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Music
I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger
by Brian David Phillips •
A recent episode of the science fiction television series Killjoys just featured a beautiful rendition of one of my favorite folks gospel songs, I AM A POOR WAYFARING STRANGER, and so that got me thinking about other covers of the song I have enjoyed over the years. Some great songs transcend a particular voice and…
3D/VR/AR/360°, Music, Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Play eXperience
Audioshield: Virtual Reality Experience
by Brian David Phillips •
Enter the arena, pick up your shields, listen to the music, and enjoy the experience of stopping colored meteors of musical delight. Enter the world of AUDIOSHIELD, a Virtual Reality game for the HTC Vive. It is a fun game of musical exercise and skill. Here’s another recording of our in-VR experiences. Join us as…
Influence, Music
Writing On the Wall Video Goes all Hypnotic Confusion in an OK Go Way
by Brian David Phillips •
** Special Student Series, Experiential Trance, Interactive Drama, Music
Bad Motherf*cker Office Escape Music Video as Vicarious Trance eXperience
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay, I’ve talked about using film and video games for recreational fun . . . using the VICARIOUS EXPERIENTIAL MACHINE trance process as a means of experiencing the sensations of actually being in the action. I’ve also warned folks that they need to create a safety buffer for when the experience becomes too intense .…
Music, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Cut the World
by Brian David Phillips •
Wow. The new music video from Antony Hegarty and his pop baroque collective Antony and the Johnsons is out and it’s very striking. Set to “Cut the World,” the title track off the band’s live album, the cinematic counterpart stars Dutch actress Carice van Houten (Melisandre in “Game of Thrones”) and Willem Dafoe as a…
Music, Science Fiction
New Lands music video takes Sports SciFi to the Next Level
by Brian David Phillips •
I imagine after watching the New Lands music video, there are a whole slew of university kids sitting around bullshitting on how they could play the mashup sport portrayed for real. Well, without the baseball bat to the head or the high tech lazer balls. This looks like a kick ass sport and certainly that…
Music
Tripod vs the Dragon
by Brian David Phillips •
Lorraine, Kaye, and I just watched TRIPOD vs the DRAGON and had a wonderful time! It’s a full-on musical comedy delight as Tripod and special guest Elana Stone play a game of Dungeons and Dragons. I wasn’t familiar with Australian musical comedy troupe Tripod until stumbling across a couple videos on youtube and now I’m…
** Special Student Series, Music, Science Fiction
Abney Park returns to the Steampunk Studio with Evil Man
by Brian David Phillips •
My favorite steampunk band, Abney Park, returns to their Steampunk Studio to film the music video for the song Evil Man. This is from the Off the Grid album which is currently what I listen to while driving to and from the university. This song is particularly fun. Enjoy. – Brian
** Special Student Series, Influence, Music, Special Features
Joshua Bell and the Subway Story
by Brian David Phillips •
So, the story has begun circulating again out there in interwebs land . . . sometimes with the names and locations sometimes as an anonymous tale . . . but while it reads like any other semi-inspirational thingie, this story has a difference, it’s actually true and not just manufactured to fit someone’s philosophical agenda.…
Music
Elton John on Songwriting
by Brian David Phillips •
Stumbled across some absolutely brilliant improvisation by Sir Elton John and then some bits from his Actor’s Studio episode (which I’ve never seen in its entirety and wish I could find in full) and thought I’d share some of his thoughts as well as some of his improv. ELTON JOHN ON WORKING WITH BERNIE TAUPIN…
Music
Emily Dickinson and Musical Weirdness Fun
by Brian David Phillips •
Long long ago when dinosaurs walked the Earth and I was still in junior high or middle school, depending upon the year as my home town did a transition thing about that time, I read a LOT of poetry and by a lot I mean I was a voracious reader and one of my absolute…
Music
Jesus Stag Night
by Brian David Phillips •
It looks like Johnny Depp has managed to land himself into a bit of hot water with some folks as he’s lent his voice to the group Babybird for their Christmas-release song Jesus Stag Night. Uh, the controversy is not surprising but it’s only really blasphemy if you take it seriously or miss the subtext.…
Music
Dino Dvornik is Hipnotiziran
by Brian David Phillips •
Dino Dvornik, the Croation King of Funk, performs HYPNOTIZIRAN and it rocks . . . you don’t have to speak Croation to enjoy the song, the video is a fun romp in and of itself. Great costume. – Brian
Eroticatrance, Influence, Music
Using Music to Create Conditioned Response and the Song Jizz in My Pants
