If you are not doing anything tomorrow night, please, please, pretty please go to the Kostume Karaoke night at Solly’s U St. Tavern. It’s a Halloween-themed karaoke night, and you can pretend like you’re Scarlett Johanssen (or Bill Murray) in Lost in Translation and that everyone else around you is Japanese. Come in your own costume, or if you don’t have one, they’ve got loads to choose from (set out for people to use, yard-sale style). MORE »

The whole point of covering a John McCain presidential campaign for a major news outlet is to make (potentially sexy) friendships with McCain and his senior staff, so as to, uh, “know your subject better,” as some have described it. And now they never get to see each other anymore! And Obama is an asshole to the reporters! So this is why the former McCain reporters and aides got together over the weekend for drinks, and karaoke, and perhaps some whining about access. MORE »

* Reliable Source: The Prince of Monaco is buying Warren G. Harding’s house, putting an embassy there… Rocky Mountain News Washington Correspondent wears Jack Abramoff’s suits to the White House Christmas Party. [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: Americans for Tax Reform send out Xmas card, include “nice” list to honor those who did the most to starve the government this year… Michael Brown raking in the dough on the speaking circuit… New restaurant to finally open at the location of Signatures. [Examiner]
* Fresh Intelligence: Chelsea Clinton has a few at NYC karaoke club, Tom Green is there for some reason. [Radar]

Wonkette operative reports: DNC karaoke in full effect, Howard Dean apparently not paying his bills: MORE »

Late last week, former Attorney General Janet Reno took the stage at a Miami fundraiser for the Human Services Coalition, where she sang Aretha Franklin’s 1967 hit, “Respect.” And the results, dear readers, weren’t pretty. MORE »