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74, Number 5 (ISSN 0016-6855 USPS 216060) Printed in the U.S.A. Genii is published monthly. Subscription rates, one year $56; two years $108; three years $153. Copyright © 2011, The Genii Corporation, 4200 Wisconsin Ave., NW, PMB 106-384, Washington, D.C. 20016. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted in writing by the copyright owner. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional entry offices. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for service to start. No refunds will be given on subscriptions once placed. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Genii: The Conjurors’ Magazine —Attn: Circulation Dept., 4200 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 106-384, Washington, D.C. 20016. Phone: 301-652-5800. Fax: 301-652-8035. Email: genii@geniimagazine.com
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Number 5
MAY 2011
Features 68 Luis and The Magicians by David Britland
Columns 10 12 13 14 15
Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman Now Performing On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer In Memoriam Robert James Albo, MD by Phil Schwartz The Genii Session The Pat Page Workshop III
by Roberto Giobbi
by Tony Giorgio
24 Making Change by Richard Sanders 26 Little Kreskin by Ed Oschmann
by John Gaughan Conjuring Buried Treasure by Jim Steinmeyer
by Eugene Burger
De’Vo’s “Dream” by De’vo Vom Schattenreich
54 Punctuated Equilibrixcm by Jerry Cestkowski
16 The Giorgio Letters Cockney Rhyming Slang 22 Magicana by David Acer 22 A Short Treatise on the Ovette/Kelly Move by Gene Maze 34 The Chamber of Secrets The Rabbit Through a Glass 36 44 Lodestones Slow and Slower Does the Trick by Tom Stone 60 The Showmanship Interviews Jeff McBride
Photo by Vanessa Viana
Earle Oakes
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52 XCM: The Art of Extreme Card Manipulation
Light from the Lamp 86 Tricks Reviewed by David Regal
86 86 86 87 87 87 88 88 88 88 89 89
Mother of All Book Tests 2.0 by Ted Karmilovich The Grandmother of All Book Tests by Edward Stein The Nomad Pad by Nikola Pelletier Get Sharky by Christoph Borer Maric Glass by Mr. Maric Travelling Deck by Takel Triplex by Wayne Dobson ESP Test by Louis Black X-Tension by Alexander Kölle Signed by Mariano Goñi Cash Flow by Juan Pablo High Flyer by Peter Eggink
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89 Books Reviewed by Jamy Ian Swiss
89 91 92
Unspeakable Acts: Three Lives and Countless Legends of Tom Palmer, Tony Andruzzi, Masklyn ye Mage by Jim Magus with Terry Nosek and Neil Tobin Elements: The Lecture. The Book by Lance Pierce Patrick Page: The Pageboy Speaks … Again by Patrick Page
Time For a Change by Lee Alex Master File by Lennart Green Deception Vol.1 by Dave Forrest Essential Magic Conference 2010 by Various Artists/Speakers
92 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
92 93 94 94
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96 Subscription Information /Advertisers Index
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