Mike Oldfield – In the beginning & Let there be light
An evening pause: A nice way to start the new year. And yes, that is Bill Anders’ voice, recorded during the Christmas Eve broadcast from Apollo 8 in 1968 in orbit around the Moon.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
New Year’s resolution
An evening pause: Wise words, which we all should heed in the coming year.
New Years Resolution from Anateya Cranson on Vimeo.
John Hess – Auld Lang Syne
An evening pause: The new year beckons and the trumpets blow.
Why Oil Paint Is So Expensive
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.
Catalina Vicens – Rondeau
An evening pause: The instrument is a medieval portative organ. The music is not medieval but was written in 2014 by American composer Carson Cooman.
Hat tip Diane Wilson.
Christmas Songs on Steel
An evening pause: Somehow to me this seems more appropriate the day after Christmas.
Hat tip Cotour.
Jennifer Nettles – O Holy Night/Hallelujah
An evening pause: For my Christian readers, from a secular Jew, in good will.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
U.S. Army Band – Bluegrass Christmas Medley
An evening pause: Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
An evening pause: I hope we all get our own equivalent of what she wants.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
The Starbugs – Mr Tambourine Man
An evening pause: Sung by Jessie Hillel, Sarah Whitaker, Roisin Anderson, Ben Anderson, Rebecca Jenkins. From the youtube page: “We have re-pitched this captivating selection of favourites to suit children’s voices.”
Truly one of Bob Dylan’s most beautiful and poetic songs.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Why Are 96,000,000 Black Balls on This Reservoir?
An evening pause: Some engineering solutions are simply beyond prediction.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Fawlty Towers – Wrongly Shaped Chips
An evening pause: John Cleese at his peak.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann, who noted that the kid reminded him of what we think of as the typical millennial. Is he right? I await some response from my younger readers.
Beverly “Guitar” Watkins – Rock Me Baby
An evening pause: Performed live March 3, 2017, with the Rick Fowler Band. She passed away, aged 80, on October 1, 2019.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Thomas Dolby – Blinded Me With Science
An evening pause: Somehow I don’t think it was science that blinded him.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Josh & Larkin – Just Like Heaven
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
The Carol Burnett Show – The Queen & the Palace Guard
An evening pause: In honor of the election today in the United Kingdom.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
World Order – Singularity
A evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
If You Could See Every Satellite…
An evening pause: A nice presentation showing what is up there in orbit.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure of Ecliptic Enterprises.
Women Of Country – medley
An evening pause: Performed live by Terri Clark, Sara Evans, Crystal Gayle, The Highwomen, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Jennifer Nettles, Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker, Carrie Underwood and Gretchen Wilson at the 2019 Country Music Awards.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Father Berndt – A Soldier’s Silent Night
An evening pause: I think this is appropriate one day before December 7th. From the youtube webpage:
The audio recording of this adapted version was recorded by Father Ted Berndt and his daughter Ellen Stout. Father Berndt was a priest at Bread of Life Charismatic Episcopal Church in Dousman, Wisconsin, a proud Marine, and a WWII Purple Heart recipient.
The poem was recorded in one take. The recording received a national A.I.R. (Achievement in Radio) award from the [u]March of Dimes [/u]and continues to be played in radio stations across the country.
Father Berndt passed away March 19th, 2004 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. According to his daughter, “All he ever wanted to do was touch lives…to make a difference. We are blessed to share “A Soldier’s Silent Night” again with you this Christmas.”
It remains a truth still today that the only soldiers who are routinely welcomed by ordinary people everywhere in the world are American. To paraphrase Chamberlain’s speech in the film Gettysburg (1993), “We come to set other people free.”
Hat tip Edward Thelen.