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Number 10 OCTOBER 2011
Features 48 Dan and Dave, Established 1984
by Dan and Dave Buck 53 54 56 56 57 60 63 64
New Riffle Shuffle Rotating Overhand Shuffle The GOAT Change Changed Card to Box Advertising Split Cephalopalm Bottom Palm Peekaboo
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38 Buenos Aires: What’s Up Down There by Alba 68 Sarlot and Eyed by Allan Given
Columns 10 12 14 16 18 26
Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer Cardopolis So Special by David Britland Now Performing Lost Horizons Riposte by Max Maven The Chamber of Secrets Balsamo, The Living Skull
by John Gaughan
The Overhand Shuffle Control
28 Conjuring Cue Card Mentalism by Jim Steinmeyer 34 Aaron Fisher Teaches Card Magic
Light from the Lamp
78 Tricks Reviewed by Danny Orleans
78 78 79 79 80 80 80
Industrial Revelation by Jamie D. Grant Ultra Gum by Spidey, Deven Ye, Richard Sanders Baby Jade Rings and Coins by Alan Wong Silk 2 Egg by Cody Fisher Minimax Detector by Edo Remote Color Vision Color Cube by Tim Wisseman Mes(s)merize by Stefan Olschewski
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81 Books Reviewed by David Britland
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Rameses: The Forgotten Star by Chris Woodward The Elusive Moth by Adele Friel Rhindress Tug’s Tales by Tug Wilson And Christopher Brinson Al Koran: The Unique Years by Martin Breese
85 Videos Reviewed by Joe M. Turner
85 85 86 87 87
Metal Eclipse by Tristan Mory Bad to the Balloon, Issues 1-2 by Mark Byrne Behind the Illusions by JC Sum and “Magic Babe” Ning The Act: Beyond Fundamentals (audio) Séance (audio) by Bob Cassidy Gum by Jeff Prace
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