An evening pause: As noted at the webpage where I found this video, “Kaylee Rodgers has autism and ADHD, but has been growing in confidence with every performance after starting to sing at the age of just three.”
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Let’s take a break from Christmas music.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: The solo is by Arturo Vargas. Mariachi Vargas is accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Querétaro.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace. The lyrics, in English and Spanish, are below the fold. It is definitely worthwhile to read them during the song.
An evening pause: Performed live July 15, 1988 at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Hat tip Insomnious.
An evening pause: As the video says at the start, in quoting Duke Ellington, “He was born poor, died rich, and never hurt anyone along the way.”
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who wrote, “From Japan a girl group named after a boy’s pocket knife.”
An evening pause: Performed live, 1992.
Hat tip Insomniius.
An evening pause: I normally don’t like rap, but this version of the Run-D.M..C. original is quite appealing, and very appropriate for the season.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: While this Fort Worth police department recruitment video isn’t directly related to the historical events at Pearl Harbor that occurred on December 7 in 1941, I think it illustrates how a free people, with gun rights, are going to always be better prepared for war than those raised under tyranny. And it’s funny too!
An evening pause: For my Christian readers, a song for this Christmas season.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Performed live in Tokyo, 2006.
Hat tip Phil Berardelli.
An evening pause: Performed live in Berlin, 2007.
Hat tip Insomnius.
An evening pause: December has arrived, which to me is when the Christmas season should really begin. And what better way to start it but with this incredibly happy rendition of this classic.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Orchestration by Maurice Ravel. Performed in Carnegie Hall, New York, July 22, 2014 by the National Youth Orchestra of the U.S.A. This long for an evening pause, but it is worth listening to every note.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: To quote the youtube webpage, “In celebration of “The 50th Annual CMA Awards,” CMA has created the biggest music video in Country Music history. Titled “Forever Country,” the single and accompanying music video features 30 CMA Award-winning acts.”
Sadly, the one person who was not on this video who loomed over it as I watched was John Denver. He is still missed.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
An evening pause: Relaxing, especially a day after Thanksgiving. And you can simply let it play in the background while you work on other things on the computer.
Hat tip Insomnious.
An evening pause: Be thankful for your ability to do great things, at the spur of the moment.
Hat tip Lee Stevenson.
An evening pause:
Nothing lasts forever
And your best efforts don’t always pay
Sometimes you get sick
And you don’t get better
That’s when life is short
Even in its longest days
I find it interesting that these thoughts have only been real and strong for me during the first and last thirds of my life. I definitely pondered such thoughts in my middle years, but they had no real meaning. In the middle years things seem to continue the same for so long, which means the concept of aging fades from view. However, when we are young and when we are old the fact that we age and change is very evident, and so, the beginning and end of life becomes much more real.
Hat tip Insomnious.
