Another lesson 'bout a naïve fool who came to Babylon

Karaoke. MY GOD. WHAT HAVE I DONE.

• "Guitars, Cadillacs" (Dwight Yoakam)
• "Don't Cry Out Loud" (Melissa Manchester version)
• "The Wild Boys" (Duran Duran)

The first song was supposed to be Rush's "Limelight" but sadly it kept skipping so I started off with my #2 pick. This was supposed to be a "gross-out" competition ("The Wild Boys" being my entry — don't get me wrong, I love Duran Duran but I frigging hate "The Wild Boys") but I felt overwhelmed by the choices by my brother's girlfriend (a brilliant performance of "Waiting for a Star to Fall" complete with extensive interpretive dancing) and my brother, who did "I've Got the Music in Me" and completely put everyone to shame in the history of the world, ever, from the past and now into the future. It was that unbelievable.

Of course my brother easily took the gross-out title with his rendition of "Here Comes the Hotstepper," which was, quite simply, wrong and uncalled for.

Posted by Kim at September 29, 2004 03:52 AM | Non-Moving Pictures