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Necessity in the House of Illusion

ByNick May 10, 2024May 10, 2024

As a magician’s kid I grew up in a trailer, a 22-foot 1949 Travelo Model 20, pulled by a series of Hudsons worn out in a year. The first thing my father did after buying a new car was throw away the back seat so there was just enough space between the wardrobe and the…

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Listen to Me! Words and the Amplified Voice

ByNick May 9, 2024

When John Edwards announced his candidacy for president to an audience of 300, he found himself standing before a dead microphone. People complained they couldn’t hear, even in the front row. There are those only recently deceased who could remember when there was no such thing as a microphone. They gathered in numbers far exceeding…

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