Glenn Miller Orchestra – Chattanooga Choo Choo
An evening pause: From Sun Valley Serenade (1941).
Tag: entertainment
Bob Hope to the troops
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Don Slepian – Next Time
An evening pause: Music by Don Slepian (1984). Graphics: analog video synthesizer.
Loreena McKennitt – The Old Ways
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Jack Benny vs Groucho
An evening pause: All funny, but the best moment is the look on Groucho’s face when he asks Benny the “Big Question”.
Happy anniversary
An evening pause: For my wife.
Nora the piano cat
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Some rock climbing
An evening pause: Some really good rock climbing, with music by Enya.
Michael Buble – I just haven’t met you yet
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Cat, I’m a kitty cat!
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Johnny Carson and Betty White
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Cars of dreams
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Joe Cocker – The moon’s a harsh mistress
An evening pause: Joe Cocker, “The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress.” Performed live August 20, 1983, Loreley, Germany.
The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Live, 1964)
An evening pause: performed live, 1964.
Diner scene from Five Easy Pieces
An evening pause: All Jack Nicholson wants is some toast. Five Easy Pieces (1970). This scene is probably more famous than the film itself.
William Byrd Suite as transcribed by Gordon Jacob
An evening pause: Nicely played. And watch how the music moves to the conductor’s motions.
Linda Ronstadt – You tell me that I’m falling down
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Walk to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Lindy Hop showdown
An evening pause: While our politicians fight it out in Congress, let’s watch a different kind of showdown.
Computer to take on Jeopardy! champs for $1 million
A computer is going to take on two Jeopardy! champs for $1 million. Two comments from this story:
The computer was finally defeated when it said “Windows has finished updating your computer. Rebooting in 14 seconds.”
and
“Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?”