Christmastime Is Here Again

So, I'd been getting further in the mood for the holidays by listening to all of the Beatles' Christmas records done for their fan club. They were annual giveaways that the Fab Four recorded from '63-'69. Lots of fun.

Anyway, today, we went to a wedding down in the OC at the Crystal Cathedral (Congrats to Sheryl and Patrick Kershaw, two of my oldest fans & friends). I'd only seen the place on TV as part of the "Hour Of Power." The place is a riot. It was a beautiful ceremony on a proscenium decked out for the church's Christmas show; a huge 3D Bethlehem complete with night sky, rock formations and fortifications. Righteous choice of venue, Patrick!

On a whim, after the ceremony, I decided to check on ticket availability for the extravaganza billed as the Glory Of Christmas. It did not disappoint. Simply put, it was the Biggest Budgeted, Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Wild stuff. Not only was it an action packed nativity story, there were a cast of dozens, including flying angels, and real live animals in the show. Real camels, sheep and horses, horses, horses. Lots of singing (the soloist on Some Children See Him blew me away), lots of great carols and plenty of interpretive dance. I'm sure some would call it ostentatious, but we was thrilled by it. If you live in the SoCal area and have an affinity for Yuletide activities, check it out.

Time for bed. Got to get up early to go to the Farmers' Market. Get a Christmas tree. Plus the Browns are on at 1 PM.

Peace & Disco Beats

Dizney Land Pix

As promised here are a few choice holiday snaps from our visit to Disneyland this week.
Me and Frozone, two cool cats. Separated at birth?


The formatting for my blog has gone goofy! No pun intended. Anyway. It was a fun day. I love the action shot of Donald Duck. I like Donald, because when he gets bent out of shape about the little stuff, it reminds me not to do the same. The Exit Stage Left is from Roger Rabbit. And I had to get a photo in front of the Candy Cane "N" at California Adventure.

Happy Holidays!
Peace On Earth

Ready For December

Hey All.
Hope that you truly enjoyed your Thanksgiving. I know I did. Spent it with family and the dogs. Sublime.

As I get older, I realize I like Christmas season more and more. And I don't care how early it comes. It's true that the spirit should be with us all year. Even if the carols aren't. Actually the carols are one of my favorite aspects of celebrating, even in November. It's the novelty songs that grind a little. Sunday, we'll be going to get our tree. At least we waited til December for that, you say. I had a great time at Disneyland this week with my dears Patty and Chervet. The place was decked to the halls. And it was actually revitalizing. I'll get a pic or two up in a longer edit of this blog soon.

I've been pressing forward with booking my tour of the UK. So far several shows have been slated including stops in London, of course, Barnsley and Manchester. With more to come. I'll announce venues and more details when the time is right.

The CDs are in production. Hit a snag with the artwork for the posters however. But CDs are on track for December 18 as promised. On MySpace, I've reached 3000 friends. Which is nice to have that many people visit my page. Many of them/you have already expressed eagerness to see me on tour! Plus, "A Talent For Loving" surpassed 8000 plays on the MySpace jukebox and "Fall Out" will breach 2000 later today, I 'spect.

I had a chance to see two musical movies this week. Disney's Disney spoof "Enchanted," which was snarky and sweet. I certainly laughed more than the kids in the audience. We also saw the Dylan biopic "I'm Not There." Wild, man. Cate Blanchett and Christian Bale's performances as Dylanesque characters were stunning. The whole thing is a bit of a riddle, but worth the 2+ hours of visual references to Bob's lyrics, stylistic cinematic turns (Cate Blanchett's character Jude is basically Dylan in Fellini's "8 1/2." What a concept!) and excellent performances all around.

Gotta jet. But keep the faith!
I'm thankful for all of you. Especially if you're reading this!

Peace & Disco Beats