Letters to you

So Q, how was it from close up??? I think you may have been the only one I know who was brave enough to face the cold and the crowds! Me? I have no TV, and the first and last time I was at a DC event in January was 1992... so my main experience of it thus far has been Youtube and Google searches:

Edit - just found out there were others there as well. I'll get the full report later...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REQgZVOxBhI - comedy, historic perspectives...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf8UYdA0fjU&NR=1 - Bruce Sprinsteen at inauguration concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjLT_dRZiHs - Beyonce at inauguration concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ32KxGH2mQ - Aretha Franklin sings "My Country Tis of Thee" in her best outrageous Sunday-go-to-meeting hat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqJfGNyVLDo&feature=related - Betty Lavette with Bon Jovi at opening concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eUnTTwrxmc - President Obama on the inauguration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQzZEK7jVaE - Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman Perform Simple Gifts at Barack Obama's Inauguration Celebration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H8g2FJFLFE - Usher, Shakira, and Stevie Wonder perform Higher ground at inaugural concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeNgjXPZkrM&feature=channel - Michelle Obama on MLK day as a day of service.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3e1pQqQ89Y&feature=channel - President Obama on USAService.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ssTp8Z6m04 - Poem reading by Omekongo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-EAdktK-Kc - Joseph Lowery's benediction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeRyC8QJrLI - Rick Warren's opening prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFA6-RqQ4jM - Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem

And finally:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Inauguration/story?id=6689022&page=1 - the 44th president is sworn in and gives his inaugural address.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSPIkcn1tcI - Joe Biden's oath of office
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTN7SddLyhM - Joe Biden's speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgNgKobgp20&feature=related - Springsteen and Pete Seeger sing This Land is My Land