Tag: entertainment
Jerry Reed – Lord Mr Ford
Madison Cunningham – All At Once
Virtual Railfan – 55 Trains in 5 Minutes!
An evening pause: As Steve Goodman sang:
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers’ magic carpets made of steel
And mothers with their babes asleep
Are rockin’ to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
An evening pause: As Steve Goodman sang:
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers’ magic carpets made of steel
And mothers with their babes asleep
Are rockin’ to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Kathia Buniatishvili – from Bach’s Cantata BMV 208
Helene Fischer – Jeden Morgen wird die Sonne
An evening pause: The dress and lighting effects raise this to a whole new level.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Aldo Nova – Fantasy
An evening pause: Also fast and breathless, like last night’s pause, though of a somewhat different musical genre.
Hat tip Tom Wilson.
Anne-Sophie Mutter – Bach’s Gigue from Violin Partita No.2 in D minor
Barrington Pheloung – Morse’s Oxford
An evening pause: A tour of Oxford, set to the music used in the first two Morse television series, Inspector Morse and Inspector Lewis, both of which were set in Oxford. As for the music, I wonder if my readers know the trick/pun Pheloung used as a basis for the theme’s main melodic line.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Justin Johnson – Voices from the Attic
An evening pause: The guitar was built by Charles Atchison, who apparently is also a magician.
Hat tip Tom Wilson.
An evening pause: The guitar was built by Charles Atchison, who apparently is also a magician.
Hat tip Tom Wilson.
MonaLisa Twins – Please Mr. Postman/Wipe Out
Danny B. Harvey – The Surfer Girl
María Dueñas & Itamar Golan – Fauré: Après un rêve
Malinda – The Sound of Silence
An evening pause: Paul Simon’s masterpiece of poetry, always worth hearing again.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Speakeasies Swing Band – Angelina
An evening pause: The band is Greek, specializing in swing. The singer is Catarina Sisinni. This was performed live in 2016 in Thessaloniki.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Bangles – September Gurls
Hans Zimmer – Pirates Of The Caribbean Medley
An evening pause: Performed live in Prague 2017.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
I am in need for evening pause suggestions. If you are interested in suggesting an evening pause, please say so in the comments (without providing a link to that suggestion). I will contact you so you can forward it directly to me to schedule. The guidelines for submitting Evening Pauses:
1. The subject line should say “evening pause.”
2. Don’t send more than three in any email. I prefer however if you send them one email at a time.
3. Variety! Don’t send me five from the same artist. I can only use one. Pick your favorite and send that.
4. Live performance preferred.
5. Quirky technology, humor, and short entertaining films also work.
6. Search BtB first to make sure your suggestion hasn’t already been posted.
7. I might not respond immediately, as I schedule these in a bunch.
8. Avoid the politics of the day. The pause is a break from such discussion.
The Jack Benny Show – November 4, 1951
An evening pause: This was the first episode in Benny’s second season on television, following nineteen years doing a regular radio show. The first singer is Bob Crosby, brother of Bing. The taxi driver is Mel Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny and almost all of the characters in Warner Brothers best cartoons.
Almost everything in this episode works, but make sure especially you stay with it to see the Benny’s performance as lead fiddler of a hillbilly band.
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
Gregory Porter – Revival
Randy Travis – Pray For The Fish
An evening pause: Makes a nice bookend to the Alison Krauss evening pause one week ago.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Max Ehrman – Desiderata
An evening pause: An excellent meditation for beginning the weekend. From the Youtube webpage:
Max Ehrmann was an American attorney and poet who often wrote on spiritual themes. During his life, he contributed great thoughts to our literary lexicons, blending the magic of words and wisdom with his worthy observations.
Desiderata, which means “things that are desired,” was written by Max Ehrmann “because it counsels those virtues I felt most in need of.”
I think the reading was a bit slow. I think it works better at either 1.25 or 1.5 speed.
Hat tip Cotour.
Ursula Ricks – Early One Morning
How to use a laser light to switch off a room’s lights
Matchbox Twenty – Overjoyed
Alison Krauss – Down to the River to Pray
An evening pause: Performed live 2002, when traditional American Christian gospel tunes were still considered mainstream instead of “white supremacy.”
Counting Crows – Catapult
Ronald Binge – Elizabethan Serenade
Lawrence of Arabia
An evening pause: I have posted scenes from this film twice (both sadly gone now from youtube), but I think the trailer sells it well. This movie remains one of the greatest made in the history of film. If you haven’t seen it, you must. Though its facts are of course not entirely accurate, its sense of the history, culture, time, and the political machinations going on in Arabia during World War I are spot on. The visuals, acting, and script (by Robert Bolt) are also magnificent.
It also speaks to the Middle East we see today, and helps explain why the Arabs have so far not really done well with the advantages of western technology.
Hat tip Tom Wilson, who says he makes it a point to watch this epic at least once a year.