20,000 bottle rockets
An evening pause: What happens when you launch 20,000 bottle rockets in less than two minutes?
Tag: entertainment
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
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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.
The New York Mets get their first no-hitter after fifty years.
The New York Mets finally get their first no-hitter, after fifty years.
Until the 1994 baseball strike I was a big baseball fan and an even bigger Met fan. Kudos to Johan Santana for beating out Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan as the first Met to do it.
Longplayer
An evening pause: This piece of music has been playing since 1999 and will continue until 2999. Very meditative.
Kate Wolf – Eyes of a Painter
An evening pause: Kate Wolf sadly passed away prematurely in 1986. Here is a live performance from 1985.
Ten science fiction episodes that changed television.
Ten science fiction episodes that changed television.
I don’t know if these particular episodes changed anything. I do know, however, that any single episode that people are still talking about fifty years after it was aired (such as “Walking Distance” from the original Twilight Zone) as got to be special.
Carole King – Tapestry
An evening pause: Carole King performs and is interviewed for the 1982 documentary One to One.
Patti LuPone – Sleepy Man
An evening pause: From one of Broadway’s most underrated musicals, Robber Bridegroom.
Joe Hisaishi – theme from My Neighbor Totoro
An evening pause: Composer Joe Hisaishi conducts and plays piano in this live performance of his music from the animated film, My Neighbor Totoro.
I just watched the film again with family, and my opinion of it only grows with each viewing.
The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow
An evening pause: Performed live by the Shirelles, 1964, with Shirley Alston Reeves as lead and Beverly Lee, Addie “Micki” Harris, and Doris Kenner as backup.
The television as envisioned by dreamers — before it existed.
The television as envisioned by dreamers — before it existed.
Cousin Jake, Uncle Josh, Earl Scruggs – Nobody’s business
An evening pause: “Nobody’s business what I do.”
Olivia Newton John – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
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Bee Gees – I Started a Joke
An evening pause: In honor of the passing of Robin Gibbs on May 20. This performance was recorded live at Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia in 1971.
Bridge Day rappel
An evening pause: Bridge Day 2011: An 800+ foot rappel from the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. The event is held each fall, when they close the bridge to vehicles so pedestrians, base jumpers, and rappellers can enjoy it. I’ve done this rappel four times, twice as part of the safety team.
On the clip below, the rappel itself begins at 3:40. As this was this guy’s first rappel on the bridge, he takes it very slow, which is okay as it gives him time to enjoy the view.