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 [...]

So I’m trying to spend the credit I accrued from some bad holiday purchase at Urban and I come across this. Srsly, what kind of “friends don’t let friends sing karaoke”? Let me tell you– really boring ones.
I’m very grateful Urban carried my book and all but stop pouring the haterade!

In my book I compile setlists of karaoke songs by occasion and theme– from bachelorette party songs, coming out songs, to songs are sci-fi of fantasy fiction sounding, like Xanadu. For the upcoming Hello Kitty-oke Dance Party, I’m trying to compile cat-related songs. Aside from Cats the Musical (Mr. Mistopheles, Memory) and Stray Cat Strut, [...]

Dearest Parisa of Pillows fame recaps our adventures in lower Chinatown. This includes forcing a certain guy to sing Sisters of Mercy just for kicks.
I suppose no one (except for us) goes to Winnie’s on a Sunday before a presidential Monday. Old the Chinese patrons don’t even compete with us for airtime. Oh why do [...]

I know that a mic hog can be seriously annoying. But in Asia, where karaoke is seriously business, poor singing etiquette can leave you unplugged. For life. And Coldplay won’t make you very popular either. I’m thinking my book title should be Dying to Sing: An Expose on the Murderous Asian Karaoke Underground.
From the [...]

A few weeks ago Emily was flipping through the songbook and as usual, pointed to a song that I knew she had never sang in her life. She turned to me, and I flat out said “NO WAY.”
Our other friend Erin was disturbed by my curtness, and the fact that anyone would deny another’s song [...]