So all week I eagerly waited in anticipation of last night or tonight (Between 11pm and 2am days kind of blur)  Much to Mrs. T's dismay, I left the house extra special early at 3pm yesterday to prepare for the nights festivities.

So in keeping with all things Japanese pop culture, I started thinking about Japanese vending machines.

In Japan the streets are lined with vending machines, where you can buy ANYTHING.  Even beer. 

I filled in for Toqer today. He went on a long overdue family vacation. I've been going to the Boo for a few years now and have lived over Toq's shoulder on more than a few nights. "Can you switch my song Toq?" "How long until I'm up Toq?" That's the easy stuff. I've watched as Toq swapped a song here, moved a song there, added singers, dropped singers, played custom discs, drug out some laser disc songs, you name it, Toq did it with his eyes closed.

So sometimes I have insane ramblings like a travelling wanderer.

It's a little cooler now.  Wife came home with 3 bags of ice, washed out a nice big cup for me and filled it.  I'm sipping on Coca Cola, scribbling out the ponderings of my future. I find when my mind isn't suffering the internal conflict of "I've only had 4 hours of sleep" and "It's too hot to sleep" it's a little bit easier to jot a few things down.

So Saturday I'm going up to Guerneville, CA with the wife, baby and dog.  She's been saving for this trip for a while, and it's going to be good to get away for a couple days.

Have you got what it takes to rule the karaoke scene?

Join us for a karaoke book release party for Hit Me With Your Best Shot: The Ultimate Guide to Karaoke Domination

. Meet author Raina Lee (also of 1-Up MegaZine)
. Get a signed copy of the book
. Win cool door prizes!
. Sing your heart out!

There's plenty of video game players at the 7b, many of whom are awaiting the release of the new EA game Spore.

This is a video clip from the creature creator. Looks like someone clicked on one too many shock links.

So on Saturday 6/15/2008 at approximately 12:23am (+15 minutes because 7b is in the future compared to the rest of the world) we had some singers on the stage.  IMHO not paticularly great singers, but at the 7b we're about selling booze and stage time, while maintaining some sense of the Japanese heritage that built the club. 

Friday the 13th... uhhm, ya.

I don't think Vic was there for the first one, but two guys last night discovered what me and Vic refer to as "throat" singing.  These are guys we've been watching struggle with projection for a while.

This is some video from the recent Fanimecon in San Jose.