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'Comfort and Joy' ~~ Tori Amos (from 'Midwinter Graces')

... turn the LED's down low ...

... somethin' else this ...

God rest ye merry gentlemen - Aimee Mann

Silent Night - Stevie Nicks

WEDNESDAY




Pass.

Joe Passalaqua?

Henri,

I think Smiffy might like this ring.

(Don't forget to get it insured).

;o)



MAZELTOV!

#5

The things you learn on this blog!


:o)

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
or
Personent Hodie please.

#7 Bet'cha when you first read #5 you thought of Joe Pasquale.

two of my very favourites:

Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending

and

Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn

getting yer request in early..................

i haven't made my most unusual request yet so i'll do so now.
i first saw them in the glasgow university chapel during the west end festival and then more recently in st aloysius church on st andrews night..... a celebration of the patron saint of the russian navy, st. andrew, and it was a dedication to mark 70 years since the arctic convoy sailed and helped make the world a safer place....in the audience were two veterans of that convoy and a moving little speech was made by the russian hosts of the evening.
the music was blissful the setting just right.
you should really try and catch this group of amateur singers......the folk songs and classics all sung in russian.........i came away twice feeling more reflective, uplifted and happy.
a song that might be appropriate for wednesday as well................

'wintry road'........by vissarion shebalin......sung by .......russkaya capella


friday night..................families.

'rockaway beach'..........the ramones..................for 'father christmas'......as i'll be dressed as him running a 5k on rockaway beach on christmas eve.

second unusual request...............anything by justin beiber. i haven't a clue what he sings but i'm being dragged along to see him , lady gaga and pitbull in times square on new years eve. should be good.
i'll have to get up early on new years day though as i'm going to see giants v cowboys, i've a spare ticket.....

thats how my year is ending...............a tumultuous year.........next year promises to be exciting.

so i wish you and your families and the GIO squad a very happy xmas and new year and hope you all have good health and remember if ye dinnae GIO dinnae come on here and moan aboot it......you know who you are.

cheers frae brooklyn (aka dale_kelvin)

After my usual Christmas morning pentathlon, I'll be hopping aboard Richard Branson's inaugural space flight before drinks with Keith and a private party on Mustique where we'll be entertained by Paul and Bob and Proclaimers tribute band Specs Havers.

See, Amid The Winter's Snow - Steeleye Span

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Hark! The herald angels sing - Jewel
Away in a manger - Trisha Yearwood
The first Noel - Ella Fitzgerald

Silent night - live

Merry Christmas everyone!

Joe
Linlithgow

Led vain elk

Achromic Beggars Howl !

#6

Fortunately, I've never been interested in jewellery - although I accept it would be a better investment than the pile of scrap that goes under the title 'classic cars' and which swallows up endless cash whilst deteriorating both in value and before your eyes.

regardez vous

henri

Time for the annual request for the Mexican Elvis..

"Feliz Navidad" - El Vez

Dizi Navel Fad

Its our Xmas night out. If I'm blootered on the Underground can I take it as follows:

Outer Circle, flung out the way to the doors on corners = centrifugal force

Inner Circle, flung in the way to the doors on corners = centripetal force

either way I maight be dizzy and brusied, like last year due to every force having an equal and opposite reaction

#21 Ours last night - dinner in the Chip, just great - still exhausted today though, strong drink consumed.

Theme idea: today's Herald identify's a tribe known as '拢50:00 quid man' the ageing record buyer who can while away days in Fopp buying up CD's, inspired by having nothing more exciting to do.

This is slightly sexist, so, it should be : You're standing in Fopp with a spare 拢50:00 - what will you go for - The Trojan Box Set, or put your 拢50:00 down as a deposit on The Smiths over priced collection, the remastered White Album or In The Court Of The Crimson King?

This actually happened to me: following a stint as a witness in a court case ( I was never called) the judiciary awarded me expenses of circa 拢50 ... I wandered from the courrt along to the local Virgin Mega Store and bought a whole load of hippy albums. Great fun.

regadrez youse

henri

Nat King Cole - Joy To The World

You also can't go far wrong with the Calypso Carol.

#20 Sounds like a great night out. Enjoy 鈽�

#11 & #12

Right!
(in my best Yorkshire accent)
Wiil work up an appetite with a couple of lengths of the Amazon in the morning. Lunch at home, Gisele Bundchen is cooking this year (which is nice). Have to go easy on the grub though coz it鈥檚 the annual charity 5 a side in the afternoon (Zico, Romario, Ronaldo and Pele in my team). In the evening Tom Jobim and Francis Albert are popping round to give us a couple of tunes on the terrace.

#24

And you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you.

Lunchtime today I was in our equivalent of an HMV store (not many people in CD section, Henri) and they played (back to back) Cliff鈥檚 鈥淢istletoe and Wine鈥� and Shaky鈥檚 鈥淢erry Xmas Everyone鈥�. I have never heard either of these artists played over here before, ever.
And is there a more clich茅 ridden song than that Shaky classic? Dave Edmunds should hang his head in shame.

Relax it's Christmas, how's about The Dickies "Silent Night"?

#24 just two lengths of the Amazon?

You were reet lucky...........

GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN from THE JETHRO TULL CHRISTMAS ALBUM by JETHRO TULL

Melancholic delight ...

'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' ~~ She & Him

... a little late, but worthy with it ...