THE BANGLES- MANIC MONDAY
An evening pause:
Tag: entertainment
Joe Hisaishi – The Path of the Wind from My Neighbor Totoro
An evening pause: One of Joe Hisaishi’s most beautiful film melodies, “The Path of the Wind,” from Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece, My Neighbor Totoro.
How to make potato chips that look like translucent shards of glass.
News you can use: How to make potato chips that look like translucent shards of glass.
Bugs Bunny – Hare Tonic
An evening pause: “He don’t know me very well, do he?”
The Beatles – All You Need Is Love
An evening pause: From a 1967 live television performance, one of the first ever broadcast by satellite around the world. Though this version has been colorized, the synch is off in the original. Also, in doing the colorization they cleaned up the recording, making it much clearer.
It is especially fascinating to watch Lennon and McCartney work together, chewing gum as they sing. And keep your eye out for Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and other rock performers in the audience.
Dancing Birds
An evening pause: The courtship dances of the birds of paradise.
SONNY & CHER – I Got You Babe
An evening pause: A 1965 live television performance.
Vertical Video Syndrome – a PSA
An evening pause: And now, we address a really important issue.
On exhibit in New York: A mock mission to Mars, built by an artist using, among other things, duct tape.
On exhibit in New York: A mock mission to Mars, built by an artist using, among other things, duct tape.
Billy Joel – Piano Man
An evening pause: Live performance, from 1975.
Vaughan Williams – Sea Songs
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Penn & Teller – Blast Off
An evening pause: See if you can spot how they do this magic trick, before they show you.
Blondie – Dreaming & Heart Of Glass
An evening pause: Two songs, performed live October 5, 1979. Deborah Harry is of course amazing (despite her inserting a silly politically-correct anti-nuke message during the second song), but watch the other musicians, especially the drummer.
20,000 bottle rockets
An evening pause: What happens when you launch 20,000 bottle rockets in less than two minutes?
Loudon Wainwright – One-man Guy
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Don McLean – American pie
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Sammy Davis, Jr. – Mr. Bojangles
An evening pause: From an 1985 performance in Germany, only five years before his death. By this time, Davis was not only performing this song as a tribute to Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, he was performing it as a testament to his own life in entertainment.
Bryn Terfel – Turtle Dove
An evening pause:
Fare you well, my dear, I must be gone
And leave you for awhile.
If I roam away I’ll come back again
Though I roam ten thousand miles, my dear,
Though I roam ten thousand miles.
Doc Watson – Windy and Warm
An evening pause: In tribute to Doc Watson, who died last week at the age of 89. Blind from the age of 1, Watson is widely considered one of America’s best folk guitarists. Watch what he does here in this 1991 live performance.
The Muppets – The Martians discover a telephone
An evening pause: I sometimes think all human attempts at communication go like this.