Operatic and Sotted

Last night the Tonics and Tangurays were put down with all the savageness of a ravenous wolf let loose in a sheep farm. As usual, the site of the sanguinary slide was the Stardust Lanes, and although I actually never got around to bowling a single frame I did sit mesmerized for hours listening to some of the best damn Karaoke these ears have ever heard. It was like witnessing our very own ‘South Minneapolis Idol’. These kids were good. One male crooner even went so far as to preform two or three Billy Holiday songs. The sad part is that there were only about 10 of us inthe lounge who witnessed the vocal sonnets this cat was slinging. Another highlight was a complex rendition of Rappers Delight that was preformed by a trio that took the beat and the Sugar Hill Gang’s verbal stylings and then flipped it with their own freestyles. But the true high point, was this guy Rich – a 60 year old home town favorite – who did a spot on rendition of Billy Jean. Terrific.