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Rocky Horror Superhero Show? Yep.

by Brian David Phillips • March 1, 2011

He’s the Hero is a playful takeoff of Rocky Horror Picture Show by *LJK08 on DeviantArt . . . see http://ljk08.deviantart.com/art/He-s-the-hero-196226154 for the original piece. From left to right . . . Wonder Woman as Janet Weiss, Superman as Brad Majors, Robin as Columbia, Harley Quinn as Magenta, Batman as Frank N. Furter, and The…

Jedi-ism is Britain’s 4th Largest Religion

by Brian David Phillips • March 1, 2011

Yes, the heading is correct . . . census takers in Britain have found that when folks answer the question on religion, more and more folks . . . increasing with each census . . . are putting “Jedi” as their personal religious affiliation. The last census in Britain now officially counts Jedi-ism as the…

The Saga of Bjorn

by Brian David Phillips • March 1, 2011

Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop. Biôrn, an old Viking, is determined to reach Valhalla, the warrior’s afterlife full of excessive drinking and debauchery. To gain entry he has to die honorably in battle, but he discovers that the right death isn’t so easy. Credits: A film by: Benjamin J. Kousholt, Daniel D.…

Happy Birthday, Lorraine!

by Brian David Phillips • March 1, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY L O R R A I N E ! Celebrating another trip round the sun . . . . . . I am looking forward to spending many more with you! Love you, Brian

Early Birthday on the Mountain

by Brian David Phillips • February 28, 2011

Early birthday on the mountain. Tomorrow is Lorraine’s birthday and we decided to celebrate early as today is the 2-28 holiday here in Taiwan while tomorrow is a workday. So we went to Tienmou to pick up a friend then to a nearby mountain restaurant.

Murmurs Of Middle-Earth

by Brian David Phillips • February 28, 2011

Pogo’s adaptation of Lord of the Rings into one of his catchy – and odd – music pieces. Enjoy. – Brian

At the Beach

by Brian David Phillips • February 26, 2011

Great weather today so we headed to a surfer beach for lunch.

Imagine What I Could Have Done with My Fire Breathing Fists

by Brian David Phillips • February 26, 2011

Yes, indeed . . . finally . . . “I fire back once and this contaminated little maggot can’t handle my power and can’t handle the truth. I wish him nothing but pain in his silly travels especially if they wind up in my octagon. Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words—imagine what…

Pardon our dust . . .

by Brian David Phillips • February 25, 2011

Okay, this may seem annoying but that’s ONLY because it IS very very ANNOYING. I upgraded my wordpress install as they just came out with an important new version with a lot of security fixes and it broken my theme big time (we’re talkin’ nothing works). So, I found a premium theme that has already…

Shhhhhh . . . special specialness coming soon! Super secret not-really-so-secret US schedule for this Summer.

by Brian David Phillips • February 25, 2011

Shhhhhhhh . . . can you keep a secret? Okay, maybe not so much a secret as something we’re in the planning stages of and likely to be posting a full announcement complete with links for registration . . . but . . . we’ve got some very special events coming up . . .…

Revolutionary Reruns? Not quite, but lessons to be learned.

by Brian David Phillips • February 22, 2011

I was wondering when the comparisons would begin . . . that is a wave of discussion of the current wave of revolutions rocking the Middle East comparing them to the French Revolution. It’s an easy comparision but not quite full enough. The more worthwhile critical essays are also pulling in the American Revolution (it…

United Breaks Guitars

by Brian David Phillips • February 20, 2011

The saga of Dave Carroll and his guitar and the pain and suffering of flying United Airlines . . . the three song challenge . . . a musical tragedy of sorts . . . United Breaks Guitars So, what is that about? From Dave’s blog back when this all happened: In the spring of…

Get the HYP-NO-SLEEP Experiential Waking Hypnosis DVD set for a fraction of the release price!

