Can you imagine ZZ TOP laughing like little kids? It's amazing the effect balloons have on all ages! The blues rock legends have seen it all over their 50 year career, including (now) some magic balloon versions of themselves! After telling the bearded icons that I perform for kids, lead singer Billy Gibbons replied: "Great! You're in good company with us!" He then asked everyone: "Give this man a big hand!" (!!) A true honour, and proof that, like ZZ Top's music, magic and fun are always in style. :) #zztop #magic #balloons #sharpdressedman ... See MoreSee Less
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Need a smile? While visiting my Aunt, a little neighbourhood girl named Kylie randomly rolled into the yard to play on her scooter. Since my Aunt knew her, and introduced me as a magician, I decided to do a little impromptu magic show on the back deck. Kylie, only six, squealed with joy and delight the whole time. Only afterwards did I learn that her Father had passed away from cancer earlier this year, and she was having a hard go of it. A sobering reminder that we often don't know the burdens others carry deep down, and also that you personally always have the power to bring light to someone in need! Sharing a smile, singing a song, sending a kind word...or any good deed you can dream up! And everyone knows a Kylie. So if you need a smile, share a smile...and naturally, this of course cheers you up too. Like magic! :) ... See MoreSee Less
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Spent my birthday "working"...but at least I didn't spend it alone! Thanks to the wonderful audiences in both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia today, and thank *YOU* for your kind birthday wishes, to this (now slightly older) magician! Promise you much more magic in the year ahead! :) #magic #birthday #AmazingMisterJ #sleepwhenimdead ... See MoreSee Less
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Can you imagine actually being *happy* to work on your own birthday? I am! Here's some pics to show you why...performing magic this past year for folks from 3 to 93! Personally, it's a busy birthday today, with a show near Saint John, NB, then an evening show near Cape Breton, but it's all good! Thanks to my wonderful family for the cake, and especially for *YOU* for inviting me to so many of your birthdays...you make Mr. J's party last all year! :) ... See MoreSee Less
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Have you ever received some encouragement that changed your life? For example, my parents bought me a magic set at six years old. BRYAN ADAMS ended his live Sydney concert this week by sharing this: his folks not only let him drop out at 15 to pursue music, but at 17, they allowed him to use the $1000 they scraped together and saved for his college fund, to go towards buying him a piano! Shortly thereafter, he co-wrote 'Straight from the Heart', (and you know how that went for him!) Bryan then disclosed that his Mother *just* turned 90, and his Father passed away only two months ago. With clear, raw emotion, he ended his show by dedicating this same song to his parents who supported him, all those years ago. Talk about 'straight from the heart'. You know, whether it's a simple kind word or deed for your child, friend, or even for a stranger...the gift of encouragement is pure MAGIC! :) ... See MoreSee Less
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