Club 71: 2004
by Geoff Maltby

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Issue 151

• Magical News and reviews around the world
• More Television magic and Walt discusses it
• Henrique and a friendly council worker with a historic magical interest
• Letters Brickbats, bouquets and observations
• and the tale of a snotty, salty son
• Magic event diary. Put your society on the map
• Jim Breedon and the Spider and the Fly
• Basic card technique continues with the Jordan/Siva count
• Stephen Tucker must be dealing from a dodgy deck ... the 15 of clubs
• Ian Adair with his Wallaby Wands
• Barrie Richardson revisits the Mount Kenya Paradox
• Bob Ostin is recounting the spots on his old green die
• Werner Miller is as easy as counting
• Peter Duffie is a Con Artist?
• Vic Bridle is the suitable king
• Alan Ward has a heart
• Malcolm Yaffe rationalises the colour changing deck
• Annual competition. There is still time to enter
• Unclassified ads: Buy, sell or swop
• Eddie Dawes relates the invitation only Los Angeles Magic History Conference
• John Rhodes with a wide ranging collection of lay printed magical stories
• A Smith rounds off this issue with magic, musicians and the old Jewish Joanna

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Issue 152

• News and reviews conducted by Geoff
• Letters. Your chance to have your say or to request advice
• Annual competition Fame and fortune may be yours!
• Henrique combines senna pods, the bombing of Berlin and children's' entertaining
• Eddie Dawes reviews the other magical press from around the world
• Jim Breedon writes about Slydini and an Origami frog
• Diary. Put your society on the magical map
• Ian Adair Jacks in the Box
• Basic card technique this month counts the Ham 'n eggs - but withholds the oeufs brouilles
• Robert Ostin Esq with a cunning box of swans, sans signets
• Vic Brindel sees clearly now and socks it to them
• Stephen Tucker drops a jumbo bomb
• Les & Martin Peirce find a Queen in their small change
• Werner Miller is also Queenly on the subject of Royal ties
• Peter Duffie - Scots pentathelete with a deck of cards
• Barrie Richardson with the final solution for the recalcitrant billet refolder
• Unclassified ads to buy, sell or swop
• Arun Bonerjee - A mystical wordsmith if ever there was
• Alan Ward figures it out digitally
• Walt Lees spent the month in front of the box
• John Rhodes spent the month reading the papers
• Al Smith spent the month concerned about managerial pitfalls and residencies

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Issue 153

• News around the magical world with Geoff
• A full postbag this month with news, views and ponderings
• Henrique's dewdrops fall upon The Great Disaster
• Annual competition results. Are you rich and famous this time around?
• Unclassified ads. Buy, sell or swop
• Barrie Richardson III card rising
• March Magical events. Put your society on the magical map
• Magical Pen with Jim Breedon on criticism and soliciting
• Arun Bonerjee mixes his drinks with Sloppy Blancmange
• Stephen Tucker will never forget a back
• Bob Ostin's napkins enclose a secret
• Phil Goldstein puts his cards on the table behind distinguished family values
• Just by chance this month Werner Miller stands to lose
• Peter Duffie's Poker backfires
• Alan Ward recounts a rebus
• Ian Adair with another chance, this time just undercover
• Peter Kane with an Itsy Bitsy Bandit
• Walt Lees' combined rope routine
• Eddie Dawes collects his thoughts and the vexing case of the Monte Carlo Millionaire
• John Rhodes with the magic in the lay Press
• Al Smith and his significant bothers

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Issue 154

• Round up of the latest magical news
• JJ gets the thumbs up from a clever dick
• Walt Lees reviews the recent telly
• Letters; have your say or proffer your suggestions
• Put your society on the magical map
• Henrique opens his trap and visits the opera
• Ian Adair exceeds expectations with a coin wand
• Barrie Richardson invokes Blackstone and presents a two inch stage illusion
• Marlo, Ostin, Lewis and Allen combine to clear the oily waters
• Alan Ward suspends both belief and a ping-pong ball
• Vic Bridle reverses Bob Ostin's die, dyed green
• Unclassified ads. Buy sell, swop or promote your lecture
• Werner Miller transposes while on auto
• Soumya Deb with a straight forward 20th Century silks
• Peter Duffie collects cards with a catalyst
• Daniel de Urquiza presents Miracle Monte the Argentinian way
• Details of this year's competition
• Peter Kane's case is falling apart
• Jim Breedon is polarised into action
• Eddie Dawes reviews the magical press
• Ventriloquism the Tiger way
• John Rhodes with the lay magic news
• Al Smith's pertinent ponderings