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay, this is just twisted . . . but . . . as you listen to the song Jizz in My Pants and watch the response sets during the music video, imagine using the song to create an anchored response of spontaneous ejaculation each and every time your consenting adult volunteer trance partner hears the…
Hypnosis in the News, Influence, Music
INMI or Science of Earworms or Why You Can’t Get That Damned Song Out of Your Head
by Brian David Phillips •
They go by many names: Brain worms, sticky music, cognitive itch, stuck song syndrome. But the most common (if also the most repugnant) is earworms, a literal translation from Ohrwurm, a term used to describe the phenomenon (and perhaps bring to mind an immediate association with corn earworms). If you’re an academic, you might refer…
Eroticatrance, Influence, Music
Get Your Svengali On
by Brian David Phillips •
Sometimes a good Svengali fantasy can be a very worthwhile thing . . . fantasy, that is. Too many folks mistakenly try to take the iconic fictional character’s skillsets into the real world without understanding or truly considering the ramifications or consequences of their actions. In any case, here’s some Svengali for you. All in…
** Special Student Series, Music, Science Fiction
Craig Ferguson and Neil Gaiman and Friends go Rocky Horror
by Brian David Phillips •
It was a bit of a special episode of Craig Ferguson‘s Late Late Show (pretty much the only late night program I watch) as his cold open featured my absolutely favorite song from the Rocky Horror Show and then later special musical guest Amanda Palmer performed a rendition of another Rocky Horror piece with her…
** Special Student Series, Music, Science Fiction
Awesome Doctor Who Music Video Fun
by Brian David Phillips •
This is the opposite of not awesome. When David Tennant left Doctor Who, the cast and crew made a music video of “(I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles” by The Proclaimers for the wrap party. Footage of Tennant hanging with the band surfaced a while back. Here’s the music video: Okay, now THAT was fun! Here’s…
** Special Student Series, Music, Science Fiction
Quantum Symphony
by Brian David Phillips •
How about a song that explains Quantum Physics? Okay . . . didn’t know there was one, yes, there is. This is a musical investigation into the nature of atoms and subatomic particles, the jiggly things that make up everything we see. Featuring Morgan Freeman, Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Cox, Richard Feynman, and Frank…
Eroticatrance, Experiential Trance, Hypnosis Q&A, Influence, Music, Psychecstatic Engineering Psychological Psychedelic eXperiential Ecstasy, Special Features
Listen to the Most Relaxing Ambient Music Track on the Planet
by Brian David Phillips •
The music group Marconi Union has teamed up with Radox Spa to produce what they are claiming to be the most relaxing ambient music track on in the world. While there are some obvious flaws in how they vetted their track, it’s still a rather relaxing piece. The folks at AltSounds had this to say…
Music, Special Features
What doesn’t Kill me makes me Stronger
by Brian David Phillips •
Friedrich Nietzsche seems to be just about every other musician’s favorite philosopher. His famous line, “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger,” shows up in rap, R&B, rock, pop, and loads of heavy metal. Although Justin Bieber is pushing the envelope with his new single, “God Is Dead! God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed…
Influence, Music, Special Features
Gibberish Fun in English or not English or Something Odd in Between or inbetween or not whatever
by Brian David Phillips •
Gibberish or nonsense is a fascinating exploration in how random sounds can seem to be actual language. Certainly the wonderful poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carrol is a unique combination of nonsense with English to create an intriguing result that seems to have genuine meaning but does not. See http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html for the poem. A recent short…
** Special Student Series, Hypnosis Videos, Influence, Music, Special Features
500 People in 100 Seconds
by Brian David Phillips •
This is an absolutely brilliant music video that features 500 people holding more than 1,500 developed pictures. The locations are all around Israel, creating a smooth music video within their hands. The music is “Malinkovec Valzer” by Maxmaber Orkestar (http://www.maxmaber.org). First, enjoy the video: Now . . . IF I were going to make a…
** Special Student Series, Interactive Drama, Music, Science Fiction
Captain Robert of Abney Park talks Steampunk and RPGs at the League of STEAM
by Brian David Phillips •
Captain Robert (Robert Brown) of the steampunk band Abney Park (http://www.abneypark.com) visits the League of STEAM podcast to discuss the crossover of stampunk music with roleplaying games. The tabletop RPG, AIRSHIP PIRATES, was recently released and is based upon the music of Abney Park (I have my autographed copy in front of me, ooooh luvely…