Chris Johnson - Extraordinist

About Me

He makes matches stand and move in your hand, plucks thoughts from people's minds and even plants thoughts in their minds.
Chris Johnson blends an intriguing combination of NLP, mystery and ESP in a memorable form of entertainment for corporate and private functions.
Born and raised in Queensland, Chris Johnson started performing at the early age of nine years old.
Becoming professional by the age of 18, Chris started working for larger audiences from all walks of life at private parties, corporate events and anywhere a thought-reading entertainer was welcome. In that same year, Chris appeared on 6 episodes of Central Queensland television show, "Jenine's Jamboree" featuring singer and personality Jenine Vaughan.
By the age of 20, Chris set the media ablaze. First in 1992, he predicted the headlines accurately (9 words out of 10) which coincided with the riots of Los Angeles.
Four years later, almost to the day, he showed that he could predict the headlines of 2 newspapers at once. In each case, the prediction had been locked up a week in advance and kept by an independent committee who verified the contents later.
One of only a small handful of professional mentalists in Australia, Chris is a performer capable of working in a wide arena of venues.
Learn more about Chris at his official website www.myrdwyyn.com or drop a line.

My Interests

Events by Eventful
My interests are varied although I do spend a lot of my free time watching movies or reading.
Besides that, I also enjoy creative things such as computer generated art. Years ago, I started using a rendering program called POV-Ray which some artists use in creating 3 dimensional art. You can see some examples in my image galleries. It does take some mathematical thought and visualisation but the results, when applied well, can be stunning.

I'd like to meet:

Other people involved in the entertainment industries such as singers (and musicians), speakers, mentalists, hypnotists, actors, journalists, photographers, entertainment agents, entertainment promoters, presenters, etc.
I also like to surround myself with positive people, people with a drive and ambition, and people who are particularly creative. In particular I enjoy people who are motivated and are willing to take responsibility for their own actions and decisions in life.
A sense of humour is something I also value greatly.... and a sense of wonder.

Music:

Billy Joel
Queen
War
Huey Lewis and The News
Mental as Anything
Sam Cooke

Movies:

It's A Wonderful Life
Evil Woman
The Changeling
The Omen series
Phenomenon
Powder
Matrix, Matrix 2 and Matrix 3
The Illusionist
The Prestige
Lady Hawke
most of the movies based on comics

Television:

Dr Who
Great Unsolved Mysteries
That's Incredible
Torchwood

Books:

Anything by Traci Harding,
Most books by Anne Rice,
The Arthurian books by Stephen Lawhead,
Bernard Cornwell's version of King Arthur's stories

Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins
How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Heroes:

Wolf Messing - A German mentalist who survived Nazi Germany
Billy Joel - For his ability to bounce back from the lows in life (read his interview with Playboy Magazine and you will know what I mean)
Joseph Dunninger - the father of modern mentalism as an entertainment form
Kreskin - another modern great
Max Maven - a creative genius
TA Waters - a creative man with a critical eye similar to Max Maven's
Bob Cassidy - Straight to the point
Craig the Psychic - May be sarcastic but always with the colour of truth
My wife - for more reasons than are obvious

My Blog

ANZAC Day

In Australia and New Zealand, every 25th April we remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (ANZAC) who landed at Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915. Besides being a public holiday ...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:05:00 PST

One Of Those Things...

Have you ever wondered if perhaps more people know more about you than you realise?Today I went into the video store to hunt down a few DVD's, one of them a movie recommended to me by a close friend.W...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:38:00 PST

Sceptics and the Fun to be had with them

(Thanks to everyone asking about my parties before I forget)It usually happens when I'm having a bad day or feel like it's a bad day or night.I was reading palms at the Canning Vale markets in Perth, ...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:49:00 PST

Calling All Fans

I feel a little silly for this but I thought I’d give it a try anyway.You see, a couple of friends and a few clients of mine have suggested that I give it a go at performing publicly.They feel t...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:09:00 PST

I Still Get Stage Fright

This June 2008 marks 18 years since my first television appearance in my hometown of Rockhampton, Queensland. It wasn’t that remarkable as I was something like 18 and a half years of age with...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:28:00 PST

Our Own Worst Enemies

I've tried for a long time to hold back on this one and I guess it's time someone stood up and said something.Although the battle [sic] for sexual equality has been around longer than I have, I know I...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:02:00 PST

How To Get A Special Mini Reading Online - Limited Time Only

For a limited time only, I am doing mini-online palm readings for AUS$10.Normally these are AUS$15 but for a short time only, you get :-- a brief assessment of your life line, heart line and head line...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:01:00 PST

What Are We Doing?

Her cigarette glowed fiercely as she sucked its life through her lips. Feelings of uselessness, plenty of "if-onlys" and "what-ifs" wafted through her mind, stabbing her with the pains of regret. A ha...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:33:00 PST

Dog and the Leopard

A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet dachshund along for company. One day, the dachshund starts chasing butterflies and before long the dachshund discovers that ...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:58:00 PST

Performance: Oops 1

This journal entry comes from May of 1994... I was all of a tender 20-something and still living in Rockhampton at the time.It takes place at the Capricorn International Resort which is just outside ...
Posted by Chris Johnson - Extraordinist on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:53:00 PST