Christmas in Hollis Carpool Karaoke
An evening pause: I normally don’t like rap, but this version of the Run-D.M..C. original is quite appealing, and very appropriate for the season.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
STAR WARS Stormtrooper VS. Fort Worth Police Officer!
An evening pause: While this Fort Worth police department recruitment video isn’t directly related to the historical events at Pearl Harbor that occurred on December 7 in 1941, I think it illustrates how a free people, with gun rights, are going to always be better prepared for war than those raised under tyranny. And it’s funny too!
Susan Boyle with Libera – In the Bleak Midwinter
An evening pause: For my Christian readers, a song for this Christmas season.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are
An evening pause: Performed live in Tokyo, 2006.
Hat tip Phil Berardelli.
Mark Knopfler – Brothers in arms
An evening pause: Performed live in Berlin, 2007.
Hat tip Insomnius.
Megan Lee – Winter Wonderland
An evening pause: December has arrived, which to me is when the Christmas season should really begin. And what better way to start it but with this incredibly happy rendition of this classic.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
An evening pause: Orchestration by Maurice Ravel. Performed in Carnegie Hall, New York, July 22, 2014 by the National Youth Orchestra of the U.S.A. This long for an evening pause, but it is worth listening to every note.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
ISS Fisheye Fly-Through
An evening pause: Make sure you watch this full screen. In many ways this video tour of ISS illustrates its magnificence and its failure. It is not an easy thing to build a house in space, and it is clear that we have done it here. At the same time, ISS hardly appears to be a comfortable vessel to live in during travel to other planets. Skylab was much more livable.
Hat tip Phil Berardelli and Tom Wilson.
Artists Of Then, Now & Forever – Forever Country
An evening pause: To quote the youtube webpage, “In celebration of “The 50th Annual CMA Awards,” CMA has created the biggest music video in Country Music history. Titled “Forever Country,” the single and accompanying music video features 30 CMA Award-winning acts.”
Sadly, the one person who was not on this video who loomed over it as I watched was John Denver. He is still missed.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Andrew Danube – A medley of piano music
An evening pause: Relaxing, especially a day after Thanksgiving. And you can simply let it play in the background while you work on other things on the computer.
Hat tip Insomnious.
John Mellencamp – Longest Days
An evening pause:
Nothing lasts forever
And your best efforts don’t always pay
Sometimes you get sick
And you don’t get better
That’s when life is short
Even in its longest days
I find it interesting that these thoughts have only been real and strong for me during the first and last thirds of my life. I definitely pondered such thoughts in my middle years, but they had no real meaning. In the middle years things seem to continue the same for so long, which means the concept of aging fades from view. However, when we are young and when we are old the fact that we age and change is very evident, and so, the beginning and end of life becomes much more real.
Hat tip Insomnious.
Micah Tyler – You’ve Gotta Love Millennials
An evening pause: A great cover of the Beatles song, rewritten to also give us some funny and sad commentary on the modern world.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.