Magic Bar & Grill magazine (10 issues) by Bill Goldman

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The "Magic Bar and Grill," began as an outlet for Goldman's magical ideas, presentations, methods, opinions, etc...  Nine years and ten issues later, Bill has compiled a significant amount of material including routines and effects from his own professional act. Now all these great magical insights can be yours in one booklet.

Contents:

1 Bar & Grill #1 (6 pages)
1 Grill: what makes a good magician
1 Finger Count: icebreaker
2 Lemonade: two spectators choose the same card
3 Whatever: Prediction matches number, letter, and card selected
4 - The Art Part: construction
5 When All Is Said and Done: a slice of life for the trade show magician

1 Bar & Grill #2 (6 pages)
1 Grill Blue Plate Special: engaging an audience
1 Magic Papers: trade show notes
2 Bonus Trick: impromptu pen suspended from fingers
2 Soup of the Day: prediction of four items called out by audience
When All Is Said and Done (Harrison Carroll): good and bad days
4 The Big Pill: a giant pill gag
5 Introductions We Hate to Hear: comedy

1 Bar & Grill #3 (8 pages)
1 Grill: It's Magic, but is it Art?
1 Overjog Control: cards
2 All Aboard - The Chameleon Bill: hundred dollar bill switch; the bill increases in value with each fold
3 When All is Said and Done (Dennis DeBondt): humorous anecdote
3 IRD - Information Retrieval Device (Peter Studebaker): a banded deck trick
4 Chicken Eggs: on magic and ethics

1 Bar & Grill #4 (8 pages)
1 Grill - Card Link: new handling for Paul Harris' Immaculate Connection
1 Thumb Card: improvised thumb-tip silk production
2 GamBit: idea for a think-of-a-card-you-see effect
3 When All Is Said and Done (Bob Greenberg): trade show tips
4 Fast Hands: card trick introducing the Veckey Subtlety
8 This And That: idea for the previous issue's Chameleon Bill

1 Bar & Grill #5 (6 pages)
1 Grill: on Internet chats
1 The Flying Backpalm (Mark Roberts): addition to IRD from issue 3
3 When All Is Said and Done (Bob Seaver): what is a magician?
4 The Sunday Times: an up to date version of Gene Anderson's Torn & Restored Newspaper (you should own that, too)
6 A Little Gift: idea using Algonquin McDuff's Little Brown Bag

1 Bar & Grill #6: One Man - One Trick Issue (6 pages)
1 Improved Restored Newspaper: paper is handed out at the end of the routine
2 Sample Headlines (Dennis DeBondt)
3 Newspaper Fold: illustrations
4 How-To
6 When All Is Said and Done: The Golden Rule

1 Bar & Grill #7 (8 pages)
1 On a Cool Grill: On Mentalism
1 You Can See Forever: mental coin bending
3 When All Is Said and Done: clever idea for use of a dove pan
4 There Ain't No More: a subtle approach for predicting several spectator's card selections
5 Like a Bird on a Wire: Book Test

1 Bar & Grill #8
1 Tapas: torn, burnt and restored napkin
2 Old News - New News
3 When All Is Said and Done: spectator announced number, and a card, and the number on the back of the card matches
5 Souvenir: clever revelation of a thought of selection
6 One Coin Spellbound: invisible coin becomes visible
8 Acorns: essay on magic

1 Bar & Grill #9
1 The Rise of the Pyramid: using a Devano-style rising card deck
3 Mercury Rising (Joe Dipietro): a rising Mercury folded card
4 When All is Said and Done: Perception and Perspective
6 The Shape of Things to Come: an interesting deck stack
7 Countdown: 21 card trick

1 Bar & Grill #10
1 Dressed to Grill: introduction
2 The Money Changer: a bill switch routine
4 Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Jack Maxwell)
5 When All is Said and Done: Performing Magic
6 Slider (Garrett Englehard): card force
7 The BG Control 

What People Are Saying:

"Bill Goldman is a genius. There are many things I admire about Bill but his strength of material/ease-of-method ratio is at the top of the list. His tricks are not only magician foolers, but laymen fall all over themselves as well. His Bar and Grill book contains a WEALTH of material. I am thrilled that he keeps putting them out." -- Doc Eason

"Bill Goldman is a pro who, among pro circles, is widely regarded as a true 'worker,' the highest compliment a professional can generally offer. There are those who will also mention that he is a nice guy, an all but supernatural combination. This little bit of handiwork has a higher bang-for-buck ratio than most of the last 10 hardcover magic books you probably bought. There have been eight (ten) issues since 1995, and almost every one has at least one piece that I would consider worthy of professional use. Read that sentence again and try to find out the last time I said that in 64 pages -- I found eight useable routines. I don't think so. That's all I'm going to say about it. Don't say I didn't warn you. Do something good for yourself. Buy this. Learn a good trick. What's wrong with that idea, huh? Just tell me. You'll thank me later." -- Jamie Ian Swiss

"Bill Goldman's latest book was exactly what I needed to bring a new, real-world perspective to my tired bones. The last few words almost brought tears to my eyes, and I accept the challenge to use my best self to summon the fairy dust. It is good to have people like Bill in magic. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and joy." -- Keith Raygor

"The Bar & Grill series has some really powerful mental magic in it. One effect (Lemonade) completely fooled a room full of magicians during Bill Goldman's lecture at the Magic Castle." -- Jerry Dunn

"Bill, you are a genius!!" -- Gaetan Bloom