[MyMagic] Latta

Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,072
January 11, 2023

Firstly (is that a word?) I wanted to let you know that the Squirting Half Dollar in the last newsletter (HERE) sold out in around an hour. Ted agreed to let me sell all his remaining stock and they are available: HERE

Geoff Latta was a friend of mine. We spent tens, if not hundreds, of hours showing each other magic during the time I worked at Tannen’s and for a few years after. He was the best all-around card and coin technician I ever met.

A few years ago, a book featuring all his known coin routines and techniques was released. I really liked it, and it inspired me to work on and refine some stuff. I am surprised that it did not get more publicity and notoriety on social media. But I can understand why, the title is The Long Goodbye, the cover is bland, and the shape and design are stylistic. It did not reflect the great content that was inside.

If you love magic with coins, you really should get a copy and study it. Here is more info.

►Geoff Latta: The Long Goodbye:

The Long Goodbye presents all of Geoff Latta’s known coin magic, published and unpublished. It is a record of brilliant innovation that coin-magic aficionados will be absorbing, mastering and emulating for years to come. You will learn 48 of his routines and more than 25 sleights.

But more than magic, this book also focuses on the subtle construction, psychology and choreography that were the hallmark of Geoff’s magic.

Watch and buy: HERE

►For more Geoff Latta stuff I recommend:

►NY Coin Magic Seminar DVD Set (featuring the last known videos of him performing and teaching some of his coin magic: HERE

►Twist Till It Hurts (a card routine he taught me): HERE

►Squirting Half Dollar:

A classic prank made using real half dollars.

This is a precision-made squirting half dollar made by hollowing a real coin, drilling a tiny and perfectly positioned hole, and soldering a custom-made airtight cavity. In most cases you can get 1-3 squirts averaging around 2-3 feet of streaming water. Once they are gone, I doubt they will ever be made again.

Watch and buy: HERE

►BACK IN STOCK:

Dean Dill’s Blizzard sold out several times in the past few weeks. I just got another shipment and wanted to remind you that every purchase from me includes a bonus video tutorial with my direct handling. The video will automatically appear in your media library.

►Blizzard:

This was Dean Dill’s most deceptive creation. He fooled everyone with it, and you can too.

You begin by showing a full deck of cards and having someone name any card. You then remove their card and its mates and have a spectator mix up the four cards.

You then pick their card out of the four and explain that it was easy since the other three are now blank. Is a matter of fact, the entire deck is now blank, and everything is examinable.

Watch and buy: HERE

Stay happy, Meir

PS: My first release of 2023 will be introduced in Saturday’s newsletter. There is already a social media buzz about it.

“The Important thing is to have a point of view on the trick… Why am I doing this?”
…Geoff Latta (Geoff Latta: The Long Goodbye, 2017)