It was supposed to be a one hour photo shoot. I hate photo shoots, and this one was no exception. It turned into a two day ordeal! First the clothes were wrong ... so we changed them. Then we changed them again ... and again ... in all, we went through five outfits. My hair was supposed to have the "wet look", but it keep drying during the stalling so I am constantly having my hair sprayed with a water bottle. We pushed on into the night ... then there wasn't enough light ... we brought in more bulbs. The room got even hotter.

I insisted on doing an open shirt shoot ... I wanted a view of my sword-through-body going through the body, without any clothing blocking anything ... which was a tricky shot to get. Over 2/3rds the pics had to be thrown out because the gimmick was exposed (we can't have that now!).

But in the end ... we captured a few poses that I think are most impressive. And before anyone can say anything, I want you all to know ... the only digital editing done on any of these pictures was to clean up the background - I $*** you not! This is not a camera trick - Photoshop was not used! I regularly do the sword-through-body at Barefoot Landing, and I am more than capable of performing it shirtless on stage with the help of an assistant.

This is what I call being on the cutting edge!

Joe

Taking Care of Business...

While I haven't been at my pitch, I have been busy ... very busy in fact. For starters, we have been refining my illusions - the sword-through-body now has some improvements that make it much more comfortable to wear, which will allow me to use it more often this summer. And I have improved my "public service announcement" routine ... I am now able to do both routines in the same show, but it will cost me $4 every time I do. Not a bad price for an illusion.

The second thing I have been doing is securing a location to perform my 'Disappearing JoeJoe' act this summer. That means we WILL be performing the 'Disappearing JoeJoe' one night a week this summer, a full hour long show starring myself! We have an awesome flyer printed up and a great showroom to promote it - still need to finalize the details, so I'm going to refrain from naming the location and times and opening night for now, but expect an announcement soon ... I'm going to make the 'showtimes' page the homepage of the site when I do.

So it's been an exciting night ... next week the bikers come to town, I'm very much looking forward to it - the bikers are a great bunch of people that love magic, both the Harley rally and the Memorial Day bikefest.

JoeJoe
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PS: ^5 to David Blaine - the only man to ever live for one full week underwater! Great job David, I enjoyed it very much!