Ennio Morricone – Gabriel´s Oboe (clarinet version)
An evening pause: Performed live 2011 with Sabine Grofmeier on the clarinet. From the 1986 film The Mission.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Linsey Pollak – Carrot clarinet
An evening pause: A nice mix of art, food, and engineering.
Ann Miller – Too Darn Hot
An evening pause: From the 1953 film Kiss Me Kate. Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Maintaining a high voltage line
An evening pause: Stick around to the end. It is worth it.
Hat tip Tim Vogel.
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer – Hoedown
An evening pause: Performed live at the Nassau Coliseum in 1978. What makes this particular video intriguing is that it focuses entirely on what the drummer is doing.
The Muppets & Rita Moreno – Fever
An evening pause: My first thought was: how can she keep a straight face?
Hat tip to Phil Berardelli.
Death Valley’s moving rocks
An evening pause: The detective story that solved the mystery of the moving rocks of Death Valley.
For a century, these eerie rocks and their long, graceful trails have stumped visitors and scientists. The boulders of black dolomite appear to move on their own, sliding uphill across the playa’s flat lakebed. The trails are the only evidence the rocks move. No one has ever seen them set sail.
Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused To Sing
An evening pause: Animation by Jessica Cope.
Hat tip Jack O’Leary.
Saving a tree
An evening pause: Is there nothing modern technology can’t do?
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Keep Calm and Carry On
An evening pause: On the anniversary of one of the darkest days of both American history and Western civilization, this simple message echoing down from World War II tells us exactly what we should do.
Hat tip to Tim.
Judy Collins with Shawn Colvin – Since You’ve Asked
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Ana Yang – Blowing bubbles
An evening pause: Just watch.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.