Mendes Harmónica Trio – Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Copenhagen Phil – Ravel’s Bolero
An evening pause: You really can’t pick a better classical piece for a flash mob performance than Bolero. It builds bit by bit, allowing the performers to slowly gather as if by accident. I also noticed that they seemed to be really enjoying the casual dress nature of this performance, which occurred at Coperhagen Central Station on May 2, 2011..
Hat tip Danae.
Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again
An evening pause: In honor of Veterans Day.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman
The proper way to peel hard boiled eggs
An evening pause: Modern technology can make so many things possible!
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Noteworthy – Amazing Grace
An evening pause: Normally I do not post music videos where the singers are lip-syncing so that they can stage some clever visuals, as is done in this video. However, the singing is so good, and the singers and song is filled with such joy, that it is worth listening and watching regardless. A good way to end the week.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Tony MacAlpine Band – Tears of Sahara
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae. Like Danae, I don’t go in much for progressive metal, but the playing here is so good. And if you like the music, even better.
Tomato harvesting
An evening pause: Another video suggested by Phill Oltmann illustrating how engineering has revolutionized the agricultural field. In this case its tomatoes, which I think illustrates quite well why mass produced tomatoes are simply not as good as vine grown tomatoes from your garden. Assuming the tomatoes in this video are not intended for canning, they have to be tough to withstand the harvesting process so that they remain whole for the fruit stand.
Kingston Trio – They’re rioting in Africa
An evening pause: The amazing thing about this song is that it was written in the 1960s and does a good job of describing the insanity today. In the 60s it was actually exaggerating the chaos a bit. Today, it probably understates it. The only thing about the song that I objected to then, and now, is its eventual pessimistic view of humanity. We ain’t perfect, but we ain’t all bad either. In fact, I think there is probably more good than evil in most of us. We just need to listen, think, and choose. Chaos happens when we don’t, and instead act like mindless instinct-driven animals.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Excommunication scene from Becket
An evening pause: On the eve of this year’s election day, this scene from Becket (1964) expresses well what I wish the American voters would do to both the Democratic Party and the Republican leadership in Congress. They all need to go, for the health of the country and because of their repeated malfeasance in office.
Hat tip to Phil Berardelli, author of the new edition of Phil’s Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime.
John Jorgenson Quintet – Ghost Dance
John Jorgenson Quintet – Ghost Dance A nice prelude to Halloween.
Hat tip Danae.
Camille Saint-Saëns – La danse macabre
An evening pause: Performed with spirit by the Radio France orchestra, in anticipation of Halloween.
Hat tip Danae.
Boots Randolph – Yakety Sax
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.