Cafe Brass Monkey

Karaoke runs seven nights a week in the back of a nondescript office building at Wilshire and Mariposa; park in the lot behind and come in from there. The room is small and styled like a ski lodge, and the songbook is one of the deepest in the city. Alan Spear has run the place for more than three decades, and it dates to 1971. Weekend waits for a turn can hit 45 minutes, so hand in a slip early.