Duet nite – 4-12
Tonight seemed like duet night at The Maltese. Four of the five songs I sang were with others. It was pretty cool although I probably need to work on singing in harmony with others. At the same time,...
View ArticleCounting down the worst
Starting tonight at Bear-e-oke, we’ll be singing as many songs as possible from the Top 111 Worst Songs. My colleagues and I dispute many of the songs’ placement on the list. While not the greatest,...
View ArticleWorst 111: Round One
The first round of the “Worst 111″ karaoke countdown was launched at Madison Bear Garden on Monday night. I think it got a pretty good reception from the crowd although some of the songs were truely...
View ArticleShakedown – Aug. 19
SAN DIEGO — I’ll expand on this latter, but there were several things that detracted from the enjoyment of my night on the town Friday. These are just niggles and didn’t take too much from my night. –...
View ArticleThe best karaoke place in San Diego
Just to pick up on my post from last week, I have a _much, much_ better time at the second San Diego karaoke place I sang at. After my 10-year reunion on Aug. 19, I drove around the corner from Shelter...
View ArticleThe end of the world
Here’s another belated post. I wanted to post the playlist from the last time I sang at The Maltese with my former co-worker Ari. Sure it was over a month ago, but I tried to do a fitting tribute to...
View ArticleGet ready to geek out
Just in case people couldn’t get more obsessed with karaoke, Griffin Technologies has a new toy. Meet iKaraoke It’s a mic that plugs into the base of your iPod so you can fade the vocal track on your...
View ArticleWhat do you expect for nothing? – Sept. 21
I took the title of this post from the song “Rubber Biscuit.” I don’t quite know who wrote it, but the Blues Brothers sang it once upon a time. It wsa exciting to see karaoke compadre Allen owning a...
View ArticleIs the party over for ’80s nights?
I recently attended ’80s night at LaSalles Bar, but it didn’t turn out as advertised when the DJ started mixing in dance hits from the ’90s and the aughts. Although that was fun in its own way, I was...
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Sing, sing a song … or 226 of them
I sing a song at Quackers Bar in north Chico in October 2008. Photo by Olivia Drake. I challenged myself to sing 200 different songs during karaoke in 2011. At the end of the year, I estimated I sang...
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Monday Tuesday Karaoke in Utah
Richard plays a saxophone cover of “Hello” during karaoke night at Keys on Main in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. It’s been interesting getting used to a different karaoke scene. Back in...
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10+1 images from my first year back in Utah
At the end of May, I marked the first anniversary of my returning to Utah. To celebrate the occasion, I reviewed the photos I took from the past 365 days and picked ten that highlighted some of the fun...
View ArticleWorst 111: Round One
The first round of the “Worst 111” karaoke countdown was launched at Madison Bear Garden on Monday night. I think it got a pretty good reception from the crowd although some of the songs were truely...
View ArticleShakedown – Aug. 19
SAN DIEGO — I’ll expand on this latter, but there were several things that detracted from the enjoyment of my night on the town Friday. These are just niggles and didn’t take too much from my night. —...
View ArticleThe best karaoke place in San Diego
Just to pick up on my post from last week, I have a _much, much_ better time at the second San Diego karaoke place I sang at. After my 10-year reunion on Aug. 19, I drove around the corner from Shelter...
View ArticleThe end of the world
Here’s another belated post. I wanted to post the playlist from the last time I sang at The Maltese with my former co-worker Ari. Sure it was over a month ago, but I tried to do a fitting tribute to...
View ArticleGet ready to geek out
Just in case people couldn’t get more obsessed with karaoke, Griffin Technologies has a new toy. Meet iKaraoke It’s a mic that plugs into the base of your iPod so you can fade the vocal track on your...
View ArticleWhat do you expect for nothing? – Sept. 21
I took the title of this post from the song “Rubber Biscuit.” I don’t quite know who wrote it, but the Blues Brothers sang it once upon a time. It wsa exciting to see karaoke compadre Allen owning a...
View ArticleIs the party over for ’80s nights?
I recently attended ’80s night at LaSalles Bar, but it didn’t turn out as advertised when the DJ started mixing in dance hits from the ’90s and the aughts. Although that was fun in its own way, I was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sing, sing a song … or 226 of them
I sing a song at Quackers Bar in north Chico in October 2008. Photo by Olivia Drake. I challenged myself to sing 200 different songs during karaoke in 2011. At the end of the year, I estimated I sang...
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