I just want all my fans to know that I am still singing 6 nights per week and some mornings (I try not to let it interfere with my workouts, but I’m only human). Sid at the local karaoke joint nominated me as ‘Most Likely to Karaoke’ which I take as a major compliment. Anyway, what I’m trying to say here is that if you don’t know Sid, you really ought to head on down to Sid’s Karaoke in Culver City, CA and tell him Bobby K sent you.

Karaoke 4 liffffff,
Bobby K

Now the karaoke bars will be filled with spectators again on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. I was getting lonely singing to myself all the time.

We interrupt the regularly scheduled karaoke blog to talk about an important issue: THE ENVIRONMENT.

It’s where we live, where we sleep, where we eat, and more importantly where we sing.

Let’s keep it clean, folks.

Blog Action Day

WTF, people.

I find that I’m covering more and more bad press for karaoke. Here’s what the AP has to say about this:

A crazed attacker broke into a Long Island man’s home, beat him with a karaoke machine and bit off his ear, police said. Doctors were unable to reattach the ear of the victim, but his injuries were not considered life threatening, said Nassau County police Officer Mary Verna.

The 64-year-old Uniondale resident attempted to defend himself with a vacuum cleaner hose.

The 27-year-old attacker punched and kicked him in the head and face before grabbing the karaoke machine and using it as a weapon, police said. He did not flee the scene of the violence Thursday but instead crouched in the hallway until police arrived.

“This guy just randomly picked this house,” said police Sgt. Anthony Repalone.

Luis Hidalgo, also of Uniondale, pleaded not guilty to charges of burglary and assault. He was being held at the Nassau County jail on bail of $250,000 cash or $500,000 bond, prosecutors said. The number for his home was unlisted.

That’s a disgrace. Why would someone do that? At least justice was serviced and that guy is in jail. Shouldn’t even be covered on this blog, but I’m afraid this is just another example that liberals are going to use to make it harder to buy a karaoke machine. Last thing we need is federal karaoke machine registration.

What do you think? If you agree, Digg this article and call 4 friends. Together we can make a difference.

Hall of Famer Suresh Joachim and Guiness Book’s number 1 Canadian record holder is going for broke in his attempt to break the world record for the longest stretch of karaoke singing … bringing the total to 50 hours.

That is difficult. What is even more difficult is doing it with grace and dignity. My friend Stacy tried it once, but she had to back out at hour 38 because she was 9 months pregnant at the time and the little guy decided to be born.

Such is life, Stacy. Such is life.

Rogers Cable in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland (What’s up!) has released a hot new karaoke Video on demand (VOD) service that is free to all of the companies digital cable customers.

With Karaoke On Demand, customers can choose from hundreds of songs to practice their karaoke gimmic. Viewers/singers simply select the song they want to sing and go to work!

Current Song List:

I know what you’re thinking… “Great, just what we need. Another Sims.” And you’re right.

Back before Electronic Arts controlled The Sims franchise, it was just little Maxis, and they developed good software about building cities. Now they have unleashed The Sims on Stage karaoke site. And as a twice-daily singer of karaoke, this sickens me.

Get off the couch and into the pubs, folks. The REAL singing is just down the street at your local karaoke bar or VFW hall. It seems Robert Putnam’s theory on civic engagement even applies to the communication art form of karaoke. A collective withdraw of talented singers… simply looking to tune out, drop acid, and sing to their webcams.

Another sad day. I hate you Electronic Arts.

Any thoughts?

USC’s amazing Daily Trojan newspaper served up a true gem this week by providing karaokers with a quality viewers guide for the two hottest television shows currently on air: Don’t Forget the Lyrics (FOX) and The Singing Bee (NBC).

NBC and FOX first aired their “reverse karaoke” shows this summer. NBC’s “The Singing Bee” premiered July 10, beating FOX’s “Don’t Forget the Lyrics!,” which premiered July 11 , by one day. The summer release date of “Don’t Forget the Lyrics!” prompted NBC to move the premiere of “The Singing Bee” from fall 2007 to early July.

“Don’t Forget the Lyrics!” is broadcast Wednesdays and Thursdays, and “The Singing Bee” is set to return Tuesday, September 4. For those who don’t want to spend half their week learning popular songs’ obscure lyrics, a choice must be made - FOX or NBC.

Quality journalism should not go unnoticed. Karaoke for life.

They aren’t the first to do it, and they won’t be the last.

But St. Bonaventure University will be hosting a FREE (no cover) Live Band Karaoke night. Karaoke with a LIVE BAND (real humans). Live the dream, kids. Because when you get older… all you got is those stupid television monitors and you can pray for stereo sound… but depending on where you are in the country, they’re still operating on old 8track mono karaoke. Karaoke with a band? Get out of here.

9pm - 1am on both September 6th and 7th at Campus Rathskeller. Yee haw.

According to Inquirer.net (which may or may not be notoriously awesome), Malaysia’s information minister compared Internet bloggers to off-key karaoke singers.

Ladies and gentleman, for the sake of full disclosure: I am a karaoker first, and a blogger second. That being said, you don’t come into my house (the Internet, in this case), and kick my dogs (bloggers everywhere, in this case). The so-called “minister” doesn’t sound like he is was being very pious or holy when he made those comments. Do some people who sing karaoke suck? Unquestionably yes, they do. But do the overwhelming majority of professional karaokers rock your socks off? You bet your horse! So, even if the “minister” meant what he said about bloggers, I’d have to say, “Well then, Mr. Holier-than-thou Minister, they must be pretty good!”

It is amazing that in 2007 we still have this level of ignorance about karaoke that it is better left to the drunks and the barmaids. Once that “minister” gets off his high horse and puts a mic up to his mouth with the instrument-only track of The Fray’s “How To Save a Life,” then he will know what it is like to karaoke fo’ real.

And maybe when he gets home, he’ll blog about his experience. Too much?