Southpaw Entertainment Karaoke

I don't know how true this is, but I read recently that George Lucas had donated his entire $4 billion plus he received from Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm. And his children will still inherit a sizable fortune. I don't begrudge Lucas that a bit. 

And, despite the "original trilogy" being my at the top of my list of all-time favorites, I never had (too many) issues with Lucas' reworkings. After all, they were his movies. 

Anyway, this weekend marked the return to the big screen for most of the characters I first saw at the Weis Cinema back in 1977 (my dad and I loved it- my mom fell asleep), with the release of The Force Awakens. And it's huge.

Which you knew, unless you've been living under this thing.

I haven't seen it yet- I plan on staying away from the theaters until after the first of the year, when all the kids have gone back to school and it'll (hopefully) be a tad calmer. I've already seen at least one spoiler, though (which I pretty much had already figured out)- because people tend to be assholes. Still, I plan on watching it, and doing my part to help Disney recoup some of their investment.

When you go karaoke-ing, do you stick with what you know, or do you experiment? Personally, I prefer trying new songs. Yes, I will occasionally do songs that I've done in the past (especially when someone takes the time to request it), but I prefer not to make the staff at the venue crazy by subjecting them to the same repertoire over and over. 

So, how about you? Do you stick with what you're comfortable with, or do you branch out?

Jason Bonham says he believes there’s still hope that Led Zeppelin will perform together again on stage.

"In my heart of hearts… I do believe we will play together again," Bonham told Vanyaland. "It remains to be seen if it will be in public or privately, but I do think we will play again."

Bonham filled in for his father, John, on drums at Led Zeppelin's reunion concert in late 2007.

Another reunion performance won’t be happening anytime soon, though. Jimmy Page announced last week that he's doing a solo tour in 2016 and Robert Plant doesn’t seem to have any interest at all in getting the old band back together.

"You're going back to the same old shit," Plant told Rolling Stone in 2014 interview. "A tour would have been an absolute menagerie of vested interests and the very essence of everything that's shitty about big-time stadium rock. We were surrounded by a circus of people that would have had our souls on the fire. I'm not part of a jukebox."

By the time Saturday night rolls around, you're bound to be ready to get out and show off your Christmas haul- so why not join us for the very last Saturday Night Karaoke of 2015 at the Iron Horse Tavern this week? Let's wrap the year up with a blow out! 

Hipster wear and jazz hands optional.

A Public Policy Polling of 532 registered Republicans show that 41% of respondents who consider themselves Donald Trump backers would support the bombing of Agrabah, while only 9% opposed it. The poll asked subjects whether they would support or oppose military action located near the Jordan River.

Now, just in case you're wondering- Agrabah isn't real. It's where the title character lived in the Disney film Aladdin.

And it's not just the Trump supporters who don't have a clue- 30% of the respondents said they'd support the bombing, while only 13% opposed it. 57% of them were at least smart enough to say they weren't sure.

Trump supporters.

James Hetfield says retirement isn't coming any time soon for Metallica.

"Look, musicians never retire," Hetfield said. "They just become less popular. People think you've retired, but no, I'm still writing. It's a part of me. It's what I do on this planet. That's why I've been put here, I believe. And if I stop that, part of me dies. There's no retirement. So we do what we do until physically we can't do it."

Hetfield added that the follow up to 2008's 'Death Magnetic' won't be rushed, saying "as long as it takes is as long as it takes. We're not gonna cater to the consumer now, because we never have."

Which pretty much sums up why I'm not a Metallica fan. I don't really have a problem with people having "fuck you" attitudes (I'm guilty, myself)- I just don't dig shitting on the people who've made your success possible.

From the Metallica Chapeau Collection.

Birthdays today include: JoJo; Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes; Mike Watt of The Stooges; Anita Ward; Alan Parsons of Alan Parsons Project; Peter Criss of Kiss; and Bobby Colomby of Blood, Sweat & Tears. #MusicalBirthdays