Article: Drew, Rob. Karaoke Nights: an Ethnographic Rhapsody.(Book Review)

Article: Rob Drew, Karaoke Nights: an Ethnographic ...
American Studies International;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...This book must rank among the most engaging academic titles in recent memory. Whereas other scholars in the social sciences--many of whom Drew respectfully quotes--hide their topic behind oblique language, Drew's prose lays all bare like a longshoreman belting out "Cracklin' Rose" in a neighborhood

Article: Landlord defies critics with karaoke nights ...
The Northern Echo;  April 19, 2003 ;     542 words ... ... opposed to Derek Wilkinson introducing karaoke nights at his Stockton pub, The Rimswell ... music from the jukebox and the regular karaoke nights. "I appreciate that Mr Wilkinson ... people in, so I have applied for these karaoke nights. "Some people think they can spend ...

Article: KARAOKE NIGHTS Karaoke craze sweeping Maine Dance ...
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  July 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... and booming sound system to let loose and sing a couple numbers. Elaine Mathiason, owner of the Red Barn, instituted karaoke nights last fall "just to give people something to do." "We pull people in from Jonesport, from Cherryfield. People like ...

Article: SING SING-ALONGS FOR DEPRESSED JAILBIRDS; Prison bosses OK ...
The Mirror (London, England);  October 19, 1998 ;     587 words ...DEPRESSED inmates in Scotland's jails are to be given special karaoke nights in a bid to prevent suicides over Christmas. Prison bosses aim to introduce the singing sessions in all of the country's 22 ...

Article: Porn stars gather for karaoke nights in LA
AP Online;  December 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ...BURBANK, Calif. _ Even the most ardent fans of porn star Julie Meadows are unlikely, it seems safe to say, to have ever seen her like this. But there she is, the star of "Alice in Fetishland" and more than 200 other hardcore sex films, standing on a stage, dressed demurely in jeans,

Article: It's a long way from karaoke nights on ...
Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  January 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Michelle Ruane A singer who left Teesside shores for sunny Bermuda is making waves in the music business. Jackie Ayres is now enjoying success with her band Raising Caine. Jackie lived in Grangetown until she was 20, but has been living in Bermuda since 1998 when husband Paul, now 35, moved

Article: YOU'RE IN THE SPOTLIGHT HOMETOWN ROCK STARS GRAB THE MIKE AND LET ...
Evansville Courier & Press;  September 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The steady th-thump, th-thump, th-thump, th-thump is more heartbeat than drumbeat. Even the walls vibrate with the incessant, driving, pounding pulse. Music oozes from doorways as people come and go. Voices sing or screech or soar as the clock moves from 11 p.m. to midnight to 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. It's