If you say you like blain then thats your opinion - but saying that he does good magic is just a falacy.
I love how you linked to the shoelace trick because its a good example of why he isnt very good. You can see that the shoe is tied the entire time, just with the loops very small and hiddne by his pants. as he kicks he pulls to loops bigger (thus making the strings smaller) and suddenly the untuck from his pants..... ooooh magic. Sorry but as a fan of magic all growing up, and as someone who used to be able to do card tricks well I just cant like him because he is too obviouse to figure out and often hides htings poorly.
The only reason everyone doesnt see it is because they actually would rather be tricked. No lie thats why most magic works, you really dont try to watch magicians hands you look at his face because he is talking. oh well, i hope i didnt ruin the shoelace trick for ya - its real magic!
You want to see good magic, there are some episodes of mind freak that I just canot for th elife of me figure out even remotely how the tricks would be posisble to carry out.