To Karaoke or not to Karaoke

The number of restaurants and bars in Stratford  that have Karaoke nights seems to have grown over the past several months.
At one point in time all of the restaurants in the downtown area had or have in progress a Karaoke night.
The exception to that rule is Acapulcos.
Is there such a thing as Spanish Karaoke ????
I do not sing.
 I do not do Karaoke.
 I do not understand why any person would get up in front of a crowd and attempt to sing like a professional.
However, I am always willing to investigate the workings of Karaoke.
James MacDonald (I spelled his name wrong in an earlier blog)
 I spelled his last name the way I spell  my own (McTrottes)
To any one who is curious, I am part Viking and some of my ancestors came from the very north end of Scotland.
I love battle axe's and making sacrifices to Odin.
Jim is the resident Karaoke and trivia expert at the Station House Wine Bar and Grill at the train station so I decided to find out what makes Karaoke tick, so to speak.
The amount of equipment  Jim brings with him when he does his thing on Tuesday night look like it come out of the bridge of the starship Enterprise.
There are several tape decks, or disc decks, a  large sound amplifier, cables for hook up to all of the set ups, a small television, three mikes, several other electronic items and more cable to hook into the television system so that folks can see the words they are trying to sing to.
And then there are cases of discs to prove the melodies.
I have been told that all of the Karaoke people have to haul their own equipment around from restaurant  to restaurant in most cases.
A certain newsman with grey hair and beard who now works for CNN, came out of the same school at the same time as myself.
He has the voice.
I do not.
Jim tells me he can make me sound like the Wolf.
And there is a bridge still for sale in Brooklyn for a good price.
You have to be a people person to run a Karaoke show.
There are the loud mouths, the drunks, and the general P. in the A.'s that think they known what they are doing.
Jim tells me the crew at the Station House is more respectful and mature then some of the mobs he has to deal with at other locations.
It takes a lot of work on Jim's part to make some of these people sound like professional singers.
God did give the Irish the voice to sing as "The Carl" is an excellent example.
This is not a profession that I would go near.
Give me a nice quite three alarm fire in Brooklyn on a cold winter's night to cover or consult on.