Captain's Log; Kdate 091505

The long karaoke malaise is over...our new permanent Thursday night digs are ready and the inaugural show was a smashing success.

Things were slow 'til about 10:30pm but then picked up rapidly as word spread. At one point the rotation swelled to over 20 people, and groups didn't really get out of control. A couple of people did, though.

Something viral this way comes

Particularly one drunk chick, we'll call her Sally. Very pushy and demanding, "put this song in RIGHT NOW!" "Sorry, I've already got the next few songs lined up-" "RIGHT NOW, put it in RIGHT NOW!"

Naturally that shit just didn't happen. I ignored her til she came back a little more subdued a few songs later looking for hers. Then I told her to fill out a slip and bring it back so that I knew who she was and what she wanted to sing so I could put her into the rotation. I got an apology at that point, but it was one of those "I'm not really sorry but he's pissed so I guess I have to try to pretend to be a normal human being, even though I'm not, 'cause I'm drunk off my ass." I'm guessing that genital herpes and her will become good friends, if they aren't already.

But other than that, the rest of the night went well. The sound was good, I like the new board and the general setup. I'd like to find a place to use the projector, I'd like to find a way to record this so I can karaokecast it every week. It's loud in the front, bearable where I'm set up at the back of the stage, and you can still talk at the back of the room, which is a pretty good size and has a pretty good capacity. I'm guessing in the neighborhood of 100 or so, which is close to double the last venue we were in.

I may also experiment with a front barrier of some sort, perhaps a rope and some extra chairs would do the trick. Full-on police barriades would be nicer. It needs...something. People can enter/exit from stage right, and that way not press the singers. Might allow me to start putting the camera up as well.

Beer needs to be barred from the stage area, as well.

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