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Karaoke In Berlin
By Max | October 3, 2008
Yesterday started out slow, but turned into a lot of fun. I spent the morning trying to hunt down a sports bar that was showing the PSU replay game. The first place I tried is supposed to get the correct network, but when I arrived at 10:30am, I discovered that they didn’t open until 3pm. I didn’t want to give up that easily so I headed to another place called Oscar Wilde. It’s an Irish bar that is also supposed to get NASN, the American sports channel. Their website said that they opened at noon, and I thought it would be cool even if I could catch the 4th quarter. Unfortunately when I arrived I saw that they didn’t open until 4pm. That really pissed me off. I hate it when places leave the wrong information up on their websites. So I missed the PSU game. I did however find an internet cafe that is cheap, open late and appears to allow streaming video from the myp2p.eu site. Tomorrow I am going there to try to watch the Lions murder Purdue.
After getting beat down by the sports bars of Berlin, I headed back to the hostel to relax a bit before figuring out my evening plans. I ended up meeting two Australians and one Dutch guy. We headed to the hostel bar where to my surprise it was karaoke night! I quickly put in a song and rocked the place even though I have a cold. Just in case you’re wondering karaoke in Berlin is about the same as America. Everyone sang English songs, and most people had really poor song selection. No one wants to hear your version of Eric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven” no matter how good you are. Way to bring down the evening Mr. Danish guy.
After we each sang a song we headed out to try to find a real bar. On the tram we met some younger folks who looked like they knew their way around and we ended up joining them. They took us to a real Berlin warehouse party. It was awesome even though it wasn’t really my scene. The place apparently only runs once a month or so. We were the only out-of-towners there. There were two floors both playing really obnoxious techno music with lights and smoke and everything. It was a blast. When I left at 5:00am there were still a lot of people dancing their asses off. I guess today is some kind of German national holiday, so no one has school or work. The rumors were true. Berliners like to party I guess.
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October 3rd, 2008 at 8:45 am
So what did you sing???
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 am
Yeah Max, what’d ya sing?
October 3rd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Oops, I did it again
That’s your song, Max. Am I right?
October 6th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
You’re right on the song slection bit. Nothing like going out to party and then having to endure “Strawberry Wine” or some sappy crappy song, although that’s a perfect time to throw in some Danzig or some GnR to knock people out of the Bummer Trance. Come back up to P-towne for some REAL karaoke bro!!
October 7th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Yeah! sounds like a good warehouse rave to me. Germans can party, how was the dancing? Sorry about the techno scene, wished I was there. I wonder what they played. By the way, chill out on the games man, you can catch up when you get back. Is it worth the effort? I would get down on the rave instead but hey up to you. Have fun.