Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Perpetuum Mobile
An evening pause: Penguin Cafe Orchestra, from a 1989 BBC broadcast.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Martha Raye – No Time At All
An evening pause: Martha Raye sings “No Time at All” from the Broadway musical, Pippin.
There’s one thing to be sure of, mate.
There’s nothing to be sure of.
Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
An evening pause:
“Can we go again?”
An evening pause: “Can we go again?”
The 1960s space race: The US orbits its first living animal, Enos the chimpanzee
An evening pause: Fifty years ago today the United States succeeded for the first time in placing a living animal in orbit, four years after the Soviet’s launched the dog Laika into space. On November 29, 1961 NASA orbited a chimpanzee named Enos as a dress rehearsal for John Glenn’s orbital flight, then scheduled for early in 1962. See this article for some details about Enos difficult flight.
Since the flights of Gagarin, Titov, Shepard, and Grissom earlier in 1961, the 1960s space race had seemed in abeyance as NASA geared up for its first orbital manned mission, while the Soviets were typically silent about their plans. Yet, for those like myself who were alive at that time, the suspense never abated. What would happen next? Could the U.S. beat the Russians to the Moon? Only time would tell.
Michael Crawford – The Music of the Night
An evening pause:
Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton – Can’t Find My Way Home
An evening pause: This is how I feel right now, after more than a month of searching for a new home in Tucson.
David Lanz and Paul Speer – Behind the waterfall/Desert rain medley
An evening pause: David Lanz and Paul Speer performing live at the National Auditorium, Mexico City, 1993, with Neal Speer (drums) and Janet Foos (keyboards.
Einstein explains E=mc²
An evening pause: Einstein explains E=mc²
George Winston – Thanksgiving
An evening pause: George Winston at the piano.
This time the turkey wins
An evening pause: Reporter meets turkey. Turkey wins.
The Kennedy assassination
An evening pause: On this date, forty-eight years ago, I was ten years old, home sick with a cold instead of at school. As I watched a silly afternoon rerun of a 1950s comedy sitcom (I don’t even remember what show it was) and sipped chicken soup (of course), the show was interrupted with the news of Kennedy’s assassination.
For each generation, there is often a single moment that defines their future. For the baby boomer generation, it probably was this moment more than any other.