The Motherload

Thanks to the wonders of Craigslist, I now have a crate of more than fifty out-of-print karaoke laserdiscs; it's a collection that was being sold off by a party DJ who had moved on to easier-to-carry compact discs. The discs come from a variety of manufacturers (Pioneer, MegaStar, Digital Freedom), and it looks as though more than half of them feature original karaoke videos, which are nearly impossible to find these days. It will take me weeks—not to mention a laserdisc player—to sort through all of these, but it's truly a score, and $225 well spent. Just take a look at one picked-at-random tracklisting:


The best part is that even the so-so holiday songs come with videos, meaning I have approximatley 200 hours of karaoke-video viewing in my future. I'm especially excited for LaserKaraoke—The Professional Series Volume 4: R&B, which features both Jody Watley's "Real Love" and Prince's "Delirious." It's like the screening room of heaven!