Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
An evening pause: Performed live 1998.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Tag: entertainment
John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison – Baby Please Don’t Go
An evening pause: Performed live 1992.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Art Garfunkel – All I Know
An evening pause: Performed live 1996.
Jean Harlow
An evening pause: A look back at early Hollywood, and someone who was then a big star and a great comic actor but who is mostly forgotten today.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
An evening pause: Performed live 1981.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Little Eva – The LocoMotion
An evening pause: Clearly from early 1960s television.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Bach – Concerto for three harpsichords in D minor
An evening pause: Performed 2017 by the Netherlands Bach Society.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Cissie Redgwick – Gimme That Swing
An evening pause: Hat tip Judd Clark.
Fred Astair & Ginger Rodgers – The yam dance
An evening pause: From their 1938 film, Carefree, music by Irving Berlin.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Neil Diamond – Holly Holy
An evening pause: Performed live 1971.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Ricky Rialto & the Green Rats – Rockin’ Daddy
An evening pause: I’m not sure why, but the video makers and dancers all appear to be Italian.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Vivaldi – Spring
An evening pause: Seems the perfect piece of music to herald in the first weekend of spring. This is first movement of Vivaldi’s The Seasons. Performed here by Alana Youssefian and the Voices of Music.
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Tijuana Brass Medley
An evening pause: Performed live on television 1975.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Seasick Steve – Walkin’ Man
An evening pause: Performed live 2010.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Celtic Thunder – Whiskey In The Jar
An evening pause: Performed live 2011.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Voidwalkeraudio – Desire
An evening pause: The visuals come from the 1927 German film by Fritz Lang, Metropolis, and cover the scene dubbed “Maria’s Dance.” You can see the full movie here, as well as many other places on line.
Hat tip Judd Clark, who adds, “To understand what’s going on here, one needs to see the whole movie, preferably the latest restored version, and to really understand, one needs to read Lang’s wife Thea Von Harbou’s book “Metropolis”.
Simon Sinek – How great leaders inspire action
An evening pause: Though I do not think his hypothesis goes far enough, this short TED talk posits some intriguing ideas about leadership. And it seems somehow appropriate today on the Ides of March, which also makes me wonder what Julius Caesar (and other successful leaders, both good and evil) would think of these ideas.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Procol Harum – Whiter Shade of Pale
Girl with the dogs – A cat on an emotional rollercoaster
An evening pause: This woman regularly posts videos of her grooming sessions with different animals. This particular session is quite entertaining. It also shows the necessity of regularly combing/brushing long-hair cats. If you own one, do it! Both you and your cat will be happier.
Hat tip Diane.
Patsy Cline – Walkin’ After Midnight
An evening pause: Performed live 1957 on television.
Hat tip Judd Clark.