Kare-A-O-Kay

Looking to continue that office holiday party into the wee hours and entice people to make more of a fool of themselves than they just did at the company party? How about a little karaoke? One of the best places to rent a private room by the hour (yes, the banquets are vinyl) for anywhere from 2 to about 15 people is Sing Sing in the East Village. Open until 4am during the week and 6am on weekends, Sing Sing offers 16 private rooms of varying sizes where you can wail away the hits. They also usually don't say anything if you bring in your own beers. I was always gone to the Avenue A location but am glad to see they've opened up a new one on St. Mark's between 2nd & 3rd. A little more towards midtown is Muse Karaoke. Muse is a bit nicer and less crowded than Sing Sing, but last time I was there the karoake Nazi's cursed me out for bringing my own beers and smoking in the room. Oops! Karaoke One 7 is also a good spot in the Flatiron that tends to get a fun sing-a-long going at the bar as well as having the private rooms. If you really have the urge to perform in public, try Winnie's, a dive bar in Chinatown or Planet Rose in the East Village. The next place I want to check out is the new rock-n-roll karoake bar Encore in the Flatiron District. Sing it loud, sing it proud!

My Current Top 10 Karaoke Song List
1. "All These Things That I've Done" - The Killers
2. "Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane

3. "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" - The Darkness
4. "Wonderwall" - Oasis
5. "Roses" - Outkast
6. "1979" - Smashing Pumpkins
7. "No More Drama" - Mary J.
8. "Dark Lady" - Cher
9. "Angels" - Robbie Williams
10. "Babylon" - David Gray