Kyle Drinkwine's Police Photo
In what surely must take the cake for supreme irony, a man named Kyle Drinkwine has been ordered not to consume alcohol as part of his probation for beating up a karaoke singer. Drinkwine, a 24 year old from Wisconsin, was also sentenced to 60 days in jail and 3 years of probation.
The short story, which is really just about another drunk doing his thing, is that Drinkwine criticized the karaoke singing of the patron of a bar, who was belting out “Holy Diver,” the title cut on Dio’s 1983 debut album (Dio is fronted by Ronnie James Dio, the former lead singer for Black Sabbath). Drinkwine then followed the singer to another bar and attacked him.
If you are really into the whole “America’s Most Wanted” thing, the Smoking Gun has the police report on Drinkwine here along with more information about his arrest last November.
Joko Kendil Karaoke Train
The state owned railway company in Jakarta, India, has just announced it is going to refurbish a train called the “Joko Kendil”. It was built in 1938 and was named after a boy who probably got a lot of teasing in middle school because his body was shaped like a casserole pot. We’re having a hard time imagining that.
Anyway, if you have a spare $5,000 you can rent this tricked out train and sing karaoke all the way from Jakarta to the town of Surabaya. It’s going to have all the modern conveniences, including sofas and LCD screens for singing karaoke to the clickety-clack of the train wheels. “Chattanooga Chu-Chu” anyone?
If you’ve ever grabbed a shampoo bottle or one of those detachable handheld shower heads and danced in the bath like an American Idol star this product is for you. At least until it starts dissolving in the shower, you’ll be able to multi-task and grab the fake mic while belting out a tune and having the cleanest body around. This seems to be mostly a UK product, but eBay has some auctions if you really want one. For a real laugh, hand it to your significant other and tell them it’s made of candy.
Karaoke Microphone soap on-a-rope