We kicked off the evening with a surprise birthday celebration for Katie at the XR Bar on West Houston involving good friends and many tasty drinks, then scooted over to Karaoke Duet 35 for the moving-to-San-Francisco going-away party for my camping buddies, Toisha and Susan. You know what’s great about karaoke if you’ve been drinking enough? It doesn’t matter if you don’t know a song’s lyrics or even its melody; if you are loud enough and passionate enough, it can be your song, such as “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” as popularized by Gene Pitney, as well as Vincent and I. Vincent and Megan memorably dueted on “Punk Rock Girl” by the Dead Milkmen which, sadly, I don’t think a lot of people recognized. We closed it off with a bittersweet take on “Auld Lang Syne.” Later we wandered around in the sleet for more drinks and fried chicken. We ended up hitting the sack at the same time most farmers are waking up.
A Night of Two Parties