THE CONJURORS’ MAGAZINE
DANNY ORLEANS
MARCH 2013• $6
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COVER PHOTO BY SANDY OSTROFF Mr. Kaufman's Portrait by Zakary Belamy
NUMBER 3
MARCH 2013
FEATURES
66 Capturing Enchantment: The Elemental Danny Orleans Experience
by Jon Racherbaumer
80 Is HE the Modern Day Harry Eng? by Richard Bloom
COLUMNS
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Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer Now Performing In Memoriam Imam Hossain by Jamy Ian Swiss The Chamber of Secrets The Ball and Vase by John Gaughan Magic Man Examiner Vault by Chris Kenner and Homer Liwag
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501derful by Michael Weber 35 Lost Horizons Psi-Comix by Max Maven 36 Magic in Two Dimensions Max Beckmann b y Volker Huber 40 Conjuring Stand Up For McDonald by Jim Steinmeyer 48 Lodestones A Parloresque Duet by Tom Stone
52 A Scotty York Magicana
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Scotty York Remembered by Jon Racherbaumer The Classic Copper/Silver Coin Transposition My Handling of Larry West’s “Hornswaggled” Escape from Bulgaria My Handling of the Himber or Z-Wallet The Pocket Card Sword
LIGHT FROM THE LAMP
86 Books Reviewed by John Lovick
86 Transparency by Boris Wild 87 Card Dodgery by J.K. Hartman 88 The Cardwarp Tour by Jeff Pierce 88 NLP & Magic: Other Secrets… by Benoit Campana
89 Tricks Reviewed by David Regal
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PHOTO BY LUPE NIELSEN
Zakary Belamy Kari Hendler Damon Webster Najee Williams
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Booked by Steve Valentine Dusheck’s Diminishing Cards by Steve Dusheck The Tossed out Book Test by Christopher Philpott Comic Book Test by Guillaume Bienné & Yoan Tanuji Baxt, a Boy, & a Bucket by Robert Baxt Lotto Square by Magicshop.nl One by Matthew Underhill The Transformed Knives by Rodger Lovins Element 80 by Jason Reed Ethereal by Iñaki Zabaletta Wild Surprise by Magicshop.nl
93 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett 93 93 93 94 101 101
Carney 2013: Exclusive Secrets by John Carney Fat Brothers 2: The Magic Continues by Dani DaOrtiz, Christian Engblom, Miguel Angel Gea EMC 2012 by Various Artists/Speakers Street Magic Secrets 1 & 2 by David Penn Essentials in Magic (series) by Sponge Balls, Linking Rings, Cups and Balls by Daryl Unreal Work Volume 2: Cheaters on a Train by Jason England and R. Paul Wilson
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