sid and buddy — i keep a diary

Such good times. Thanks again, Matts. We'll carry Sid & Buddy in our hearts forever (on the condition that their costumes have been recently laundered).

sid and buddy's karaoke reunion

January 20, 2010

Slash and Axl. Haha.

sid and buddy's karaoke reunion

January 20, 2010

They even pulled out all sorts of old school costume performances!

sid and buddy's karaoke reunion

January 20, 2010

Oh, Axl!

sid and buddy's karaoke reunion

January 20, 2010

These two guys are responsible for popping SO MANY people's CHERRYOKE!

sid and buddy's karaoke reunion

January 20, 2010

Why waste any time NOT being shirtless? Matt got right down to business!

sid and buddy's karaoke reunion

January 20, 2010

Matt & Matt announcing the "official" hand-off of emcee-ship over to Larson.

sid and buddy's karaoke reunion

January 20, 2010

After Piano's we headed over to Remote for some karaoke.

the january roundup: part two

January, 2005

Hahaha.

the 2nd fiasco show and matt lesser's birthday

January 21, 2005

Then Sid and Buddy got dressed up and joined the Karaoke Killed the Cat Crew on stage for what quickly turned into...

the 2nd fiasco show and matt lesser's birthday

January 21, 2005

Matt L.

the january roundup: part two

January, 2005

matt lesser ↗+

And we ran into troublemaker Caitlin Crisco!

the january roundup: part two

January, 2005

...Sid and Buddy Karaoke!

the january roundup: part two

January, 2005

me ↗+
karaoke ↗+

The Dith rocking the k-mic.

the january roundup: part one

January, 2005

Wednesday night I paid a long overdue visit to Sid and Buddy's karaoke night at Remote Lounge (RIP).

the january roundup: part one

January, 2005

I forget this girl's name - but she's awesome because no matter how many pics of her I take, she always ends up looking like a crazy homeless person in all of them.

the january roundup: part one

January, 2005

karaoke ↗+

On Thursday night Grant, Meredith and I went over to the basement of Remote for karaoke. Here's Ellen on the mic tearing up some Zeppelin.

last month in nyc: the august roundup part one

August, 2004

When following an act like Grant, sometimes you gotta enlist the help of props. Fully intending to take on the master, relative karaoke newcomer Larson took the stage in full skipper regalia flanked by two pastel chicas and busted out Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart (which he actually has the gumption to call "his" song! Playa, please!)

random thursday night of karaoke at the delancey

July 15, 2004

...PROP EXCESS! In accordance with Buddyhead's Rules of Rock (ie: "Number 18. Drummers can take off their shirts or they can wear gloves, but not both.") the Karaoke Rules of Rock must state that you can wear a Skipper's uniform or a HULKfist, never both.

random thursday night of karaoke at the delancey

July 15, 2004

Grant hit the stage and tried out some new moves. Like pretending that his leg and ass were a guitar so he could play along for the two-guitar solo (holy shit). After warming up the crowd with his new moves...

random thursday night of karaoke at the delancey

July 15, 2004

He closed in for the kill with an aerial classic (bonus points awarded for the finger pointing at the ground).

random thursday night of karaoke at the delancey

July 15, 2004

Ellen Stagg in the hizzy.

random thursday night of karaoke at the delancey

July 15, 2004

Bladders emptly, we headed over the basement of Remote to say hi to Sid & Buddy and friends.

random thursday night of karaoke at the delancey

July 15, 2004

karaoke ↗+

Big Daddy took the mic and kicked a little Lionel Ritchie "Celebration" (and Frank stayed on stage to back him up).

frank picarazzi's bachelor party

July 08, 2004

...down to its KNEES!

frank picarazzi's bachelor party

July 08, 2004

Bringing the house down...

frank picarazzi's bachelor party

July 08, 2004

Grant onstange trying to get the hang of the very unique "FrankDance."

frank picarazzi's bachelor party

July 08, 2004

frank picarazzi's bachelor party

July 08, 2004

Then it was time for the Man of Honor to take the stage.

frank picarazzi's bachelor party

July 08, 2004

Followed by Grant doing a lil Gn'R.

frank picarazzi's bachelor party

July 08, 2004

After the (outright boring) trip to the nudy bar, we decided to head to Remote Lounge and take over Sid and Buddy's karaoke night there. (I guess karaoke's becoming a bachelor party trend?)

