25th Jul 07

What:
They Used to Call Me Rad in High School

Where:
Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin St, Melbourne

When:
TONIGHT Wed July 25, 8pm
In general, the last Wednesday of the month

How much:
free

Related Links:
Karaoke Dokey (all other Wednesdays at Miss Libertine)

If you're anything like us, all it takes is two beers, and the next thing you know, you’re surrounded by 20 sweating salarymen in a small cubicle somewhere three stories up in Chinatown, frantically paging through well-worn plastic-coated binders to find that one Simon and Garfunkel song, maybe it's 'Bridge over Troubled Water', something, anything, to numb the pain that is growing inside you, deeper and blacker, threatening to envelop your entire being, easing only for a few sweetly fleeting moments when you form the soft harmonies of the greatest American folk duo to ever live, in public, to a video that makes no sense, backed by terrible synthesisers.

Then again, maybe you're not. But if you are, we have the cure for what ails you. 'They Used to Call me Rad in High School' launches tonight at Miss Libertine at 8pm, and the last Wednesday of each month thereafter.

Presented by Liege (To All The People We Love / Semitough, has great dress-sense) and Jim Risby (from visiting band Bakelite, has potentially confusing mobile phone number) the night specialises in rare karaoke songs that you won't find at your average karaoke night. Old-school punk, ‘80s goodies, Gangsta rap, and more Morrissey than you can shake a gladioli at.

Prizes include, beer, flowers, the secret to the elusive Canadian accent*, and for the best Gary Numan impression, a lifetime subscription to Cheekbones, the only magazine hand-delivered by ninjas.#

*maybe
#definitely not

By Jeremy Wortsman

Ambience: Indoor

Difficulty: Won't hurt a bit

Keywords: Music, Miss Libertine