Full-on Barbra love

On Monday (Nov. 13) I will be one of thousands making the trek to San Jose's HP Pavilion to see Barbra Streisand say farewell to live performance (again).I'm admitting it here, in public, amidst my Dogs, that I am a lifelong lover of BS. I've been with her through it all, including good taste and bad taste (hers and mine), good movies and bad (hers), good songs and bad (hers again). I saw her say farewell six years ago in Los Angeles, and I wasn't about to miss the opportunity to see her in my own backyard (so to speak).In our Nov. 12 paper we ran a Barbra extravaganza penned by yours truly. You can read it here, but you'll miss the brilliant graphics by Greg Traverso of our graphics department.One of the things I included was something I called The Perfect Streisand Mix, which is really just a compliaton of some of favorite BS tunes that you might not necesarily know. I re-print the list below with a few additions because in cyberspace, there are no space limitations.Oh, and Rosie O'Donnell, if you're reading (and of course she is -- Lily Tomlin told her to never miss a Theater Dogs blog entry), I want to be in your Barbra Streisand fan documentary. Rosie, you and I speak each other's sentences when it comes to Barbra and Broadway.The perfect Streisand playlistIn this world of online music downloading and portable playlists, we offer the following (highly subjective but based on decades of research) menu of Streisand delicacies. These aren't necessarily the hits, but they're great.``Down with Love'' (from ``The Second Barbra Streisand Album,'' 1963)``If I Could'' (from ``Higher Ground,'' 1997)``Jingle Bells?'' (from ``A Christmas Album,'' 1967)``Where or When'' (from ``Color Me Barbra,'' 1966)``Since I Fell for You'' (from ``Barbra Joan Streisand,'' 1971)``Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead'' (from ``Harold Sings Arlen with Friend,'' 1966)``My Man'' (from ``Funny Girl,'' the original motion picture soundtrack, 1968)``Pavane (Vocalise)'' (from ``Classical Barbra,'' 1976)``Love with All the Trimmings'' (from ``On a Clear Day You Can See Forever,'' original motion picture soundtrack, 1970)``Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead'' (from ``Live Concert at the Forum,'' 1972)``Clear Sailing'' (from ``Emotion,'' 1984)``Yentl Medley'' (from ``Barbra: The Concert,'' 1984)``I'll Be Home'' (from ``Stoney End,'' 1971)``Somewhere'' (from ``The Broadway Album,'' 1985)I'd also add: ``More In Love with You'' (from ``The Movie Album,'' 2003); ``Letting Go'' (from ``Guilty Pleasures,'' 2005); ``Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again'' (from ``Duets,'' 2002); ``Places That Belong to You'' (from ``The Prince of Tides,'' original motion picture soundtrack, 1991); ``Pretty Women/The Ladies Who Lunch'' (from ``The Broadway Album,'' 1985); ``One More Night'' (from ``Songbird,'' 1978); ``The Woman in the Moon'' (from``A Star Is Born,'' original motion picture soundtrack, 1976); ``There's Gonna Be A Great Day'' (from ``Funny Lady,'' original motion picture soundtrack, 1975); ``Pieces of Dreams'' (from ``The Way We Were,'' 1974); ``I Never Has Seen Snow'' (from ``Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments,'' 1973).I'll blog about the concert after I catch my breath.