Word Challenge Karaoke: Live from Caffeinated Comics

Saturday, August 7, 2010

As KJ Paul sets up for this afternoon's word challenge, I must give a shout out to Taqueria Cancun on Mission and Fair Street for the amazing vegan burrito. It's so goddamned good!

Word Challenge begins now. The first word is "Tight." Tana draws first blood with Free Your Mind from En Vogue.

I did Fever and voila! I'm still in the game! Fever is in the second verse!

L.A. is the next word and Rob Il Duce is Walking In LA. I won a $20 drink ticket at Deco for singing California Dreaming. Wow, only the second thing I've won in my entire life! The first thing was two tickets to the movie "The Shaggy D.A." back in 1975!

Glenny Kravitz and Tad sing California Love. Scott sang The LA Song. Rob Il Duce has one LA song in reserve just in case...

Paul sings I Am I Said. Claudia is on the mic singing All I Wanna Do by Cheryl Crow. The LA theme continues... Glen on the mic now singing Operator from Jim Croce. Now it's Rob Il Duce with The Heart Of
Rock And Roll. Now Spalding sings Hollywood Nights... How many songs exist with LA in either the title or the lyrics? Soon a new word will become the challenge. I just sang one of the lamest songs in the world, I Love LA by Randy Newman!

Sorry for the delay. The blogging machine crashed and required a system restore to revive the little laptop that could. The new word is Sister. Tana and Claudia jumped on the band wagon with Lady Marmalade.

I picked Sister Golden Hair and now Scott is singing some song with sister in the lyrics but I don't know what it is. Suzanne just arrived and is scrounging through the song book for a song with the magic word in it.

Spalding got a special artist selection, which makes the artist out of bounds to all other singers. What?!?
Suzanne pulled off the Girls Lie Too by Terri Clark.

Alright, Paul left his date now Scott is the rules the roost. Word Challenge is over. We started off with Santa Monica sang by a passerby, followed by me singing Blow Up The Outside World from Soundgarden. That shit is fucking fun to sing! Spalding is singing at his last Caffeinated Comics, Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay. Congrats on your new job in Houston Spalding. You will be missed by the Karaoke Mafia!

Just a few more singers now until end of this month's installment of Caffeinated Comics. Today was an entertaining experiment in games that was much harder than we all had expected. You can catch more Karaoke Word Challenge by going to KJ Paul's website, and additional photos will be published on Ash Wednesday Karaoke Insider's Group on Facebook. Cheers for now.





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Porn-E-Oke by the Bay

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Eleven PM. Hunters Point. It's pitch black. Eerie silence fills the air as I walk the down the path to the point at  Heron's Head Park, India Basin- a reclaimed wetland area in a dilapidated part of the city. For the intrepid the sojourn brought a night of uncensored fun. Our host, KJ Paul, the Grandfather of Porn-E-Oke, took us a trek to the tip of a peninsula where the overwhelming sound of silence always drowns out the screams of... well, whatever.

Path to Heron's Head Point.

The weather was typical for a late July evening: Fifty five degrees, westerly winds of eight to ten miles per hour, humidity hovering at around ninety-five percent, and no worries for the hearty. Paul, John, Becca, George, Scott, Melissa, Camille, Rob, and I had made the trek out to the Point to get our Porn karaoke on. Screw last call! screw The Man! We all had come to sing out loud and no m@therf#cker was going to tell us when to stop! Paul's portable flash-mob-karaoke-show-in-a-baby-stroller is a thing of beauty: Two car batteries provide reliable power for up to eleven hours of karaoke bliss. 

KJ Paul

Who's singing Island Girl? Why, no other than Scott and George. There are so many songs that marry so well with Porn-E-Oke, and as the photos shows, this song is one of the best.

And that was only one of many songs dedicated to the love of porn and percussion. Nobody stripped down to their birthday suits that evening but it was just as well. Stage fright (think shrinkage) usually prevails.

Here are some more photos of the night.

What's so damn funny, Paul?

Melissa exposes some skin.

John looks on as Becca revives George from his marathon porn session with Scott.

There's porn goin' on out there!

 History was made that night. A precedent set. No other Porn karaoke on the planet has ever taken place at night in a wetland preserve adjacent to a power plant, a shipyard, and a barrio. To be there singing to the Seals and Herons and ghost ships was an experience to remember. Porn will never be viewed or sung about in the same way, again.

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Live Again from Caffeinated Comics

Saturday, June 12, 2010

All this afternoon's songs can be heard at KJPaul dot com.

Paul opened things up with an Elton John Rock Block with "Candle in the Wind." Currently he is singing "Baby's Got Blue Eyes." David sang "Daniel" and I followed him up with "Rocket Man." Photos to come momentarily....







