No cards...no food...no Alan...no kidding...

It was a trio on Sunday night... Kristie Lee was home celebrating Mother's Day, and Alan was, uh, not celebrating a broken foot! That's right - 'your gigolo', Alan Bigelow' is, gonna be outta commission for a while - so Joe Chicarelli; Joe Mitch; and Randy Andy held down the fort!

So, with no song cards, we wrote our requests on napkins -- so 1980's... And, it turns out that they did hire a weeken cook for Kenny's -- maybe he'll be there next weekend...

The night started out with Rockstar 'accusing' the blogstress of being a (gasp!), a 'chair stealer'! Then there was a joke about musical chairs, and ending up on the floor, and hilarity ensued.

Then Liza, from 'Liza and the Wonderwheels' (Randy Andy's also a Wonderwheel) started us off with Cindi Lauper's, "Time After Time"; Rockstar Richard sang "Under the Bridge", while Ryan did some falsetto backup; the Reverend Colin sang "Easy"; Davey Monster "Let It Roll"; and Rebecca sang some Alanis Morrissette.

Marky Mark sang 'Blue Suede Shoes'; Christine Kern and Rockstar did a duet to "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"; Dylan went onto the 'temporary list' with some Violent Femmes; Showtime Shon sang "Maggie May"; and Selene rocked out with "Bitch". Any reason for uh, asking the blogstress if she's ever sang that song?? Hmmm, lol!

Corey Lim channeled Charlotte Church's version of "Imagine"; Ben sang "Brandy" (You're a fine girl); I sang "Fever" -- shout out to Joe Mitch's awesome drumming on that!!

KRISTINA

"Never know how much I love you

Never know how much I care

When you put your arms around me

I give you fever that's so hard to bare

You give me fever..."

JOE MITCH'S DRUMS

"Ba-dow-chhh-da dum--BAH!"

KRISTINA

"Oh..."

Ahem...Anyway, for the first time since I've been going to CCK (almost 4 yrs. now), a CCK 'newbie', David rocked-the-heck-out of 311's "Down". Yay!! So glad to hear someone sing:

DAVID
"Keep my feet on the ground

Keep my head in the clouds

Electrified by the sound

Comes from the down"

It looked like the CCK trio was into it too!

Mo, ('Mo-money-mo-problems') crooned "Stand By Me"; Joe Mitch went off the list, and sang "More Than A Woman"; Jeanette sang "Love Will Keep Us Together"; John D. rocked out another song off the list, Alice in Chains' "Man in a Box" -- who knew that Showtime Shon & I could go 'Dancing to the Stars' to even THAT song! Selene called upon her inner-Tina, while Rockstar called upon his inner Ike (sans the smackdown), and sang "Proud Mary"; Nick sang some "Sweet Home Alabama"; and Myron tore it up with "Smells Like Teen Spirit"!

Ok folks, 'til next Sunday...

Your blogstress,
Kristina ;)

The Ladies in Red (& Orange...)

Ryan started us out with “Better Man”, to Kristie Lee’s great harmonies; Rockstar gave us some “Old Blackwater”;

(Danni Mac's link to Rockstar's "Casey Jones":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mAeeA6tb7s&feature=PlayList&p=DF95771EDD6977F9&index=23)

...the Reverend Colin sang an ultra-smooth “You Are So Beautiful”, aw shucks…I mean, uh, ahem…, oh, since there’s no bass in the song, Andy got a chance to experience CCK from the audience.

ANDY
“Excuse me, is this seat taken?”
(In reference to Colin’s seat, while he was on stage.)

(Check out DanniMac's link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE8B_p_g9b0&feature=PlayList&p=DF95771EDD6977F9&index=22)

John D. rocked out with “Low”, by Cracker;

JOHN D.
“Hey, hey, hey it’s like bein’ stoned!”

And Mo, (Ryan’s nickname, ‘Mo money, mo problems’) brought everyone to their feet when he pleaded “Give Me One Reason”, and prompting…

COLIN
“That’s ALRIGHT!!”

