June/July 2014
VA NI SH
Internatonal Magic Magazine
Contents
FROM THE EDITOR
14
NEWS16
EDITOR
Paul Romhany
PRODUCT REVIEWERS
Paul Romhany & Friends
COVER PHOTO SUPPLIED BY
Show Me The Funny II
22
TV Magic and TV Magicians – Good Or Bad?
26
Ten Little Secrets
32
Criticism34
Peter McKinnon
Bill ABBOTT - FEATURE STORY
38
SENIOR MARKETING SPECIALIST
Harry Monk
Married In Magic
50
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Paul Romhany
Little Tiger Balloon Twisting
54
ART DIRECTOR and LAYOUT
Paul Romhany
An honor and A privilege
56
PROOF READERS
Richard Webster, Mick Peck
breaking the dated mould of magic
58
E-READER VERSION
www.revizzit.com
Timothy Leary’s brain
68
MENTALISM: An Adventure in Mysticism
70
The benefits of staying calm in the face of chaos
78
David Berglas Q&A
80
Red Hot Acts
88
Developing an illusion: Prototype to Performance
92
ADVERTISING COORDINATOR
Paul Romhany/Sydnie Anderson
CONTRIBUTORS
Diamond Jim Tyler, Tony Chris, Paul
Romhany, Nick Lewin, Keith Fields,
Danny Archer, Charles Bach, Steve
Spill, Ben Robinson, Leif David,
Peter Mennie, Craig Browning,
Carl Andrews, Nickle Van Wormer,
Maximilian Draco, Ted Outerbridge,
David Gabbay, John Carney, Alan
Hudson, David Berglas,
TO ADVERTISE IN MAGAZINE
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information at:
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Getting That Great Photo
106
Child’s play - Corporate summer work
110
FACEBOOK FAN Pages for performers
116