The Lion Roars
An evening pause: A very short pause, but one that I think is appropriate today with the success of the grassroots tea party movement in forcing John Boehner out as House Speaker.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Tag: entertainment
Harvesting tulip bulbs with modern engineering
An evening pause: The harvester is the equivalent of a mobile factory assembly-line that operates in the field. It also reminds me of the animated cartoon Transformers.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Robert Tiso – Moonlight Sonata on glass harp
An evening pause: Something peaceful in these interesting times.
Hat tip DougSpace.
Around the World in 80 Days
An evening pause: Hat tip to Phil Berardelli, author of the new edition of Phil’s Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime, who notes, “Producer Mike Todd lured dozens of stars to appear in cameos in his still-glorious take on the classic Jules Verne novel, and nowhere were they more delightful than in the San Francisco saloon scene.”
How many well known actors and performers can you spot doing cameos in this short clip?
Philomena Cunk’s Moments of Wonder: Time
An evening pause: This hilarious parody of BBC science documentaries, which are not much different than many American PBS science documentaries, captures perfectly the typical empty-headed interviewers that I myself have sometimes had to deal with during too many of my television and radio appearances. They are not only often ignorant of some basic science, they are also ignorant of their own ignorance. They think they know a lot, and thus are easily confused and defensive when suddenly confronted with that ignorance.
I especially like her description of “the famous Greenwich Marillion line.”
Hat tip to Danae.
Auckland Symphony Orchestra – Angry Birds
An evening pause: I must admit I am entirely ignorant of what the Angry Birds game is. The music here and the playing however is stellar.
Hat tip to Danae.
Lou Reed and David Bowie – Waiting for the Man
An evening pause: How ’bout some good rock?
Gale Garnett – We’ll Sing in the Sunshine
An evening pause: Hat tip Tom Biggar. As he wrote me, “We need a little sunshine.”
Brandon Ridenour & Rachel Kudo – Fantasy Variations” on a theme by Paganini
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Earl Scruggs & Men with Banjos – Foggy Mountain Breakdown
An evening pause: And yes, that is Steve Martin playing on the left.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Al Stewart – Year of the Cat
An evening pause: A very nice performance. Hat tip Danae.
Glen Campbell & Flip Wilson ~ Rocky Racoon
An evening pause: Comedy meets the Beatles in this 1969 performance from the Glen Campbell television show.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.