You Need to Stop What You’re Doing and Listen to Tamino

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A half hour before the show started, billowing clouds of smoke began whirling around the stage. It was about 8 PM at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C, and Tamino was about to appear.

Already, I felt transported. Doused with the promise of magic, the room quieted in anticipation as they watched the fog-like smoke encircle the mic stand. The noise level rose again…