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karaoke — Then Grant and Buddy teamed up for one of the most explosive performances of Van Halen's "Panama" I've ever seen. Between the two of them, they managed to pull about half of and six "Faces of Rock." Here's Grant pulling the "Oh My God!"

karaoke — Hahahaha. And here's Buddy caught in the middle of pulling my favorite "Face of Rock," the "Can You Belive How Fast I'm Playing This Guitar?"

karaoke — Here's Buddy pulling the infamous "Lick the Air!"

karaoke — No, no! You can't hurry love. No! You'll just have to wait. Seriously.

karaoke — Monday night karaoke was extra-special because there were all these Mafiosa guys there that wandered in after eating at Lombardi's nextdoor. They all sang Frank Sinatra songs.

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Guess who's moving to NYC soon?

two bbqs and karaoke

August 16, 2003

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"I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. That much is true..."

two bbqs and karaoke

August 16, 2003

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Emily singing "Love is a Battlefield" (I think).

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August 16, 2003

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"Don't you want me, baby? Don't you want me, oh-oh-oh-ohhh."

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August 16, 2003

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"You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when I met you."

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August 16, 2003

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So we ended up having so much singing at Frank's that we decided to round up a crew and head to Nolita Tavern for some Saturday night Sid & Buddy Karaoke action. Emily Cmielewski was in town from Boston apartment hunting for a place in NYC so she came with Bev (who I also went to high school with) and met us there. (L to R: Bev, MLE, Grant, Fatty and Colin).

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August 16, 2003

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The big "Wanted Dead or Alive" Bon Jovi finale replete with ghetto pyrotechnics (sparklers scotch-taped to the ceiling)!

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August 09, 2003

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DeNiro meets Elvis meets Mullet.

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August 09, 2003

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Big Daddy tearing it up with Huey Lewis' seminal "I Want a New Drug." Homeboy kicked it so hard he needed not one, but two blonde, hula-clad male dancers. Check out that face; the urgency - can't you see how much Big Daddy wants that new drug?

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August 09, 2003

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Frank Picarazzi showed up late night to represent.

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August 09, 2003

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I kicked off the night with my version of, um, errrrr, who knows - I guess that's why I shouldn't let over three months go by before I get around to captioning these stupid photos.

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August 09, 2003

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Here's my leeeetle brother Brett singing, ummmmm, a song that apparently required a gold-sequinned top hat.

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August 09, 2003

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But not Grizzle, his Bowie is fresh enough to go propless.

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August 09, 2003

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Orange scarf? Hey, when you're doing karaoke three times a week after awhile you find you need "props" to "spice things up."

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August 09, 2003

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So right when they were bringing the cake out, I got called up to sing. I grabbed the dick off the cake (thinking it was just a plastic dick) and stuffed it down my pants. Only after the song was over did I realize the dick was actually made out of white chocolate and if it wasn't ruined right when I shoved it down my underwear, it was certainly ruined when I let an enthusiastic audience member stub out their cigarette on it (see the ash mark?). Doh. Uh, sorry about that one guys.

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August 06, 2003

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David dishes some tough loving to Natalka while Yelena cheers him on.

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August 06, 2003

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Candy and I reminded everyone that Roxanne did indeed not need to be putting on that red light. Seriously, those days are over, Rox. For seriously.

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August 06, 2003

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Holy best photo EVER! Sarah and Tara ~~munching~~ cutting rug.

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August 06, 2003

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Noody David getting a lil' backup help from Candy and Tara.

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August 06, 2003

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Herman: birthday boy and Karaoke Jew extraordinaire dedicated a lil' sumptin to his birthday counterpart.

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August 06, 2003

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Best night of karaoke EVAR!

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August 06, 2003

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As the booze continued to flow, Sarah took it upon herself to start shucking clothes off of the shy ones.

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August 06, 2003

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Sid, Candy, Tara and Buddy.

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August 06, 2003

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Mad props to David, the only other guy there who didn't cheat and stripped all the way down to his skivvies.

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August 06, 2003

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Sid & Buddy stripped down to their Underroos!

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August 06, 2003

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Buddy (in his giant, foam Speedy Gonzales hat) and Nadine.

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August 06, 2003

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Afterwards, it was time for Seth to go solo with a little "New York State of Mind" action.

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July 11, 2003

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After Amanda had finished singing, Tracy Morgan wandered in from the next room (!!!) and asked Frank if he knew how to play "Let's Get it On" by Al Green. He killed it.

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July 11, 2003

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Hahaha.

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July 11, 2003

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Then Big Daddy stepped up to back Seth (check out Tracy and his friend cheering on the white boys in the background).

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July 11, 2003

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...and then halfway through the song, took that mother over. Check out Tracy (making the Brian Fellows face!) and Shawn looking on in awe! Hahaha.

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July 11, 2003

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After he'd finished singing, one of Tracy's friends (Shawn Wayans, I think) came up on stage and the band kicked off a Stevie Wonder tune. Seth ran up and joined them to first provide some backing harmonies...

