Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
An evening pause: Performed live 1993.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
JD ‘FollowCam’ – Just “wing” it!
An evening pause: Another new sport that harnesses technology for fun. The music Bonsaye by Mirages.
Hat tip Cotour.
Alexis Dahl – How to ship 800 billion pounds of rock fast
An evening pause: Some early American technology, still in use.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Lena Haarberg – Fall Into You
An evening pause: Nice cover of the Houses on the Hill song.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
I love love love my toy chicken!!!
An evening pause: Something wholesome to start the week. And stay with it, it gets better and better.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
This woman gives a chicken toy to this donkey. He loves it, brays with utters of joy, & funnily plays with it. No innocent being stays indifferent to love.pic.twitter.com/7jCzHa4UZP
— Hakan Kapucu (@1hakankapucu) September 3, 2025
Business Insider – The Rise And Fall Of The American Diner
An evening pause: This remains the place that Americans go to after church.
Enjoy the weekend. And find a great diner to eat at!
Hat tip Cotour.
Asleep At The Wheel – Roly Poly
An evening pause: Performed live c2017.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Prince – Play that funky music
An evening pause: No idea when this concert took place.
Hat tip Cotour.
Melanie – The Nickel Song
An evening pause: Performed live 1971.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Chuck Mangione Quartet – Land of Make Believe
An evening pause: Performed live 1978.
Hat tip Alex Gimarc.
David Bull – Taking a close look at an 1896 wood block print
An evening pause: From a series of podcasts about one particular type of art, dubbed David’s Choice.
Hat tip Cotour.
Renée Zellweger – Roxie
An evening pause: From the film Chicago (2002).
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Shocking Blue – Venus
An evening pause: Performed live 1970. A real taste of the sixties, even if this took place just after the decade ended.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Natalia Osipova and Carlos Acosta – Giselle: Act II
An evening pause: This performance by Royal Ballet and Opera company took place in 2015.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Cars – Just What I Needed
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
The Beach Boys – God Only Knows, a cappella
An evening pause: No visuals, no instruments, just their voices singing to heaven.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Elvis Presley – Burning Love
An evening pause: Taken from the album Viva Elvis, which is the soundtrack remix of Presley’s Cirque du Soleil show. From the youtube webpage:
Viva Elvis features new backing instrumentation on each track in an attempt to modernize the arrangements. This has met with a mixed critical response, with some reviewers praising the production quality and others opining that Elvis’s music is best left untampered with.
Hat tip Cotour.
Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein
An evening pause: Performed live 1973.
Hat tip wamphyr.
Rodney Crowell – Earthbound
An evening pause: Performed live c2006.
Hat tip Alec Gimarc.
Derek Macara – Morning Light
An evening pause: Watch a painting go from blank canvas to finished work. A work I would love to hang in my office.
May everyone have a great weekend.
Hat tip Cotour.