CHAOS Magazine, The Official publication of the I.B.M. Ring 40.



Known as the “Drinking Ring” of Winnipeg, Canada, in association with The Rounders Of The Night Table.



#27 - June 1972



Supplements:



(1) Earthquake McCoon’s Handbill



(2) 1972 Drinking Ring Membership List



(3) PCAM Int. Stars of Magic Program Sheet



Some of the contents within include:



On Stage - Back Stage - This Month’s Bonus Feature - Advertisement - Our Next Magic Lecture - A New Twist On Miko by Terry Greenwood (Rouvan) - This is Nion, Nion, Nion, Please Hold The Lion - Winnipeg Tribune Spotlight, Monday, June 28, 1971 article: “Odds are against you but all’s above board” by Terry Roberts (Tribune Investigative Reporter) - Magicana Canadiana - The Conjurer’s Revenge by Stephen Leacock.



The material within some of these issues are, shall we say: Xrated, fifthly, dirty, raunchy, grotesque.



In other words, in GREAT DEMAND by those magazine collectors out there in CollectorLand.



Don’t get me wrong, there is a occasional good article and magic trick to shock your neighbors with.



As Sid Lorraine put it in the New TOPSs February 1971 issue:



“Just saw my first couple copies of CHAOS, the official journal of Winnipeg’s Ring 40 Magic Club...known as The Drinking Ring. This bunch of western souserers, from all reports, whoop it up plenty at their meetings and a lot of good magic is washed down with suds. Their magazine is the zaniest I’ve seen and among the wild nutty notes one can actually find a lot of good magic. It is refreshing to find a group that do not take themselves too seriously, but have fun. Unfortunately, you can’t subscribe to this publication, it is for club members only.”



For the most part, the issues have to come from a collection of a member or contributor from back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Later on, subscriptions were sold, but this would explain why you don’t see too many of the early issues offered.



Some issues came with Supplements and some didn't.