frank picarazzi's bachelor party

July 08, 2004

Seth "Palm-greaser" Miller, introduced Sid & Buddy to his good friend "Mr. Frankin" and instantly the karaoke stage was ours. Here's Seth kicking things off with some Stevie.

frank picarazzi's bachelor party

July 08, 2004

The Remote Lounge stage, awaiting his arrival.

jamie kirkpatrick's bachelor party

May 20, 2004

stage ↗+

The crowd going wild to Buddy playing "inflatible fiddle" to The Devil Went Down to Georgia.

jamie kirkpatrick's bachelor party

May 20, 2004

This picture is so awesome it merrited a close up. So here you go.

the may roundup part two

May, 2004

...SID AND BUDDY KARAOKE! After a long hiatus from the karaoke circuit, Grant came back with a fierceness! Pulling his usual ariel stunts...

the may roundup part two

May, 2004

Grant's jam got everyone crazy amounts of worked up. Going so far as to inspire Candy to try her first DLR (David Lee Roth) onstage air kick!

the may roundup part two

May, 2004

...as well as introducing a few new tricks. Like using Candy as a guitar during his song's solo. Holy fucking shit.

the may roundup part two

May, 2004

The karaoke love train apparently ends in Marjorie's mouth.

the may roundup: part one

May, 2004

Ok, enough with all the orgy stuff - how about we get to some singing?

the may roundup: part one

May, 2004

karaoke ↗+

Needless to say this particular night of karaoke was a little more out of control than most other karaoke nights.

the may roundup: part one

May, 2004

I bet you were starting to wonder where the karaoke photos were, am I right?

the may roundup: part one

May, 2004

Say what you will but I still think you really can't go wrong by starting the month off with karaoke that looks like this by the end of the night.

the april roundup

April, 2004

karaoke ↗+

As closing time approached, Matt invited (the few) remaining people left in the bar to all come up on stage and sing the standard end of the evening finale: Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

fatty quits and two karaoke nights

March 01, 2004

karaoke ↗+

Right in the middle of her song, she ripped open her shirt to reveal Apocalypstik stickers covering her titties. Amazing.

sarah's birthday bash: part two

February 07, 2004

Buddy and Sid.

sarah's birthday bash: part one

February 07, 2004

metal ↗+

Lawrence warming up the crowd.

sarah's birthday bash: part one

February 07, 2004

...but he rocked the karaoke mic so fucking hard he deserved to have a few pics snapped of him.

the february roundup

February, 2004

karaoke ↗+

michael t's birthday and karaoke with scott

January 15, 2004

dan cassanova ↗+

michael t's birthday and karaoke with scott

January 15, 2004

michael t's birthday and karaoke with scott

January 15, 2004

Matt (aka - Buddy) and dances with a friend of Alexis and Alexis.

the january roundup

January, 2004

metal ↗+

Thursday night, a mere three nights after their sudden demise at Nolita Tavern, I walked around the corner from my apartment (literally) to witness the rebirth of Sid & Buddy karaoke, rising from the ashes of mishap like a beautiful golden, um, singing Phoenix.

the january roundup

January, 2004

After we finished making up stupid babynames, we headed into Soho to try to catch the Monday night edition of Sid and Buddy karaoke, only to arrive and find Sid and Buddy (aka - Matt & Matt) packing up all of their karaoke stuff and leaving Nolita Tavern in the middle of their set after having a fall out with the management there. We retreated to Dan and Corrie's nearby apartment to reflect on the tragic, sudden end of Sid and Buddy's year long reign at Nolita Tavern (on a side note, I'm writing this in July of 2004 and Nolita Tavern is completely gone. The bar wasn't doing well so Howard, the owner, ended up selling it to John Lombardi, and Lombardi's pizza expanded their restaurant into what used to be Nolita Tavern. So if you ever eat at the famous Lombardi's on Spring Street, and you hear the haunting strains of Laura Brannigan's "Gloria" echoing through the halls, now you'll know why...)

the january roundup

January, 2004

...and then treating the crowd to a bra-clad duet with a red-faced Buddy.

the january roundup

January, 2004

The Eiffel Tower of Power!

a karaoke christmas

December 22, 2003

Sid & Buddy go swimming!

a karaoke christmas

December 22, 2003

Tee-hee-hee!

a karaoke christmas

December 22, 2003

With a little backup help from Matt, oops, I mean Sid.

