In tonight’s amusement en route to the tips we take a behind-the-scenes look at what Border collies do on their day off.
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A husband of 73 years begins to say goodbye.
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Time for an old-fashioned SDA singalong: here’s the 19th Century American harvest song Bringing In The Sheaves.
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Let’s slip in one more summer song before it’s too late: Here’s Doc Watson’s lovely rendition of George Gershwin’s Summertime.
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Tonight’s amusement en route to the tips is a reprise presentation of the legendary Czech TV performance by Ivan Mládek that garnered his sidekick Ivo Pešák top spot in Bearded Dancer magazine’s Top 500 list of All-Time Best Dance Performances by a Middle-Aged Bearded Man: here’s Jožin z bažin (“Joey From the Swamps”).
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Tonight, through the miracle of modern technology, we get to see the sights and sounds inside the Ochsenbraterei tent at Oktoberfest.
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In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips Israeli musician and video artist Kutiman uses sampled snippets of video clips of musicians he’d asked to interpret the city of Tel Aviv and mashes them up into a mesmerizing and remarkable work: Here’s Thru Tel Aviv.
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In our post-debate amusement en route to the tips we are impelled to rethink elements as basic as space and time, as NDP leader Tom Mulcair, moonlighting as a recording artist named Anselmo, asks the musical question What is a Man?
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In tonight’s amusement en route to the tips, recorded after the Apollo XI mission in 1969, African-American poet Gil Scott-Heron is less than thrilled with the idea of Whitey On The Moon.
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In tonight’s tips music, recorded live in Sweden in 1961, the Thelonious Monk Quartet goes Jackie-ing.
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Tonight we send you to the tips with a righteous, all-in rendition of Cole Porter’s Just Friends.
Give ‘er!
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Tonight’s tips music selection, accompanied by some arresting archival photos, is Just A Little Bit Bad.
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In tonight’s amusement en route to the tips Cuban vocal group Vocal Sampling demonstrate that The Eagles’ hit song Hotel California sounds better, and makes much more sense, when sung with a Latino accent.
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Okay, this guy’s just plain good: here’s accordion ace Hrustevich.
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Tonight’s tips video, filmed in a cozy gabled house in the Alpine town of Hinterstein by German network Bayersicher Rundfunk, sees members of the Music Family Wechs play a happy little tune.
Trigger warning for beer.
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Tonight, a manly song about a legendary Wild West gunslinger: here’s The Ballad Of Irving.
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In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips Jo Stafford sings the bittersweet Early Autumn.
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Tongue enthusiasts of all stripes will surely enjoy tonight’s high-quality entertainment en route to the tips, as French actress and chanteuse Ginette Garcin sings Le cheveu sure la langue (“The Lisp”).
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In tonight’s musical detour en route to the tips former Pixies frontman Frank Black wonders Whatever Happened To Pong?
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