Juan Luis Rubiales – Three knives
An evening pause: Some magic to herald the weekend. Note that near the beginning of his actual performance the sound drops out for 40 seconds. Stick with it, the loss is irrelevant.
Hat tip Cotour.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Candy Dulfer – Lily Was Here
An evening pause: Performed live 2010.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Emma Kok & Matheu Hinzen – You’re The One that I Want
An evening pause: Performed live c2025. From the musical Grease.
Hat tip Judd Clark, who notes that this performance is “Quite different than from the last time you showed Emma Kok,” when she was only fifteen.
Maria Callas – Bizet’s Carmen Habanera
An evening pause: Performed live 1962. Make sure you have closed captions activated as it provides a translation.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Andy Kaufman as Elvis Presley
An evening pause: A very talented comic actor once told me something very profound about comedy: “Play opposites, it works every time.” Performed live on the Tonight Show 1977.
Hat tip Cotour.
A military pilot’s perspective on downed pilot rescue in Iran Easter weekend
An evening pause: The details of the amazing search & rescue effort to recover a downed American pilot in Iran last weekend has been covered quite thoroughly in the media, especially the alternative press. This video gives us the compelling perspective of the men and women who made that rescue happen. Even if you oppose Trump’s present actions against Iran, Steeve’s reveals a fundamental aspect of the American way of war that illustrates again the best part of America. The key quote, “Will you be worth the trip?”
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Edgar Winter & Billy Strings – Fly Away
An evening pause: Performed live February 20, 2026.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Ririko Takagi & Kaoruko Igarashi – Akatonbo [Red dragonfly]
An evening pause: Performed live 2022. This is a children’s song written in 1927 by KΕsaku Yamada with lyrics from a 1921 Japanese poem by RofΕ« Miki.
Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes
An evening pause: Performed live 1977.
Hat tip Cotour.
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – O Magnum Mysterium
An evening pause: Peformed live July 2020. They minimize the appearance of the stupid social distancing by good camerawork.
Diana Damrau – Queen of the Night
An evening pause: From Mozart’s The Magic Flute, performed by the Royal Opera. If the closed captions are off, turn them on, as they provide a translation.
As “the fat lady” has now sung, we can go off and enjoy the weekend.
Hat tip Blair Ivey.
Chai Kichi & Spaul – Aheng Haheng
An evening pause: How about some silliness, dressed up in some very nice music.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.