Monthly Archives: December 2006

Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance

High School Hypnosis Show . . .
. . . Libertyville High School . . .
. . . . . . Libertyville, Illinois, 1 June 2005

by Brian David Phillips • December 31, 2006

Well . . . it’s New Year’s Eve . . . so let’s enjoy it with a hypnosis show! One wonderful market for stage hypnotists is special events for schools – university, college, junior college, high school, and even junior high schools in some contexts. For a number of years, the senior graduation party for…

Franks Santos Jr . . .
. . . Tiverton High School Hypnosis Performance

by Brian David Phillips • December 27, 2006

Frank Santos, Jr., performs his hypnosis show at a special event for the Tiverton Hight School Class of 2007. Frank follows in his father’s footsteps as a performance hypnosist. I have seen a few of Frank Sr.’s shows and I have always found him to be delightful so it’s quite a treat to see Frank…

Earthquake . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 26, 2006

About ten minutes ago there was tremor from an Earthquake . . . just now, a stronger one . . . Kaye and I both plainly felt it but Lorraine didn’t feel the first and thinks she might have slightly noticed something for the one just now. I know I’m hypersensitive to the beasties after…

Hypno Show . . . cover . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 25, 2006

Weekend Worries . . . not . . .
. . . see comedy hypnosis shows!

by Brian David Phillips • December 24, 2006

Which Hypnosis Show to Go to This Weekend? Okay . . . bit of a quandry for this weekend for some folks . . . I have two shows . . . Friday night at The Farmhouse, my solo show, the last of the year . . . Saturday night at The Living Room, the…

Christmas Eve and a House full of Screaming Teenage Girls . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 24, 2006

Well . . . Merry Christmas everyone . . . it’s Christmas Eve and true to her tradition of the last six years, Kaye is hosting a Christmas Party for her friends . . . so we’ve got a house full of screaming teenage girls agest twelve through thirteen. Kaye usually hosts sleepovers and parties…

The Joys of Generational Doctor Who

by Brian David Phillips • December 24, 2006

Recently, we’ve been megawatching the first two seasons of the new Doctor Who series. It really kicks. Kaye has really been getting into it and Lorraine and I have also found it to be a wonderful watch. Well, Kaye and I were talking about how I have loved Doctor Who forever and that the show…

The Spirit of Christmas . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 19, 2006

Flickr: Hypnosis

by Brian David Phillips • December 19, 2006

A few of you already know this group, but for those who don’t . . . Flickr: Hypnosis . . . is a group for folks to share photos of live hypnosis shows. You can browse the images or join and contribute your own. These are not roleplay or photomanipulations, but live hypnosis performance photos.…

Couples Hypnosis this Weekend!
. . . sign up NOW!

by Brian David Phillips • December 18, 2006

Introduction to Couples Hypnosis:Intimacy and Romance Building Techniques for Conesenting Adults DATE: Dec. 23, 2006, 2:00am-5:00pmCOURSE FEE: NT$1200 (half-price for second person), online registration for membership discountsLANGUAGE: English instruction with Chinese interpretationVENUE: Chinese Culture Center Ext. Center, TaipeiCORRESPONDENCE: Lorraine Phillips (yuklan.law@msa.hinet.net), English or Chinese.REGISTRATION: SCE CCU (web) Dec. 23 . . . INTRODUCTION TO COUPLES…

Can you say epidemic?

by Brian David Phillips • December 18, 2006

Last week, Kaye missed a few days of school with this wretched flu thingie and Lorraine picked it up too. Today, Kaye went back to school only to find her class of thirty-some students reduced with ten kids out with the same thing. That’s a lot of kids gone missing due to this beastie. Lorraine’s…

Computer Woes . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 18, 2006

For those of you still waiting for personal replies to emails long overdue . . . sorry, my computer is STILL in the damned shop! They keep saying it’s fixed only for us to find yet another this or that off kilter. Grrrrrrrrr. – Brian

Wild Thing

by Brian David Phillips • December 17, 2006

UCLA Underwear Run . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 16, 2006

The joys of higher education . . . relieving the stress of examinations . . . UCLA Undie Run Photo Essay . . . how come none of the schools I attended or have taught at have this tradition? We really need this, perhaps it should become a mandatory part of higher education . .…

Bety Page . . . teaserama . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 16, 2006

Underboob Gallery

by Brian David Phillips • December 15, 2006

Uh . . . just because . . . Underboob Gallery.

Should teachers be free to paint with their butts in their free time? . . .
. . . yes

by Brian David Phillips • December 15, 2006

A high school teacher has been suspended because he paints with his butt . . . in his free time . . . as part of his art. He does not mix his teaching with his private avocation nor does he encourage students to do so nor does he even tell them about the mere…

Suicide Girls and Guns ‘n Roses . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 15, 2006

Evidently, some folks were shocked to see the Suicide Girls perform as an opening act for a Guns ‘n Roses concert despite them being promoted on the flyers and posters . . . strip show came as a surprise . . . note that they did not actually strip to nudity but went down to…

Hypnotic Poker

by Brian David Phillips • December 14, 2006

Been there, done that . . . Hypnotic Poker May Be Key . . . basically, they’re using hypnosis to teach players how to bluff by removing emotional keys. Of course, if they want it to be effective they need to do far more than that. There are a number of skillsets in poker which…

Cheatin’ Blogs . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 14, 2006

Oldbear discovers cheatin’ blogs, blogs written by folks who are having extra-marital affairs . . . Love, Couples, and Kink: Cheatin’ Blogs, now THATS kinky.

Rapid Hypnosis Induction for Stage Performance

by Brian David Phillips • December 12, 2006

Been there, done that . . . lots of time. Rene A. Bastarache demonstrates a rapid hypnosis induction at a high school comedy hypnosis show. This is one of the group sets I use in my show from time to time. More of Rene’s videos here.

Meet (The Real?) Angelica Panganiban . . .
. . . the joy of photoshop

by Brian David Phillips • December 9, 2006

Fleshbot has a bit on the controversy around Angelica Panganiban’s calendar shots that have obviously been photoshopped . . . Meet (The Real?) Angelica Panganiban . . . it wouldn’t be such a big deal except that she’s on record a number of times flatly denying any of her images have been digitally manipulated. Uh,…

Wedding priest to fine non-virgins

by Brian David Phillips • December 9, 2006

A priest in Romania has created a large fine for women who are not virgins when they marry . . . the “white dress” fine is between $10-60 in a country where the typical person make $100 or less a month . . . wedding priest to fine non-virgins . . . the idea is…

Nude Awakening . . . somnambulistic nudity

by Brian David Phillips • December 9, 2006

In a number of hypnotizeability tests, if a person has ever sleptwalk they are considered high probables as highly responsible trance subjects . . . Nude awakening in Torquay . . . waking up in the middle of a hotel reception area naked counts as a yes on that scale.