http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com Karaoke news that will make you laugh, smile, or just scratch your head and say "huh?" Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:04:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_192" align="alignleft" width="316" caption="Billy Blanks Jrs Cardioke"][/caption] For most of us lifting a beer between singing songs is the most exercise we want on our karaoke nights out.  So imagine "Cardioke" with this mouthful of a description:  "an interactive physical and visual jumbo screen cardio-vascular, sing-a-long/karaoke work out ... incorporating ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/strange-products/cardioke-exercise-and-sing-how-appealing/ [caption id="attachment_170" align="alignleft" width="324" caption="Witch from The Wizard of Oz casting a spell on people who sue her stage production"][/caption] In what is an insult to karaoke fans everywhere, the London newspaper The Mail is reporting that Adrian Bradbury is launching a legal action against the producers of a stage musical ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/another-karaoke-law/disgruntled-man-sues-over-karaoke-wizard-of-oz-production/ KOBE, JAPAN [caption id="attachment_160" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="Does wearing a surgical mask while singing karaoke decrease infections?"][/caption] The swine flu has come as an unexpected benefit to some karaoke parlors in Japan.  Over 4,432 kindergartens, schools, college and universities have been closed this week at the request of the government, to help contain ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/karaoke-entertainment/upside-to-swine-flu-some-karaoke-clubs-enjoy-good-business/ [caption id="attachment_137" align="alignleft" width="480" caption="Urusakunai Kara Ok accessory for the wii will muffle your karaoke singing so everyone around you can sleep"][/caption] In the "things that will make you feel really weird about yourself even if you are alone" department, we present the Urusakunai Kara OK! accessory for the Wii.  Roughly ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/strange-products/and-you-thought-youd-seen-everything-for-karaoke/ [caption id="attachment_123" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Dance students taking classes to learn pole dancing"][/caption] Now HERE is an idea I can get behind -- pole dancing in karaoke clubs.  I have no idea how pole dancing in a karaoke club works, but I'm sure willing to give it a try.  No, No, wait.  ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/another-karaoke-law/karaoke-and-pole-dancing-nice-combination/ [caption id="attachment_111" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Mac the Moose a large roadside attraction of Moose Jaw"][/caption] The Minto United Church in Moose Jaw will be rockin' and rollin' May 22nd as a man attempts to set a new Guinness karaoke marathon world record for continuous karaoke singing by an individual. Ken Parsons is the singer ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/karaoke-entertainment/moose-jaw-man-ready-to-assault-karaoke-marathon-record/ [caption id="attachment_106" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Something resembling this caused a near riot at a karaoke show in Beaverton, Oregon"][/caption] So, let's say you are out singing karaoke with some of your buddys late one night, and there is a woman belting out a tune and you decide to smack her on the ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/too-much-to-drink/defending-your-womans-buttocks/ [caption id="attachment_96" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Chris Chong Chan Fui Director of the Movie "Karaoke""][/caption] Clocking in at 75 minutes, the Malaysian film "Karaoke" is scheduled to be screened at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival this month. It's directed by Chris Chong Chan Fui and this is his first full length film. Best we ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/karaoke-entertainment/a-karaoke-movie-probably-not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/ If you were a KJ in the Georgia hamlet of Lilburn two years ago, you were flat out of luck.  The city government banned karaoke in any place that sold alcohol.  Because they felt like karaoke increased crime, the city fathers wanted no part of it and gave karaoke the ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/another-karaoke-law/once-again-its-legal-to-sing-karaoke-in-lilburn/ [caption id="attachment_62" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Two Vietnamese karaoke singers trying to stop themselves from dancing"][/caption] In a move that has a lot of citizens of Vietnam scratching their heads, the government is proposing to ban dancing in karaoke clubs.  Karaoke is enormously popular in Vietnam, but so are prostitution and drug use.  By ... http://www.karaoke.soundchoicestore.com/uncategorized/vietnam-government-says-if-you-sing-you-must-not-dance/