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NEWS ABOUT: karaoke

karaoke stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - For the incoherent drunkards, the friends who get yanked onstage, and all other would-be singers, Entertainment Weekly offers the best and worst karaoke songs: The Best:
  • "I Want It That Way," Backstreet Boys: The entire room will be singing with you; getting audience members to admit they
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Nine Inch Nails • Neil Diamond • Rihanna • karaoke • Backstreet Boys • Don McLean • o-town

You Can Dance If You Want to ... Just Not in Vietnam

Ban mulled to curb drugs, prostitution

May 11, 09 8:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vietnam is considering a measure aimed at eliminating drugs and prostitution that might seem strange to Westerners: banning dancing. The edict would only apply to karaoke bars, reports GlobalPost, and it has a surprising amount of support from people who agree that dancing in such venues is usually a cover... More »

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prostitution • Vietnam • dancing • drug use • karaoke

OPINION

 Karaoke Rage 
 Will Only 
 Get Worse 

Assaults based on musical taste and performance come to a crescendo

Jan 31, 09 7:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Karaoke is getting downright dangerous, Brian Rafferty writes in Slate. Last fall, a drunk in a Wisconsin bar pummeled a man for singing a heavy metal tune; a Seattle man's version of Coldplay's Yellow earned him a beating the year before. It's even worse in Bangkok, where a gunman allegedly... More »

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attack • singer • assault • karaoke

Travel

 Bizarro Travel-Industry Jobs 

Gigs that straddle the line between necessary and absurd

Jun 25, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - From Parisian sewer guides to a coconut safety engineer in St. Thomas, some travel industry jobs straddle the line between necessary and absurd. Travel and Leisure highlights some of the strangest.
  1. Tourism ambassador, Japan. Diplomacy never looked so soft and cuddly after Japan appointed elder statesfeline Hello Kitty for
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travel • Japan • tourism • list • Hello Kitty • Lego • Venice • job • karaoke

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

 Irked Irish Bar Bans 'Danny Boy' 

St. Paddy's Day revelers will have to do their crooning elsewhere...

Mar 17, 08 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - That annual Guinness-fueled serenade led by green-hat-and-bead-clad Yanks wearing "Kiss me, I'm Irish" pins won't be heard at Foley's Pub in New York today; barkeep Shaun Clancy has banned the maudlin lyrics of "Danny Boy" during the month of March, and especially on St. Patrick's Day. "Everybody... More »

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Ireland • ban • St. Patrick's Day • Danny Boy • Irish Americans • Irish diaspora • Shaun Clancy • Foley's New York Bar & Restaurant • karaoke

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