Banachek is an American mentalist and skeptic. He has written numerous books and invented various magic and mentalism effects, and is often sought out by top entertainers such as David Blaine, Lance Burton, James Randi and Criss Angel. He has been the recipient of a number of awards and recognitions, including the Dave Lederman Memorial Award (Awarded for Creativity in Mentalism) and the Dunninger Memorial Award (Awarded for Distinguished Professionalism in the Performance of Mentalism), both awarded by the Psychic Entertainers Association, as well as the College Campus Novelty Act of the Year, and the Entertainer of the Year on two occasions, all awarded by the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities. He is renowned for fooling scientists at Washington University into believing that his supposed psychic abilities were genuine during the Project Alpha hoax in the early 1980s. In 2009, he conducted a preliminary test of psychic claimant Connie Sonne’s dowsing ability for the James Randi Educational Foundation’s Million Dollar Challenge that was witnessed by hundreds in person at The Amazing Meeting 7 in Las Vegas, NV. From: http://www.pointofinquiry.org/banachek_mentalism_and_skepticism/
Indyplanets
/
Jason Weaver
Father, Husband, and Freelancer from College Station, Texas.
There are four people in Indyplanets’s collective.
Huffduffed
(279)
-
Banachek - Mentalism and Skepticism
Tagged with skeptic mentalism banachek book:author=banachek
-
Go Home Robot - Safe in the City
Tension and release. Theme and variation. Rhythm and pitch. I went to music college in New Orleans with VJ Hyde. Books and pens. We met across the street from Cafe DuMonde. Beignets and coffee. His hair was dyed red, his eyes were as wide as Decatur street. Tourists and hobos. I am a cynical dude; I thought his zeal for life was just a side effect of a Saturday night in the French Quarter. It was not. I didn’t make any friends during my first semester at college, I made good grades. Dork and nerd. Then, I met VJ. Grades plummeted and love for life skyrocketed. Butlers and snakes. We moved to Chicago together in 2001. The night we arrived, someone broke into our truck and stole all his stuff. Guitars and amps. Many years have passed, many things have happened, his band made a great record. Candles and Bombs. From: http://rockproper.com/go-home-robot/candles-and-bombs.html
-
The Sun - So Long, Sundays
What happens when a band with a major record label deal tosses it away and puts everything on the line in a bold move to return to their independent roots? The answer in the case of the rock band The Sun is simple: they create a masterpiece album.
From: http://www.indierockcafe.com/2009/11/sun-break-from-major-label-team-up-with.html
-
Wiretree - Big Coat
Music
Tagged with music music:artist=wiretree wiretree austin texas big coat
-
Wiretree - Satellite Song
It’s not that Wiretree haven’t been praised by other publications and blogs; it’s just that they haven’t received the wider exposure their music deserves. The blog, Absolute Powerpop, writes that Luck retains the band’s "signature sound yet broadens it to point where I could see the intelligentsia of indie rock and the poobahs at Pitchfork giving it a thumbs up if they take the time to check it out."
Tagged with music music:artist=wiretree wiretree austin texas satellite song
-
Vetiver - Everyday
Tight Knit is the fourth full-length album from Vetiver, singer/songwriter Andy Cabic’s ever-evolving musical home base. Luminous and surprising, Tight Knit unfolds like a road trip down Highway 1, towards Cabic’s home in San Francisco. It represents a summation of the different styles and directions heard on past Vetiver releases, while it introduces some unexpected twists. Recorded in Sacramento at The Hangar and in LA at Melva, Tight Knit was produced by longtime Vetiver collaborator Thom Monahan. Vetiver’s songs have been described as “dreamy, gentle songs that George Harrison would have written in some sunny country garden.” Happily, that element remains alive and well on Tight Knit, as evidenced in songs like album opener “Rolling Sea” and “Everyday.” The album also introduces new aspects of the band’s sound with the light bop of “Sister” and “On the Other Side,” and the faraway and ethereal “Down from Above” and “At Forest Edge.” Tight Knit is layered and rich, with subtleties and nuances that reveal themselves with repeated listening. While there’s also more immediate gratification than on past Vetiver releases, Tight Knit is an album that rewards your attention.
Tagged with music music:artist=vetiver tight knit vetiver sub pop
-
What Will Change Everything?
Big science thinker John Brockman asked scientists around the world one question: what breakthrough will change everything? We’ve got their answers.
-
25 Years of Wine with Kevin Zraly
Justifiably recognized for his creation of the famous wine list at Windows on the World restaurant, Kevin Zraly is also a wine author and wine educator. He recently celebrated his 33th anniversary as the founder and teacher of the immensely popular Windows on the World Wine School that has graduated over 19,000 students since its inception. Kevin has studied wine-making techniques in California and all the great wine regions of Europe and has been teaching wine for over 30 years.
Kevin’s benchmark book, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course, has been recently updated with a 2009 version that includes 16 pages of quizzes (two at the end of every chapter) to test readers on how much they’ve learned—just as if they were in his class. Kevin is also a James Beard Award winner, and has co-hosted the Food Network’s “Wine A to Z”.
Tagged with wine grape radio kevin zraly book:author=kevin zraly
-
Noam Chomsky: Philosophies of Language and Politics
Noam Chomsky, Professor, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT
Larry Bensky, Former National Affairs Correspondent, Pacifica Radio; Host, "Sunday Salon" KPFA; Professor at Stanford, California State University East Bay and Berkeley City College - Moderator
World-renowned intellectual Chomsky has been pushing change in language, politics and culture for decades.
This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on October 6th, 2009.
Tagged with noam chomsky politics language
-
Defending The Faith, And Morality, Of NonBelievers
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121813448
Humanism — the belief that ethics and morality can be vested in rationality, rather than a supernatural deity — might sound like a departure from faith communities and culture, but according to Greg Epstein, it doesn’t have to be.
In his new book, Good Without God: What A Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe, Greg Epstein responds to challenges against humanism that spring from atheists and religious communities alike. Epstein argues that so-called nonbelievers actually share many important beliefs, and he discusses the importance of investing in these values of tolerance, responsibility, and morality.
Epstein himself is an atheist, and the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University. Good Without God is his first book.
Tagged with humanism christmas atheism greg epstein book:author=greg epstein
Page 1 of 28Older
Podcast
Subscribe to a podcast of everything huffduffed by Indyplanets.
Tags
Similar people
-
adactio
/
Jeremy Keith
An Irish web developer living in Brighton, England working with Clearleft. I built Huffduffer.
-
Clampants
/
Tim Lynch
Adjunct professor of theoretical linguistics from an imaginary university in a run down warehouse so…
-
iamdanw
/
Dan W
I like to make things
Last.fm recommends
-
mamo - Live Działdowo
Free mjut track from Last.fm
-
Białe łóżko- Live Działdowo
Free mjut track from Last.fm
-
Now We Can See
Free The Thermals track from Last.fm