Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
The Warning – Enter Sandman
In 2017 I posted an evening pause of this band playing this same song, when Daniela (on guitar) was 14 years old, Paulina (on drums) was 12 years old, and Alejandra (on bass guitar) was 9 yrs old. This version is from their 2025 tour in Mexico (where they are from). To put it mildly, they are a bit older.
Hat tip Richard Reese.
Canadian Brass – Bach’s Toccata & Fugue in D minor
An evening pause: Written for the organ, but it works I think even better in brass.
Hat tip Willi Kusche.
Metallica – Halo On Fire
USS Cobia – Its history and future
Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
Ed Kowalczyk – Heaven
An evening pause: Chorus:
Take back your evidence
It has no power to deceive
I`ll believe it when I see it for myself
I don`t need no one to tell me about heaven
I look at my daughters, and I believe.
I don`t need no proof when it comes to God and truth
Hat tip Clark Jerrell.
Low Darts – My Old School
An evening pause: Great cover by a group of high school students of this Steely Dan song.
Hat tip Cotour.
Gilligan’s Island, if done today
An evening pause: As expected, this silly 1960s comedy has to become a predictable formula horror vehicle, filled with lots of AI and CGI slop. Quite funny, until you think about it for awhile.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
EAA – Warbird From Scratch: A Homebuilt Spitfire
Carlos Santana – Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile)
Roglit Ishay: Vidui (Confession)
An evening pause: Vidui is a central prayer on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement in Judaism, a day of fasting when each person asks forgiveness for the sins of the past year. Performed live 2026.
Hat tip Cotour.
Dave Matthews Band – Corn Bread
Def Leppard – Rocket
Lorne Greene – Describes working on Bonanza
Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever
An evening pause: Performed live 1979. I had never heard of this real disease caused from an infected cat scratch, until my knee surgeon warned me about it prior to surgery. As our two cats are gentle and have never scratched me, and are also indoor cats, I wasn’t concerned.
Then Diane sent me this song. Heh. You learn something new every day.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
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Jeff Beck – A Day in the Life
Erhan Shukri – Rasputin
Dan Hartman – I Can Dream About You
Juan Luis Rubiales – Three knives
An evening pause: Some magic to herald the weekend. Note that near the beginning of his actual performance the sound drops out for 40 seconds. Stick with it, the loss is irrelevant.
Hat tip Cotour.
Candy Dulfer – Lily Was Here
Emma Kok & Matheu Hinzen – You’re The One that I Want
An evening pause: Performed live c2025. From the musical Grease.
Hat tip Judd Clark, who notes that this performance is “Quite different than from the last time you showed Emma Kok,” when she was only fifteen.
Maria Callas – Bizet’s Carmen Habanera
An evening pause: Performed live 1962. Make sure you have closed captions activated as it provides a translation.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Andy Kaufman as Elvis Presley
An evening pause: A very talented comic actor once told me something very profound about comedy: “Play opposites, it works every time.” Performed live on the Tonight Show 1977.
Hat tip Cotour.
A military pilot’s perspective on downed pilot rescue in Iran Easter weekend
An evening pause: The details of the amazing search & rescue effort to recover a downed American pilot in Iran last weekend has been covered quite thoroughly in the media, especially the alternative press. This video gives us the compelling perspective of the men and women who made that rescue happen. Even if you oppose Trump’s present actions against Iran, Steeve’s reveals a fundamental aspect of the American way of war that illustrates again the best part of America. The key quote, “Will you be worth the trip?”
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Edgar Winter & Billy Strings – Fly Away
Ririko Takagi & Kaoruko Igarashi – Akatonbo [Red dragonfly]
An evening pause: Performed live 2022. This is a children’s song written in 1927 by Kōsaku Yamada with lyrics from a 1921 Japanese poem by Rofū Miki.
Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – O Magnum Mysterium
An evening pause: Peformed live July 2020. They minimize the appearance of the stupid social distancing by good camerawork.
Diana Damrau – Queen of the Night
An evening pause: From Mozart’s The Magic Flute, performed by the Royal Opera. If the closed captions are off, turn them on, as they provide a translation.
As “the fat lady” has now sung, we can go off and enjoy the weekend.
Hat tip Blair Ivey.