Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Marble race
An evening pause: I actually would do this with my marbles as a child. All you needed was a gentle slope and a way to keep the marbles confined within the track. For me, it was a gap between the carpet and one wall in the living room of our rented apartment. The floor just happened to slope just enough.
What is amazing is how you can’t help but pick a marble and cheer for it.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure of Ecliptic Enterprises.
Kodo – O-Daiko
An evening pause: Japanese drummers playing the Ōdaiko drum
Ōdaiko : One of the most memorable drums of many taiko ensembles is the ōdaiko (大太鼓). For many, the ōdaiko solo is the embodiment of power due to the size of the drum, the volume, and the endurance it takes to perform. The ōdaiko is the largest drum of all taiko, if not the entire world. The largest ōdaiko are too big to move and permanently reside inside a temple or shrine. Ōdaiko means “big taiko”, but within any group, it describes the largest drum in an ensemble, which could mean 12 inches (300 mm) in diameter or 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter. Made from a single piece of wood, some ōdaiko come from trees that are hundreds of years old.
Hat tip Roland.
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition – Something’s Burning
An evening pause: Performed live on the Johnny Cash show, February 25, 1970.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure of Ecliptic Enterprises, who notes that this song and band were a “turning point early in Kenny Rogers’ career.” R.I.P. 1938-2020.
STØDIG: Exploring the Arctic on a Repurposed Lifeboat
An evening pause: From the youtube webpage:
Two architects re-purposed a 100 person marine survival lifeboat; Stødig, into a self sufficient expedition home to travel 3500km from the UK to the Norwegian Arctic in 2019.
Hat tip Cotour.
Vera Lynn – The White Cliffs Of Dover & We’ll Meet Again
An evening pause: Performed live in 1984 to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of D-Day. Both songs were British hits during World War II, illustrating that generation’s cheerful determination to keep calm and carry on. It seems fitting to show them again today, the day before the D-Day anniversary.
Hat tip Tom Biggar, who notes that Vera Lynn is still alive, 103 years young.
Billy Gibbons – La Grange
An evening pause: The ZZ top song, performed live from Daryl’s House. Has a really interesting short interview with Gibbons near the end talking about guitar strings..
Hat tip Cotour.
The Ides Of March – Vehicle
Forty Fingers – Bohemian Rhapsody
An evening pause: This is really badly filmed, with the camera constantly moving in a very distracting way, never stopping to actually let you watch them play. Very annoying.
However, the music is still magnificent, and the guitar arrangement is brilliant. Turn it on and listen as you do something else. You’ll enjoy it more.
Hat tip John Jossy.
Roy Orbison – Only the Lonely
Magic of Making – Glass Marbles
An evening pause: Yesterday we saw wood being turned into high energy pellets. Today, watch glass being turned into beautiful round sculptures.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Making wood function like home heating oil
Melanie – Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma
An evening pause: Performed live, 1971. Nice song and performance, but I often wonder why the 60s generation so often seems so unhappy. We were the most blessed generation ever born on Earth, with more wealth and prosperity ever seen by anyone ever.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Peter Bence – Africa Piano Symphony
West Point Band and Glee Club – Mansions of the Lord
A evening pause: For Memorial Day. The words:
To fallen soldiers let us sing
Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord
No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
Just divine embrace, eternal light
To the Mansions of the Lord.
Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
Through the ages safely keep
The Mansions of the Lord.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Patrick Acton – Matchstick artist
Dani Wilde – Deeper than Black
Michael Moschen – The Triangle
An evening pause: Hat tip Rex Ridenoure of Ecliptic Enterprises, who adds, “Since most of us have been bouncing off walls…”
LaLa Brooks – Then He Kissed Me & Da Doo Ron Ron
Luca Stricagnoli – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Yes, Minister – The Rhodesia Solution
Peaches & Herb – Reunited
Our Big Bear Family
A Brief History of Toilet Paper
An evening pause: Sometimes it is worthwhile to know the history of even the most absurd things, as that history can be very enlightening.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Eric Clapton – Layla
World’s First Air Hijacking
An evening pause: This isn’t what the title suggests. It occurred during World War II, which is why it seems appropriate today, on V-E Day (Victory in Europe).
Hat tip Tom Biggar.