From amorgan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU Tue Mar 28 23:00:30 GMT 1995
Article: 18568 of rec.juggling
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From: amorgan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Alan Morgan)
Newsgroups: rec.juggling
Subject: Magnus Nicholls
Date: 26 Mar 1995 22:23:47 GMT
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<For some reason I can't post from work.  Grrrrr.>

Ah, Magnus Nicholls.  Probably the best juggler no one has ever heard
of.  Neil Stammer told me about him one time and said that he had had
some sort of *horrible* feud with Rastelli (Mangus, not Neil) over stolen
material (Rastelli being the Michael Moschen of his day) or possibly a
woman, and pretty much destroyed his own career over it.  Pity really, if
the rumors are true the guy was a serious stud.  I saw a claim that he 
performed 10 balls regularly and 11 balls (!!!) a few times.  He also
worked a lot with fire (was he the first to juggling flaming sticks/
torches?) and nearly burned down one theatre where he was working
(supposedly he refused to leave the flaming building until he finished
his act).

I hadn't heard about the "pact with Satan" bit before, but it sounds
like he made a pretty good deal!  I'd certainly sell my soul for that
sort of skill (okay, I wouldn't *really*.  I'd sell boppo's though).

Alan
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