So, let’s say you’re looking for an induction that is very effective, highly reliable, and visually interesting for a small to medium sized stage hypnosis show but you also need it to be fast . . . so you can get right into the mud and fun of the show without mucking about with a…
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Family, Kaye Phillips Music, Music
Memories of Camelot
by Brian David Phillips •
Well, I finally got some photos . . . well video framegrabs . . . of my daughter, Kaye Elizabeth Phillips, performing MEMORIES OF CAMELOT, her original piano composition on 4 June 2010 at Tamkang Senior High School in Tamshui, Taiwan, where she is a student in the music specialty program, majoring in Composition and…
Hypnosis in the News
Talk about Depressing
by Brian David Phillips •
Well, it looks like there just may indeed be a connection between depression and the amount of light when a person is sleeping. Live Science has an interesting piece on studies that show a correlation between light and sleep and depression. See http://www.livescience.com/health/night-light-depression-brain-101117.html for their piece along with their suggestion to sleep in a dark…
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Being Human . . . American Style
by Brian David Phillips •
Here’s some more new footage of the American version of BEING HUMAN . . . I am looking forward to seeing what else they do with this! I really like the original British version so I have high hopes for the American adaptation, and secret fears of them doing something awful or stupidish . .…
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Judo . . . but a bit more
by Brian David Phillips •
It is what it is. – Brian
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Kid On Kid Murder Fun . . . Hunger Games Fan Film
by Brian David Phillips •
Hunger Games is being made into a theatrical release film for 2013 but some fans made their own version which captures the rather creepy kid-on-kid gladiatorial combat of the novel. – Brian
Hypnosis in the News
Wandering Minds
by Brian David Phillips •
So close to half of the people in any group are off inside their minds wandering at any given time. According to a new study (see http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/science/16tier.html) when the mind wanders, happiness can stray too. Now, if someone’s doing something that makes them feel good you would expect them to have wandering thoughts that are…
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Harry Potter joins a Band . . . the new movie
by Brian David Phillips •
Yes, in the NEW Harry Potter film (nudge nudge wink wink), Harry and his pals form a band . . . don’t believe me? See for yourself. Of course . . . sometimes musical success can lead to excess of another kind . . . See more of this oddness and so very much more…
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Want to supercharge your Visual Attention? Play FPS video games.
by Brian David Phillips •
I knew there had to be a good reason for me to play my First Person Shooter video games . . . and now there is one . . . studies have shown that people who play video games with a lot of chaotic information that must be selected have much higher visual attention skills.…
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Supernatural goes X-Files
by Brian David Phillips •
Supernatural does special new opening for the X-Files episode. Coolness. – Brian
Hypnosis Q&A, Metaphysical Hypnosis
Spirituality Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
Had a worthwhile question today on the Hypnosis Technique eXchange at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypnosisTechniqueExchange on the use of hypnosis with spirituality. Our quearant asks, “Guys, Can anyone post, or direct me to, hypnotic processes having to do with spirituality and spiritual awakening? I’m researching this.” That really depends upon what you mean by spirituality and spiritual awakening.…
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Your Highness trailer goodness
by Brian David Phillips •
More Your Highness Videos Okay. 🙂 Brian
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Cowboys and Aliens trailer . . . yes’m me wants t’see
by Brian David Phillips •
If I said I had zero interest I would be speakin’ pure unadulterated gibberish. This looks more than a whole lot of fine! – Brian
Hypnosis Videos
Perspective and Reality Shifting
by Brian David Phillips •
Yes, I know it’s an advert but . . . the technique used is absolutely brilliantly applied . . . Well done . . . also worth noting. Feel free to use the same technique to shift your own reality. Or . . . if you’d like some help to shift things via hypnosis as…
** Special Student Series, Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis in the News, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Katie Waissel turning to Hypnotherapy for Stage Fright
by Brian David Phillips •
A slew of news, entertainment, and gossip sources are reporting that Katie Waissel, the X-Factor star, is seeking help with hypnotherapy to help her with the stage fright that has been causing her to flub lines and make on-stage mistakes. See http://www.in2town.co.uk/News-Celebrity/X-Factor-singer-to-under-go-Hypnosis-for-stage-fright for one story on the subject. Evidently, she’s turned to her mentor Cheryl…
Hypnosis in the News
Hypnosis or Gastric Band?
