#3 - The Monkeys' Journal

Welcome to this new episode of the Monkeys' Journal!  

First very good news: We are alive! We survived an emotional weekend. During the Privates Magic Days, we witnessed a crazy demonstration of technique by Père Alex, discovered the madness of Woody Aragon, appreciated the generosity and creativity of Jordan Victoria, and finally admired the excellence of Romaric! A multi-flavored cocktail that allowed us to hold on for 3 days with little sleep. Note that all the beer kegs were finished, no fewer than 45 cards were found abandoned, and Woody managed to catch his return flight! Thanks again to all participants for your presence! We hope you will make use of your great raffle prize...!  

The Privates Magic Day also allowed us to officially launch The Jinx Experience! By the way, the first issues are out and many of you have already given us your feedback! A big thank you for the support from the first subscribers. This magazine is exceptional: its author has almost invented all the concepts we know today. The content is good, even very good, and the editorials take us back to 1934. A beautiful journey through time that will delight all lovers of magic and mentalism. We take this opportunity to thank Julien and his trailer video that made us laugh a lot! We officially award him the 2022 worst editor AWARD! Although... this video isn’t bad at all, really! And you, what did you think? Simple, effective, no fuss as they say!  

Speaking of the cat (and not the wolf! [BLAGUE] Related to Jinx... the logo... the black cat? Got it? I’m out...), what did you think of our brand new layout? Florian is in charge of it and he thought long and hard to offer a pleasant and smooth reading experience, especially on screen. He kept the codes from the first magazine, notably with the banner of the two black cats (do you get the great joke now?). Anyway, tell us what you think of this project!

One last thing: we created a Facebook group so all subscribers can share their discoveries! The link is available in the JINX member area.

We started listening to a new magic podcast, or rather mentalism. It’s the mentalist Taha Mansour, whom we met in Arcachon at the inventions congress in early June 2022, and David Coudyser who produce this podcast titled: The Art of the Mentalist. They discuss the hidden aspects of mentalism, and how mentalism is found in art, communication, clairvoyance, and everyday life. This podcast is very pleasant to listen to. The sound quality is good (which already sets it apart from many podcasts...) and the topics covered are interesting. If you don’t know what to do with your evenings anymore, go listen to this podcast (after reading your Jinx, of course!).  

On Monday, October 3, 2022, we were filming the trailer for our new project that will launch in early November (or late October exclusively at the FFAP congress). The day was intense: filming started at 9 a.m. (needless to say, after the PMD weekend, we were not in great shape!), and filming ended at 7 p.m. The video is currently in post-production by the HMWK team, and we are really eager to see the final result. The story takes place in a magnificent setting, and the actors were top-notch! Certainly the most beautiful and challenging trailer we've made since the beginning of the 3 Monkeys adventure! At the same time, for our biggest project, it had to be! To be continued…

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It's high time for us to get some rest! Thank you for reading this newsletter all the way through. Thanks to all the Jinx subscribers for their trust and support. Thanks to everyone who attended the Private Magic Days!

P.S.: Florian has finally recovered from his jet lag! But now, he's trying to recover from the PMD...