SHON
“Here we go, here we go…”

(Check out DanniMac's link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYz6NK0WxBM&feature=PlayList&p=DF95771EDD6977F9&index=21)

Joe and Alan had some real fancy guitar work goin’ on there! And Kristie rocked out w/the harmony! Christine Kern gave us all a “Fever”… what a lovely way to burn, indeed… The Reverend even lit his lighter for that one! It was Selene’s turn to rock out with “Heartbreaker”,



...while her parents who were visiting from TN looked on. Then her Mom, Katana, entertained with a new song, just for her – “Harper Valley PTA”; (Check out DanniMac's link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnPOIUjBCxo&feature=PlayList&p=DF95771EDD6977F9&index=20)

...and her Dad, David crooned “Love Me Tender”. How cool were they?!

(Check out DanniMac's link:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfJd0j9pvRw&feature=PlayList&p=DF95771EDD6977F9&index=19)

Showtime Shon wowed us with some “Summertime”, which it felt a lot less like this week, than last, and Corey Lim gave us some ‘Mercy’! (Check out DanniMac's link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYcMPlJOkEU&feature=PlayList&p=DF95771EDD6977F9&index=18)

ME
“What’s the name of this song?”

SELENE & ROCKIN’ ROBIN
“Mercy.”

ME
“What?”

SELENE & ROCKIN’ ROBIN
“MERCY!!!”

ME
“Who sings this?”

SELENE & ROCKIN’ ROBIN
“Duffy.”

ME
“Who?”

SELENE & ROCKIN’ ROBIN
“DUFFY!!!”

Marky Mark INVITED me to come up and do harmony to “Dream”;

Rebecca sang “I’m Just A Girl”; Rockin’ Robin rocked out w/”Killing Me Softly”; DanniMac sang “The Gambler”, a true crowd pleaser – and speaking of which, thanks so much for takin’ these pics, and video! Ron K. ‘Ron K’d’ up “No Woman No Cry”;

...and Dylan rocked out “You Really Got Me”, by The Kinks! We’re so proud!


Nick sang “Semi-Charmed Life”; Peter rocked out one of his (and ours) ‘ol favorites by Stone Temple Pilots;


...and Kate sang a ‘sugary sweet’ “And Then He Kissed Me”, complete with Alan smoochin’ Kate on the cheek. Ok, all together now:

“AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW"

Sharon sang “I Feel The Earth Move”; Showtime Shon & I went ‘Dancin’ w/the Stars’ to ‘Walkin’ on Sunshine; and Samantha sang “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”. ‘Til the next time – keep on rockin’ yo! The Blogstress, Kristina ;)

Quotes Corner:

“Brandon’s not hosting tonight – the honeymoon’s over!”
-Ryan, referring to the band not having a break yet

More links:

(Me trying out "One Way, or Another"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTWR1av2nQ8&feature=PlayList&p=DF95771EDD6977F9&index=13)

(Corey Lim & Christine Kern singing "Sweet Child of Mine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn1zsdvy6TE&feature=PlayList&p=DF95771EDD6977F9&index=24)

Hot Night in the City!

That’s right folks – not only was it HOT in Kenny’s, but the entertainment (us; the band) was HOT too!! ;)

I arrived 'fashionably late' - John D. greeted me at the door at Kenny's claiming "John D. just sang a song!"

Brandon was our host for the evening… the Reverend Colin sang “I Try”, by Macy Gray; Marky Mark sang a new one off the list – Creedance Clearwater’s “Proud Mary”; Irenka – (long time no see girl!), sang “Lean on Me”; her friend Maria, a CCK 'newbie' belted out "Heartbreaker"; and DanniMac (rhetorically) asked/sang “Have You Ever Seen the Rain”. Judging the amount of ‘sweat stains’ on the bands’ shirts were probably praying for rain (and/or a cold beer) by the time their first break rolled around.

Selene, dressed in flowing garb for the weather conditions, sang some Pink, "Just Like a Pill"; John D. rocked the house (and the 'catwalk') with "Low" by Cracker (w/a 'C'; see last week's Quotes Corner); Chrisine Kern rocked the house w/some of her signature "Bobby McGee", which she dedicated to Rockstar Richard; and Ron K. and Andy did a little duet, "Take a Load off Fannie"; and Christina G. belted "Crazy Train"!

