Birthday Ben, Karaoke Master

Ben, Justin and I stayed late at work. Well, they stayed late and worked… I had some things to attend to, but mainly I hung out and waited for them to finish. I noodled around some, surfed, and tried to start a new idea I had for a right module for the blog.

Tomorrow is Ben’s birthday, and to celebrate we were going out to grab some food at Piece. Once we got there and were seated, we realized that:

1) We were seated by the stage.
2) Thursdays are Karaoke night.

As the music began, we had to almost yell to talk to one another. The speakers were positioned in a way that we were the absolute point of focus for all sound. There were some ok singers, but the ones that stood out were the wretched ones. There’s one guy who, even after he sang two or three times, I still wasn’t sure whether he was

1) Really drunk
2) Really fucked up on drugs
3) Mentally retarded

Tosh was his name, and he definitely had his own, unique flavor. I’ve never quite heard Ring of Fire sung in a sort of spoken-yell style before. Just… wow.

Ben, taking the stage and singing a rendition of Silver Wings. Justin took a lot of video from tonight, so hopefully I’ll have some fun stuff for you tomorrow (including Ben’s performance).