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| - Came here for karaoke on a Friday night around 10pm. The place was about 2/3 full, and the karaoke crowd was mostly hardcore regulars -- some really good singers among them, the kind who probably practice and shit.
My style is more renegade. My friend and I put $5 in the tip bucket and signed up to sing; after a reasonable wait of maybe an hour, I got called up and rocked the house with Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." (I'm not exaggerating; I put on a real show and got a pretty decent round of applause. So it's not like I was a dud).
After my friend sang, we put in another $5 and two more songs....and sat there forEVER while ever other half-asser got onstage ahead of us. The one karaoke DJ (the sound guy) was friendly and cool, but the other guy (the one in charge of taking names) is apparently a real grump. He wouldn't smile at me or anything.
My friend, who is somewhat of a regular here, claims that the guy just doesn't like him personally...so maybe that was it. But either way....after sitting there drinking for around 90 mins, we gave up and left.
(Aside from the karaoke, the bar itself was fine -- clean restrooms, stiff drinks, good prices, friendly bartender. Ambiance was Friday-night-Vegas-locals-in-the-suburbs...but there were some genuinely interesting people there.)
Would I come here again? Not to sing karaoke!
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