While Ron K. tried to earn his keep, by giving backrubs at the 'Irenka/Maria table', Corey Lim belted "Magic Man"; Davey Monster sang "My Way"; Dylan sang "Brown-Eyed Girl" - I'm sure to his gal Corey Lim. :) Rockstar gave us some Grateful Dead, and encouraged us to go see them at MSG; and Brandon followed suit by singing "Casey Jones". Hmmm, one of these days, the blogstress might have to try that one...

During the break, we all convened outside, and some of us gathered for, well, a group hug! As Kristie Lee stated, "We're family here!" And we are -- for instance, for the second or third wk. in a row, the kitchen was closed, so, I went foraging for, OK, a SECOND slice of pizza!

SELENE (outside)
"Goin' for ANOTHER slice 'a pizza?!"

ME
"Uh...yeah. But I don't think the folks in The Red Lion heard you..." (LOL!)

Just like family, right?

But, this time, I went to the Pizza Box, where for the first slice I went to that little place next door. Neither of them particularly thrilled me...but maybe that's because I was really looking forward to sinking my teeth into a big, juicy, Kenny's burger!

Oh well...continuing on... there was someone who celebrated their Birthday, who sang U2's "One Love" - but I only wrote down on my-now-shriveled-up napkin, "B'day, "One Love"... Troy sang some smooth Commodore's - "Easy"; Diana sang "Irreplaceable" ('To the left, to the left'); DanniMac belted U2's "Vertigo"; Rebecca sang "You Outta Know"; and, well, I just have to give props to the band while I sang "In The End", for letting me ROCK. IT. OUT!!!! There's nothin' like feeling like a rockstar while rockin' out between Alan and Andy, all the way to the stage floor 'man' -- an 'Alan-and-Andy-rock-'n-roll-sandwich' if you will... one word... AWESOME.

Ok my friends, see you Sunday!

Your blogstress,
Kristina ;)

Quotes Corner:

"You broke it, you buy it!"
- Selene, in response to Christine accidentally breaking off the microphone...oops.

"...the microphone 'tasted' like mint."
- Me, to John D., saying that I had sang after him, and noticed a 'taste' of mint...

P.S. DanniMac made a quote here, but alas, it's a PG blog, so not appropriate here...

P.S.S. Feel free to leave comments!

Live, from Kenny’s…!

Kris-ti-na Latour, & Peter's 'crew'

First of all, just want to give some 'props':

Props to:

-CCK! As always, they rocked it out, but special props for Randy Andy & Alan, for being on their THIRD gig for the day! Check out their other band site: www.solarpunch.org.

-Gilad for giving me props on the blog, before he rocked out!

-The ‘SNL’ cast members who came in for a quick drink, and were hangin’ out and chattin’!

-Peter for bringing lots of his friends, and for one of those friends taking the pics you see here!

Jen, Peter, Lola



Lola ('L-o-l-a')

It was a live bunch at Kenny’s Sunday night! The ‘Usuals’ all arrived early, and all applauded Kristie Lee’s entrance. The band got goin’ and Rockstar started us off with some Pink Floyd; John D. sang “What’s Up”; the Reverend Colin sang “Easy”; Marky Mark belted “Oh Boy”; and Christine Kern gave us “Something to Talk About.”

Rockstar & Christine Kern rockin' it out

‘Trooper Ted’, a friend from long ago, got us all goin' with “Signed, Sealed, Delivered’; the ‘Superpoke Queen’ Corey Lim sang No Doubt’s, “Just A Girl”; Mrs. D. sang Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”, and I sang "You're No Good", to which Ryan took the liberty of dedicating it to Randy Andy.

‘Showtime Shon’ crooned “At Last”; Rockin’ Robin sang “Low” by Cracker (see Quotes Corner); Peter – our friend from the Underscore Days, sang “Fly Away”; Gilad sang a mean “Roadhouse Blues”; and Sharon rocked the house with CCK’s first ever “Proud Mary”!

