Anne Reburn – Mr. Sandman
An evening pause: Nice way to finish the week.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Sommerrodelbahn im Stubaital – Mountain Coaster
An evening pause: Let’s go for a ride!
Hat tip Tom Biggar, who notes that this is “Europe´s longest Mountain Coaster with a track length of 2.8 km (1.73 miles) and an elevation difference of 640 meters (2,100 feet). It also has forty steep curves reaching a maximum speed of 42 kmh (26 mph).
Leroy Anderson – Syncopated clock
An evening pause: A very well known piece of music from one of the most popular composers of the post-World War II era that you’ve probably never heard of, Leroy Anderson.
Any New Yorker who grew up in the 1960s will immediately recognize it as the theme music used for CBS’s afternoon and late night movie presentations, where they would squeeze two hour movies into 90 minutes slots that were really only about 60 minutes after commercials. (My first impressions as a child of many of Hollywood’s great movies was noticeably distorted because of this.)
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Heart & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alone
An evening pause: Performed live 2016.
Hat tip Cotour.
Formula 1 Pit Stops: 1950 vs Today
An evening pause: I would say that the rules have changed a bit.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
A Icelandic volcanic eruption, for the people
An evening pause: Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Moranbong Band – Csardas & Gypsy Airs
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who notes,
Talk about an eclectic Evening Pause. “Csardas” was written by Italian, Vittorio Monti, in the early 20th century. “Gypsy Airs” was composed by Spaniard, Pablo de Sarasate, in the late 19th century. Both compositions are inspired by Hungarian music. And the orchestra is North Korean.
The band was organized by North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un. This performance was from 2012. From the link this interesting tidbit:
In December 2015, Kim Jong-un sent the band to perform in a series of shows in Beijing to improve relations between China and North Korea; these would have been the band’s first performances outside of North Korea. However, the band left Beijing on a scheduled flight to Pyongyang only a few hours before their performance was scheduled. China’s Xinhua news agency stated that all of the band’s performances had been cancelled due to “communication issues at the working level.” The Korea Herald reported that North Korea had cancelled the tour because China had requested that North Korea’s missiles should not be shown during performances.
Don Williams – Good Ole Boys Like Me
An evening pause: Performed live 2014.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
BBC Earth – Swarms of ten million starlings in Rome
An evening pause: These birds know nothing of social distancing. And good for them!
Hat tip Cotour.
The Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays
An evening pause: Performed live in 1985.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Vikki Carr – It Must Be Him
An evening pause: From 1967 television.
Hat tip Thomas Biggar.
The Insane Engineering of the X-15
An evening pause: This history, largely forgotten, seems especially significant now that the first wholly commercial space flights are about to happen.
Hat tip Lazarus Long.
Alizee – J`en Ai marre
An evening pause: Performed live 2004, when such joyous concerts were possible.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Ethiopia’s Chapel in the Sky
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour, who adds, “Watch your step.”
Hilary Hahn – Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
An evening pause: A bit long for a pause, but so what.
Hat tip Chris McLaughlin.
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Devo – Uncontrollable Urge
An evening pause: Performed live c1981.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Alejandro Aguanta – Zorba’s Dance
An evening pause: The main them form Mikis Theodorakis’ score from the movie Zorba the Greek (1964).
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Elvis Costello – She
An evening pause: Performed live on television in 1999.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
4-Mation: 3D Zoetropes
An evening pause: I honestly don’t understand how this works, and the video doesn’t really explain it. It is quite amazing nonetheless. More information here if you want to dig about to figure it out.
Hat tip Cotour.