So maybe I don’t know what I am talking about
An obvious ‘young Turk’ wrote to me some time ago and said he wanted to get into magic bartending. I don’t know if he was asking advice or what… but then he made the comment that my material was old and out of date. He then told me a few of the things that he was doing in his ‘act’. I put quotes around that because the things he described were the of the ‘DVD of the month’ variety.… Continue reading
The TEMPORARY
Doc Eason Magic appears in a rare mid valley appearance.
Who? Doc Eason…bringing 41 years of magic and comedy from Snowmass Village to the MidValley
What? A stage appearance that will run about an hour and a half.
When? Saturday night June 16 8:30
Where? The Temporary – across the street from the Capital Creek Brewpub. Willets. Around the corner from Whole Foods.
Why? for the helluvit.
A very cool performance space has opened up in the Willets area… Continue reading
Hello mortality… is that you?
“Well, I’ve got to run to keep from hiding And I’m bound to keep on riding And I’ve got one more silver dollar But I’m not gonna let them catch me, no Not gonna let ’em catch the midnight rider” Midnight Rider Gregg Allman
I just figured out why I was exhausted.
It has been a stressful few years.
2016, Alison, my one and only wife, mother to my three kids, love of my life and bane of my existence… Continue reading
The best year of my life.
I opened my computer to my blog spot and the above title appeared. Indeed 2015 can arguably be known as (at least one of) my best years … Successful stints California, the UK, Amsterdam and back to California.Travels with my son were challenging and rewarding.
Then 2016 charged out of the gate with a vengeance and turned into a real rollercoaster with lots of ups and downs.
Mortality or the awareness of it, has become a constant companion… Continue reading
Forty Years a Magic Bartender in the Rockies.
Since the Tower shut down in April 2004, I have been writing a book about the Tower and my thoughts about Magic Bar and life. This is an introduction to this book. I am spot lighting several sections of the book here.
Your comments are more than welcome, they are encouraged.
A Wealth of Friends.
I thought I posted this last spring.. apparently not. Better late than never.
One of the favorite posters we had hanging in the house as the kids grew up was a poster that listed the names of groups of things… A flock of geese, a clowder of cats, a murder of crows. We delighted over the phrases.. some of the better ones, a business of ferrets.. a waddle of penguins. pandemonium of parrots, lounge of lizards and my favorite, a flamboyance of flamingos.
Another one of my favorites is ‘an embarrassment of riches’.
I was working for a good pal and we always enjoyed our time after the show or event. We would relax and talk about kids, life and other pertinent things. At one point in our conversation he said something that stopped me. He said, “Doc, you have a ‘wealth of friends'”. I hadn’t ever thought of a collective noun for such a thing. But I thought at that moment what an apt description. If wealth is measured by dollars… well, I don’t stack up very well. But if it’s about friends then I am indeed a rich man.
Heart overflowing
All of my kids have given me so many gifts! But not gifts in the traditional 'unwrap objects' gifts. Continue reading
Grandparents Parents and Children.
I have always loved summers. My birthday is smack dab in the middle of summer. 22 July.. Cusp of Cancer and Leo. Vacations to the ocean or my dad’s home town. Summers are great.
This summer was fabulous. It marked many milestones in my life. The most important one was my oldest child, Mack, was married. Though a civil ceremony in Santa Barbara was the ‘official’ wedding, they planned a reception in Mindy’s home town of Rochester NY. with Mindy’s family and network of lifelong friends. Through a wonderful chain of events I was able to be there for the occasion.
Age has its privilege.
Ya know when you are young? You can’t wait to be 16 because you can get a driver’s license.
18, you can vote.
21, now! you can drink (legally). Wow..
then for a long time there are no ‘milestone’ birthdays, except for the depressing 30, or a startling 40, the big five-oh, the ‘let’s not make too big a deal, ok?” 60.
Who knew!?
Dateline Early April Basalt Colorado
This is the Press Release from the latest wonderful thing that happened.. _____________________ Doc Eason was just named Best Closeup Magician in a Reader’s Choice poll awards at about.com.
The Readers’ Choice Awards highlights the best products, features, and services across a wide variety of topics. This year the Readers’ Choice Awards showcases the best in hundreds of categories across most of About.com’s channels, from technology to hobbies to sports. It is an international internet based site.
Restoring my Christmas
For me, December is a rough month, always has been. The holidays are festive but frustrating. Expectations are high and the letdowns always seem to happen. Then the pace accelerates to a blur with parties and shows and it is exhausting physically and psychically.
Of the 64 Christmases I’ve spent on this earth, some of them simply aren’t as joyous and as high on the ranking as others. It happens. This particular one wasn’t one of my best. In the middle of a month when I am usually gearing up for the big push, I was thrown into an intense scenario that I had little choice about. I reluctantly went through a week of physical and emotional punishment.
Though bruised, I made it through that stretch but when I came up for air, I found myself at the beginning of a crazy schedule that had me going every night from the 20th through new years. I traded one level of intensity for another. I am not complaining. Being mercifully busy was the best thing that could have happened. Besides the obvious financial benefit, I was able to put smiles on a lot of faces. That fed my soul.
In the middle of all this, the strangest thing happened.
Angels… Lucky or .. what?
Just before the Tower shut its doors for good on April 10 2004, I had a crew come in and film one last performance. This footage came from a a regular night at the Tower. We had 2 cameras, and talented operators. That is a big part of the formula for video. I was feeling pretty good that night, another part of the equation. The ‘wild card’ to this whole video thing is the audience. Without hiring professional… Continue reading