went (reluctantly) to a karaoke place in chinatown (nyc) last night for my cousin's 40th birthday, one of these typical mainstream places where they have all these separate rooms for private parties, and was amazed by what i found in the song selection. thumbing through the song book, amidst the hundreds of pages listing current and past top 40 hits, i actually saw listings for orange juice ("rip it up"), the monochrome set ("jet set junta") and television (incredibly, "marquee moon"!!...can you imagine bumming out the party by selecting a 10+ minute track, 80% of which is taken up by guitar solos!!)