The defending Stanley Cup champion (and recently reassembled) Anaheim Ducks are holding a contest tomorrow for a chance to sing the national anthem at one of their upcoming games. Get you tail down to ESPN Zone’s SportsCenter Studio Store in Downtown Disney to register. People are encouraged to sign up early as space is limited (you can do it today if you're in the area). Singers will compete on Thursday, March 6 at 6:00pm, where......

Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city's attempt to give some direction to subway riders was interesting, pranksters went shirtless at the Fifth Avenue Abercrombie & Fitch and the I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendars came out. And just......

Dear LAist, I came here and saw that you were making fun of Clay Aiken singing the National Anthem. Why must you be so rude? Clay is a top notch singing star who has sold millions of records and performed in front of more people than your stupid web sight? - Amber Dear Amber, Why do we diss Clay and his Claymates? Let us, count the ways... Actually, watch this newly unearthed video above......

I've lived in the U.S.A. for more than half my life now, but I still grapple with the issue of cultural identity and a sense of national heritage. This is further complicated by the fact that my people and my motherland suffer from what I see as a lack of culture beyond a handful of longstanding stereotypes that I feel oftentimes at a loss to counter or defend, unless I am taking exception to......

There is a silver lining in the Anaheim Ducks' 5-3 loss last night to the Ottawa Senators. It means that there is now a Game 5 guaranteed to occur at the Honda Center. Of course, this good news is offset by the fact that you folks will have to hear from me for another couple days. I don't know if you caught the anthems yesterday, but there's something special hearing 18,000 people belt out a......

The Ducks have waddled one step closer to the Stanley Cup. A 3-2 win in Game 1 sent 18,000 Anaheim Ducks of Anaheim fans home in a tizzy. Of course, the other 9,982,000 citizens in the Los Angeles area are probably wondering what all the fuss is about. If they even noticed. You can get the details of the actual game anywhere. How the Senators ran out of steam in the third period. How......

If it seems like Vin Scully has been doing Dodger games forever, that's because this is his 50th season broadcasting LA Dodger games (1958-2007) and his 57th as a Dodger announcer. He's one of the few major broadcasters who works alone in the booth. No color man needed, no ex-jocks, no sidekick. The only problem with that is sometimes he can casually blow you away with precise diction and perfect tone, and sometimes the......

With a weekend 3-game sweep of the elderly San Francisco Giants under their collective belt, the Dodgers (4-2) open their regular season home schedule at Dodger Stadium this afternoon against the Colorado Rockies (3-3). Prized off-season acquisition Jason Schmidt (1-0) is scheduled to start, and his first pitch is scheduled for 1:10pm. For those taking an extra long lunch today (and you know who you are, as this one's already sold out), here's what......

Artist: Apostle of Hustle Album: National Anthem of Nowhere Release Date: 2/7/07 Label: Arts & Crafts Apostle of Hustle's MySpace Apostle of Hustle is the brainchild of Andrew Whiteman, member of the Toronto ensemble, Broken Social Scene. National Anthem of Nowhere follows 2004's respected Folkloric Feel. The three core members, Whiteman, Dean Stone, and Julian Brown, are joined by Justin McWilliams and Daniel Stone and several other guests and the resulting rambling record has......

Every morning we fight terrorism by playing the National Anthem. Lately we've been playing versions sung by people we know from American Idol. Today we present Kellie Pickler who is so loved at this event that not only does she get the "amen" that she asked for but fireworks exploded when she brought the tune home. Not many AI contestants can say they've done that.......

Tuesday morning we posted a video of Clay Aiken singing the National Anthem that noone seemed to like, and yesterday we busted with one with Ms. Kelly Clarkson singing the same tune. Today we give you what is probably the least-talented, least-exciting American Idol, Taylor Hicks, who didn't do a bad job in this performance. But what we liked the most was the huge truck with the giant American flag trailing behind. If you......

Yesterday morning we played a video of Clay Aiken singing the National Anthem and today we will play a video of Ms. Kelly Clarkson singing the same tune. This video was shot last year at a Boston Celtics game and what's interesting is those people were louder for the anthem than the entire Staples Center was last week when we saw the Lakers lose to the Jailblazers. What's up with that? Another Idol singing......

Clay Aiken singing the National Anthem is worthy of a joke. It's begging for a joke. It seethes with jokes. But this is our nation's song, so let's be respectful. Of Clay Aiken singing the National Anthem.......

Every morning at 6am we let someone try their hand at the national anthem. Today we chose just a normal guy playing his trumpet at the California State Fair not too long ago because right when you'd think that the dude would lose his concentration because of the disturbance he keeps playing on. Like a good American. Happy Tuesday. Oh crap, since it's Tuesday you probably want a two-fer, so after the jump Jimi......

