North By Northwest (1959) Filming Locations, then and now
An evening pause: Put together by NYC in Film. For the background of how they relocated each location see here.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Tag: entertainment
Tokyo Groove Jyoshi – Funk No. 1
Huey Lewis And The News – The Power Of Love
Fernsehballett – Boléro
Andrei Shushkov- Invention of Love
Eli Crystal Glass – Vase with Rectangular Murrine
Scorpions – Still Loving You
The Speakeasies’ Swing Band – I’ve Found a New Baby
The Rentals – Forgotten Astronaut
An evening pause: Or as the songwriters add, this is a song for Michael Collins.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
The Beach Boys – Fun Fun Fun
Nigel Stanford – Automatica (Robots Vs. Music)
An evening pause: This is really one man using tools to play music creatively, but then the video transitions to something that simply might not be real. Or is it?
Enjoy your weekend!
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
The Beatles – Twist And Shout
Teddy Swims – Lose Control
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara – 2024 World Figure Skating Pairs
Justin Hayward – Forever Autumn
Laszlo Buring – If Mark Knopfler & David Gilmour had a little jam
An evening pause: Hat tip Rex Ridenoure, who notes, “This musician emulates the style of Knopfler (lead guitarist of the Dire Straits) and Gilmour (lead guitarist for Pink Floyd). Knopfler uses only his fingers; Gilmour uses a pick.”
Khatia Buniatishvili – Beethoven’s Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Rondo
An evening pause: Performed live 2015, accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Billy Idol – White Wedding
Louis Jordan – Saturday Night Fish Fry
Dave Loggins – Please Come to Boston
Rumpus Machine – Down to the Waterline
Average White Band – Pick Up The Pieces
Eagles – All She Wants To Do Is Dance
Burton Cummings and many others – No Time
Cody Townsend – Best ski line of the year
An evening pause: And how will you spend your weekend? I hope in as interesting a manner.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The World’s Most Famous Unknown Band
An evening pause: Performed live 1990. Performers include unknowns Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed, & Steve Wariner (guitar); Roy Clark (mandolin), Ray Stevens (piano), Ricky Skaggs (fiddle), Lee Greenwood (saxophone), Steve Gatlin (bass), Barbara Mandrell (steel guitar), and Irlene Mandrell (drums).
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
National Opera of Ukraine – Nutcracker ‘Grand Pas de Deux – Adagio’
An evening pause: By Tchaikovsky of course. Performed live December 2020. Note how no one is wearing masks or social distancing. Apparently the Ukraine had some common sense during that time of madness.
Hat tip Judd Clark.