The first five minutes in Marine boot camp.
An evening pause: A taste of what every man and woman in the military has experienced and lived through.
But only a taste.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Peter, Paul and Mary – Puff The Magic Dragon
One reason why Neil Armstrong got the job
An evening pause: This short clip from the Discovery Science series Rocket Science illustrates one reason Neil Armstrong got the job to land the first spacecraft on the Moon, even though it shows Armstrong crashing his test vehicle!
The man was cool-headed. Not only did Armstrong not panic when a thruster failed, he kept trying to regain control of the craft until the last moment, ejecting less than a second before impact. Then, he was calm about it afterward, hardly mentioning the incident to others.
Bob is a Racist
An evening pause: Apropos of the uplifting nature of modern political debate, especially on the left, let’s find out why “Bob is a racist.”
Science Bob’s Crazy Foam Experiment
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
Coeur de Pirate – Wood & Wires Session
An evening pause: Beatrice Martin, aka Coeur de Pirate, performs two songs, “Place de la Republique” and “Adieu” live in Toronto’s the Great Hall. That the songs are in French makes no difference.
Lisa Gerrard – Sanvean
Shao Rong – A song of lilies
An evening pause: New Music by Chinese lute player Shao Rong, from her second album, Orchid II.
More cool slow motion
Cyndi Lauper – Girls just wanna have fun
Flight Of The Conchords – Jenny
Hummingbird Aerodynamics
Bob Dylan – Just like a woman
An evening pause: Bob Dylan, singing “Just Like a Woman,” with George Harrison and Leon Russell providing vocal and guitar support, at the 1971 live concert for Bangladesh.
First video from Curiosity – Life on Mars?
The Wall
An evening pause: Fifty-one years ago today the Soviet Union and East Germany — in the name of ideology and communism — cut Berlin in half, putting a wall between neighbors, friends, and families. The documentary below was made in 1962 and will give you a sense of the evil of that wall, as felt by the people who were oppressed by it.
I think it a reasonable thing to remind ourselves again and again that the use of force in the name of any ideology, no matter how well intentioned, is always wrong.
Genki Sudo [World Order] – Aquarius
Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds live
Adele – Rolling In The Deep
The Sonic Boom
Band of Horses – The Funeral
Alvino Rey – St. Louis Blues
An evening pause: From the youtube webpage:
Alvino Rey is as important to the development of the electric guitar as Les Paul was, but has been criminally uncredited for it–until now. More and more photos, recordings and film clips like these are coming out of the woodwork to show what a genius Alvino was.
This film clip is from 1944 and shows Alvino demonstrating not only his amazing work on the steel guitar, but also his “singing guitar” effect, similar to the Sonovox, manifested in the persona of “Stringy” the talking guitar puppet! Enjoy this and whatever you do, DO NOT TAKE ACID BEFORE VIEWING….we warned you….
Eagles – Hotel California – New Zealand (Live 1995)
Jackson Browne – Fountain of sorrow – Live
Ry Cooder – He’ll Have To Go – Live 1977
Making fire using only Ikea products
An evening pause: What to do when you don’t have matches and all that is left is the nearest Ikea store.
Liz Callaway – It might as well be spring
An evening pause: You might never heard of her, but you will almost certainly recognize Liz Callaway’s voice, as she has been the singer in several of Disney’s animation features, including Anastasia (1997).
The house of the future, as predicted in 1957
John Williams — The Cowboys Overture
An evening pause: John Williams conducting a performance of his overture to the 1972 movie, The Cowboys.