Sharon singin' 'Proud Mary'


Peter


'Showtime' Shon

Brandon and Ted teamed up with “Brown-Eyed Girl”; Selene sang some Avril with “Complicated”; Shon and Colin sang a new addition, “Don’t Look Back in Anger”; and Roger B. sang “Sweet Caroline”.

Billy belted out some “Pinball Wizard”; Kathy sang “One”;

Melony sang “I Kissed a Girl”, with Peter as uh, back-up; and a newbie to CCK, John, sang some Foo Fighters, with his Russian model lady-friend doing an interpretive dance on the uh, ‘runway.’ Brandon sang “Jump in the Line”, and Showtime Shon & I were the only ones to uh, jump in the line…

And so at the end of the night - the crowd was still riled up - I had just finished singin' some Kinks, and Randy Andy turned to me and said "I have no idea what's going on." "Don't worry, you can read all about it in the blog!"

'Til Sunday...
Kristina ;)

P.S. Please, feel free to leave comments! I'd love to know who's out there reading - thanks!

"Mr. Songbook", Joe C...

Quotes Corner:

“Wow! It’s like Thanksgiving Dinner, and she runs in going right for the turkey!”
-Reverend Colin, referring to Rockin’ Robin, as she BOLTED past everyone, upon her arrival

-“Is it ‘Lo?’
“No, Low.”
“Is it Cracker w/a ‘K’?"
“No, that’s ‘Uncle Kracker’"
“Oh. With a ‘C’ or a ‘K’?"
“K”.
“But Cracker’s with a ‘C’."
“Yep!”
-Rockin’ Robin & I, well, conversing…

Easter at Kenny's!

Easter Sunday – and all us heathens… I mean, singers, lol, were out celebratin’ at Kenny’s! I got there around 9:00, as I was celebrating my own Easter dinner at the lovely 10 Downing in the Village. I highly recommend the Atlantic Char – YUM! Good thing I had dinner plans, as Kenny’s kitchen was closed! Guess there weren’t going to be too many orders for ‘Easter Burgers’ that day.

So, some of the usual crowd was there – Kathy sang “Will You Still Love Me”; Julie crooned “I Was Meant For You”; Showtime Shon gave a melodic “Let’s Stay Together”; Maya asked “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”; and Brandon got everyone hyped up when he “Saw Her Standing There.”

On account of it being Easter, the ‘Reverend’ Colin is now ‘The Most Reverend Colin” (not the ‘Moist’ Reverend – that’s for another blog). He sang “I Can See Clearly”; Selene sang about kissin' a girl - Katy Perry...; Corey Lim gave us one of the newer additions to the list, “Mercy” by Duffy; Olga belted “Behind Blue Eyes”; Marky Mark wowed with “Hound Dog”; and Charles, who compared the band members to four iPods, sang “Our Lips Are Sealed”.

I got up to sing “What I Am”, and before the music started, my throat all of a sudden went dry. I saw my CCK colleagues sitting in the audience, and motioned to ALL of them, that I needed a drink. They’re reactions – ‘Huh?’ ‘What?’ But I couldn’t speak - all I could do was give the ‘universal motion’ for ‘I need a drink!’ Finally, I stepped offstage, with the microphone in hand, to take a swig of someone’s, anyone’s Guinness that was there on the table, (thanks Colin) when all of a sudden this really loud obnoxious squealing started. What the heck?! WHERE was that coming from?!

It was coming from me.

Oops.

The mic was generating feedback from the monitors, therefore causing this horrific squelch. I quickly jumped back up on stage – good thing, as Alan was about to pull me up from my belt strap, lol… Either Ryan or Alan said into the microphone:

RYAN/ALAN
“Uh, Kristina, how long you been coming here?”

ME
“I couldn't help it! It was an emergency!”

All was forgiven…I think…

Props to Alan’s Dad stopping by, along with several folks from the State Dept. tour. They seemed to be enjoying themselves, including Michelle, who sang “Killing Me Softly”. And props to Joe Mitch on drums. He hit those ‘skins’ for Maya’s “Fever” like nobody’s business!

