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A Magic Player in Egypt
by Bill Stark | posted at 2011-03-11 04:24:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Starkington Podcast, Egypt, Marco Trujillo
Welcome back to another episode of The Starkington Podcast!
This Week's Story
The sound of .50 caliber machine gun fire is not what we think of when we consider the background music for the average Magic player's evening. That wasn't the case for Marco Trujillo. Marco is an undergrad at the University of Northern Iowa where he's studying to be a teacher. In January of this year, he headed for Cairo, Egypt to finish his student teaching requirement, opting to teach outside of the country in a part of the world he had never been rather than simply stay near home and teach comfortably.
Marco hadn't been in the country for very long when the political situation in the Middle East began to change, significantly. In December of 2010, a frustrated street vendor lit himself on fire to protest the regime of President Ben Ali in Tunisia. The act inspired protests across the country, and soon the president was forced into exile. The Arab world took note of the protests, and they soon spread from Tunisia to many other countries, including Egypt. For Marco, what was to have been a calm student teaching session in a foreign land quickly changed. He shared his incredible story with me over the phone.
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Featured Band
This week's featured band is P.L.M.B. An American band based in France, P.L.M.B. is the former home of New York's Jim Davis (that's him on the left of the picture). Jim is a prominent East Coast player as well as making his way as a musician. During the recent Pro Tour Paris, the group got back together with Jim sliding in on bass for a special show during the Pro Tour. You'll hear them throughout the podcast this week as well as some solo work for Jim.
Visit P.L.M.B. on the web at: http://www.myspace.com/plmb
Their Facebook profile is http://www.facebook.com/plmblive?v=info
To contact us about becoming our next featured band or musical guest, email Bill at BillTriesAgain@hotmail.com.
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Closing Thoughts
I'd like to thank Marco Trujillo for spending the time to share his story with us; it's truly an incredible tale. I'd also like to thank Jim Davis and P.L.M.B. for being our featured band this week. All content on The Starkington Podcast is copyright the StarkingtonPost.com. For more information on how you can feature The Starkington Podcast on your site or blog for free, contact us via email.
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-Bill
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.