Merry Xmas casual browser!
Today, I received the following gifts from The Missus.
CDs
The Rutles – S/T
Neil Innes – Taking Off/Innes Book of Records
Robert Wyatt – Greatest Misses
Rothko – Not Gone, Not Forgotten
Anthony Phillips – Soundscapes
DVD
Van der Graaf Generator – Godbluff Live
Monkey Dust – Series One
Books
Nick Mason – Inside Out
From my mother, I received a bread maker, which has to be one of THE best gifts I have ever received from her. I am currently having fun trying to make bread. Normally, I do it the old fashioned way, but the machine is quite hypnotic when it starts to mix and knead the dough automatically.
I hope you all got what you wanted for Christmas.
Yesterday, we both went to the theatre. We headed to Theatre Royal, Drury Lane to catch the Producers. It was a shame that Nathan Lane was “indisposed” but the show was still very good. Cory English, the understudy for Mr Lane, acquitted himself perfectly and was very good in the role of Max Bialystock. We both enjoyed the show very much and I wept with laughter throughout.
Then we headed to the Theatre Royal, Stratford for our annual Xmas Eve panto performance. This year it was “Sleeping Beauty”. My God, this was the WORST pantomime the Theatre Royal had put on in about 10 years. The script was poor, the jokes non-existant and the music numbers weak. Last year’s “Little Red Riding Hood” was a masterpiece in comparison. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

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