The Evening Pause – Page 75 – Behind The Black

Fieldsports Britain – Rat removal using dogs

December 2, 2022 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Best to play this with the captions on, considering the thick accents. As noted on the youtube webpage:

Andy Crow is clearing the barn of straw which has become home to lots and lots of rats – and he wants them off the farmyard. As a final effort to get rid of as many as possible Andy has enrolled the help of a couple of terriers, a lurcher and a lab/springer cross. As he moves the bales the dogs and sticks start flying.

Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.

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Allison Williams – Nature Boy

December 1, 2022 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: The producers of this video, VideosRecordedLive, describe this as music used as the theme for the television show, Mad Men, to which they added lyrics from a Nat King Cole song. However, Annie Haslam performed this song with these lyrics as far back as 1997.

No matter. They do a beautiful job.

Hat tip Wayne Devette.

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Haley Reinhart – Creep

November 30, 2022 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Another nice Postmodern Jukebox performance.

Hat tip Judd Clark.

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Deepest underground structures

November 29, 2022 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: This is not a complete list, as it leaves out some very deep caves and mines that I myself have actually visited, but it truly does provide a sense of scale. It also mixes artificial structures with natural features.

Hat tip Cotour.

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Alice In Wonderland – I’m Late

November 29, 2022 12:02 am Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: This pause is my apology for forgetting to schedule something tonight. Pauses shall resume as normal tomorrow.

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Lucy Thomas – Hallelujah

November 25, 2022 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: A brilliant simple cover of the Leonard Cohen song. Seems right to start the holiday season, right after Thanksgiving.

Hat tip Dan Morris.

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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

November 24, 2022 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: As Linus most correctly notes, “Ours is the first country in the world to make a national holiday to give thanks,” and then adds, in saying grace before the dinner:

In the year 1621, the Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast. They invited the great Indian chief Massasoit, who brought ninety of its brave Indians and a great abundance of food. Governor William Bradford and Captain Miles Standish were honored guests. Elder William Brewster, who was a minister, said a prayer that went something like this: “We thank God for our homes and our food, and our safety in a new land. We thank God for the opportunity to create a new world for freedom and justice.”

Accurate and well put. Keep Brewster’s prayer in mind the next time someone tries to slander the U.S.

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Charo – Malagueña

November 23, 2022 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: For Americans, Charo is mostly known as a buxom crazy comic. Few know she is also considered a world class flamenco guitarist, having won awards.

Hat tip Judd Clark.

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Dick Cavett – Burt Lancaster in the circus

November 22, 2022 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: This interview of Burt Lancaster on the Dick Cavett Show took place on July 21, 1969 (the day after Neil Armstrong took that first step on the Moon).

I could not help noting how humble and gracious Lancaster seemed. He might have been one of the world’s most charismatic actors, but he surely did not appear full of himself. The second part of this interview can be watched here.

Hat tip Cotour.