So . . . in previous posts, we explained the basic principles of Change Blindness with some informative yet humorous video examples at https://briandavidphillips.net/2011/03/28/change-blindness/ and followed that up with some funny twists of employing change blindness phenomena within practical jokes at https://briandavidphillips.net/2011/03/28/change-blindness-with-a-funny-twist/ which turned out wonderfully fun. Well . . . here we go with…
A classic stage hypnosis gag is to tell the volunteer that you or someone else is a celebrity that they love and then to see how things play out when the person gets to meet their fantasy idol. In this in-pool hypnosis show the volunteer has been told another volunteer is actually one of the…
Okay, this video is funny and perhaps a bit beyond funny . . . obviously young Sariah Gellego’s parents have schooled her in the way of the Jedi and more. From the video description on youtube: The Gallego family take a trip to Disneyland and Sariah and Alex are chosen to join Jedi Academy!!!! Sariah…
I mentioned the documentary What’s the Matter with Kansas? and the Thomas Frank book it is based upon in my brief political rant here. For those with an interest, here is the trailer for the film . . . You can learn more about the documentary on the webpages at http://whatsthematterwithkansas.com which also has a…
The recent battle over the US governmental budget and the narrow avoidance of a shutdown of the Federal government is a sign of the turning of the tide, the complete abandonment of genial negotiation and discussion and the birth of an age of strong arm demands. In my communication courses at the university, I teach…
Meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, according to new research published in the April 6 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience. Now, readers of my blog have known about this sort of thing for a loooooong time but it’s always nice to see bona fide medical research verifying what we’ve known in the…
Agree or not, it’s up to you . . . or, perhaps pick and choose the bits . . . some of Joe Rogan‘s rants from his podcast edited together for particular effect (see http://blog.joerogan.net for more). Part One Part Two Resonant with some and dissonant with others. Notice how music and images are used…
Been there, done that . . . a lot. When you’ve got a hypnotist at your party, all sorts of things can happen . . . and they often do. As regular readers here know, I’ve more than dabbled a whole lot in the ol’ eroticatrance and the ol’ hypnotic orgasm handshake (see the archives…
While it may seem like someone’s idea of a completely bonkers psychological experiment intended to drive you insane, the Pierley/Redford Dissociative Affect Diagnostic is an odd ride into the unconscious that is an exploration of your brain’s affective response system. Nonverbal emotional reactions to shape tableaus target the portion of your brain that is intuitive…
It looks like Britney Spears is going all post-apocalyptic for her new video. She may want to dance until the world ends but I think I would prefer to find some shelter ‘cuz the world ain’t ended until the cosmic fat lady sings and she ain’t singin’ yet. Still, it’s nice to see some more…
Sometimes what you think you see is not what you are seeing . . . and sometimes it is. This fun video demonstrates how our preconceptions can be exploited to the point that they influence what we see, or rather, what we expect to see. That was fun! – Brian
Awesome and a half! A group of web-series actors and actresses have created their own fan imagining of an Elfquest movie and their teaser trailer looks pretty awesome! This is all with Richard and Wendi Pini‘s blessing. Beautiful! Uh, yes, I could actually identify every character shown in that sucker and it’s been a few…
Sometimes you just have to sing about it! James Gunn‘s PG Porn series, the uncensored musical episode with Jenna Haze and Joe Fria. Ah, now, that’s a song and a half. – Brian
As regular readers know from previous posts here, marijuana has a whole slew of positive medicinal potential . . . a recent study shows directions in pain relief as an aspirin type substitute with research going towards the creation of non-psychedelic strains or medical forumulae. See http://www.nature.com/nchembio/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nchembio.552.html for the paper published in Nature. All the…
Behind the Scenes
Spring Scream has posted the “official schedule” and the BRIAN DAVID PHILLIPS HYPNOSIS SHOW is set for Day Three on the White Stage! That’s April 3, Sunday, in the evening . . . scheduled for midnight. See http://www.springscream.com for information on Taiwan’s premiere international alternative music festival and the post at http://www.springscream.com/springscream/post/47881 for the schedule.…
Faith is a very powerful thing . . . when properly ignited it can lead to incredibly powerful experiences . . . some of them wonderful and some of them the opposite of good times. However, the mystical ecstasy experienced by many can be a very powerful life-changing experience within the appropriate context. It can…
As part of a discussion on depth of trance and the validity of various theoretical trance states such as Sicort, Ultradepth, Ultraheight, Esdaile, hypnotic coma, and the like, I posited that “Depth of trance” is all muddied water as it is often tied into so-called levels of hypnotizeability and scales based upon “phenomena” with the…
