here’s my interview in AsianWeek. Thank you Angela Pang (a fellow UCD Aggie) for the lovely interview!
SAN FRANCISCO - Clad in a cute ivory flapper-esque dress and with a microphone in hand, petite Raina Lee pointed suggestively at her bosom and derriere as she sang the raunchy “Dance: 10, Looks: 3″ from A Chorus Line.
“Just [...]

I’ll do reportage a little later, but first a much needed THANK YOU to everyone who came to support my book parties in the Bay this past weekend. I couldn’t have done it without you! Big thanks goes to Niem, Lijay, Toqer, Dan Wong, and April! Anyway, the pics are posted in my Flickr. Enjoy!
June [...]

Here’s a snippet of my interview on “Thoughtlines” KFJC 89.7 San Jose with Robert Emmett. Thank you Robert for the lovely chat! You can hear me gasp when he says “I’ve never been up on the [karaoke] stage.”
Warning: I couldn’t figure out how to edit this and accidentally tuned to another station for like 2 [...]

Dear friends, come show some karaoke love at The 7 Bamboo SJ and the Mint SF this weekend! And don’t forget to pass the world to all your Bay Area friends, lovers, frenemies, ex lovers, coworkers, and karaoke fanatics!
Also, the San Jose place 7Bamboo streams your performance on the mighty interweb while you are singing. [...]

http://www.chroniclebooks.com/karaoke/
When: Friday Jun 27, 2008, at 9:00 PM
7 Bamboo karaoke
162 Jackson Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Have you got what it takes to rule the karaoke scene?Join us for a karaoke book release party for Hit Me With Your Best Shot: The Ultimate Guide to Karaoke Domination
• Meet me, author Raina Lee (also of 1-Up MegaZine)
• Get [...]

SAVE THE DATE! Karaoke Domination is coming to rule the BAY AREA. Chronicle is helping throw 2 part-ays for Hit Me WIth Your Best Shot, so please come out and bring your friends! There’ll be giveaways, raffles and debauchery.
FRIDAY, JUNE 27
San Jose, 7 Bamboo

SATURDAY, JUNE 28
San Francisco, The Mint
Stay tuned! And stay in tune too, [...]

KJ Toqer of 7 Bamboo, a fine karaoke establish by the way of San Jose, just posted a very nice review of Hit Me With Your Best Shot;
Raina struck me as a person who’s very knowledgeable about karaoke. A good addition for any karaoke addicts coffee table. Bonus points because she mentions the 7 Bamboo [...]