Every Almost every morning we bust with the "Star Spangled Banner" for your hard-working asses. We think it's nice that you now get to put your hand over your heart and sing along with the national anthem every morning there at your desk. Last night Ellen told a little joke on the Oscars that if you wanted to accept an award on a big show like that that you should lie and say you......

She didn't win the Rockstar: Supernova gig, but it's just as well because that freaky Canadian dude didn't really take the world over either, infact did that band ever play any gigs? All we know is this version of the National Anthem was performed right before the Season 2 finale of The Contender at a fight that looks to be in Staples Center. And we know that Storm successfully milked this song out for......

Every morning at 6am we post a version of the National Anthem so you can honor the country from your cubicle like the patriot we know you are. Yesterday, however, was Kurt Cobain's birthday. He would have been 40. We knew about it but we were busy at the Barack speech and then we had to jet over to Burbank to watch the Silversun Pickups do a half dozen songs on the Carson Daly......

Every morning at 6am we have been playing the National Anthem. We're pretty sure we can do one a day until the end of the year without repeating. Today we're happy to bring you Phish, in what is surprisingly a fine example of excellent harmony. It's not crazy and swirling and show-offey, it's happy, proud, and solid. Not at all what one would expect from a bunch of ice cream eating long haired hippies.......

Last night was the NBA All-Star Game, and if there was an all-star team of NBA national anthem singers, the coach would be Maurice Cheeks, who saved the ass of Natalie Gilbert in this clip that still brings a little mist to our eyes. On this President's Day, feel free to sing along to the "Star Spangled Banner". Why not?......

Back in the day television stations would end their "broadcast day" with an instrumental of the National Anthem accompanied by images of wind blowing through farmlands, of flags be lowered from flag poles, and olde fashioned butter churns being pumped by young ladies in hot pants. When the song was over, the screen would flicker and a test pattern would appear, followed by a steady, high-pitched tone, waking you up you secret stoner. If......

"Where are the Jews?" We get a lot of email at LAist. Especially when the comments are being a tad wonky. "You let everyone else sing the 'Star Spangled Banner' why not let some men of the Hebrew faith up there?" So in honor of PITCHERS AND CATCHERS reporting to spring training yesterday, and to honor a pretty simple request, we bring you Sam Glaser at Dodger Stadium with his jazzy rendition of our......

Every morning at 6am we bust with Francis Scott Key's biggest hit. Today we go halfway around the world and find Japanese pop star Koyanagi Yuki bringing some of that engrish we love so much to the party. Are we projecting when we think we see players trying to hold back from cringing? We have all seen this song bring actual American singers to their knees, it's amazing to see what it does to......

They're here, they're pre-teen, and they're not going anywhere. Every morning at 6am we bring you the love of the greatest national anthem of all, ours. Today we bring you these very young girls, Clique, who seem to have no problem scoring gigs and making appearances while belting out the Star Spangled Banner.......

The Grateful Dead were given a Lifetime Achievement award by the Grammys last night. After decades of selling out every concert they ever had since the 60s it makes you wonder what took the Grammys so long to get off their asses. Every morning at 6am we present our national anthem. Of course none of these three gentlemen were there, two of them are no longer with us, but that's ok. We hope you......

Every morning at 6am we show a video of someone singing or playing the National Anthem. Unless we're drunk. Last night we were challenged to find a video of someone half way across the world to sing our nations anthem. Why? Because it would probably upset those who are highly sensitive and overly anal about the going ons of a web blog. Also because pretty much every new change that we've made to this......

Every morning at 6am we have been posting a video of someone singing or playing the "Star Spangled Banner." This morning we give you Sondra Prill, whose videos from the 1980s we highlighted yesterday. Trust us, this wont be the last time that you hear this marvel. So stand up, take your hat off, and sing along to the Star Spangled Banner.......

Every day at 6am we stoke you with the "Star Spangled Banner". Today we are playing a request that we got yesterday. When possible we love to take a good tip and make it happen. If you know of a really good rendition of our National Anthem, and it's on YouTube, do what this person did and just give us the url. The Aerosmith singer belted this one out during the World Series that......

Every morning at 6am we have been posting a video of someone singing or playing the "Star Spangled Banner". This morning we have tv and movie star Jamie Kennedy punking X'ing a minor league baseball crowd by singing all of the verses of the National Anthem. The real singing part doesnt happen until a few minutes into this clip, so be patient.........

Every morning at 6am we have been posting a video of someone singing or playing the "Star Spangled Banner". Depending on how many people stuck around to halftime to hear Prince, this was probably the most-heard song in the entire world yesterday. We've got to say, Billy Joel was a safe choice, but a good one. We would have preferred someone from Indiana or Chicago, like, say, John Cougar Mellencamp or Billy Corgan or......

Every morning at 6am we will be posting a video of someone singing or playing the "Star Spangled Banner". Thanks to this version by Tug McGraw's son's wife at the 2000 Super Bowl, we now know how to do it in sign language. Enjoy Faith Hill's rendition and enjoy the big game today.......