New Posters Now Available!
The new posters are up on the store and available now! Hang them up in your dorm room! Click the poster! Also – buttons and stickers are for sale in the green rubber chicken design!
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Kevin Smith Talks About Prince
If you get the opportunity to watch some videos of Kevin Smith’s live presentation, he is an absolutely amazing storyteller. Here’s one of my favorites: Part One: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy_cLJ19HMg&hl=en&fs=1] Part Two: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9O130NYr_4&hl=en&fs=1] Part Three: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCm4Jxo3ltE&hl=en&fs=1] Part Four: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0LbQzdz1A&hl=en&fs=1]
New Hampshire
I’m feeling much better. Whatever vile illness existed inside my gut last week is much less painful this week. Still not 100%, but feeling much better. This weekend I flew back to Manchester, NH to perform in New London, NH at Colby Sawyer College. First, let me say something – When I got to the Manchester Airport Sunday, John McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” was there. I didn’t take a photo because my camera was put away in my bag. Apparently he was christening a Nascar race or a gun rally or something. In any case – everyone made a big … Read more
"The Beaver Fever"
Hahaha. That title’s gonna get my blog tons of hits. I’ll explain. It’s not as dirty as you think, perverts. Turns out I contracted some sort of foodbourne illness from the last string of shows. Who knows where it came from – could be the raw oysters or the snapper or the Philly Cheesesteak for all I know. I got pretty sick – the kind of sick that makes you ache from head to toe and makes your mouth go numb. Went to the Dr. and his guess was that I was suffering from an illness that…well I won’t get … Read more
End of Summer, 4 States in One Week!
Hey! Back to school! That’s been the theme of the week as I ended my string of corporate shows in St. Louis, MO on Monday and started the fall college tour. St. Louis was great. I performed for a Forbes Top 50 company and the previous week, a billion dollar IT dept. for another Fortune 500 company. I got some time while in St. Louis to visit the famous Gateway Arch. I took some photos (see them on the “Photos from the Road” Flickr set) and had some time to visit Gibbol’s, a really nice Juggling/Clown/Magic/Costume shop at the Landing. … Read more
U.S. Navy Blue Angels!
I know I’ve left some of you wondering about the new show that I’m excited about. I was asked by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron to do a performance at their home base in Pensacola, Florida! Many of you have seen the Blue Angels at air shows or on television. Personally, I’ve been a fan of them since I was a kid and as a bit of an aviation buff, this is a huge thrill for me. I’ll also be hanging out with and doing magic for the Blue Angels at the Cleveland Air Show in August! … Read more
Summer Fun!
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer! Things here have been great. I’m in the process of moving my blournal to WordPress instead of Myspace. Most readers of my blournal read it as an imported Facebook note anyway, so it won’t matter! If you’re interested, the feed for my blournal is: http://michaelkentlive.wordpress.com/feed For me, summer means that my schedule slows down a bit from touring colleges and I performing a slightly less rigorous schedule of private performances for corporations and what not. My last performance was for the Ohio Clerk of Courts Education Committee which turned out to get a little … Read more
Michelle Black Photoshoot
Originally Posted on 5/16/08 Hey! Just did a photoshoot with Michelle Black. See the whole shoot here!
What I Been Up To…
Originally Posted on 5/14/08 So the spring college tour is finished! I’ve been very fortunate – this was the busiest spring I’ve ever had and I’m enjoying some extra free time now! My last two college shows were great times. The first was Miami University of Ohio in Oxford. It was an outdoor carnival-type event and the show was held on the back steps of the union building there. Here’s a shot of the stage: It was a really great crowd and everyone was in the mood to have a good time. The following Monday night, I performed at The … Read more
On Originality and Performance
Originally Posted on 5/5/08 Magicians like to accuse each other of stealing their ideas. I’ve seen it in other industries as well. Comedians do it too, but a comedian telling someone else’s joke is never as funny than a comedian telling their own joke. So there’s kind of a built in originality police there. Magicians perform each other’s tricks without permission all the time. Then they claim it’s original because they added their own personality to it. Professional Speakers do it too. I’ve seen 4 professional speakers all tell the same personal story about something that happened to them in … Read more