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Archive for August, 2007

Re: Alacazam hat

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

If you get a chance, PM me if it is hard or soft cover and who the printer and what the edition is…. My hardcover ends with the Stage Illusions!

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream (DVD Talk)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Warner DVD 1935 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / 117, 133, 143 min. / Street Date August 14, 2007 / 19.98; also available in The Shakespeare Collection with Othello , Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet at 59.92.

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Magic, including the arts of prestidigitation and …

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

In addition to expanding the range of magic hardware, showmanship and deceptive technique, these performers established the modern relationship between the performer and the audience. In this relationship, there is an unspoken agreement …Read full story

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Jeff McBride delights in doing tricks close-up (The Record)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Jeff McBride can’t help himself. Even when he’s off, he’s still on. “Something to remember our lunch by,” McBride says as he fans out a deck of playing cards that have materialized in his hand.

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DVD Review (Princeton Town Topics)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Mush!” we yelled whenever a movie cowboy romanced, or worse, sang to, a comely female. No dictionary I’ve consulted online has traced the genesis of that particular use of the word back to action-hungry kids at Saturday matinees.Read full story

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Barbara Dennerlein: A Study in Contrasts (All About Jazz)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

In many ways Barbara Dennerlein is a study in contrasts. From a North American perspective she is an insider’s tip, a superlative Hammond B3 player known to hardcore jazz fans, admired by fellow B3 players, and respected by her musical peers.Read full story

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Youth highlights: Mehr saves day for North Bay Magic (Marin Independent Journal)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Rachael Mehr saved two penalty shots out of five and also scored one of her own to propel the North Bay Magic under-14 girls soccer team into the championship game

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