April 2, 2009
So, I performed at my campus talent show and tested the waters with a newer piece as well as a different approach to my usual stage persona.
Dre and I decided to take thing more seriously this time, and minus the jokingly fun good time.
Tough crowd, but it went well I think.
If only you could have seen what went on behind the curtain though. Ask anyone on RHA and they will tell you.
March 16, 2009
So we got to the final production of the promo, anddddd…
it turns out we had some problems and it will have to be re-done. But it’s okay!
Andrea and I have been working diligently on getting some shows going and collecting performance footage.
In fact, we’re in the process of scheduling a BIG show with lights and sound and craziness for late April, back home in Greenville, KY. Second Baptist Auditorium. I promise it will dominate earth.
Come and I guarantee a mind obliteration from the East pole.
|| sean ||
February 28, 2009
The promo video is a day away from finally being done. We finished editing the last of it today.
I’d say it looks pretty decent for a first promo video. :]
February 25, 2009
My buddies pulled one of the best practical jokes I’ve ever seen yesterday. They went and got tape and a road cone and blocked off my car, then prank called me as the director of the city municipal utilities department saying that a power line had fallen on my car and the voltage had caused a lot of damage, rendering my car a complete loss, and that they would not be held responsible as the falling power line was not an act of negligence.
Their story fit too, because I saw a power line on my car before I left, which turned out to be a telephone line.
They got me pretty good.
However, as some very unlucky people know, I’m the wrong person to practical joke with, because I can most certainly take a joke.
Which means, I counter-attack, and this makes the second time I’ve crossed the line a little bit. :]
Let’s just say I got revenge, and it hurt. Astronomically.
Don’t mess.
|| sean ||
February 15, 2009
Let me tell you guys something:
Magic is hard.
I’ve been scourging my mind for the last 3 months trying to come up with a worthy illusion that fits my criteria. You would think that with all the thousands upon thousands of magic knick-knacks and novelties out there, and all the different illusions I could buy for the price of a new car, I would find something of worth.
But no. There is nothing. I’m not being picky though…
…I just flat out refuse to perform crap, and I refuse to sacrifice artistic integrity just to take the easy way out and perform some puzzle-box trash like EVERYONE else.
I work hard to think of the things no one else would think of. Everyone wants to see levitation, but you can see that at any magic show. However, my show will give you something haven’t even thought about before.
I feel like that is more important. Someone had to make a sandwich so we would stop eating regular slices of bread, yo.
February 12, 2009
ANyone remember the old days when I would happily show anyone and everyone magical chaos?
Just random crap that didn’t flow or mesh together and kinda left you in an awkward state of mind?
Yep, well, I’m going to be doing some more of that in the near future. And wow, it got a lot better since I migrated to stage performing. My close-up work is so much more rational and fun, rather than awkward and puzzling.
I have collected the best 3% of material I could possibly find, and it completes my close-up rep.
So, May 7th in DUC on Western Kentucky University campus, may be the day you meet mystery and look impossibility in the eye.
February 10, 2009
Unfortunately, there are no rainbows of the joy of reading in my current life, only nightmarish storms and earthquakes of exasperated attempts at trying to stay afloat in the ocean, forsaken of time’s bitter patience.
Sorry.
Anyway, what I’m really just saying is that I am taking 16 hours of craziness in Religious Studies and Theatre. I have to read a large portion of the New Testament, again, around 5-6 other books, and then scripts and do a scene study to ave ready by Thursday, and we just got assigned all this stuff today!
I just want to eat sandwiches, enjoy the quiet, and try to learn my edumacation.
Woe is me.
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February 9, 2009
Andrea and I went down to Brimingham, AL this last weekend to go to the WinterJam Tour. Dudes and Betties, it was nuts.
We saw Stephanie Smith, who totally dominates the stage and is a super-creative performer for a musician. We saw FamilyForce 5 scare a bunch of Christians with their stage madness, and then finally, we saw TobyMac put on one of the best shows I have EVER seen. That guy knows what he is doing, and it was inspiring to see a musician bring more to all of your senses like visuals and dynamic performing to the stage than I can with magic.
Here was the lineup:
Unspoken, Stephanie Smith, PureNRG, Francesca Battistelli, NewSong, Tony Nolan, Family Force 5, Brandon Heath, and Toby Mac.
Check the website out if you’re interested: HERE
It showed me how much work I have got before I can achieve that level of intensity.
We stayed with my best friend Brittni, who made the entire trip there 100% better. iHop at midnight, walmart runs to make some pasta, an Bible discussions! Whooo!
|| sean ||
February 5, 2009
Yeah, I totally skipped my first two classes today, half on purpose. 8am’s will kill you.
|| sean ||
February 4, 2009
So,
I get asked a lot, what my name means. Well, firstly, it is pronounced “uh-leh-thee-uh.” It’s Greek, though I am not Greek, and it means “Truth.”
A huge stereotype of magic is that it is deceiving. Yeah, magic tricks are deceiving, much like puzzles or optical illusions. That’s what magic tricks are.
But I don’t do any much magic tricks. I like to keep it real and do things I don’t have to openly lie about.
And here is the thing a lot of people don’t realize: Magic is deceptive, because of how truthful it is.
It’s pure stuff man. The secret is not some scientific advancement we are keeping from the world so we can live more conveniently. It’s based on something simple, and then just taken in all kinds of directions with an open mind. It is thinking WITHOUT limits or common knowledge boundaries.
But our society has become increasingly scientific in how it thinks, so of course, magic works because it does not go by the book. No rules, no methods. It can ONLY be found by exploring.
Anyway, a cool tidbit of info that not a lot of people realize about MY magic is that it’s all based on true stories from my life. Every bit of it was molded from something that REALLY happened. And being that I think movies based on true stories are almost always better, I think it’s cool that I get to have that same characteristic in my show. :]
Check out my show when you get a chance and you can hear some truly bewildering and TRUE stories. Weird stuff, forreals.
|| sean ||
