So last night I went to visit with a dear friend I've known for many years, since we were both free for the evening of familial and holiday commitments. We made an easy dinner and then spent the rest of our visit chatting and drinking tea and eating Godiva chocolates. At one point he pulled out his laptop to show me this YouTube video of Los Beats, an Argentinian Beatles cover band. Apparently these guys are "the best" Beatles cover band around and the interesting thing is that they're Argentinian. (Now that I look more closely at this video, though, I'm thinking they may not be playing live - cuz, you know, no cords going to the guitars - but it's still pretty fun to watch. Plus, if it's not a track of the actual Beatles recording, it's an amazing cover!!)

My friend also introduced me to comedian Frank Caliendo. If you want to laugh until your sides hurt, check out this video of him doing his President Bush impersonations on Dave Letterman:

Hilarious!

And I seem to have found the attraction of YouTube (which, admittedly, has eluded me up until now) because I found this video of The Beatles themselves playing "I Saw Her Standing There" live to be a pretty amazing testament to why Beatlemania took hold of the country.

Merry Christmas everyone!! I'm off to look for some live Doors/Jim Morrison videos and then to grandma's for Christmas dinner! :)