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Phelyx™

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About Me

Recently voted "Best Street Magician"!
I am a performer (Magician, Illusionist, Mentalist, or other euphemisms invented to describe that I perform magical effects that turn adults into children) and visual artist.
Growing up, I was known as the kid most likely to have a shrunken head in his pocket. The growing up part is still in very slow progress. I live Gonzo (a la the great Dr. Hunter S. Thompson) and have been crowned, the official Gonzo Magician. I will always be found to favor the unusual and uncharted over the mundane and commonplace. I have had intimate experience with things most folks wouldn't dream of. I haven't even started, yet.
I predict that Artist will soon be a diagnosis, as opposed to merely a profession. There will be some pill manufactured that effectively combats the ill-effects of behavioral patterns associated with artistic minds. It will be recalled, eventually, because it will be found to have caused cancer in lab rats (who never really showed symptoms of being artists themselves other than not having any money).
I am celebrating my 26th year as an interactive magician and entertainer. I recently made a public statement that it would take a lot to get me back on television and I suppose, by some skewed definition, "a lot" has happened. Be prepared for my television appearances and, if all goes well, my show.
I am currently seeking assistance with animation, location, and costuming. All other positions are filled at this time.
Title: The Magic of Magic with Phelyx
television series
status as of 05-08: in pilot production.

My Interests



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This is some new-fangled contraption I picked up. Let's see if it works. Just call the number (FREE) and record a voice message to me. Aw, come on. Give it a try. It'll let you re-record until you like what you've said.

(Now, be kind in your message. I know how you can get.)

Oh, yes, my interests. Art, Art collecting, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Schiele, Furniture Design, Fashion, Music Industry, Marketing, Advertising, Business, Coffee

I'd like to meet:


I love everybody, even you.

Freaks and Geeks.

We accept you. We accept you. One of us.

Seeking creative types of all disciplines for correspondence and (commiserating) conversation.

The code to steal and use this banner (and you are enthusiastically encouraged to do so!) can be easily found and copied by clicking it!

Booking Magicians Online Since 1997

Music:

most everything, Bowie to Rachmaninov, Bluegrass to Punk. I particularly enjoy the work of my my musician friends (here in Denver and elsewhere) like, Matt Larrabee, Heather Larrabee, Reckless Red, Dualistics, Lannie Garrett, Gina Koch, D. O. The Fabulous Drifter, Tempa and the Tantrums, Garrett Carlin, Vegas Witchcraft, Bridget Law, The Reals, Penelope Project, Fallout Orphan, King Rat, Rick Sullivan, Tyler Gilmore and the 9th Avenue Orchestra, Future Jazz Project, Lovechild, Zebra Junction, Elvis Costello, Peter Murphy, Judith Avers, Born in the Flood, Joshua Novak, Gann Matthews, King Rat, Brad Rhoda, Harry Tuft, John Davis and the many others I have enjoyed working with or just listening to. If you see any of these names on a bill, you'll be under good, sound advice to have a long listen!

I design the posters people actually read. I currently hold the strange (and expensive) record of designing the most frequently stolen posters in Denver.

Movies:

Harvey, Things to do in Denver When You're Dead, Pollock, Basquiat, Shine, Somewhere in Time, SLC Punk, Hard Core Logo, Superstar in a Housedress, Women in Revolt, Chelsea Girls, Freaks, I like everything, really.

Television:

I don't watch much television at all. I think when The Muppet Show, Mork and Mindy, and That's Incredible left my TV, so did I. I am still fascinated by reality television programs and while Mtv is credited with its creation and Fox uses it as 85% of its programming, the concept can be traced back to... who else?... The quote here was Andy Warhol in a September 1969 interview. "Next summer [1970], well get five or six people living together for a couple of weeks out in the country, and just shoot everything that happens between them as they get complicated with one another"

My friends Penn & Teller have a great show on HBO called Bullshit. I love it. Although, Penn sends me messages like,

Books:


Due out on June 1, 2008, my work is in the "How-to" section of "STENCIL NATION".

Hunter S. Thompson, Robert Fulghum, nonfiction.

"The Edge . . . there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others - the living - are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it. and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later."
Hunter S. Thompson Hell's Angels

Heroes:

My wife, Quincy Clark, Jasper Hopkins, Dr. Ruth, Cong Lu, Fred Hughs, Winston Churchill, P.T. Barnum, my Mom.

My Blog

The latest

Hello! Your old pal, Phelyx here, with an update.I am healing up, according to the vast numbers of specialists, to whom I have been assigned, in recent months. If you were not aware, I survived a pulm...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Sat, 24 May 2008 05:59:00 PST

Phelyx wept

On Sunday, April 6th, my friends hosted an event designed to help my family deal with the financial burden of uninsured medical woes. Yes, I shattered my patella (avoid that at all cost), then had a ...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:46:00 PST

Status update, for the curious

I have had the reconstructive surgery (this morning... EARLY).  I am, officially, in the worst pain I have ever had to endure, but have survived a risky operation.  My wife is a saint and is...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:35:00 PST

Its true. I am broken.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am on the injured list.  There are plenty of fantastic stories about how I managed this, so I will set it straight. I fell.  That's all.  Apparently, though...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:26:00 PST

Valentines Day (repost)

I created this article, for a magazine, last year. I will admit that circumstances have changed, for me, dramatically. That's right, your old pal, Phelyx, is getting hitched!The whole thing is quite...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:24:00 PST

My Top 5 List, (as printed in Rocky Mountain News)

This is the full version, as I wrote it. The Rocky Mountain News (and my good man, Alex) printed this in today's paper. This is a link to their mildly edited version: http://www.rockymountainnews.co...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:23:00 PST

About NBCs "Phenomenon"

I am already getting emails about the television show, "Phenomenon" on NBC. It's fascinating that you want to know my thoughts about the show, when it is being aired LIVE, for an hour, and has only b...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:02:00 PST

A note to a friend.

I copied and posted this here, because it is a truth I would like to share with more people than my friend Lois, for whom it was written.Love to you!You know, some times, I pay for this lifestyle. I ...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:36:00 PST

Friends

I have fantastic friends. This is the plain truth. I have to admit, it wasn't until I turned 25 (uhm hem... a couple years ago) that I finally learned to be selective about my friends, and further, ...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:59:00 PST

Okay, if you want a custom poster...

Phelyx's Show Poster PhilosophyInvesting in event posters is a very wise decision, but it is tricky business. The principle upon which I design and construct my event posters is simple. 12, 6, 3In m...
Posted by Phelyx™ on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:49:00 PST