I used to be BIG on podcasting. I listened to podcasts everyday, I made my own podcast, it was some good times. However, my time ran out and eventually I was forced to stop making my show, A. because I was busy doing school work and B. I was busy working on my acting and singing.
Bit by bit, my interest in podcasting dwindled, but there were/ are a few shows/podiobooks (podcasted audio fiction) that I still listen to:
Daily Source Code by Adam Curry (www.dailysourcecode.com)
Scott Sigler (www.scottsigler.net , and buy his book Infected from Amazon.com!)
7th Son by J.C. Hutchins (www.jchutchins.net)
Today I want to focus on the latter of these three audio productions: 7th Son is a trilogy of sci-fi novels that are unbelievable. And this is from the guy that really doesn’t like most sci-fi. The novels were released a few chapters a week, and they were the best. Recently, the books came to a conclusion…but then, a new project was begun: 7th Son Obsidion is an anthology of short stories written in the world of the 7th Son books, and so far, its been an amazing collaboration.
Part of the project involved “Voices from the Darkness”, a Cloverfield style audio work where listeners would call in and leave a voicemail as if they were trapped in a disastrous blackout that devastated the U.S. J.C. Hutchins kindly used my call as one of the first pieces for the anthology, and it was a really cool thing: it brought me back to the world of online audio.
Anyways, please check out his site, subscribe, and enjoy it. Let me know what you all think!
This is a little bit impromptu, with a bit of a discrepency at the end, but its fun anyways. Just playing around, believe it or not, this can be presented quite magicially.
P.S. For some reason, all of my youtube vids have that weird grey blur at the beginning…hmmm.
I’ve been thinking lately (wow, doesn’t that amaze you all), and the whole deck compilation thing sounds a bit..boring..and tedious. Soooo….
I’m gonna do like a series I think. Each video focusing on a different brand or style of cards. The tenative catagories seem to be:
Bicycle
Tally-Ho’s
Bee
and finnally:
“rare” decks.
Kinda fun. So I’ll get started on that.
In other news, Ellusionist just had an overkill on “gear”, but I did pick up the close-up bag and the Beanie. Expect Reviews of many of the Christmas Things to come.
J.
P.S. Check out www.iTricks.com . It’s a great site.
So no video/photo deck compilation yet, I may do it as a series though. Who Knows? Anyways, I did open up my E wristband today, but no luck. You can check out the video:
Ya. So I’m taking Digital Video as a course, so expect more stuff to show up soon. It’s way too fun. And, as more content gets posted, you can check it all out at http://www.youtube.com/jriceprod
There will be more ranting, videos, and more soon.
Welcome to the Official Jon Rice Magic/Stuff Blog! I am glad you all could make it, feel free to look around, though there is not much to see at this time. I would especially like to send a big, warm welcome to all Ellusionist Forum Members: WELCOME!
The ideal behind this blog is very simple: to express my thoughts about magic and other “stuff” per se. There will be a mix of digg.com stories along with my thoughts on magic and updates on myself for you all to read. If you have any ideas or just want to chat, e-mail/msn me: magicofJFR@gmail.com .
August 6th marked the 61st anniversary of the U.S.A. dropping the A-Bomb on Hiroshima. Now, thousands morn around the world at one of the most controversial events in the history of human relations.
FISM. The olympics of magic. Yes, I am the one who posted it on digg, but thats all good. It
is quite interesting, and I have been following its progress at another blog: http://www.magician.org.uk/ It’s a great blog, and there coverage of the event is quite good. Anyways, check out the CNN story I linked to below, I’m going to go get a glass of Cranberry juice in my Tiki Glass and go back to digg. It’s too much fun.
