How cool would it be

[Renee E]

for us literary types, and probably a lot of others (like as a teaching aid), would it be to have a setup for plays that was like karaoke?

A machine that would feed the dialogue like karaoke feeds lyrics, provide some appropriate sound effects and even music at the right points, even a few essential stage directions.

Helluva lot better than cringing while people yargle Air Supply and cracture Journey songs.

[Karen]

Renee wrote: "for us literary types, and probably a lot of others (like as a teaching aid), would it be to have a setup for plays that was like karaoke?

A machine that would feed the dialogue like karaoke feeds..."

I'd rather die than listen to an endless streaming of Air Supply and Journey

[Kallie]

Air Supply seems an appropriately vacuous name. And I was embarrassed when Journey sprayed that saccharine pop about San Francisco. I wonder if that attracted, or could have been an indicator of, all the corporate shite that's since colonized my used-to-be-a-favorite city?

Because it used to be funky and enchanting and therein lay its charm. Now it is merely beautiful.

[E.D.]

I contemplated forming a band that covered advertising jingles in Japanese called "REOtotojourneywagon"..., but I don't know Japanese.

I always thought SF was better when people left their organs there, and used their heads as gardens. Go 'Niners!!! :}