by Brian David Phillips • February 19, 2011

A LOT of folks have been asking for this and we’re ready to invite you to see what’s behind the curtain, the hidden workings of the waking trance . . . HYP-NO-SLEEP is here and it’s a very special product . . . this goes beyond hypnosis and beyond NLP . . . this is…

Airship Pirates . . . Abney Park getting a tabletop RPG based upon the steampunk band’s music and backstory

by Brian David Phillips • February 19, 2011

I know . . . I’ve been posting a LOT on Steampunk music and culture of late, well, much more than on hypnosis and trance which really is what this blog normally focuses on . . . but when I explore things or find them of interest they often go here as this blog isn’t…

Steampunk Culture and Music

by Brian David Phillips • February 18, 2011

MTV Shows This is a video from MTV on Steampunk with a glance at the music of the culture. Found it because I’ve been devouring Abney Park (http://www.abneypark.com) of late. Methinks we’ve found a wonderful musical subculture resonant with some – but not all – of Kaye’s own interests in tersm of musical complexity in…

End of Days by Abney Park . . . steampunk musique

by Brian David Phillips • February 16, 2011

I quite enjoy bands that play with fantasy, science fiction, and magickal themes. Abney Park started out labeled as gothic and then through the years as folks came and went, they reinvented themselves as a steampunk band complete with airship narrative and band member alter-personae as airship pirates and they seem to have really hit…

Trail of Tears read by Johnny Cash

by Brian David Phillips • February 16, 2011

The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation and movement of Native Americans from the then present-day United States. It has rightly been described by many social historians as an act of genocide. The image above is the painting Trail of Tears by Max D. Standley commemorating the event. The removal included many members of…

Zombie Love Song

by Brian David Phillips • February 10, 2011

Zombie Love Song from Your Favorite Martian. Valentine’s Day is around the corner. – Brian

Got the Headers Back . . . whew

by Brian David Phillips • February 9, 2011

I’m still in Hong Kong but discovered I do have my header stuff with me so I was able to correct the mess I made of things in upgrading my wordpress system. So, I don’t have to wait to return to Taipei to fix it. Done. – Brian

Hitting the Upgrade Button Too Soon and without Thinkin’

by Brian David Phillips • February 8, 2011

Oh, pooh. The WordPress doohickie said to upgrade and I did . . . uh, without realizing that my banner images are not backed up on this computer but back in Taipei . . . so, I have gone back to the defaults and can’t put mine back until next week when we return to…

Happy Anniversary, Lorraine!

by Brian David Phillips • February 3, 2011

Lorraine, it’s been eighteen years! Whew! I love you! Love, Brian

Kid ScifiHorror Lookin’ Gooooood – The Darkest Matter

by Brian David Phillips • January 31, 2011

So . . . what do you get when you throw a bunch of 6th through 12th graders into a Summer Camp on film and horror and science fiction and goodness and have a few veteran actors and filmmakers teach ’em a thing or two and then throw ’em into the deep end to make…

Multiracial Identity Increasing in America

by Brian David Phillips • January 30, 2011

As reported in the New York Times, multiracialty is on the rise in the United States with one in seven marriages now to folks of different ethnic or racial groups. Currently, universities are seeing enrollment by the highest number of racially mixed students they have ever experienced and visibility of such folks and their identification…

Star Trek Girl

by Brian David Phillips • January 27, 2011

Coolness . . . Not quite Warp 11, but pretty nice. I quite like the “expendable” red shirt. And . . . on another channel . . . someone has learned to use a green screen. Her channel’s at http://www.youtube.com/user/meekakitty for more youngster silliness. – Brian

Keith Olbermann Signs Off

by Brian David Phillips • January 22, 2011

Wow, Keith Olbermann has left MSNBC . . . all of a sudden with no previous notice that this was coming. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I’ve always enjoyed his program, particularly so many of his special comments. Good luck in the future Keith, wishing you nothing but…