Controlled Karaoke: Watch Somebody Celebrate Nagoya Via An “Empire State Of Mind” Parody

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eJ0zuXIkwo”] Two thoughts: 1. I’m shocked how few “Empire State Of Mind” parody/reworks there are. If LMFAO can release like a bazillion different versions of “I’m In Miami Bitch” simply by replacing “Miami” with whatever city they think can move iTunes units, you’d think more YouTube “superstars” would try to put on for their city…

That’s Some Good Tandoori Chicken: Summer Sonic 2010 In Osaka

ByPatrick St. Michel

The Summer Sonic Festival, now entering its second decade of existence, might very well be the most disconnected music festival in all of Japan. Whereas the Fuji Rock Festival stockpiles dozens of domestic bands to compliment the various foreign acts playing, Summer Sonic mostly relegates Japanese acts to “opening” slots before noon. It’s the “international”…