Check him here on YouTube, singing Katy Perry’s “Hot and Cold.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B716fb1tTvg

Charles’ and Liza’s friend Ryan sang us some Kenny Rogers – had everyone singing along to “The Gambler”; Yanni (not THAT Yanni) sang an awesome “Enter Sandman”, while Alan did a wonderful imitation of Kriste Lee:

ALAN
(Imitating Kristie Lee)
“Now I lay me down to sleep…I pray the lord my soul to keep…”

‘Twas very funny…

Yanni (at 'Kenny's Acropolis')

Nick sang “Kryponite”; the ‘Rockstars’ made a fashionably late appearance – Richard sang “Sympathy For the Devil”, and Christine Kern belted “Creep”. Gilad, a blast from the past, sang a wild “Sweet Child o’ Mine”, to a standing ovation! EVERYONE was up off their feet as he channeled Axl Rose!

The night grew late, and I left after the 2nd set, however, I heard that the night grew even later. “Mr. Songbook”, Joe Chica-chica-relli did a rockin’ job taking over the drums for Selene’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” – and you can check out that video here – also on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO6zJhcsWBY

Thanks to Joe Mitch and Olga for supplying the pics and videos. Unfortunately, my ‘new-used’ camera is on the blink. So, I ask you fellow CCK’ers, to bring your cameras, and let me take some pics for the blog! That way, I can get as many pics as I want, of Colin and Brandon’s “Aunt Charisse”…

‘Til Sunday…

Your blogstress,
Kristina ;)

Quotes Corner:

Only one quote stood out this week:

“No matter what Sunday it is, you can count on you!”

“Like the Post Office!”
- Charles & Selene to me, about attending CCK every…Sunday…night.

Ameenah & Joe Mitch

'Hooked on Ebonics' (Yo!)

Hey all!

So, the title refers to a comment the Reverend Colin made to me on Sunday - he asked me why, at times, it sounds like I'm speaking 'Ebonics'.

"Wha'ch you talkin' 'bout Willis?!'

Um, I think THAT was what he was talking about actually... I explained to him that at times, I'm just channeling my 'innah sistah...' just kidding. I'm more or less doing what Ryan does, which is;

RYAN:

"That was 'Kris-ti-na La-tour', doin' the damn thing, yyyyyyyyo..."

Anyway, Crash Course had some of the 'usuals' there... Rockstar sang "Comfortably Numb"; Colin channeled Macy Gray; Christine Kern belted "Beautiful"; Bran-DOHN sang "Heartbreak Hotel"; Marky Mark gave us "Summertime Blues"; and Rockin' Robin took us back to Clinton's Inauguration with Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop".

The Sunglasses Group...

Houterman 'you da man' was there - a 'usual' from the 'old' days at The Underscore on the UES. He wowed the crowd with Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone"; a 'newbie' to Crash Course , named Christopher sang "The Joker";


Christoper

Mrs. D. made her return with "Since U Been Gone"; and John D. gave 'Randy Andy' a break and sang "Dust In the Wind". Brandon & I gave Andy even more of a break, while harmonizing to Green Day's "Good Riddance"/"Time of Your Life." We did have the time of our life -- me being his 'Estelle' (Getty), and him being my 'Kanye' ('East')...LOL!

Selene sang "Black Horse and a Cherry Tree"; DanniMac rocked out to some Elvis Costello;


DanniMac

Karen belted "Falling"; and Freddie, the sound guy, sang some "Stardust". 'Showtime Shon' rocked out to "Summertime"; Ron K. sang "Time After Time", w/Kristie Lee adding her nice harmony; and Nick, who was here from Alabama, by way of FL, by way of NJ...(huh?) rocked out "Semi-Charmed Life"; Leah joined us and belted "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"; and Ben made his return to the stage with some Johnny Cash! And a shout-out to Peter, another 'usual' from the 'old days' on the UES - he and his crew arrived just as I was making an unusual early exit.

The gang...

Until the next Sunday...thas' was' up folks...



Kristina ;)

Worlds Colliding!