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Issue 155

• News of the 2005 Queen Mary 2 Magic Cruise
• Gay, Debbie, Linda and Pam in the box on the wireless
• An ordinary kids' party for Henrique!!!!
• Ian Adair with two quickies ... one monied the other macabre
• Barrie Richardson shows the divination is in the devilish detail
• Stephen Tucker manipulates a magnetic mouse with a free plug for Roy Roth
• This year's competition. Your chance for fame and fortune?
• Magical event diary, make sure that your society is firmly on the magical map.
• Al Koran's Princess becomes a right royal old Queen
• Dai Vernon's Triumph over the Argentinian way
• Back to Basics with school master Walt
• Alan Ward with a kosher star
• Peter Duffie presents illusion Versus Reality
• Steve Jones chronicles travelling from Vernon to postscripts
• Jim Breedon's historical thoughts and a mutilated shirt
• Eddie Dawes curtain raiser to the Magic Circle Collectors' day
• Letters. Your chance to have your say
• John Rhodes with the magic in the lay press

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Issue 156

• News around the magical world from Geoff
• Ian Keable in defence of Box Jumpers
• JJ gives S&M magic for free
• Henrique and the curious case of cross dressing
• Eddie Dawes with his review of the magical journals
• Unclassified ads. Buy, sell, exchange & inform
• Magical Event Diary, put your society on the map at no cost
• Walt Lees plumbs the basic depths for an illusion
• Phil Goldstein with thanks to Peter Duffle, Roy Walton and Dai Vernon
• Bob Ostin wist a feke die
• Competition details
• Ward's word is wonderful
• Miller's Mysteries serve up four effects this month for your delectation
• Ian Adair with a double delight for children
• Ma Relics. Stephen Tucker with a double set of aces
• Daniel deUrquiza sends a stacked transposition inspired by Tamariz
• Mrs Breedon is revealed on all fours with an apple, some lettuce and a tortoise!
• Arun Bonerjee divulges the date of birth
• A rare book review and the telly at Lees Mansions
• John Rhodes with all the magical news in the lay press

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Issue 157

• Round up of the latest magical news
• Review of the 2004, 11th Repro Magic Cruise around the Mediterranean
• Henrique in the saga, gaga house
• Ian Adair waves his Hippity Hop Wands and produces a clear view of the Square Circle
• Walt Lees shows where there's muck there's Brass and it stacks
• Jim Breedon bungs a ring in a potential omelette
• Unclassified ads. for subscribers. Buy sell, exchange or advertise your club events
• Magical Event Diary. Put your society on the map for free.
• Daniel de Urquiza with a very astute perspective
• Alan Ward is numerologically lucky for Jean
• Peter Duffie with a right pain in the Ace
• Werner Miller separates the Gold from the dross
• Competition details for fame and fortune
• Les Johnson's tribute to Peter Kane
• Peter Kane's epitaph
• Basic card technique continues with a false swing cut
• Steve Jones' card puzzle
• Walt Lees of the telly, knitting a second jumper
• John Rhodes with the magical news from the lay press

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Issue 158

• Round up of the latest magical news
• Walt off his telly with reviews
• Eddie Dawes rounds up the magical press
• Letters. Your chance to air your views, news, brickbats and bouquets
• Society News and events
• Unclassified ads. Buy sell and swop free
• Ian Adair's topsy pencils and a handybag
• Arun Bonerjee has an image in the symbols
• Vic Bridle takes the blues
• Extra, Extra, read all about Clyde Clayton's Princess
• Peter Duffie can afford a rolex
• Stephen Tucker's seedy digital trick
• Alan Ward's Brainstorm
• Werner Miller crosses his crisses with numbers
• Soumya Deb proffers a trayful of goodies
• Daniel de Urquiza with an Argentinian Dunbury Delusion
• Fame and fortune with our annual competition
• Ron Chatburn's variation on the Bandit a.k.a. Peter Kane
• Jim Breedon's Magic pen inks the gypsy thread
• Lesson 58 of the Basic card technique course covers in-hands false cuts
• Henrique and magic in the sheltered accommodation
• John Rhodes with this month's selection of magic in the lay press

