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Duet with a stranger.
sid & buddy karaoke
May 19, 2003
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Also a steadfast fixture in the karaoke community, ladies and gents I present to you: Herman the Cowboy Jew!
sid & buddy karaoke
May 19, 2003
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But oh! This is and easy one! As Axl and Slash...
sid & buddy karaoke
May 19, 2003
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Making new friends through the universal language of music.
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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Me singing George Michael's "Faith."
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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Em & Lo doing another duet.
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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Em & Lo teamed up to sing a duet.
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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If you've ever had the pleasure of meeting Michael Martin, you might think he was a shy guy - and totally not the type to show up outta nowhere, grab the mic, and represent with a heart-wrenching rendition of the Cars' classic 80's rock ballad, Drive.
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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Grant was getting antsy singing in English, so we made friends with a Chinatown local who brought Grant up on stage to sing a Mandarin tune called "Crystal." Check out the guy's expression as we listens to Grant pretend to sing in Chinese.
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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Mike looks like he's doing "the hustle" in the photo.
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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When Grant ran into a little trouble singing George Michael's "Kissing a Fool," Michael ran up to the stage to lend support with this "lone lighter" salute.
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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Grant coldlamps with Winnie herself.
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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Lo and I warmed things up with a not-so-great rendition of the '91 Spin Doctor's jam "Two Princes." (Yo, you might think this song is easy - but don't forget, there's like 2 minutes of hippyesque scatting at the end. Ugh).
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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After dinner we all headed nextdoor to Winnie's for karaoke!
lorelei's 31st birthday
April 08, 2003
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Pangaea for some late night karaoke action.
the april roundup
April, 2003
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Grant was totally sweating the girl in the lil' red dress.
lucky cheng's karaoke
March 26, 2003
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Complete with Townsendesque air-guitar strums.
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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Grant tries to get some stranger into the true DLR (that's David Lee Roth) spirit of things by doing a toe-touch jump in the beginning of his performance of Van Halen's "Panama."
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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Frank "Seven Layer" Picarazzi doing The Who's "My Generation."
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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Sean reps on the "You're So Vain" Carly Simon tip.
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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Lo's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" sparked candles of adornment.
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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So you know that song "La Isla Bonita" by Madonna? Well this cute red girl is singing it all serious and right in the middle of the chorus this dude shows up wearing a fake moustache and yells the last line of every chorus.

So the pretty girl sings "Tropical the island breeze / All of nature wild and free / This is where I long to be..." and then he grabs the mic each time and screams, in an uber-offensive pseudo Mexican accent "LA ISLA BO-NEEEEE-TOOOOH!" I think I almost shit myself laughing. "SAAAAAN PAY-DROE!"
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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Joey singing Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me."
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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Damn. We're still glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife, you know what I'm saying?
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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Later on in the evening, Lo and I reprised our version of Meatloaf's "Paradise By the Dashboard Lights" which was last heard at her birthday party last April.
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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Grant gives up some love for Mary who did a great version of some ELO song I'd never heard.
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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While I did my best to channel McCartney's scream...
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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After I was done, a few talentless hacks sang unmemorible crap before Grant got called up for Bowie's "Life on Mars" which he proceeded to render with such heartfelt authenthicity that it actually brought tears to our eyes.
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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In one of the most blantant acts of shameless sycophancy I've seen in a long while, Grant kicked off the night by singing "Lola" by The Kinks (Lola also being the name of the co-emcee of the evening).
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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"We're going to party Karamu, fiesta, forever! Come on and sing along!" Talk about lyrical foreshadowing, jeeeez! Colin (aka - "Big Daddy") stepped up to the stage and got the crowd feeling nice with his rendition of Lionel Ritchie's schmoking hit "All Night Long."
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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Grant, me, Emma.
sweet ups karaoke
March 04, 2003
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...bad-ass photographer Ellen Stagg's birthday party. Check out the birthday girl belting out a karaoke jam. And so yeah, that was pretty much my January. Yay.
end of january
January 18, 2003
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With the bar raised high. B-Batch speps to the mic to deliver Misfits sing-along "Last Caress" We all know Brian can look like Danzig and the boyz but can he sound like them?
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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"Oh sweet death, one last Carrrrressssssssss!" Bri selects a biddy to mack on once he gets done rockin the LES.
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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Shit, man; His mama din't raise no dummy! Owen wisely steps backwards to exit the stage to let Brian "Goldenballs" Battjer bask in rökk gloree! Extra points for that nastee grimace. Noice!
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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This is the bit where 250 New Yorkers pay homage to a Neon sign...as Owen deadpans (every week) "Neon.....it's a gas!"
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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Sign O' the Devil. "Scream for me New York...RUN-FOR-YOUR-LIVES!"
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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Granted the spray-on jeans played a part in hitting those higher registers.
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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Proprietor and emcee "Owen the Brummie" gives madd props where madd props is due with a double index finger hail. This was the exact moment where the Arlene Grocery foundations were thoroughly shaken for the first of four times on that fateful evening.
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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One dude in the front row was so overcome by my re-voicing of 'Maidens' tale of the subjugation of the indigenous North American tribes, he actually reached out with a view to tweak my trouser schnauzer. Possibly to check if I was for real.
