Darlene Love - Closing Bell

My infatuation with Darlene Love continues. Today she rang the closing bell at NYSE AND she performed. Enjoy!

Darlene Love on David Letterman - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Once again, Darlene Love rocked the house with her performance of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) on Late Night with David Letterman.  In case you missed it, you can view it here.

source: Late Show with David Letterman

And this morning, found her original performance of the song on his show in 1986.  At the 4:05 mark he asks her to come back next year.  I wonder if either of them knew it would become a Christmas tradition?  You can watch the 1986 performance here.

A Christmas Tradition Continues

Darlene Love makes her return to David Letterman tonight to close out his show with Christmas ( Baby Please  Home).   Originally recorded  in 1963, Darlene appeared on Letterman in 1986 to perform the song and has been back every year.  The big question has become,  "How will the saxophone player make his entrance?"

She posted on her Facebook page that she taped the show yesterday so it is in the can.   Darlene is 72 and still going strong!

This is last year's performance:

Darlene Love's 2009 Appearance on David Letterman

A big thank you and a Texas sized Merry Christmas to David Dust for letting me know this was out on YouTube!

Darlene Love on David Letterman

I am sure it will be a matter of minutes before Darlene Love's performance on Letterman will be uploaded to YouTube. As is the Christmas tradition, Darlene closed out the show with a soulful version of Christmas Baby Please Come Home. I am now officially in the Christmas spirit.

Here are some photos I took from the telly.

Christmas Baby Please Come Home

I realized a few minutes ago that it has been several days since I have posted anything. It's been really busy here in H-town. There have been some highs and some lows over the past several days. And speaking of highs, I turned on the air conditioner last night while I was working in Santa's workshop.

And speaking of Santa, I met up with him a couple of weeks ago at a friend's party. Here we are hanging out in the backyard.



Tonight on David Letterman, Darlene Love will perform. Darlene's performance on Letterman is a Christmas tradition that shouldn't be missed. What a voice and passion! And just so you know, she will perform at the end of the show.
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Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

I've been a bit under the weather since the middle of the month. I thought I was on the upswing and this past Monday (Dec. 22) I could feel the relapse starting and it was beginning with a sore throat. By Tuesday night (Dec. 23) I knew this cold was going to kick my ass again and sure enough by Wednesday (Dec. 24) the cold was back.

The 272 mile drive from Houston to Ft. Worth seemed like 600 miles. All I wanted to do was take a nap. By the time I arrived in Ft. Worth I was worn out. The family was just thrilled that I walked in all snotty nose.

Anywho...one the things that I missed out on was Darlene Love sining Christmas on David Letterman on Tuesday's show. Darlene, if you're reading this, I REALLY tried to stay awake but the illness knocked me out.

So...for those of you who also missed it, here is the YouTube clip for your viewing pleasure. Darlene's rendition of the song is so good because is giving it her all which then inspires the backup singers and the orchestra. I hope that one day I can see her perform the song live! Enjoy.

Ramblings Of A Caffeinated Mind 18.0

Weather
What's up with the weather in Houston? Yesterday morning I went running with runnerOne. It was bordering on the point of running shirtless. Who knew that it could border on balmy on the ninth day of December?

However, by evening time the temperature had made a considerable drop and it became jacket weather...and it continued to drop.

The Calvinator was L-O-V-I-N-G it! Cold weather. High winds. He had a bit of lilt to his walk.

Gas Prices
I was so excited I almost did a cartwheel on the corner of Leeland and Dowling. You see...

I paid $1.45 a gallon for gas! I remember back in June when gas was at the $4.00 mark. I'm not sure if the price any more so I'm gonna enjoy it while I can.

Have You Ever Wondered...
how a car wreck happens? You see...

Yesterday morning I was driving down Memorial Drive heading toward downtown. Traffic normally goes about 50 m.p.h. which is why I love Memorial Drive! It's sort of like a mini-crosstown expressway. Anywho...

So traffic comes to a standstill and in the middle lane are two cars that obviously had hit. There is debris in the right lane (the lane I'm in) so I'm sorta having to swerve to avoid the debris).

I travel a few more yards and there is a car that has its trunk smashed into the back seat. The force of the impact must have REALLY catapulted that car. OY!

Art For Sale
Back in the late '90s I purchased a piece of art from a gallery in New Orleans. I've never had it matted and framed and I'd actually forgotten about it. I'm thinking of selling it but I don't know if I should do it on ebay, Craigslist, or try to find an art dealer? Any advice?

I did a bit of research and other serigraphs of this piece are retailing for about to three times what I paid for it. Just don't know what to do.

Wanna Go For A Run?
So yesterday morning when I was running, I decided I need to run another marathon. runnerOne suggested that I try to get into NYC Marathon.

So I'm thinking I'll put my name in the lottery and if I don't get selected (again), I can do San Antonio which would 1 or 2 weeks later. Anybody want to join me? Just askin'.

Christmas Carol
I *heart* this song and I can't wait for Darlene Love to make her annual appearance on Letterman (she didn't do it last year because of the strike). I like U2's version of the song but I LOVE her rendition. Enjoy!