At SXSW I finally got to me the irrepressible Jeff Croft and Scott Phelps, creators of Barstar, the Foursquare of karaoke. If you haven’t tried it, you have to go sign up for the beta right RIGHT NOW! It’s a brilliant app that lets you share what you’re singing and where. Like Foursquare, it makes [...]

It’s powerful enough to cause people to remove it from their songbooks. And trigger people to kill.
“The trouble with ‘My Way,’ ” said Mr. Gregorio, “is that everyone knows it and everyone has an opinion.”
Others, noting that other equally popular tunes have not provoked killings, point to the song itself. The lyrics, written by Paul [...]

The Poo Families

Scott Louie just had to do it.

Truly the city that never sleeps, Vegas the place for unabashed celebration or sad song crooning. If you’re heading over to Vegas anytime soon, check out the low-key karaoke at the Imperial Palace, which I heard about on Karaoke Scene’s radio show. Like any gambling, buffer mongering Chinese family, that’s where we were headed for [...]

Awesome tulle skirt and the combination of leather and lace! Reminds me of what Phoebe Cates would have worn in Lace.

…if you’re between 16-26. Glee is looking for three new cast members.

Doesn’t it look like amazing FUN to be part of this? Oh why oh why was I not born Gen Y! Sadness…Let me know if you try out!

and it was right. Here’s Miss Lana directing Mika Miko, a great local band that is sadly no more.

The best thing about old fashioned bowling alleys, not places like Lucky Strike that serve martinis, is that they are stuck in a time warp, smell like bowling ball grease, and usually have an attached bar with nightly KARAOKE. A few years ago, I held a “triathlon” at this kind of bowling alley where the [...]