Worlds collided in many different fashions this past Sunday night at Kenny's! Somehow, Rockstar's friends co-incided w/my world and John D.'s world! Rockstar knows someone who I used to know, who knows some guy named Adam, who knows John D... next thing you know, CCK is going to be adding "It's A Small World" (please, no...)

In any case, I just bought a battery charger, and should be able to take pics next time. Until then, we'll just have to 'kick it old school'.

Just to recap, Rockstar started us out with "Comfortably Numb"; the Reverend Colin sang "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"; Marky Mark tried a new one with "Then He Kissed Me"; and Christine Kern belted "You Outta Know"!

It was Ted's birthday, and he was, uh, celebratin' -- alot...(lol). He cheered EVERYONE on - alot... (lol). Anyway, Corey Lim blew us away with "Behind These Hazel Eyes", not 'Unbreakable', lol! A little joke btwn. Selene & I... Rockin' Robin rocked out with "Bette Davis Eyes"; Ron K. 'Ron K'd' The Beatles; Hans gave us "Glory Days"; Selene sang "Hot and Cold"; Dylan rocked out "American Girl", and Troy sang a fave of Colin's "Easy".

John D. rocked out "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"; 'Kanye East'/Bran-DOHN sang "Here Comes the Sun"; Natalie sang "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"; and Corey Lim & Christine sang a duet to "Sweet Child of Mine".

"Chariots of Fire" came on the sound system, as Ryan announced John A. was entering the building. Well, not quite yet. A couple more singers went up -- I sang "Black Horse and a Cherry Tree", THEN the theme to "Rocky" came on, and John A. made his grand entrance.

Then, it came to THAT time of night. It was officially a Private Party, just w/'family'. Ryan started off the 'private party' with "La Bamba", passing the mike around for everyone to sing. John D. sang "Dust In The Wind"; Christine, Rockstar, and Brandon all sang "Tangled Up In Blue"; I rocked out "In The End"; Richard sang "A Little Less Conversation" while EVERYONE danced! The band ROCKED IT OUT 'til almost 2:30am! A REALLY fun night!! Thanks guys (and gal!).

'Til Sunday...

Your blogstress,
Kristina ;)

Quotes Corner:

"Talk to the left-hand, 'cause you ain't right!" - John D.

"Who do you think you are? 'Kristina Mattina'?"
- Ryan, at the end of the night, referring to 'Randy Andy' being a diva, when I asked if anyone had a camera 'cause I wanted a photo of me rockin' out to "In The End".

"If you missed going to CCK, you can look at the blog, AND save $$, all at the same time, and, almost have the experience of actually going!" - Ron K.

"I'm pointing at you, but there are three fingers pointing back at me." - John D.

"THAT'S ALRIGHT!" - Colin

"'Hail' yeah!" - John D.

"When you're lookin' at yourself in the mirror, that's when you get into an accident." - Suze Orman (ok, I'm watching Oprah at the same time I'm writing this, and thought it was a good quote.)

"The Spaniards have left the building..."

Sunday night - the usual 'cast of characters' graced Kenny's. Bran-DOHN was your host again this week, claiming Ryan was tucked away in a 'secret location'...hmmm.

Robin sang some GoGo's, "We Got The Beat"; Marky Mark gave us "Fever"; Colin sang "Easy...(Like Sunday Morning)". Kathy, with her charming 'indoor voice', lets loose on stage with Lisa Loeb's "Stay"; Davey Monster belted out "Enter Sandman"; Eric sang "The Gambler"; and Corey Lim gave us the sweet sounds of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", and Dylan sang "Mrs. Jones."





There was indeed a group of folks from Spain! They watched as Selene rocked out "Welcome to the Jungle", an ode to her 'wild 'n crazy night', the night before, maybe??

Roger sang "White Wedding"; Mr. & Mrs. Rockstar sang "Black Water";



...and speaking of Mrs. Rockstar, she rocked out "Crazy Train"



Brooke sang "Don't Stop Belevin';



and her friend who's name it doesn't seem like I wrote down, sang a little Carly Simon, "You're So Vain", dedicating that to uh, ok, no one in particular...