a karaoke christmas

December 22, 2003

Buddy and Sid as the White Stripes. (Buddy's Meg gets me so hard.)

a karaoke christmas

December 22, 2003

Frank Picarazzi on the mic kicking the night off.

a karaoke christmas

December 22, 2003

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Then Candy and Gina got in on the act.

the november roundup

November, 2003

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Buddy & Sid enjoying the action.

the november roundup

November, 2003

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Then his pants. Somewhere along the lines a sailor hat, a life saver and an egg beater (yep, see it stuck down the front of his pants there?) entered the mix.

the november roundup

November, 2003

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Here's Buddy playing a guitar solo on some girl's leg. Hahahaha.

the october roundup

October, 2003

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Sarah downstairs at only her 2nd time singing karaoke!

the october roundup

October, 2003

Shortly after, his girlfriend returned and somehow Jen Choi ended up on stage dirty dancing with her. (It was also right around here that my camera's batteries fucking died on me. I managed to snap a few more pics, but I kept having to turn the cam off for a few seconds, let it rest, then turn it on and try to take another pic before it died again.)

karaoke blowout

September 21, 2003

The real tragedy is that because of this I missed getting a really good action shot of Jen spanking the Bellybutton Lady with a leather S&M paddle. (I swear to God, I'm not kidding. This actually happened. If you look in the background, you can see Jen holding the paddle in her right hand - and see who the turquoise lady is all leaning against the wall - submitting herself?)

karaoke blowout

September 21, 2003

strangers ↗+

Hahahahahahahahaha.

karaoke blowout

September 21, 2003

...then over to Matt who proceeded to use it to get his Hulk-jerk on. After that, the line had pretty much been crossed and no one wanted to wear it anymore. Hulk-jerk? I mean, come on.

karaoke blowout

September 21, 2003

Sid and Buddy....and my ass.Hahahaha. Grant wins for braining Matt (ps - what's with your lumpy nuts, dude? You should probably get that looked at.)

karaoke blowout

September 21, 2003

me ↗+
man ass ↗+

Hahahahah - then they teamed up to "rock out" with her butt.

karaoke blowout

September 21, 2003

Grant and Lo (what were you guys singing, either of you remember?)

karaoke blowout

September 21, 2003

M-L-E on the M-I-C!

karaoke blowout

September 21, 2003

...HOLY SHIT! What's up, three foot flame? Jeeeeez! Ok, and that's about it for September.

the september roundup part two

September, 2003

It was super early, but I decided to pop in and say hi to Sid and Buddy in the basement. Buddy told me that he wanted to me to see if my new camera was fast enough the capture his new, "flaming hand" pyrotechnic toy. (Because, hey, pyrotechnics takes karaoke to a whole new level). Here he is...ready...

the september roundup part two

September, 2003

Then Grant and Buddy teamed up for one of the most explosive performances of Van Halen's "Panama" I've ever seen. Between the two of them, they managed to pull about half of and six "Faces of Rock." Here's Grant pulling the "Oh My God!"

the september roundup part two

September, 2003

Hahahaha. And here's Buddy caught in the middle of pulling my favorite "Face of Rock," the "Can You Belive How Fast I'm Playing This Guitar?"

the september roundup part two

September, 2003

Here's Buddy pulling the infamous "Lick the Air!"

the september roundup part two

September, 2003

No, no! You can't hurry love. No! You'll just have to wait. Seriously.

the september roundup part two

September, 2003

karaoke ↗+

Monday night karaoke was extra-special because there were all these Mafiosa guys there that wandered in after eating at Lombardi's nextdoor. They all sang Frank Sinatra songs.

the september roundup part two

September, 2003

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Emily singing "Love is a Battlefield" (I think).

two bbqs and karaoke

August 16, 2003

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The big "Wanted Dead or Alive" Bon Jovi finale replete with ghetto pyrotechnics (sparklers scotch-taped to the ceiling)!

karaoke with brett

August 09, 2003

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DeNiro meets Elvis meets Mullet.

karaoke with brett

August 09, 2003

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Big Daddy tearing it up with Huey Lewis' seminal "I Want a New Drug." Homeboy kicked it so hard he needed not one, but two blonde, hula-clad male dancers. Check out that face; the urgency - can't you see how much Big Daddy wants that new drug?

karaoke with brett

August 09, 2003