More people showed up and all are Rock Blocking Elton. Scott just did "Bennie and the Jets," and George is singing "Crocodile Rock" now. We're moving on to a Fleetwood Mac block shortly...

More people showing up on this hot ass Saturday afternoon. Looks like "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest" is closing the Elton block...

Elton block was extended. This dude to the left is singing "Don't Let the Sun Go Down" following my "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." Stay tuned for Fleetwood Mac.

David starts off the FM block with "Dreams." Kitty is up next with "Go Your Own Way." The room has now reach full
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Even Dog wants to sing a tune!

George on "Rhiannon" and Scott with "Big Love" closing out Fleetwood Mac. Consensus is building for a CCR rock block. This is a 1970's focused CaffCom event if you haven't already guessed...

Who would have known Paul could sway his hips to "Gold Dust Woman." What showmanship! Don't worry family types, he's swinging in a PG sort of way. Just ask Tana and the little ankle-biters.

I love singing Soundgarden's "Blow Up the Outside World! Screaming can be so relaxing! Elvis is the new rock block with Kitty singing "Suspicious Minds." I gotta take more photos... Spalding gave us his ultimatim with "It's Now or Never," which somebody replied with "You Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog." George sings the obscure "A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action," or something to that effect...

Can't wait for the 80's Hair Band rock block, coming up shortly...

A scene was re-enactment for us by George. Somebody please sing "Glory Box" now... Instead, "Love Me Tender" with a side of "I can't Help Falling in Love With You" would have to suffice...

I'm ready for some hair band action. Somebody said, "Ok Elvis, time to take some sleepy time pills and go away." I couldn't agree more. 

"Hey, Big Spender" diffuses the Elvis block. Thanks, Mr. Pinch. Damn, it's still like 80 degrees outside, but it gets so hot in here!

Spalding kicks off the 80's Hair Band rock block with "Looks That Kill." Kelly is second with "Photograph." Stay tuned for "Paradise City" by your truly...

Scott sings "Pour Some Sugar," while the sweaty, sticky audience sings the chorus. George, in his makeup sings "Come On, Feel the Noise." He  looks much prettier than Dee Snyder. Oooh, Billy Joel rock block. I think I'm going to puke...
It's been agreed that for the last hour there will be no more rock blocks. I'm going for the rock and roll jugular with some screaming rock!

Again, George astounds us with the musical abilities, singing "Life on Mars" in Scott's honor. Scott is in tears with George's offer of endearment...

It looks like a non-contiguous David Bowie rock block has started. "China Girl" and "Life on Mars" and soon "Ziggy Stardust" will set the stage alight. I sang Heart's "Crazy on You" which sucked but at least I can all the high notes.

The final twenty minutes of CaffCom has started and it's been a sweaty, fun filled afternoon. Kitty is starting the wind down with Kylie Minogue's "I Believe in You."

Another success for CaffCom and KJ Paul Karaoke on a hot Saturday afternoon. It was fun and we hope to
see you all here next Saturday for George's 44th birthday party. And more photos from this afternoon will be posted on Facebook shortly.

500 Reasons to Cheer!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

500 Club

It was a balmy Sunday afternoon. Game 2 of the NBA Finals was on the telly and several people had converged the back room at the 500 Club for Sunday Karaoke. Shouting Lakers and Celtics fans at times drowned out the voices of the Karoake singers and vice-versa. Neither groups seemed to mind each other's noise though. It was all in good fun and being a warm Sunday afternoon seemed to lift everyone's spirits.

KJ Paul was the clutch player substituting for Glenny Kravitz-- who was taking a much needed break and was the Commander in Chief last night at The Rickshaw Stop. More on that in my next posting-- and was instrumental in engineering the sound system to be heard over the wailing in the next room. With a shortened schedule, Paul masterfully managed to allow everyone at least two chances to sing. Most people got 3 chances, before handing over the last hour's responsibilities to the still green, yet very reliable KJ Scott. And Scott did a mighty job of taking the reigns from Paul. Thanks to the NBA Playoffs it was a bustling affair, as some spillover from the NBA crowd had joined the Karaoke fun. By the end of the evening everyone wanted their chance at the Mic, and the KJ's got everyone their chance. What a great time, good job guys! And congratulations to Scott in becoming the newest KJ in San Francisco!

FYI- KJ Paul will be hosting Caffeinated Comics Karaoke one week early, on Saturday, June 12, from 4pm to 8pm. KJ Scott will be hosting George's Birthday party at Caffeinated Comics on June 19, from 4pm to 8pm. Photos and live blogging from both events will be in order. Don't miss the action from either event!

Due to my current location, I am unable to upload the remaining photos to Ash Wednesday Karaoke Insider's Group on Facebook. However, the photos will be uploaded within the next 24 hours. Cheers.




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