Joshua Jay – Session:The Magic of Joel Givens
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by Joel Givens and Joshua Jay
This book is geared toward magicians (sorry normal people) and details the magic of an incredible talent： Joel Givens. He’s also a longtime friend.
We bucked all the trends and did something very different. You see， for nearly five hundred years， magic has been conveyed "recipe style" in books. Tricks are a list of materials and steps to follow. But can a magic book tell a story?
Session is my answer. It’s not for everyone， and I’m sure there will be readers who can’t be bothered with plot and context. But for those who have always wanted to curl up with a magic book and just read， I think Session will be a welcome addition.
Each trick is set within a scene—protagonists， antagonists， hecklers， and a cute waitress—it’s all here， and it’s all explained.
Michael Kras：
Session： The Magic of Joel Givens by Joshua Jay
EFFECT： A collection of hardhitting， original close-up and bar magic from the mind of Joel Givens.
REVIEW： You've probably heard of Joel Givens by now， but I'll bet you would have never known of him at all last year. Now， he is known by many magicians in out community， and with good reason… his magic is the most creative and mindblowing magic I have seen in a long time.
Session， a magic novel written by Joshua Jay， tells the non-fictional story of the private magic session shared between Jay and Givens at the Sawmill Pub. The book focuses on a near 8 hours of sessioning and the story is actually quite interesting and it is written so well that you will actually appreciate the story in its entirety before jumping to each effect. Basically， the way this novel is written is moreso written as a magic book， and it gives thorough explanations of 38 effects and routines straight from Givens repertoire of over 20 years.
I will not personally tell much if not any of the story during this review， so why don't we just cut to the chase and bring you what you are looking for… A review of each effect in Session! They are as follows， in order.
Sweet Straw： At a restaurant， the magician suddenly removes a sugar packet from the tray on the table， and tears it open. He then cleanly and visually removes a 3 inch stirstick or straw right from inside the tiny sugar packet! Even magicians are thrown through a loop when they watch the magician visually shrink the stirrer down to not even a half inch in length! It is then gently tucked into the sugar packet for storage. This is an excellent effect to do at a restaurant， and although the initial effect may not fool some people， the shrinking of the stirrer at the end definitely will. ****
Cup O'Joel： The coffee arrives， and the magician prepares to open a creamer and dump the contents into the coffee. He does open the creamer， but instead of dumping it into the coffee he dumps it into his clenched fist! The magician slowly opens his hand to reveal the cream has vanished! Well， not vanished， just invisible. The magician cups the invisible cream in his hand， and slowly dumps it into the coffee. Surprisingly， the coffee slowly fills up with cream!!! As if that weren't enough， the magician immediately reseals the creamer with no swtiches in full view! This is a clever effect， and I absolutely love the kicker ending. Unfortunately， there is a longish set-up but if your coffee buddy goes to the bathroom you should have plenty of time. ****
Laser Aces： After a fancy Cutting The Aces effect， the packets cut from the deck are surprisingly revealed to be stuck together into clumps even though the magician has been fairly using the cards for the entire time! This looks like a great version of Paul Harris' Solid Deception. ***
Silly Psychic： This is one of the cleanest， most creative book tests I have ever seen! ****
Matches All Gone： The spectator， using a wrapped straw as a magic wand， makes all of the matches out of a matchbook vanish and reappear inside the wrapped straw! This has to potential to really surprise someone. ***
Kicking Ace： A flashy， instantaneous Four Ace production that seems quite similar to Richard Sanders effect. However， there are some chages made and this is a a VERY beautiful production! ***
Sponge Aces： This is one of my favourite effects now. It is one of the most visually stunning instantaneous transpositions in existance. Basically， the four aces， instantly transpose with two selected cards! I love this! *****
Givens on Hofzinser： A fantastic impromptu variation of the classic Hofzinser Ace Problem plot. ****
Brain Cleaner： This stunning stunt involves the magician visually shoving a full Q-Tip into his ear! This never fails to make people cringe because it looks so REAL! Just make one simple gimmick and you're on your way. ****
Identification Cards： This effect， even though it uses one of the most commonly seen plots in beginner's card magic， has fooled some really advanced card workers! Basically， you locate as many free selections as you want. These cards are not forced， and there are no breaks， crimps， or psychological techniques used. I love it and use it often! *****
Ninja Coin： The magician visually and slowly melts his finger through a solid coin. This takes the Karate Coin effect to a whole new level. ****
Across Coins： A clever Coin's Across effect with a backfire climax. ***
Dave's Proposition： The bartender at the Sawmill Pub showed a fantastic bar stunt involving water defying gravity! ***
Tubular Bills： A borrowed bill with a corner removed totally vanishes and reappears rolled up inside a clear straw! and the corner matches! I like this a lot… so simple， so effective. ****
More Memory Man： This is without a doubt the best effect in the book as well as being the best Memorized Deck effect I have ever seen. Not only is the entire deck memorized witin ten seconds， but the magician can also tell the spectators the exact position of their freely selected card! Not only that， but he also tells the audience exactly which card is missing since a spectator removed one fairly at the beginning right after shuffling the deck. And cutting to this missing card's 3 mates is the icing on the cake. This is a real impromptu worker's piece that involves no stacks or marked decks. *****
Heckler Stopper： This is specifically designed to be performed on a really bad heckler. It may be a tad mean， but if the heckler really deserves it then they have it coming. Basically， the magician secretly makes it look to other spectators as though the heckler is really trying to screw up a card trick. It turns the spectators against the heckler while the heckler remains in a confused state. This is the big guns， and the real work on heckler mag
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