Ladyva – Boogie Woogie
An evening pause: How about some hot boogie woogie to take us into the weekend.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
The O’Jays – Love Train
An evening pause: Clearly from 1970s television.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Cascade – Hotel California
An evening pause: Performed live in 2022 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The instruments are called Chapman Sticks.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Joe Bonamassa – The Last Matador Of Bayonne
An evening pause: Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Salomé’s Dance
An evening pause: Music by Charles Barber. This comes from the 1913 silent film, Salomé, based on an Oscar Wilde play. Rarely seen, the movie represents a very early attempt to do something “edgy”. It succeeds about as well as modern “edgy” films, showing us a very shallow representation of human existence. But the visuals give us a glimpse into that early film world, when sets and costume were usually the only way to show something strange and striking.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Junshatang – Making a Yixing purple clay teapot
An evening pause: Watch a real artist at work.
Hat tip Cotour.
Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
An evening pause: Performed live 1998.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison – Baby Please Don’t Go
An evening pause: Performed live 1992.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Art Garfunkel – All I Know
An evening pause: Performed live 1996.
Primal Space – The Longest Eclipse Ever
An evening pause: Using a Concorde jet in 1973 to chase the shadow for 74 minutes.
Hat tip Wayne Devette.
Jean Harlow
An evening pause: A look back at early Hollywood, and someone who was then a big star and a great comic actor but who is mostly forgotten today.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
An evening pause: Performed live 1981.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Little Eva – The LocoMotion
An evening pause: Clearly from early 1960s television.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Bach – Concerto for three harpsichords in D minor
An evening pause: Performed 2017 by the Netherlands Bach Society.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Cissie Redgwick – Gimme That Swing
An evening pause: Hat tip Judd Clark.
Al Flores – Engraving a headstone
An evening pause: This pause is a bit long, but you can watch it at a slightly higher speed and miss nothing. It is fascinating because of the high technology involved, combined with the work of a true craftsman.
Hat tip Cotour.
Fred Astair & Ginger Rodgers – The yam dance
An evening pause: From their 1938 film, Carefree, music by Irving Berlin.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Real Space – Every Space Station Size Comparison
An evening pause: Some quick visual space station history. Note how almost all the non-U.S. stations are essentially assembled using revisions of the same early Soviet-era modules. Note too how the future private stations are all very different from each other. The contrast illustrates the difference between what you get when governments control everything, and when competition and freedom rule.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Neil Diamond – Holly Holy
An evening pause: Performed live 1971.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Ricky Rialto & the Green Rats – Rockin’ Daddy
An evening pause: I’m not sure why, but the video makers and dancers all appear to be Italian.
Hat tip Judd Clark.