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THE CONJURORS’ MAGAZINE
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VOLUME 76
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NUMBER 8
AUGUST 2013
FEATURES 58 74 90
Ali-Kazam! by Brian Sibley Beyond Brookledge by Dustin Stinett Pulling Back the Curtain: An American Magician Visits North Korea by Dale Salwak
COLUMNS 10 12 14 16 17 24
Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer Now Performing Cardopolis The Probem with Premonition b y David Britland The Genii Session Red and Black by Roberto Giobbi The Chamber of Secrets
Number Divination Box by John Gaughan 26 The Expert at the Kids' Table Did You Set the VCR? by David Kaye 34 Intellectual Property Laws and Magic Right of Publicity and a Grab Bag of Other Laws by Sara Crasson 42 Conjuring Dances with Equivoques by Jim Steinmeyer 50 Magicana
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50 Warpcarder by Bob Farmer, Described by Ian Kendall 52 Cornered Coins 2 by Doug Conn, Described by Andi Gladwin 54 Tokyo Workshop Cutting-To-Aces Goes Undercover by Hiro Sakai, Described by Jon Racherbaumer
LIGHT FROM THE LAMP
94 Tricks Reviewed by David Regal 94 94 94 95 95 95 96 96 97 97
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teleFoto by Greg Rostami Electric Touch + by Yigal Mesika Gerti by Romanos Web Spinner; Web Spinner DVD by Amazing Joe Joe The Inception by Chris Randall Micro Card Rise, Bitten, Pirate’s Booty, The Evolution Deck by Bob Solari Floating Ring & Ring Flash by Richard Pinner Pet by Richard Pinner RE by Chris Webb Magnum by Mark Zust
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Videos Reviewed by Joe M. Turner
97 Annemann’s Practical Mental Effects, Volumes 4-6 by Richard Osterlind 98 Mentalities by Stefan Olschewski 99 The Monk’s Way by Steve Reynolds 99 Modern Intricacies by Yoann Paris 100 6 by Six by Michael “Six” Muldoon
100 Books Reviewed byWill Houstoun
100 Too Hot for the Devil by Tom Gagnon and Matthew Field 101 Ein Spiel Karten by R.P. 101 Reading Writing by Ariel Frailich 102 Metamagic: An Introduction by Shawn DeSouza-Coelho
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