Kaffe remembers Chinese karaoke

“…like it was a shopping mall, only you went inside and it had chandeliers and then and we got taken to our room with massive red leather sofas, plush cushions, and microphones, and straightaway kaching it was on the list, a massive list, massive selection of songs, anything you could choose from Elton John, Bass City Rollers, Mamas and the Papas, so you turn your mike on, and all your friends and the stressed-out curators are suddenly so happy and they’re straight on the mike, and they know straightway which songs they want to sing, and every mike has a gigantic amount of reverb so you can sing really badly and still sound great, and then we ordered drinks…”