Lyn Gardner writes in the Guardian Unlimited that not all right on the night. The piece discusses stage fright and how some actors have overcome it . . . of particular interest is Daryl Hannah’s success with hypnosis in overcoming her own stage anxiety. While the article does not intend to, it over simplifies some…
More discussion on responsibility, hypnosis performance, and just plain weirdness. My friend’s student went to a Marshall Silver workshop at a Learning Annex in New York. My friend’s student is a very deep trance subject. Marshall held a burning torch to her hand, and then created a full body catalepsy and stood on her for…
I’m sorry but . . . these people are idiots . . . Corrie’s Jason turned gay by hypnotherapist. Coronation Street’s Jason Grimshaw is set to ditch his macho image after a trip to a hypnotist. Jason, whose brother Todd became the hit show’s first gay character, turns to hypnosis to cure his fear of…
Everyone’s favorite street mentalist is at it again . . . pissing off a whole new country and upsetting a whole bunch of fundamental beliefs. Ah, that’s the spirit. Brown just had yet another controversial program last weekend . . . I live on the wrong side of the planet so I didn’t get to…
Exile posts at HypnoFocus a tirade by a woman who attacked him as the world’s worst sort of scum, a sick f**k who gives legitimate hypnosis a bad name . . . the dialog is on his site in message #670 . . . You’re a Sick Idiot . . . the thing is, she…
On one of the umpteen million hypnosis discussion email lists I belong to, someone posted a link to Tony Lee’s notoriously un-updted webpages. The site has been online for a looooonnnngggg time and as far as I can tell it has never been updated. This is really too bad as while Lee does very good…
There is a hypnotist who has been around doing stage hypnosis since 1984. He does anything from general audience shows to more mature college or private party gigs. It is also interesting to note that he sidelines, creating hypnosis videos for a particular market but his webpages don’t say a thing about them. However, if…
The Harvard Crimson has a nice review of an R-Rated stage hypnosis show by Frank Santos. If you enjoy stage hypnosis, Santos is well worth seeing. The bits in the review are pretty standard for his shows and are crowd pleasers. It is interesting to see how the subjects describe their experiences. Been there, done…
Taipei Hypnosis Study Group in English STAGE HYPNOSIS: Entertaining with Hypnosis May 16, 2004 I will be running a workshop on Entertainment and Performance "Stage" Hypnosis for the Taipei Experimental Hypnosis Workshop on 16 May 2004. We’ll watch some stage hypnotists on video and then talk about their approaches. I’ll go over basic show stuctures…
For the two or three readers I have in the Atlanta area . . . if you’re going to Fantasm this weekend, be sure to catch my friend David Fonteneau’s adult hypnosis show. David co-moderates the Hypnosis Technique Exchange group I own and is a good guy. Fantasm sounds like such a kool con. We…
