Here are the posts regarding Sony topic. These are not only posts from BACK but interesting. Its a lot to read but its worth it! Unfortunatly I cant understand everything ...business talk bla bla Its hard to understand that stuff in german for me how should i get it in english ? LOL
In a trick that later inspired the likes of David Blaine, Houdini spent part of August 5, 1926 in a "casket" submerged in the pool of the Hotel Shelton in New York. He stayed there for just over 90 minutes, besting one of his rivals by a half hour. It was one of several "Buried Alive" tricks for Houdini and sadly one of his final public illusions: He met his tragic death on Halloween in 1926.
His name carried on with Whodini, the lyrical magicians who helped bring hip-hop to a mass audience in the early 1980s. Though one of the members (Ecstasy) tended to dress like Zorro, the group did tend to nod toward magic imagery — one of their early singles was called "Magic's Wand," and their most popular album was named after Houdini's greatest feats: Escape