by Brian David Phillips •
In2town has an excellent explanation of gastric band surgery as compared to surgery that seems to come from Claire Hegarty but that’s hard to say for sure as the text is unattributed and Hegarty’s name is not on the adverts on the page that take one to her site. In any case, the article itself…
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Woman by Wolfmother
by Brian David Phillips •
Woman from redkedscom on Vimeo. Just because . . . for some reason, I watched this piece over and over and over and over and over and . . . well, you get the picture. – Brian
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Diane Savino on what We’ve Really Done to Marriage in America
by Brian David Phillips •
Be sure to watch the whole thing . . . especially the rather accurate incriminations on what we have really done to marriage in America with the listings of spurious television programming. – Brian
Interactive Drama
DARK KAMELOT Live Action Roleplaying Game for New Year’s Day
by Brian David Phillips •
DARK KAMELOT An Afternoon of Interactive Drama http://www.interactivedramas.info/tdarkkamelot1.htm directed by Brian David Phillips and Lorraine Phillips 1 January 2011, 3:00pm http://www.interactivedramas.info/tdarkkamelot1.htm followed immediately by Pot-Luck Dinner/Game Party 6:30pm-ish to whenever folks leave join us for costume roleplay fun in a Dark World of Arthurian Alternate History Weirdness An afternoon of improvisational interactive drama roleplaying games!…
Magic
Aleister Crowley 2012
by Brian David Phillips •
Yes, the folks at Red State Update have accepted a political advert for Aleister Crowley as President of the United States in 2012 . . . if such a bastion of sensible critical thought can accept Crowley’s ad, shouldn’t you vote that way? Or not. BTW, it’s NOT “Do What Thou Wilt” . . .…
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Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Bush, and Today Show Goodness and How Matt Lauer can Suck It
by Brian David Phillips •
My daughter Kaye has recently discovered Kanye West . . . nope, not in a particularly good light. She hasn’t really listened to much of his music as she’s pretty much the opposite of a fan of the genre (once in a while we hear a good example but for the most part she finds…
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Blog Spam and Catchups
by Brian David Phillips •
Since we made the move from Typepad to my own personal wordpress, we have seen a very strong drop in readership (a lot of folks are still reading the typepad archives without realizing we’ve moved . . . we keep it up for now as a placeholder but it will vanish at the end of…
*** Workshop Announcements, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
Entertainment and Speed Hypnosis in Hong Kong
by Brian David Phillips •
Introduction to ENTERTAINMENT H Y P N O S I S employing SPEED HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES Dual Seminar in Stage Hypnosis & Instant and Rapid Hypnosis Methods in Hypnosis for Entertainment and Secrets of Fast, Faster, Fastest Hypnotic Techniques Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips www.briandavidphillips.com brian@briandavidphillips.com 11-13 February 2011 in Hong Kong Chinese Information http://www.briandavidphillips.com/chinese/c_training.html English…
Eroticatrance, Psychecstatic Engineering Psychological Psychedelic eXperiential Ecstasy, Special Features, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Lady Gaga gives herself Mental Orgasms and So Can YOU
by Brian David Phillips •
Mental Orgasms? Well, Lady Gaga can do it . . . so can you . . . Lady Gaga recently outed herself as one of those few gifted women who can give themselves full blown orgasms just by thinking about them in a special way. Good for her! Regular readers of my blog already know…
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American Version of BEING HUMAN
by Brian David Phillips •
They finally have a trailer out . . . Looks fun . . . not as dark or angsty as the original British series, at least in this short trailer, but looks good and certainly will be more than interesting just to see what the differences might be . . . bear in mind, I…