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Issue 159

• Round-up of the latest magical news
• Henrique and the seven ages of man, myth and magic
• Walt Lees discusses the matter of routiniung
• Eddie Dawes collects his thoughts once more, including details of the IBM convention in USA
• Arun Bonerjee analyses ESP
• Details of this year's competition. Your chance for fame and fortune?
• A double dose of Ian Adair
• Peter Duffie up the garden path again
• Werner Miller with Vernade cards
• Stephen Tucker is a rubout with an eraser
• Alan Ward gets the message
• Fred Castle and Jumbo Cards; first of a new series courtesy of Arthur Emerson
• Unclassified Ads. Sell buy and swop. Free!
• Magical Event Diary. Put your society on the map
• Malcolm Yaffe with a subtle variation on the Magic Square
• Steve Jones' triple coincidence Tristar
• Jim Breedon's Magic pen and a time warp
• Walt Lees' basic card technique with hands to table false cuts
• Letters, comments, suggestions and gripes
• John Rhodes rounds up the magic in the lay press
• Al Smith rounds off this issue on the subject of card cheats

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Issue 160

• Round up of the latest magical news
• Letters and comments from readers
• Who won what at the British Ring
• Henrique and H.M. Customs and those little rubber gloves
• Eddie Dawes tells us what we missed in the other magical journals
• Ian Adair with a double dose featuring silks and cards
• Barrie Richardson gives us an impromptu stunt for the next time we are interviewed on the telly
• James Breedon mutilates Mrs Breedon's parasol
• Phil Goldstein on a roll with a watch
• Alan Ward is inspired by Jim Steinmeyer's nine card problem
• Steve Zudeck's tasty Seven Up
• Buy sell swop and notify with our free unclassified ad column
• Magic Society news. Is your society on the map?
• Chris Wardle has a clue about murder
• This year's competition details
• Malcom Yaffe finally tells Roy Roth to put a sock in it
• Werner Miller's Daltonic. What's that? Read and see
• Peter Duffie is inside out
• Basic card technique. This month it's tabletop false cuts
• Magicrostic compiled by Steve Zudek
• John Rhodes with the magic of the lay press
• Al Smith rounds off this issue with hecklers wannabes and thickos

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Issue 161

• Round up of the latest magical news
• Letters Page. Your chance to have your say and offer suggestions
• Henrique suffers under the influence of a Bloody Mary
• Fred Castle Column featuring magic with Jumbo Cards
• Malcolm Yaffe with a time prediction loosely based on Koran's Gold Medallion
• A double dose of Magical Ian Adair
• Barrie Richardson offers Mind to Mind
• Jim Breedon with an effect based on Star Trek
• Lift Grift from the prolific mind of Phil Goldstein
• Peter Duffie and a new hue hoves into view
• Basic Card technique features this month a detailed description of the Bart Harding card system
• Virtual Reality is presented by Arun Bonerjee
• Unclassified adverts. Buy, sell, swop and blow your trumpet or promote your society and events completely free of charge
• Collector's Corner edited by Eddie Dawes with news of a magic prop scheduled to sell for $150,000!!
• John Rhodes rounds off this issue with all the magical news in the lay press.

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Issue 162

• Round up of the latest magical news
• TV and Radio Reviews of magical content
• Henrique rails against ageism
• Ian Adair with a Royal line-up and a die shaken not stirred
• Barrie Richardson becomes the Devil's disciple with a dodgy dictionary
• Simon Lovell returns to our pages with a depilated Jack
• Arun Bonerjee with a colour card match
• Soumya Deb brings up the Indian contingent with a cunning silk effect
• Peter Duffie embraces the Queens of Darkness
• Jim Breedon ponders on memories of our fragile heroes ... and a Switch Pad.
• The Fred Castle series continues with the Jumbo Hamman Count
• Steve Jones combines your date of birth, chocolate and arithmetic
• Werner Miller with a topological magic square
• Walt Lees shares his big nose spongeball routine for children
• Malcolm Yaffe handles the German coin box with great care
• Stephen Tucker continues his series with a dot to dot prediction
• Walt Lees' basic sleights series covers table top false cuts
• John Rhodes rounds up the magic in the lay press

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