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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Dancing With Myself. Unfortunately Colin was really singing from the heart on this one.
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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The front row's attempts to push Big Daddy into a bucket and smuggle his "fumbling-the-lyrics ass" out of the premises ended in vain.
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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Myself, O.G (Original Grantster) getting stuck in to the 'Maiden Klässik "Run to the Hills" I wasn't reading off that lyric sheet, Holmes; I was fanning off the front row as they swooned from my hot, hot heat.
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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Girl in front; "Who does this guy think he is? I'd never let him see my boobs either."
heavy metal karaoke at arlenes grocery
December 30, 2002
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Sarah, the mystery man, Pang Pang and Anise get up and perform Def Leppard's rokk anthem "Pour Some Sugar on Me."
goodbye siany
December 02, 2002
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"In the name of LEEEE-OVE!"
goodbye siany
December 02, 2002
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After getting the ladies all wet with a solo rendition of the Police's 1978 hit "Roxanne," Emily and I stepped up to the mic to kick a duet of Human League's 1982 hit "Don't You Want Me." Check out DJ/Entertainer Jo Jo Russell (the karaoke emcee) pumpin his fist Arsenio Hall style. "Hoo Hoo Hoo!"
thanksgiving
November 27, 2002
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Grant warms it up BeeGee style as Kristen films.
lucky cheng karaoke
June 28, 2002
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"You in the jungle, baby. You gonna diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie."
lucky cheng karaoke
June 28, 2002
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Where the fuck are my lips?
lucky cheng karaoke
June 28, 2002
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I stepped up for a little Gunsn'fuckingRoses.
lucky cheng karaoke
June 28, 2002
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David steps up with a little Sugar Ray
lucky cheng karaoke
June 28, 2002
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The incorrigible Lola presides over all things karaoke.
enid's again
June 24, 2002
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"Well I guess it would be nice / If I could touch your body / You know not everybody / Has got a body like you," I sang to David as he smiled and coyly rubbed his groin.
enid's again
June 24, 2002
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I decided to sing "Faith" by George Michael. This is me striking my very authentic George Michael Stance. (P.S. - check out my little bum. You could fit that shit in a teacup.)
enid's again
June 24, 2002
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I gotta have Faaayth-ah!
enid's again
June 24, 2002
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"You're schmoopie!"
"No! You're schmoopie! Yes you are! Yes you are!"
lorelei's 30th birthday
April 09, 2002
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The night ended prematurely when in the midst of "Copa Cabana" Lorelei shot Emma with a bolt of lightning.
lorelei's 30th birthday
April 09, 2002
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Again, Grant is the motherfucking karaoke master. This night he freaked us all out with a 100% accurate Bowie impression of "Life On Mars."
lorelei's 30th birthday
April 09, 2002
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Yeah, that's right. We're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
lorelei's 30th birthday
April 09, 2002
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After our 3 hour dinner, the few of us that hadn't lapsed into pasta-induced glucose-shock, headed out for KARAOKE! Em & Lo kick things off with their classic rendition of "Steal My Sunshine."
lorelei's 30th birthday
April 09, 2002
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Lo and I halfway through our seven-plus minute rendition of Meatloaf's "Paradise By the Dashboard Lights."
lorelei's 30th birthday
April 09, 2002
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Tookie refused to sing so Joey and Lo tried to get her into it by accompanying her.
lorelei's 30th birthday
April 09, 2002
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"There was nobody." (Grant's really not this funny looking...I'm only posting this pic because I think it's neat that the words from the TV prompter showed up in the picture.)
lorelei's 30th birthday
April 09, 2002
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Beyond his superb vox skillz, he also wowed the audience with some "moves" during the "instrumental break" portion of the song.
karaoke at enid's
February 25, 2002
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Grant ended the song by turning his back on the monitor and going buckwild, falsetto-scat style. Holy Shit!
karaoke at enid's
February 25, 2002
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For anyone who doesn't know, Grant is hands down one of the best karaoke performers I have ever seen. He choose to sing "You Should Be Dancin'" by the BeeGees (and he sang that shit higher than any BeeGee would've dreamed of singing it).
karaoke at enid's
February 25, 2002
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Wait, what?
karaoke at enid's
February 25, 2002
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Me singing Billy Idol's 'Dancing With Myself' (check out Lola rocking out in the background. Schweet.)
karaoke at enid's
February 25, 2002
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"Can you feel it, baby? Yeah, I can too"
karaoke at enid's
February 25, 2002
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I got treated to a little serenade by Candy. Then we sang Roxanne together!
moving to san francisco going away party: part one
August 24, 2004
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Sarah and Philip.
moving to san francisco going away party: part one
August 24, 2004
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Kate teaches the Caribbean a thing or two about Karaoke.
vacation in st thomas: part one
October 05, 2000
I edited together this montage of some choice cuts of the hits from the evening. (My favorite moment is Fatty's expression at 3:20) Enjoy! Track listing:
1. Christmas Wrapping
2. I Can't Go for That
3. Christmas Wrapping (part 2)
4. Head Over Heels
5. Plush
6. Peace on Earth / Ziggy Stardust
7. Let's Go
8. Fairytale Of New York
9. Creep
10. Don't You Want Me
11. Do They Know It's Christmas?
the december roundup
December, 2015