Red Side: If the planets replaced the Moon
An evening pause: A short “what if?” that gives the solar system a nice sense of scale.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Sheryl Crow – The First Cut is the Deepest
Moby & The Void Pacific Choir – Are You Lost In The World Like Me?
An evening pause: The animation is by Steve Cutts. It seems perfect for today, income tax day. Note that I post it as someone who does not own a smart phone and empathizes entirely with the film’s main character.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Designer John Galliano’s Objects of Affection
An evening pause: When I lived in New York and worked in the movie business, I met many individuals like this man: creative, passionate, artistic, and very gentle. This tour gives us a glimpse at what sparks his own unique creativity.
Hat tip Cotour.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Refugee
Florence and the Machine – Cosmic Love
An evening pause: Quite beautiful, though her modern singing style obscures the words more than I think necessary.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Funny concert moments
From Deep Space 9 – Do-Re-Mi
An evening pause: A short but quite wonderful little performance from the Star Trek series Deep Space 9.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Woody Allen & William Buckley do comedy together
An evening pause: This isn’t sixties pop music, but it is definitely the 1960s, especially if you look at the clothes. It also takes us back to a time when Woody Allen was actually funny. It is a clip from a 1967 Woody Allen television special.
Hat tip Charlie Tutino.
Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days
Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
An evening pause: This performance, from 1987, has some important historical background. As noted on the youtube page,
In November of 1987, Sonny Bono was running for mayor of Palm Springs and Cher was promoting her upcoming movie Moonstruck. The divorced couple went on Letterman together and were coaxed into playing ‘I Got You, Babe’ with Paul Shaffer and his band; they weren’t exactly the best of friends at this point, but both of them knew it would make for unforgettable television. Had YouTube existed back then, this would have gone insanely viral the next morning. It wound up being the final time they ever sang together, as Bono passed away in January 1998.
The Seekers – Georgy Girl
An evening pause: Performed live in the band’s home town, Melbourne, Australia, in 1967. The song was written for the 1966 film, Georgy Girl.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
How to Replace Blinker Fluid
An evening pause: I posted this important advice for maintaining one’s car back in 2017. I think it is important enough that it needs to be reposted. Make sure you watch to the very end.
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s record break in Snooker
An evening pause: Hat tip Phill Oltmann, who has tried several times to explain Snooker to me and failed. The game however appears to be a variation of the U.S. pool game hi-low, though maybe more complicated.
The point is that in the video below, O’Sullivan starts the game and proceeds to clear the table, and he does it in less than six minutes, the fastest time ever. It is amazing to watch.
Beach Boys – California Girls
Emily Linge – A Day In The Life
An evening pause: A magnificent solo arrangement of one of the most complex studio-recorded Beatles song.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Green Book – Orange Bird Piano scene
An evening pause: The premise of this scene from the 2018 movie Green Book is nothing new, and has been done innumerable times. That said, who cares? It is always fun to watch, especially if well done.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Austin McConnell – The Absurd 2nd Century Space Opera You’ll Never Read
Aretha Franklin – Freeway Of Love
Animusic – Aqua Harp
An evening pause: Hat tip to Björn Larsson (LocalFluff) for reminding me of the work of Animusic. I had posted several pieces back before 2014, but none since. Time to schedule another.
Geobeats – Tuck the Crow
An evening pause: We all know that the real purpose of the internet is to look at cute or intriguing animal videos. Here’s one about a crow. It also makes I think a nice intro to spring.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Vivaldi’s Bassoon Concerto In E Minor
A evening pause: The orchestra is the Chopin University of Music Orchestra, with Klaudia Abramczuk on the bassoon.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
MonaLisa Twins & Mike Massé – Africa
Rob Paravonian – Pachelbel Rant
An evening pause: Pachelbel’s Canon in D is one of the most beautiful short pieces of music ever written, which of course is why it has been an evening pause a half dozen times before. I’ve posted a version of musicians jamming it at 3 am when they have nothing better to do, singing it a capella in a stairway, spectacularly on a guitar, as heavy metal, by a chicken (you have to watch it to understand), and played as a tango, bluegrass, gypsy, and practically any musical style you can imagine.
The rant below gives us the perspective of someone who has played the piece, and it is a perspective that might surprise you. After watching it enjoy all the other versions above, but above all make sure you watch the last one. You will then understand best what the cello player is thinking.
Tatiana Eva-Marie & Avalon Jazz Band – Si Tu Vois Ma Mère
Nick Uhas – World Record Elephant Toothpaste
CHVRCHES – Never Ending Circles
Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
Nugent & Belle – Little Prayers
Ben Rich, Skunk Works, & the F117 Stealth fighter
An evening pause: As one commenter at the youtube page said, “Every once in a while 60 minutes comes up with a great story.”
Hat tip Mike Nelson.