Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes
An evening pause: Performed live 1993.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Cyd Charisse & Ricardo Montalban – Bar dance
An evening pause: A truly hot dance from the 1948 film, On an Island with You.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
DW News – Mining the world’s most precious marble
An evening pause: Some more fascinating human technology.
Hat tip Cotour.
Stephen Sondheim – Someone in a Tree
An evening pause: For my birthday, a repost of a 2010 evening pause of one of my favorite Broadway songs, from Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures, which I only recently learned was his favorite song as well.
It tells the story of a significant moment in history, the moment when Japan’s leaders signed their first international treaty in 1852 with the United States, but from the point of view of outside witnesses. Its point is profound, that history is not just made by the leaders who sign the deals, but by every individual who makes up the whole of human society.
It’s the fragment, not the day
It’s the pebble, not the stream
It’s the ripple, not the sea
That is happening.
Not the building but the beam
Not the garden but the stone
Only cups of tea
And history
And someone in a tree.
Uncovered Past – Traditional charcoal making
An evening pause: It always amazes me the level of engineering sophistication that one finds in all human endeavor, even from centuries past.
Hat tip Cotour.
Judy Garland -Trolley Song
An evening pause: From the 1944 film, Meet me in St. Louis. I posted this in July 2010 as one of the very first evening pauses. As I wrote then, “The last line of the song says it all, about life and love.”
Hat tip to Judd Clark, who suggested it, which convinced me it was time to post it again.
Journey – Who’s Crying Now
<An evening pause: Performed live 1982.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Doris Day – Shaking the Blues Away
An evening pause: From the 1955 film Love Me or Leave Me.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Warning – Dust To Dust/Dull Knives
An evening pause: In 2017 I posted an evening pause of this band, when Daniela (on guitar) was 14 years old, Paulina (on drums) was 12 years old, and Alejandra (on bass guitar) was 9 yrs old. Today’s evening pause is from their 2023 tour in Mexico (where they are from), celebrating the band’s tenth anniversary. To put it mildly, they are a bit older.
Hat tip Matt Falk, who adds, “They are all adults now who’ve become one of the best live rock bands playing today, while still maintaining complete control of their career (a feat in itself).”
Emmylou Harris – Tulsa Queen
An evening pause: Performed live 1979.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Restless Viking – When Michigan and Ohio went to war
An evening pause: A bit of lesser known American history.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
826aska – James Bond theme
An evening pause: Who needs an orchestra when you have a modern synthesizer, properly programmed?
Hat tip Cotour.