John D. made an appearance after his hockey game. When he arrived, he was greeted as if he had just crossed the finish line at marathon...at least, I THINK it was John D., I couldn't quite see thru his water that ended up in my eyes...I thought perhaps he might be auditioning for a role as a 'spit-take artist'... Inevitably, someone would say something funny just as John D. was drinking John D.'s water, and there you have it...right in the cornea...

Feelin' the love w/a group hug.

Anyway, he was in good spirits (get it? 'Spirits'?) - I'll let you groan over that one for a minute... so, he was in, uh, a good mood as he and Colin agreed to do a duet. But I guess either Mother Nature was calling Colin, or, he just wanted to make his grand entrance -- from the Men's room -- as he joined John D. on stage for the second verse of "Drift Away".

Corey Lim backed me up some nice harmony for my "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (holla!)



DanniMac did a great job of singing "Take It Easy". And props to him for taking some great pics, and for filming! (SEE THE VIDEO BELOW). The camera that I have apparently 'eats' up the batteries in only a short amount of time, and haven't gotten a charger yet, and didn't want to buy yet another set of batteries again! This, by the way, is my response to Brandon's statement:

"Tell her to take her a** to CVS, which is right across the street!"

And you didn't think I heard that, did you now? The Blogstress hears (and sees) all. See you Sunday...

Kristina ;)

Quotes Corner:

"I'm gay enough!"
- Reverend Colin, telling that to Marie that in order to drink his tea, (Tea? Colin?), he should drink it while holding his pinky out.

"Cranberry Juice"
-Randy Andy's response (Cranberry Juice Andy?) to my question, "What are you drinking tonight?"


"Oooh, put THAT in the blog!"
- CCK'ers


"Ohhh, DON'T put that in the blog..."
- CCK'ers

"We want Ryan!"
-Colin, to Brandon, after his song the end of the second set.

"The Usual Suspects"

Hey Folks - that's right! It was mostly 'the Usual Suspects' that made up the bulk of karaoke on Sunday! 'Captain America'/'Kanye East'/'America's Son'/'Bran-DOHN' hosted, and started us off with some Elvis! Then Rockstar sang with "Comfortably Numb"; Marky Mark sang "Yesterday"; Christine sang "Bobby McGee"; John D. rocked out "Signed, Sealed, Delivered!

Mrs. D. followed, and sang "One Of Us"; Showtime Shon gave us some Al Green; and Natalie rocked out "Jolene"; and I enjoyed rockin' out to "Black Horse and a Cherry Tree", WOO HOO!

Antonio, the Professor, sang "Vertigo" by U2; Pamela gave us "Time After Time"; Kathy and Angela did a duet to "Betty Davis Eyes"; Brian sang "Mr. Brightside"; Helen and Kathy sang "Total Eclipse of the Heart"; 'Bip' and 'Bop' sang a mean Journey, Pierre rocked with Stone Temple Pilots; and a guy who's name I didn't get belted out "99 Red Balloons", a fave of mine!

Brian - "Mr. Brightside"


'Bip' and, uh, 'Bop'

Here are some quotes that were made Sun. night that I felt were, well, 'blogworthy'...

"It tastes like feet!"

- John D. & Andrea discussing some kind of drink -- as told by Mrs. D.

____________________________________________________

"...It's very 'skank' Kristina..."

"WHAT?!!!"

"NO! Not YOU!

"WHAT?!!!"

I meant 'Hotel California'! It's a very 'skanky' place to be! I would NEVER say that about you!"

"That's goin' in the the blog, right?!"

- Ron K. to me; then Selene, before Ron K. sang "Hotel California".

___________________________________________________

"...she'll write about what you did when you were drunk!"

-'Bran-DOHN', introducing me as the 'blogstress.'

____________________________________________________

"I'm exhausted!"

"Why"

"Because, I've been running around -- since November!"

-Randy Andy

____________________________________________________

Favorite past quotes:

"It's so nice to celebrate your birthday with you for a change!"
-John D., to me... (11/08)

"I don't want to drink tonight, I'll just have red wine."
-Randy Andy (10/08)

Ok, that's it for now folks. See ya Sunday!

Kristina ;)