Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
The New York Mets 1969
An evening pause: Who says miracles cannot happen? In 1969, the New York Mets proved that they can. Even if you are not a sports fan, watch this short film (which only covers the World Series and not the entire astonishing season) and you’ll get a glimmer of how miraculous that victory was. Today, October 16, is the anniversary of that victory.
The Streets of New York
World record 3200 model rockets launched simultaneously
An evening pause: On October 9, 2010, the Boy Scouts set a world record by launching 3200 model rockets — simultaneously.
Most Incredible Volcano Footage Ever
Hayseed Dixie: she was skinny When I met her
Classic tribute to Genesis: Afterglow
Kitten massage therapy
An engineer’s guide to cats
A Night to Remember
An evening pause: With the death of film director Roy Ward Baker yesterday, I think it appropriate to watch a clip from one of his classics, A Night to Remember (1958). This understated but frighteningly powerful film captured the reality of the Titanic’s sinking in a style that is unfortunately rare today.
Kate and Anna McGarrigle: Heart like a wheel
An evening pause: A belated memorial to Kate McGarrigle, who passed away from cancer on January 18, 2010. Here she and her sister Anna sing their classic, “Heart like a Wheel”, Cafe Lena 1990.
Engineer spice
Muppets: “I don’t want to live on the Moon”
Sputnik
To duck or not to duck
Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling
Playing catch with a cat
Dancing robots
The Snowbird Human-Powered Ornithopter
An evening pause: August 2, 2010: The first flight of a human powered ornithopter, an aircraft propelled by flapping wings.
An evening pause: August 2, 2010: The first flight of a human powered ornithopter, an aircraft propelled by flapping wings.
Hand Dance – Up & Over It
Fort Apache (1948)
An evening pause: Henry Fonda and John Wayne in Fort Apache (1948).
“Sergeant, pour me some scripture.”
Stairway to heaven Hawaii
Yankee Doodle Daffy
Slot Canyon
An evening pause: A walk through an unidentified slot canyon somewhere on the Colorado Plateau in the Navaho reservation.
Field of gold played by Sungha Jung
An evening pause: Fields of Gold, played by Sungha Jung. Man, can this kid play the guitar!
Holst’s Jupiter movement from The Planets
An evening pause: Though Gustav Holst entitled the fourth movement of his The Planets suite Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, its sweeping melody has always invoked for me the open and majestic plains and mountains of the American west. Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the BBC Philharmonic orchestra.
Lady of Shalott sung by Loreena McKennitt
A real cat burgler
Rube Goldberg music video
An evening pause: Here’s another Rube Goldberg machine, this time created for a music video from the band OK Go.
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
An evening pause: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doing the music (with sound effects!) from the film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966).