genii magazine - june 2012
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Cover and contents for June 2012 issue of Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine.TRANSCRIPT
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VOLUME 75 NUMBER 6 JUNE 2012
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FEATURES62 David Sousa: Magic Thinking by Dustin Stinett54 44th Annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards by Dustin Stinett72 Jim Swain's Dark Magic by Richard Kaufman with Excerpt
COLUMNS10 Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman12 On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer14 Now Performing16 In Memoriam Cesareo Palaez 1932-2012 by Dean Alan Carnegie20 Lost Horizons Pangmaster by Max Maven22 Conjuring Tin-Can Telephone by Jim Steinmeyer26 The Chamber of Secrets The Transparent Casket by John Gaughan30 Loadstones Red Notes /Black Notes by Tom Stone38 Aaron Fisher Teaches Card Magic The Double Turnover, Part 1 by Aaron Fisher44 Magicana by David Acer 44 Triumph Sans False Shuffle by Kent Gunn 48 Tenkai Fusion by Marc Trudel 50 Delta Force by Curtis Kam
LIGHT FROM THE LAMP78 Books Reviewed by David Britland 78 Fast and Loose by Harry Anderson 78 7-7-7: The 21 Card Trick by Jon Racherbaumer 79 The Essential Sol Stone by Stephen Hobbs 81 Videos Reviewed by Joe M. Turner 81 Reel Magic Magazine by Kozmo 84 The Treachery of Tricks by Francis Menotti 84 Tricks Reviewed by David Oliver 84 Burn Notice by Christopher Wiehl 85 X-Pand by Brandon David & Christyrious 85 Where’s Tom? by Harry Anderson 86 Bionik Bender by David Penn 86 Tru Test by Nathan Kranzo
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