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Great Article on Why Magic Conventions Are Great

Postby Richard Kaufman » August 27th, 2018, 1:31 pm

This is from The Atlantic--one of the best magazines published today:
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainme ... on/568219/
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Re: Great Article on Why Magic Conventions Are Great

Postby pabloin us » August 28th, 2018, 10:22 am

Very nice, thanks for sharing

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Re: Great Article on Why Magic Conventions Are Great

Postby Bill Mullins » August 28th, 2018, 3:04 pm

Spymaster -- John McLaughlin
Obsessively thorough Swiss magician - Roberto Giobbi
Industrial chemist -- Gene Anderson
Literature professor by day, Magic Castle producer by night -- ??
Retired marshal of Harvard University -- Richard Hunt (I had to cheat and look that up in AskAlexander)
Top Washington litigator -- ??
Top arbitration lawyer in Washington -- Rich Bloch??
Eminent psychology professor -- Richard Wiseman
Train conductor -- ??

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Re: Great Article on Why Magic Conventions Are Great

Postby erdnasephile » August 28th, 2018, 3:51 pm

Bill Mullins wrote:Spymaster -- John McLaughlin
Obsessively thorough Swiss magician - Roberto Giobbi
Industrial chemist -- Gene Anderson
Literature professor by day, Magic Castle producer by night -- ??
Retired marshal of Harvard University -- Richard Hunt (I had to cheat and look that up in AskAlexander)
Top Washington litigator -- ??
Top arbitration lawyer in Washington -- Rich Bloch??
Eminent psychology professor -- Richard Wiseman
Train conductor -- ??


That's what I thought was so cool about the article: great article for the public, but lots of "Inside Baseball" stuff for us.

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Re: Great Article on Why Magic Conventions Are Great

Postby AJM » August 28th, 2018, 5:31 pm

Never heard of this publication but looks really good - might take out a digital subscription.

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