Excited like a child...

Playlist
Various Composers - 20th Century Classics
ProjeKct 4 - ProjeKct 4 - West Coast Live
Various - The Annual 2005 (Ministry of Sound)
Yes - Drama
Glenn Gould - Plays Bach
Various - The Annual 2003 (Ministry of Sound)
The Killers - Day & Age
Icehouse - Code Blue
Haydn - String Quartets (Complete)
King Crimson - Red
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
Craig Armstrong - Piano Works
Sparks - Plagiarism
Yes - Tormato
Passengers - Original Soundtracks 1
David Sylvian - Manafon
Various - The Annual 2002 (Ministry of Sound)
The Clash - London Calling
Various Composers - Bach (CPE): Vivaldi; Tartini: Cello Concertos
King Crimson - The Elements Of King Crimson: 2016 Tour Box
Brian Eno - Obscure 03 : Discreet Music
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (Orig CD)
Jane Siberry - Child
The Church - Parallel Universe
Laurie Anderson - Bright Red
David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive
Rush - Signals
Brian Eno & David Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
King Crimson - Discipline
King Crimson - Lizard
King Crimson - A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
Various - MC Jazz Cafe
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
King Crimson - Thrak (2015 Stereo Mix)
Sigur Rós - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
Craig Armstrong - It's Nearly Tomorrow
Marillion - Marillion.Com
The Church - The Blurred Crusade
King Crimson - Radical Action To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind
King Crimson - Heavy ConstruKction
U2 - Boy
John Grant - Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
Lou Reed - Rock'n'Roll Animal
Pet Shop Boys - Elysium
Icehouse - Big Wheel
Various - 70s Groove
Sparks - Balls
Alice Cooper - The Alice Cooper Show
Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
Various - Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal: Island Records 1967-1972
Bryan Ferry - Mamouna
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Brian Eno - Before And After Science
Haydn - Complete Piano Sonatas
Robert Fripp - A Blessing Of Tears 1995 Soundscapes - Volume Two - Live in California
Tom McRae - Ah, The World! Oh, The World!
Roy Harper - Man And Myth
Dutch Uncles - Out Of Touch In The Wild
Beyond - Crawl
Yes - House Of Yes: Live From House Of Blues
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Lou Reed - Retro
Reich - Phases
King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon - 40th Anniversary Series
The Killers - Battle Born

Xmas Eve - quite possibly the best day of the year...

My soundtrack today, the 165 LPs I have received as Xmas presents over the years...

Out and down the hill once again...

The views this morning I...

II...

III...

IV...

I admired this shop window...

...and the tree I procured...

Headed home around 1, having made some last minute purchases, two of which were for me...

This for 50p - I have it already as a burn from the library - good to have the real thing though...

...and a great big book of some of the best photographs taken across the last 150 or so years...



Xmas lights on...



On Anne's arrival back, we watched "Santa Claus" - never seen it before and quite good all told - John Lithgow looked so young...

Then, as Anne made pate for tomorrow, the soundtrack continued...

I have received quite a lot of King Crimson for Xmas over the years...

I reminded niece Kitty that, tomorrow, it'll be 10 years since she took an Xmas Day header down the stairs - I'd stopped her crying by re-staging the incident for posterity...

Meanwhile, the presents were out...

...and it was time for our Xmas Eve dinner...

...skillfully prepared by the EP...

Yumtastic...

Greetings from the EP...

...and from your correspondent...

In tonight's "University Challenge", we beat both teams and achieved what must be our highest ever score - 190 - nine starter questions and twenty bonus questions...

Then, another film "The Holiday" with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslett, Jude Law and Jack Black - heartwarming and funny, just the way an Xmas movie ought to be...

As the credits rolled, the EP advised she'd seen it already but had wanted to see it again so didn't say...

Very much enjoyed...

To bed just before midnight, excited like a child...

Highlight of the Day : All the good stuff of Xmas Eve...