Transient
An evening pause: In celebration of the first monsoon rain this past Saturday here in Tucson.
Hat tip Willi Kusche.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Donnie McClurkin – I Need You
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Willie & Lukas Nelson – Just Breathe
An evening pause: For Father’s Day.
Hat tip Aaron Jenkin.
Dolly Parton – Stairway to Heaven
An evening pause: Parton often likes to invoke the dumb blonde in her stage presence, but this is one thing she definitely is not. This performance demonstrates that she knows music, and how to do it, with great skill, talent, and intelligence.
The music will at times appear to be out of sync, because the visuals come from one live performance but the sound from another. They match remarkably well however. Ignore this minor issue, and instead watch the talent perform.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Walt Disney’s MultiPlane Camera
An evening pause: This was filmed in 1957, and was almost certainly made to be shown as part of Disney’s weekly television show series for kids that began in 1954 and was one of television’s most popular shows in the 1960s. It describes one of the most important technical developments in animation, developed by Disney, until the arrival of computers.
To repeat: This was made for kids, yet it is thoughtful, entertaining, educational, and quite detailed in the information being conveyed. It treats its young audience with great respect and dignity.
I generally do not watch children’s shows today, but the few that I have seen have generally been quite shallow, overwrought, and would have insulted me, when I was a child. I don’t know if today’s kids would react the same today, because when I was a child Disney’s show was somewhat typical. I expected to be treated with respect. Today’s kids might not have that expectation.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Leonard Cohen – The Stranger Song
An evening pause: Performed live on television in 1967.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
3 scary movie themes played in Ragtime?
An evening pause: This is silly, but really good nonetheless.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright
An evening pause: Performed live 1965.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
How an accelerometer works
An evening pause: A little dense for non-engineers, but just clear enough to be educational for all.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
As always, I am in need of suggestions for evening pauses. If you’ve seen something you think will fit, place a comment here, in this post, but don’t post a link to your suggestions. I will contact you so that you can send it to me direct and I can then schedule it.
Julie Gautier – AMA
An evening pause: As I watched I could not help thinking of the difficulty of doing this underwater. The music is “Rain in Your Black Eyes,” Ezio Bosso, pianist.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Eric Clapton – They’re Red Hot
An evening pause: I especially like the instrument solos.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five – Aint Nobody Here But Us Chickens
An evening pause: Why do I think this song is describing the culture of the United States these days?
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Patricia Janečková: Johann Strauss’ Frühlingsstimmen
An evening pause: Performed live January 7, 2017 in Ostava, Czech Republic.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
2 Cellos – Mombasa
An evening pause: I’ve posted these guys before, but why not again?
Hat tip Marcus.
Hawaiian War Money
An evening pause: History is filled with little tidbits that are quickly forgotten, but fascinating in context nonetheless.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Pachelbel’s Canon in D
Star Swain – The National Anthem
An evening pause: Sung live at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. June 16, 2016.
For Memorial Day. And I think the big guy in the chair behind her would approve, whole-heartedly.
Craig McPherson – The Entire Appalachian Trail in 5 Minutes
An evening pause: Music by Kevin McLeod. When I lived in New York and began back-packing in the 1980s I would always spend Memorial Day weekend somewhere on this trail, generally in the Catskills. I understand well what this man felt at the end of the trail.
Hat tip Jeff Poplin.
Crazy Drummers vs Europen X Holland
An evening pause: This appears to a Russian show where drum groups compete, kind of like the cooking competition shows that took over the Food Channel. They don’t tell us who won, but who cares.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Tony Bennett – It Had to Be You
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.