James Cox – The Silver Swan
An evening pause: From the Bowes Museum in northern England, east of the Lake District.
Hat tip Cotour.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Popa Chubby – Rollin’ and tumblin’
An evening pause: Performed live c2015.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Cat Stevens – Bitterblue
An evening pause: Performed live 1971, before he rejected all of western civilization and became a Muslim.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
André Rieu – Scotland the Brave & Amazing Grace
An evening pause: Performed live in Bahrain in 2024. It shouldn’t surprise us that these Arabs play bagpipes. It is merely a reflection of the British colonial influence from the past century.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Primal Space – The Underground Clocks of Paris
An evening pause: Some fascinating technology history, worth fast forwarding through the annoying commercial in the middle.
Hat tip Willi Kusche.
Donnie Iris & The Cruisers – Ah Leah!
An evening pause: Performed live 1981.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
The Handsome Family – True Detective Theme
An evening pause: Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Jackie Venson – Rollin’ On
An evening pause: Performed live c2022.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
1776 – Hatching an Egg
A evening pause: It is July 4th, a time to celebrate not only the Declaration of Independence but the geniuses who created it. This wonderful song from the 1976 movie version of the 1972 musical, 1776 does it so perfectly. I posted it several times before, but it bears repeating because, as I said in those earlier Independence Day posts, “not only did the musical capture the essence of the men who made independency happen, it is also a rollicking and entertaining work of art.”
And as I have also said previously, “Despite the hate being spewed against America and its founding principle that all humans are created free with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that truth still shines. As John Kennedy said of himself, ourselves, and these founding fathers. ‘We stand for freedom.'”
I pray that most Americans still agree, and are willing to fight with me the growing mobs across our land who no longer do.
Daniel Roy – 10 Levels of Sleight of Hand
An evening pause: For the long weekend, some tricks you can use in your next poker night.
Hat tip Cotour, who adds, “Never play cards with strangers.”
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
An evening pause: Performed live 2017.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Todd Rundgren – Hello It’s Me
An evening pause: Performed live on the television show The Midnight Special in 1973.
Hat tip wampyre.
Richard Strauss – Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Overture
An evening pause: Performed by the Orchestre National de Lyon, Jun Märkl, conductor.
And no, it wasn’t written for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was simply a good choice for the score.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Ed Sheeran – Perfect
An evening pause: Performed live 2024. A great song to herald in the weekend. May all my readers find themselves dancing in the dark with their perfect lover.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Caroline Campbell – Skyfall
An evening pause: Performed live c2014.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Gary Moore – So Many Roads
An evening pause: Performed live 2008.
Hat tip Alex Gimarc.
Schiller – Ein Schoner Tag
An evening pause: Performed live 2001.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Dorothea Taylor – Down With The Sickness
An evening pause: Music by Disturbed.
Hat tip to Wamphyr, who adds, “It’s fun to watch a grandmother rock out like this.”
Clickspring – Recreating the ancient engineering that built the Antikythera Mechanism
An evening pause: For background, the Antikythera Mechanism is an archaeological artifact from ancient Greece:
The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known scientific computer, built in Greece at around 100 BCE. Lost for 2000 years, it was recovered from a shipwreck in 1901. But not until a century later was its purpose understood: an astronomical clock that determines the positions of celestial bodies with extraordinary precision.
Today’s pause shows how this very complex mechanism, that includes many metal gears, might have been made by hand, without electricity and our modern tools.
Hat tip Cotour.
Martina McBride – Where Would You Be
An evening pause: Performed live 2003.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.