Tag: entertainment
Dizzi – River Flow
Bugs Bunny – Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
An evening pause: “Silly, isn’t he?”
From 1944, with numerous references to the war effort. What I like most, however, is the brazen confidence. Bugs Bunny in more ways than can be imagined so clearly represents the American spirit of the war years.
Speed Flying down from Mont Blanc
Henri the cat and the videos about him has won the Golden Kitty, first place at the Internet Cat Film Festival in Minnesota.
News you can use: Henri the cat and the videos about him has won the Golden Kitty, first place at the Internet Cat Film Festival in Minnesota.
The winning video is below the fold.
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News you can use: Henri the cat and the videos about him has won the Golden Kitty, first place at the Internet Cat Film Festival in Minnesota.
The winning video is below the fold.
» Read more
Let’s dance
An evening pause: Of the movies from which these dance sequences come, how many can you name? All of them are worth watching, over and over again.
Nine substances that only exist in science fiction.
Peter, Paul and Mary – Puff The Magic Dragon
Science Bob’s Crazy Foam Experiment
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
Coeur de Pirate – Wood & Wires Session
An evening pause: Beatrice Martin, aka Coeur de Pirate, performs two songs, “Place de la Republique” and “Adieu” live in Toronto’s the Great Hall. That the songs are in French makes no difference.
Lisa Gerrard – Sanvean
Shao Rong – A song of lilies
An evening pause: New Music by Chinese lute player Shao Rong, from her second album, Orchid II.
Flying over America
A sofa that doubles as a cat tower.
News you can use: A sofa that doubles as a cat tower.
News you can use: A sofa that doubles as a cat tower.
More cool slow motion
Cyndi Lauper – Girls just wanna have fun
Flight Of The Conchords – Jenny
Bob Dylan – Just like a woman
An evening pause: Bob Dylan, singing “Just Like a Woman,” with George Harrison and Leon Russell providing vocal and guitar support, at the 1971 live concert for Bangladesh.
Genki Sudo [World Order] – Aquarius
Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds live
Adele – Rolling In The Deep
Band of Horses – The Funeral
Alvino Rey – St. Louis Blues
An evening pause: From the youtube webpage:
Alvino Rey is as important to the development of the electric guitar as Les Paul was, but has been criminally uncredited for it–until now. More and more photos, recordings and film clips like these are coming out of the woodwork to show what a genius Alvino was.
This film clip is from 1944 and shows Alvino demonstrating not only his amazing work on the steel guitar, but also his “singing guitar” effect, similar to the Sonovox, manifested in the persona of “Stringy” the talking guitar puppet! Enjoy this and whatever you do, DO NOT TAKE ACID BEFORE VIEWING….we warned you….
R.I.P. composer Marvin Hamlisch.
R.I.P. composer Marvin Hamlisch.
R.I.P. composer Marvin Hamlisch.
Eagles – Hotel California – New Zealand (Live 1995)
Ry Cooder – He’ll Have To Go – Live 1977
Liz Callaway – It might as well be spring
An evening pause: You might never heard of her, but you will almost certainly recognize Liz Callaway’s voice, as she has been the singer in several of Disney’s animation features, including Anastasia (1997).
A scientific analysis of a database of over a million songs produced since 1955 has found that modern popular music is louder and has less variety or range than the popular music of the past.
A scientific analysis of a database of over a million songs produced since 1955 has found that modern popular music is louder and has less variety or range than the popular music of the past. Key quote:
Lastly, the researchers detected a trend of homogenization of the timbral palette. Timbre is what makes a particular musical sound different from another, even when they have the same pitch and loudness. It is essentially the difference between different instruments playing the same note at the same loudness. They found that, after peaking in the mid 60s, timbral variety has continued to narrow.
This confirms a suspicion of many fans of modern popular music, that it is less interesting and shows far less creativity than the popular music of the 1960s. This result might also explain why 1960s music remains so popular.
A scientific analysis of a database of over a million songs produced since 1955 has found that modern popular music is louder and has less variety or range than the popular music of the past. Key quote:
Lastly, the researchers detected a trend of homogenization of the timbral palette. Timbre is what makes a particular musical sound different from another, even when they have the same pitch and loudness. It is essentially the difference between different instruments playing the same note at the same loudness. They found that, after peaking in the mid 60s, timbral variety has continued to narrow.
This confirms a suspicion of many fans of modern popular music, that it is less interesting and shows far less creativity than the popular music of the 1960s. This result might also explain why 1960s music remains so popular.
John Williams — The Cowboys Overture
An evening pause: John Williams conducting a performance of his overture to the 1972 movie, The Cowboys.