This weekend, most of my friends were out of town on a canoe trip. Many of them like to spend their Saturday nights, when they’re in town, at karaoke night at the Downtown Blue Monkey. While I think the Monkey is a great bar, I can think of nothing more boring to do on a Saturday than listen to bad singing. So I’ve been steadfast in my refusal to go, up until yesterday.
However, with the gang out on a canoe trip, and with big-time karaoke supporter Robo late getting there because he went to the ZZ Top concert, I decided to have a little fun. I got on Twitter and teased that I was considering going. I said I even had a song picked out, “I Was Made for Dancing” by Leif Garrett. Leif Garrett was to 1979 what Justin Bieber is to 2011. Well, except Leif had about 10,000 times more talent. Which still isn’t saying much.
About 9:45 I put the following on Twitter:
“Karaoke! (@ Blue Monkey w/2 others) http://4sq.com/hLnofu”
People saw the Foursquare checkin and assumed I was there. A little later, my friend Frank tweeted that he’d been there 40 minutes, and no one had sung yet, “not even @paulryburn.” I waited about an hour, then the following went to Twitter:
“Back home where I belong, in a karaoke-free zone! (@ Flying Saucer Draught Emporium w/ 5 others) http://4sq.com/lwVSsc“
So it looked like I went there, had a boring time, and returned back to my home away from home. That’s the story I told Twitter Saturday night.
Look at the first checkin. Particularly, the last part of the 4sq.com URL. Sound it out and you’ll see my true reaction to karaoke night.
To make things even more fun, I was posting to Facebook throughout the night as well. Except, on Facebook I was posting what I was really doing – listening to people with actual singing talent (West TN Wife Swappers reunion show) and checking out tube tops at the Saucer. Most of the karaoke supporters are active on Twitter though, and I fooled several into believing I really was briefly there. I’m a karaoke ninja! Maybe I’ll bring a karaoke machine to the South Main Ninja Parade on April 1 of next year.
Up early today, so I’m going to do something different and try South of Beale‘s brunch. After that it’ll be Sunday Fun Day business as usual at the Saucer.
(Edited to add: Holy crap, it’s amazing what you can find on YouTube. Here’s the video.)