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July 11, 2003

Special Bonus! Here's a thirty second video clip of me singing Quiet Riot's seminal metal hit: Cum On Feel Tha Noize. Courtesty of Doug.

the july roundup

July, 2003

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karaoke — Sid & Buddy doing karaoke backup with some girl who Buddy later informed me is some webcam pornstar from Canada or something

karaoke — Check him out stealthily pressing her hand against his luggage. Smooooth.

karaoke — More Sid & Buddy karaoke. Sid (dressed as Siouxsie?) singing and Buddy on the inflatable axe.

karaoke — Special karaoke gueststar: Doug Jaeger (whose aparently too busy counting his bling to update his goddamned website).

karaoke — Ooooooh! Betsy's showing 'er bum!

karaoke — ...and the original Jetsetera line up took the stage for the first time in over three years for a four-way karaoke re-enactment of the seminal Van Halen song, "Hot For Teacher." (In order to really appreciate that last caption, you have to hear me say it in my Casey Kasem voice.)

karaoke — Here's Frank Picarazzi (in a tuxedo shirt, no less) who insisted the prompter be turned off while he was singing because he was, "going 'off book'" for her schmoking version of Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long."

karaoke — Sarah (aka - "Sexual Bacon") performing a duet of "Summer Nights" (from 'Grease') with Ed (the guy who buys the entire bar round after round of shots).

karaoke — Grant steps up to the mic for a little Bowie magic.

karaoke — Hahahah. Just when you thought Fatty couldn't top the "dessert" pic above...

karaoke — Here's Big Daddy pleasing the crowd with his smashing rendition of Huey Lewis' "I Want a New Drug."

karaoke — After everyone woke up we headed around the corner to meet up with the rest of the gang over at Nolita Tavern for Saturday night Sid and Buddy Karaoke.

karaoke — After that, Amy headed home and I went over to Piano's to sing a quick diddy at Sid and Buddy's Karaoke. Here's Stephanie and Buddy tearing it up.

karaoke — But, I mean, they do have sparklers. Sparklers, yo. Happy June!

karaoke — Oh my god! Those are the same flip flops that Bowie wears when he sings this song!

karaoke — And I saved the best for last...check out the ghetto pyrotechnics! That's right, they took sparklers and scotch-taped them to the ceiling for the big "Wanted Dead or Alive" Bon Jovi hair-metal finale!

karaoke — Complete with mad Twister scramble during the instrumental break...

karaoke — Matt in, um, action.

karaoke — Short People Got Big Reasons to Smile.

karaoke — Herman in action.

karaoke — And for the big finale of the night, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody!"

karaoke — Whoops! Herman Did it Again! He played with your heart! (Whatever ladies, don't buy it. He's! Not! That! Innocent!)

karaoke — What, you don't believe me? See those two smoking hot, blonde hula girls? Yeah, that's right! They got so hot and bothered by my karaoke jam that right after i was done singing they took me in the bathroom and I totally got down with both of them! So who's gay now, huh? Huh?

karaoke — Wait, what's that I gotta have again?

karaoke — Grant freestyles to the BeeGee's classic, "You Should Be Dancin'" (with Buddy on falsetto backup pipes).

karaoke — Oh, that's right. Faith. I gotta have faith.

karaoke — Yo, you can diss and say that karaoke's gay and all. But you clearly have no idea what you're talking about because karaoke makes chicks totally hot and then they want to do you.

karaoke — ...and my personal fave, Double Elton Johns!

karaoke — ..."Baby's Got Back!"

karaoke — Matt and Dan as the White Stripes...

karaoke — Matt dressed up as Moby...

karaoke — ...but soon enough she was rocking her hips and belting out with the best of them!

karaoke — She's got eyes of the bluest skies...

karaoke — ...complete with shirtless-man action! (Now that's a par-tay!)

karaoke — Look! Sometimes there's even the occasional celebrity. That's Peter Reigert (he played "Boon" in Animal House, remember), up on stage to sing "Shout." (He was there because it was the wrap-party for a movie he'd just finished directing. Beverly D'Angelo [aka - Ellen Griswold *swoon*] was in the movie too and I was hoping that I'd get to dedicate a karaoke jam just for her, but she was a no-show. Bah.)

karaoke — Matt Lesser The Hairdresser (aka "Sid") and Matt Levine (aka "Buddy).

karaoke — You know what baby's got...

karaoke — On Monday, May 19th at 12:14am history was made as Sarah Lewitinn (of "Ultragrrrl" fame) finally drank enough to climb up on stage and pop her sweet, virgin karaoke cherry! She was a lil' shy at first...

karaoke — Herman in action (most likely kicking his signature rendition of Britney Spears' "Hit Me, Baby [One More Time]") with Sid and Buddy on backup.

karaoke — Oh, did I forget to mention that they have a giant bag of costumes and (if you want) you can dress up as whoever you're singing a song by? Er, or as in this case, you can dress up in random, white jumpsuits. (Sorry guys, I forgot who you're supposed to be here!)

karaoke — Duet with a stranger.

karaoke — Also a steadfast fixture in the karaoke community, ladies and gents I present to you: Herman the Cowboy Jew!

karaoke — But oh! This is and easy one! As Axl and Slash...

karaoke — Making new friends through the universal language of music.

karaoke — Me singing George Michael's "Faith."

karaoke — Em & Lo doing another duet.

karaoke — Em & Lo teamed up to sing a duet.

karaoke — 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.

karaoke — 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.

karaoke — Mike looks like he's doing "the hustle" in the photo.

karaoke — 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.

karaoke — Grant coldlamps with Winnie herself.

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karaoke — 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).

karaoke — After dinner we all headed nextdoor to Winnie's for karaoke!

karaoke — Pangaea for some late night karaoke action.

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Grant was totally sweating the girl in the lil' red dress.

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March 26, 2003

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karaoke — Complete with Townsendesque air-guitar strums.

karaoke — 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."

karaoke — Frank "Seven Layer" Picarazzi doing The Who's "My Generation."

karaoke — Sean reps on the "You're So Vain" Carly Simon tip.

karaoke — Lo's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" sparked candles of adornment.