool items) here is a blurb "Gemini Artifacts is proud to present Paul Noffsinger’s 38 BLOCKS book test. This incredible pocket sized book is based on an actual book from 1915. 38 BLOCKS recreates one of New Orleans famous BLUE BOOKS. A Blue Book was in its simplest form a listing of prostitutes and local brothels located in the 38 block area in New Orleans called STORYVILLE. Throughout its pages, you will find real names and places in history." it does contain nudity (so not for the kiddies) I myself ordered one so if you want something unique, join us under the red light. https://www.geminiartifacts.com/products/38-blocks
Vlad ^0^
One of The Founding Fathers of The East Coast Spirit Sessions & Co Producer of Bizarre hauntings ECSS I,II,III,IV,V,VI Order of the Hexidic |
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Mad0hatter Regular user 192 Posts |
I ordered this cause it'll be a good prop for a hauntique I'm building. I'm not sure I can memorize the table needed to actually divine the thought of person's attributes.
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gothicmagic Inner circle Ubiquitous 1374 Posts |
Indeed
these guys made a prop that would cost a huge chunk of change if one where to buy an original (and Vics stuff really could pass for one) but maybe use the crib sheet somehow? (maybe on the back of a frame of a picture of a bldg ,one of the girls or a map of Storyville)
Vlad ^0^
One of The Founding Fathers of The East Coast Spirit Sessions & Co Producer of Bizarre hauntings ECSS I,II,III,IV,V,VI Order of the Hexidic |
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roblane Special user Say 'toast' five times, toast toast..... 844 Posts |
I ordered this the instant the email from Gemini landed. Love the storytelling possibilities and it's by Paul and Vic so we know it'll look amazing. Hope it doesn't take too long to reach Blighty...….
Definition of a Freudian slip; Saying one thing and meaning a "mother"!
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Joe Roberts Special user 860 Posts |
This looks great but I'm a little confused by the description of the routine. It says:
"The spectator reads the profile to themselves and learns much about the specific girl. They can learn her nationality or favorite flower. They can learn about her hair color or personality. After the spectator chooses and reads the profile silently, they turn to the next page and begin reading a list of names aloud. The names can be read in any order. The work has been done and the performer now knows not only the name of the profile the spectator is looking at, but also her nationality, personality trait, hair type and a personal item." Is there anything to stop them from assuming you just memorized the women listed on the opposite page and that's how you know which one they looked at? |
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Mad0hatter Regular user 192 Posts |
Quote: If I follow your question they would have to assume you not only memorized every profile in the book but also every accompanying list of girls.
On May 24, 2020, Joe Roberts wrote: |
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Sparrowhwk Regular user 177 Posts |
I like the premise and story of this, and we know the quality will be great - but I just can't justify the weird procedure. I can't figure out how to make the reading aloud part make sense, it just jars and makes no sense to me.
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sgiandubh New user 50 Posts |
Ordered. you know the quality of the book will be superb,then it's down to you as the performer... Not everything works for everyone but you can make your own adaptions to the presentation.
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reese Inner circle of Hell 1332 Posts |
I'd love to read a review of this. Anything having to do with New Orleans holds my interest.
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Mad0hatter Regular user 192 Posts |
Got mine today and it looks decent, and while I don't know about performing it outright I think it'll be a nice addition to the thing I'm working on. I've had the instructions for like two weeks so I've had plenty of time to familiarize myself with the workings. The instructions was 18 pages with two simple sample routines. The routines and the how to were 6 of the 18 pages most of the rest was like background info. It really is a prop that you're expected to find a use for rather than fuller fledged work. Though the web page and the instructions vaguely suggest that it will be part of fuller work yet to be released. The second effect listed on the website is not in the instructions and I can't say I'm happy with the relevant parts of the book.
As for the actual method I had my partner pick girl after girl and couldn't figure out how I knew which one so I feel confident it would fly over someone who never really gets to pick more than one. She did kind of catch onto how I knew things about each girl but that's probably to be expected. To me the biggest con is that some of the pictures of the girls are obviously digital. Some have noise and others have extreme pixelation. It could probably fly under the radar with person management and maybe lighting. But I feel that under most focused scrutiny would not pass as genuine article. I only refereed to it as a reproduction and before I admitted shenanigans my partner believed it to be a period accurate reproduction. |
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252life Inner circle Ninth Circle, Hades 3243 Posts |
Just received mine as well and agree with Madohatter.
