In tonight’s instalment of our 2011 Christmas Music Series, Leipzig’s Thomanerchor (which next year celebrates it’s 800th anniversary) performs a lovely, tranquil, refreshingly unadorned version of the beautiful 19th century Austrian carol Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (“Silent Night“).
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In tonight’s Tips music three different groups of ethnic Ukrainian choristers, from Trenton and Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Baltimore, Maryland, perform at the 2009 Festival of Ukrainian Christmas Carols held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA.
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Tonight, for your musical pleasure, the Beegie Adair Trio plays an agreeably mellow instrumental version of Mel Tormé’s modern Christmas classic The Christmas Song.
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Tonight we kick off our 2011Christmas music selections with the homespun sounds of Ira and Charlie Loudermilk, aka The Louvin Brothers, as they sing a medley of The First Noel and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
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Touchdown Denver, don’t go away just yet….
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From Motor Trend, the World’s Greatest Drag Race!
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(h/t greenmamba)

Anyone who loves time-lapse videos, as I do, will likely enjoy this. Closer to home, here’s one of my favourite videos of Vancouver, released just before the 2010 Olympics. In both cases, do watch full-screen!
Your full-motion or stop-motion reader tips are welcome, as always, in the comments.

Perhaps it’s the German side of my ancestry, but few things excite me more than fast cars. Here’s a trilogy of videos celebrating one of mankind’s greatest technological inventions: 1, 2, & 3.
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“Pull on the bear’s ear…” Tagging bears with Rick Mercer. Your tips in the comments.
(h/t Joe)

If I am grateful for only one thing, it is that the Beatles were before my time.
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For the well and truly bored – Kenny’s internet controlled Christmas lights. It takes a few seconds for the on/off switch to engage – the cabin’s in Alaska. Providing we don’t take down his system.
Should that happen, here’s Part 2 of this evening’s eclectic offering – Guinness World Records for the Two Dimensional.
For the even more bored, the comments are open for your tips.

New footage from the Japanese tsunami, this from a car’s on board camera.
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For this evening’s entertainment, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel’s 1975 hit Make Me Smile, along with one of my all time favourites – Best Years of Our Lives (live version)
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Following on the heels of the Sean Quigley post, here are some alternate versions of Little Drummer Boy for your enjoyment: Harry Simeone Chorale   Celtic Women   John Denver   Bob Seger   Bing Crosby & David Bowie
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Tonight, the 1985 classic by Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms
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Tonight we bring you this classic scene from Charlie Chaplin, featuring Attila Szkukalek in a supporting role.
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“[O]ne of the coolest street ski segments you will ever see on film. Not only that, it might just be one of the best ski segments ever caught on film. And it all goes down on the streets of Trail, Rossland and Nelson…”

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In tonight’s Tips music, from 1926, Australian Baritone Peter Dawson remembers the lads so merry and true, so ready and undismayed, and asks, “where are the boys of The Old Brigade?”
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Hey, if you’re not in a position to look after your own Family, you can at least look after your own Phylum…
h/t Kate
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Have you been searching high and low for an animated world map showing the major military conflicts in the last 1000 years, with the brightness of the explosions proportional to the number of casualties? Well, search no more: accompanied by the sounds of Richard Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, as performed by the Oslo Philharmonic under the conductorship of Mariss Jansons, here’s World Battleground: 1000 years of war in 5 minutes.
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