Setec Astronomy

All types of performance artists, be that magicians or comedians or anyone standing in front of an audience to earn a living are having a hard time coming to terms with, and overcoming online performance.  The Zoom Show. I’m not a fan of it. To be transparent I booked a zoom show for Canada Day, July 1st.  I have ideas which may make the show work on the platfo...

I want to pass this along for consideration. Early morning I had to talk an artist out of punching their ticket. You never want someone to check out of the world that way. Believe me when I tell you, that’s not an easy phone conversation.  A lot at risk.  I smoked a lot during that call, the one time I could NOT screw things up. Its ok now, so far, they’ll be alrigh...

Frist. Happy Towel Day AND Geek Pride Day !I'm bringing a towel to Costco this morning, so I can wrap it around myself for warmth as I bound across the cold moons of the frozen foods section. Now, on to matters at hand..... I still write most of my material on ...

The last time I stepped onstage to perform for a real live audience was March 1st 2020 at Marvyn’s Magic Dinner Theatre in Palm Springs California. I was working with The Evasons, friends  and arguably the best two person mentalist...

There's a scene in Mr. Saturday night when Billy Crystal tells his brother what its like on stage when you're really killing, and things are amazing " It broke my heart you never knew what...

Some bands want to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. Some people want to be on the cover of GQ. Growing up I always thought the Linking Ring would be the cool cover to be on. The International Brot...

“ You can tell a lot about a magician by the way they hold a pack of cards” Herb Morrissey “Some people are just beautifully wrapped boxes of shit” I...

The name of this blog is Setec Astronomy; an anagram for Too Many Secrets. Magic has sec...

Its week four of isolation.  The business of being a comedian and a magician has still haulted.  Stagnation isn’t good for the performing arts, but then again, neither is a pandemic. I miss the stage so much.  I’ve never had this much time off since I was 16 years old starting out in showbusiness.  There isn’t even a conference or convention that nee...

I came back from performing in California at Marvyns Magic theatre March 2nd.  LAX airport was a mess then, I can only imagine what travel is like now. My suspicion is travel these days would be akin to a cross between the Hunger Games and Fight Club, but who knows. I’m not sure where all this is going, or when anyone will be performing again.  The c...