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NUMBER 4
APRIL 2012
FEATURES
68 YUMI by Max Maven 78 The Infamous Brothers Davenport
by Professor Richard Wiseman
COLUMNS 10 12 14 16 18
Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer Real Magic The Vernon Chronicles, Part III b y Peter Lamont Now Performing In Memoriam 18 Tony Giorgio by David Malek 20 Ken Krenzel by Harvey Rosenthal 24 Lost Horizons by Max Maven 32 Conjuring Half a Cup of Coffee by Jim Steinmeyer 36 The Chamber of Secrets The Shower of Gold
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by John Gaughan
42 Loadstones Notebook Mining by Tom Stone 50 Aaron Fisher Teaches Card Magic The Break Part III 56 Magicana by David Acer
56 Slo-Mo Coin Created by Jeff Prace 57 Charged Up by Josh Janousky 59 Burger Kings by Keith Fields
LIGHT FROM THE LAMP
86 Videos Reviewed by Joe M. Turner 86 86 87
Maestro by René Lavand The Prodigy by Alex Geiser The Attic is in My Chest by Dominique Duvivier
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88 Tricks Reviewed by David Regal 88 88 89 89 90 90 90 90 91 91 91 91 92
Replay by Richard Hucko Cocktail Bar Cup by Roger Nicot F1 Nitro Wallet by Jason Rea & Peter Nardi Nut Waltz by Mariano Goñi Dunes Day Prophesy by Meir Yedid Smiling Assassin by Meir Yedid Web Test by Pete McCabe The Lexican Experiment by Cosmo Solano Warlock by Andy Nyman Big Reaction by Andy Nyman Divinyl Wallet by Tony Miller The Real Steal! by Tony Miller Confetti Shooter by Pablo Lambertini
92 Books Reviewed by Eric Mead
92 Reflections by Helder Guimarães 93 Basic Training–The Book by Ian Kendall 94 Evolution by Bill Goodwin 94 One Liner’s You Will Use by Wolfgang Riebe 96 Subscription Information/Advertisers Index
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