August 2006 • Volume 69 • Number 8

Features
44 No Big Deal: The Magical Life of Allan Slaight by David Ben
47 A New Milk Pitcher Idea by Allan Slaight
30 The Remarkable Geisha by Richard Kaufman
32 Remembering Billy McComb by Gordon Bean, Mac King, Alan Shaxon, Amazing Johnathan, David Berglas, Mark Haslam, Max Maven, Milt Larsen, Terry Seabrooke, and Jamy Ian Swiss

Columns
10 Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman
12 On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer
15 Max Maven’s Monthly Inquisition
16 Osborne Illusions The Vanishing Cow by Paul Osborne
20 100 Years Ago in The Sphinx by Dustin Stinett
66 A Magicana Tribute to Allan Slaight
Compiled by David Ben
66 The Really Love Sick Tennis Ball by Nate Kranzo
67 Set Phasers To Kill by Aaron Fisher
71 The Queen Doesn’t Know Jack by Steve Beam
73 The Perpetrator by Gordon Bean
74 Reflected Writings by David Ben
78 Bipolar Magnetic Miraskill by Michael Weber
79 Magnetic Miraskill by Allan Slaight
80 OTWONE Prediction by Allan Slaight

Light From the Lamp
90 Books Reviewed by Eric Mead
90 Diverting Coin Magic by Andrew Galloway
91 Final Curtain by Borodin
92 Power Plays by Mike Powers
93 The Mentalist (Volumes 1-33) by Don Tanner and Jack Dean
94 Videos Reviewed by Joe M. Turner
94 100% Commercial: Comedy Stand-Up, Mentalism,
and Close-Up Magic by Andrew Normansell
94 Theater Close-Up, Volumes 1 and 2 by Greg Gleason
95 The Arizona Card Expert by Steve Ehlers
96 Extreme Close-Up by David Acer
96 Sessions with Simon, Volumes 1-3 by Simon Aronson
97 The World’s Greatest Magic by the World’s Greatest Magicians: The Secrets of Card Warp, The Secrets of Sponge Balls, The Secrets of Matrix/Coin Assemblies
97 Tricks Reviewed by David Oliver
97 “One Quart Low” by Steven Dick
98 “The Last Straw” by Joe Rindfleisch
98 “Welded” by Brent Geris & Brian Hebert
99 “Time Is Money” by Asi Wind
100 “Lot O’Magic” by Joe Rindfleisch
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