A Holiday Treat — The (Physical) Hypnosis in Media Collection
As a special Holiday present, I present the (physical) Hypnosis in Media collection in its semi-entirety. The bookshelf unit here holds the main part of the Collection. As you can…
This Week in Comics — 2011/12/21
Its Mind Control / Memory Manipulation week in the Batman universe as the Leviathan storyline continues past the havoc of the Flashpoint and into the "52" era and the Birds…
Doing What I Love Doing — Media Research and Queries
This evening I got something that I not only like doing but wish I would get more of in the future: a request for information about a particular media item…
Posted inMiscellaneous
Hypnotic Beauty — Victoria’s Secret
Sometimes serendipity provides the material for the blog, and this is one such case. The name and company Victoria's Secret is not one I should have the describe: suffice to…
The Ringmaster — Marvel Mini-Bust
The Ringmaster (and his Circus of Crime): is there ever a group as sorry as these criminals in all of comics? A truly second-tier villain and his henchmen who probably…
Posted inGames
GuildWars 2 — The Return of the Mesmer Profession
GuildWars 2, the follow-up to the popular MMORPG GuildWars, in development now for several months, has been slowly divulging elements of the game. Over that time, the developers disclosed seven…
This Week in Comics — 2011/12/14
Star Trek & The Legion of Super Heroes #3 The team-up comic is now in its third issue and only now have the heroes of both worlds met. And, of…
Posted inMovies
“This Island Earth” (1955)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047577/] Atomic scientist Doctor Carl Meacham (Rex Reason) is selected to join a very secret scientific research organization, based on his ability to assemble a device beyond any human science.…
Posted inMovies
Hypnotic Spy Movies — 2 of Salon’s 20 Classic Spy Movies
Just a short notice: Salon Magazine, an online magazine / website, just published a list of 20 classic spy movies. Includes among them (and placed very high on the list)…
Posted inRadio
‘Hypnotism Practiced Over Airway!’ — Radio World, March 27, 1926
An experiment on the effectiveness of hypnotism by radio was conducted in Boston and Springfield, Mass, by WBZ. Prof. Gerald M. P. Fitzgibbons, who stood at a microphone in Springfield,…