'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.

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"...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".

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

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

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"I'm exhausted!"

"Why"

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

-Randy Andy

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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 ;)

"Duets Galore!"

It was a night of duets!

Corey Lim and Christine; Brandon and Marky Mark; Marky Mark & I; Christine and Brandon; Colin and John D.; Ryan & I; and Christine and Walker started out the night doing a few tunes on the acoustic before karaoke got started!

Ryan opened up the set, then Rockstar sang "Wish You Were Here"; Colin crooned "Let's Stay Together"; Rockin' Robin sang "Behind Blue Eyes"; and the girl from Ireland who's name I didn't catch belted out "Black Velvet".

Girl from Ireland...

Marky Mark invited me to sing harmony to "Dream";

Ben sang "Man in the Moon"; Maya entralled with "Natural Woman"; Bobby sang "The Harder They Come..."; Dylan gave us "Boys Are Back In Town"; Julie sang "Angel From Montgomery"; and Brett sang some Cheap Trick, sans shirt!!

Randy Andy was proud to play, with his son there...


...John D. rocked with "Roxanne", even though he was fightin' a cold - John D. was saying beforehand that 'John D. hopes John D. feels better!' Christine rocked "Crazy Train"; Brandon did one of Rockstar's faves, "Casey Jones"; Corey Lim sang "Dancing Queen", and I did a little Edie Brickell!

Then came that time of night, where things got really rockin'!

Rockin' Robin belted "Dream On" and had everyone up on their feet - that's w'as up folks!



Corey Lim and Christine rocked out a duet to "Sweet Child Of Mine", to which huge congratulatory group hugs ensued afterwards! (Though I think somebody owes me dinner, lol...)

Ok, I'll 'settle' for a Merlot.

After all was said 'n done, Ryan and I closed out the night w/my favorite - "In The End"!


Rock on!

'Til next Sun. folks...

Your blogstress --
Kristina

Mini-blog...

Kristie Lee & I - two people who weren't at Kenny's!

Hello everyone -

Due to a nasty case of bronchitis, I wasn't actually at karaoke on Sunday night, and I missed it terribly! Corey Lim sent me a nice text from Kenny's, and it made me feel good to know that I was missed - thanks all! The following day I asked her for a little recap of the night's events. She gave me the 'scoop-age', but then lamented that she didn't have a camera. So, I've taken the liberty to use some past photos of y'all, to put to her notes, so that there would be some assemblance of a blog this week.

Says Corey Lim: " Only Rock Star Richard, Christine, Marky-Mark, John D., Showtime Shon, Colin, Dylan, and I where there for regulars...Natalia showed up a little later too."






"There where some random groups there, but not at all crowded. For highlights Christine Did a KILLER rendition of "Bobby McGee..." Showtime Shon leaped..literally..off the stage with "Mustang Sally"; Marky-Mark got his Elvis on with "Hound Dog", Natalia belted out "Zombie", Dylan took it down a notch with "Wonderwall", and Collin serenaded us all with "Free Fallin'". I sang "Sweet Child". It went well, and Christine and I may do it as a duet soon. Yay! Ryan rocked the House with "In The End..." I love it when the band plays that song..."

"Oh yeah! Kristee Lee wasn't with us last night, so Joe Mitch played drums with us."

From Joe Mitch: "...we played a lot of hard rock -- Bon Jovi, Heart, Metallica, Guns and Roses...".

So next week, I'll look forward to rockin' out w/the band and everyone! Also, will look forward to things like - John D. telling me "don't put THAT in the blog"; 'Dancin' with the stars' w/Showtime Shon, and just making up for lost time! So look out next Sunday!

'Cause we're bringin' up "Kris-ti-na La-tour!!!!

Kristina :)