Tag: entertainment
I’m farming and I grow it
Daffy Duck – What makes Daffy Duck?
Tomoyasu Hotei – Battle without Honor or Humanity
How fireworks work
News you can use: How fireworks work.
Having worked for several years on a fireworks team setting up and lighting a county fireworks show in Virginia, I can say that lighting these things is by far more fun that sitting at a distance and watching them go off.
News you can use: How fireworks work.
Having worked for several years on a fireworks team setting up and lighting a county fireworks show in Virginia, I can say that lighting these things is by far more fun that sitting at a distance and watching them go off.
A brief history of rock n’ roll in 100 riffs
Rufus Wainwright – Albatross
An evening pause: I once awoke from a powerful and indescribable dream, its searing images (soon lost) invoked by this haunting song as performed by Judy Collins from her 1967 recording. Here it is performed beautifully here by Rufus Wainwright and set to some very appropriate visuals from the various Pirates of the Caribbean films.
And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain
Down the hills through the long grass to the sea.
And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain,
“Come away, alone.
Come away, alone.
With me.”
Feist – 1234 & Mushaboom
Kate Wolf – Looking Back At You
Henri part 3 – The Vet
Extreme Sports Doggy
Marilyn Monroe – Heat Wave
Drive recklessly.
What the hell is Matt 2012?
An evening pause: More information about this video here. They note that “The dancers in Syria are blurred for their safety.”
THE BANGLES- MANIC MONDAY
Joe Hisaishi – The Path of the Wind from My Neighbor Totoro
An evening pause: One of Joe Hisaishi’s most beautiful film melodies, “The Path of the Wind,” from Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece, My Neighbor Totoro.
How to make potato chips that look like translucent shards of glass.
News you can use: How to make potato chips that look like translucent shards of glass.
News you can use: How to make potato chips that look like translucent shards of glass.
Bugs Bunny – Hare Tonic
The Beatles – All You Need Is Love
An evening pause: From a 1967 live television performance, one of the first ever broadcast by satellite around the world. Though this version has been colorized, the synch is off in the original. Also, in doing the colorization they cleaned up the recording, making it much clearer.
It is especially fascinating to watch Lennon and McCartney work together, chewing gum as they sing. And keep your eye out for Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and other rock performers in the audience.
Dancing Birds
SONNY & CHER – I Got You Babe
Vertical Video Syndrome – a PSA
On exhibit in New York: A mock mission to Mars, built by an artist using, among other things, duct tape.
On exhibit in New York: A mock mission to Mars, built by an artist using, among other things, duct tape.
On exhibit in New York: A mock mission to Mars, built by an artist using, among other things, duct tape.
Billy Joel – Piano Man
Vaughan Williams – Sea Songs
Penn & Teller – Blast Off
Blondie – Dreaming & Heart Of Glass
An evening pause: Two songs, performed live October 5, 1979. Deborah Harry is of course amazing (despite her inserting a silly politically-correct anti-nuke message during the second song), but watch the other musicians, especially the drummer.