Genii 2006 August

Genii August 2006 - Volume 69 • Number 8

Cover: Allan Slaight

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

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

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

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