Sat
Feb
6
Singing “My Way” in a Filipino karaoke bar… can get you killed.
From today’s NY Times:
The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines, or how many fatal fights it has fueled. But the news media have recorded at least half a dozen victims in the past decade and includes them in a subcategory of crime dubbed the “My Way Killings.”
The actual reasons are more prosaic and incidental than premeditated, but the article is a fascinating slice of modern Filipino culture.