I think the book is very well done and it's priced fairly. It's portable and direct. Could be a mini seance in your pocket for the right moment Typical Gemini high quality. No complaints, I'll be using it.
Look for all the world like you're counting the brain cells in his cranium.
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reese Inner circle of Hell 1332 Posts |
Hey MadHat... I appreciate the honest review. 10 Q.
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Joe Roberts Special user 860 Posts |
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On May 24, 2020, Mad0hatter wrote: Not as I understand it. You would just have to memorize the girls and ONE girl who appears on the opposite page. (If you read out a list of everyone on a page of the phone book and I told you what page you were on, I don't need to memorize the full book, just one person on each page.) I realize that's NOT the method but I'm not sure how you'd go about convincing a spectator it wasn't the method. |
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reese Inner circle of Hell 1332 Posts |
My own stupid opinion: don't speculate about methods in a public forum.
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252life Inner circle Ninth Circle, Hades 3243 Posts |
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On Jun 8, 2020, reese wrote: Amen
Look for all the world like you're counting the brain cells in his cranium.
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GReed3649 New user 69 Posts |
Pardon me if this sounds inappropriate,but I'm new here and want to make sure I understand the ground rules properly.
I was aware that methods aren't supposed to be discussed plainly in an open thread. Am I to understand that even speculation or concerns with the audiences' possible perception of the method (even if it's completely off base) is also taboo? |
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Wizard of Oz Inner circle Most people wish I didn't have 5150 Posts |
Hi GReed3649,
Method discussions - real or perceived - are generally frowned upon in this portion of The Café. Once you have 50 legitimate posts, you'll have access to "The Banquet Room," an area on the forum where method is more freely discussed. Even there however, overtly revealing the workings of a prop or effect are discouraged if it can harm a creator's right to ownership of said method. It can be a slippery slope. In general, discussions regarding method are best avoided, kept vague, or handled via private messaging. It's confusing for sure, but once you've been here a while you'll see how folks dance around details to have their questions or concerns recognized.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
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Joe Roberts Special user 860 Posts |
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On Jun 8, 2020, reese wrote: It's not a stupid opinion, it just has nothing to do with what I was talking about. I didn't speculate about a method. I just asked if the method used is enough to prevent the spectator from assuming this isn't just a memory stunt. If you ask a normal person how someone might know the information on one page of a book based on them reading the information on the next page, most people would say, "I guess he has it memorized." With a small book like this it's even more likely to be seen as the answer. I just didn't know if there was something missing from the description of the effect that would preclude that assumption. |
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Mad0hatter Regular user 192 Posts |
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On Jun 8, 2020, Joe Roberts wrote: While I didn't check every list; it appears that the girls names do not appear in multiple lists, and the girls that make the lists do not repeat either. So your participant could think you memorized the profiles of all 20+ girls recognized their name from the list, but that feels to me like a big assumption. Thinking of the book tests I know the methods to you could argue memorization for them as well. I think the method that prevents memorization as a guess is supposed to be you and your presentation. Presentation is the big method for bizarre magic. |
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Joe Roberts Special user 860 Posts |
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On Jun 9, 2020, Mad0hatter wrote: With book tests it's always been considered a weakness if you have to ask for a page number because the spectator could simply assume you memorized it. Countless book tests have been designed to avoid having to ask for a page number, even if the book has 100s of pages. With only 20-something different women, the suspicion of memorization being the answer would be even more likely. That doesn't seem like such a "big assumption" to me. My concern is that it's about the most basic assumption the spectator could make. Presentation is the heart of bizarre magic but to really engross people in a bizarre presentation I feel like you need to eliminate all the prosaic explanations for what is happening. I love the idea of the book but I just wanted to clarify what the process was because it sounded like they read the names on one page and you're able to tell them details of the woman on the other side of the page. And if that's what it is, I personally don't know how I would steer them away from what seems to be the obvious explanation, so it's not for me. But I'm sure others won't have that hang-up and I hope they enjoy the product. |
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