Tag: entertainment
Sarah McLachlan – Song for a Winter’s Night
An evening pause: For Diane, on our anniversary. The words and music are by Gordon Lightfoot, but this is a particularly beautiful version by Sarah McLachlan.
Shakespeare – The Wind and the Rain, music Ben Toth
An evening pause: How about a bit of real Shakespeare this time, this time his song, “The Wind and the Rain” from Twelfth Night, set to music by Ben Toth and sung by Zak Resnick. Undeniably one of the most beautiful versions written.
When that I was and a little tiny boy,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.But when I came to man’s estate,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
‘Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain, it raineth every day.But when I came, alas! to wive,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
By swaggering could I never thrive,
For the rain, it raineth every day.But when I came unto my beds,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
For the rain, it raineth every day.A great while ago the world begun,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain.
But that’s all one, our play is done,
And we’ll strive to please you every day.
Blondie – Shayla (1979)
Horrible Histories – William Shakespeare Song
Ed Thompson – Solo Trumpet duet
A Jet Ski Jet Pack
An evening pause: More information about this nice little toy can be found here.
Michael Kamen – Quintet
John Denver – Rocky Mountain High
Jim Croce – I Got a Name
Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Joan Baez – Turtle Dove
Sinéad O’Connor – She moved through the Fair
Sissel – Shenandoah
King’s Island – The Beast Roller Coaster
A zip line in Haiti
Cirque Du Soleil
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love
An evening pause: His live performances of this song are wonderful, but I still prefer the original movie version from Blue Hawaii (1961) for its simplicity. The film work might be uninspiring, but the clarity of the song easily makes up for this.
Idea of North – But not for me
The Dillards – The Whole World Round
An evening pause: I especially like the banjo player, as it almost appears like magic how he produces the sound from his instrument.
Henri 4
What happens when you set fire to 2,500 ping pong balls?
10 Most Common New Year’s Resolutions as Illustrated by Cats
The Byrds – Turn. Turn. Turn.
An evening pause: The words, except for the very last line (inserted by Pete Seeger), are from the book of Ecclesiastes.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Read it all, especially the King James version. It is one of the most profound and beautiful poems ever written.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Man on Fire
Neil Diamond – I Am, I Said
Julie Andrews – Auld Lang Syne
Skeeter Davis – the End of the World
An evening pause: I gotta tell ya, this song is far more believable than those Mayan calendar tales.
The Seven Samurai – Kyûzô the Swordsman
An evening pause: A short clip from one of the best films ever made, Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai (1954).
A very impressive bike ride
An evening pause: This one way to get from the top to the bottom of a city, which I think is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.