As you likely know, the US Air Guitar National Finals are taking place in Los Angeles this weekend, preceded on Thursday by the Dark Horse competition, and your faithful correspondent will be there, along with an array of Boston air guitarists who will be playing in one of those two competitions (or both, if all goes well). You'll be seeing Danny Tanner Tantrum and Rockupine competing on the national stage, and Captain Airhab on the Dark Horse stage and, if that goes well, nationals as well. If you want to give Jean-Luc Pickguard Boston air guitarist status (even though he's from Brooklyn) since that's where he earned his semi-final berth, and that performance would have been enough to get him to Dark Horse even if it hadn't taken him through to the semis... well, by all means, add one to our tally. The Marquis was also a Boston competitor - he just secured his semi-final spot before the Boston qualifier came around - and he'll be competing in the national finals himself.
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As you likely know, the US Air Guitar National Finals are taking place in Los Angeles this weekend, preceded on Thursday by the Dark Horse competition, and your faithful correspondent will be there, along with an array of Boston air guitarists who will be playing in one of those two competitions (or both, if all goes well). You'll be seeing Danny Tanner Tantrum and Rockupine competing on the national stage, and Captain Airhab on the Dark Horse stage and, if that goes well, nationals as well. If you want to give Jean-Luc Pickguard Boston air guitarist status (even though he's from Brooklyn) since that's where he earned his semi-final berth, and that performance would have been enough to get him to Dark Horse even if it hadn't taken him through to the semis... well, by all means, add one to our tally. The Marquis was also a Boston competitor - he just secured his semi-final spot before the Boston qualifier came around - and he'll be competing in the national finals himself.
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As of Saturday night, the road to the US Air Guitar National Finals is clear: the last semi-final, the Western one, took place in San Francisco. The roster for Finals competitors is now set, other than Dark Horse competitors who will be decided a couple days before the final... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's talk about what went down in San Francisco on Saturday.
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As of Saturday night, the road to the US Air Guitar National Finals is clear: the last semi-final, the Western one, took place in San Francisco. The roster for Finals competitors is now set, other than Dark Horse competitors who will be decided a couple days before the final... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's talk about what went down in San Francisco on Saturday.
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Can we just get this out on the table? I am so jealous of everyone who was in Chicago for the Midwest US Air Guitar Semi-Finals on Saturday. I was out with friends, having what any reasonable person would think was a good time, and I was all discombobulated and cranky, and I'm going to chalk that up to wishing I was in Chicago, rather than the fact that I was forced to play pool.
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Can we just get this out on the table? I am so jealous of everyone who was in Chicago for the Midwest US Air Guitar Semi-Finals on Saturday. I was out with friends, having what any reasonable person would think was a good time, and I was all discombobulated and cranky, and I'm going to chalk that up to wishing I was in Chicago, rather than the fact that I was forced to play pool.
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Well, that's it - the last US Air Guitar Qualifier of 2013 is in the books. Santa Cruz wrapped up that portion of the season for us last night at The Blue Lagoon. Hosted by veteran Dirty Airy, this qualifier was closer to a classic regional than some of this year's qualifiers (no hat-o-doom, no battle royales) but did shake things up a bit by adding an automatic simultaneous air-off round to pick the second-place winner. The judging panel was also a bit of a new thing in that opposite to the DC US Air Guitar Semi-Final that just took place, with its all-competitor judging panel, Santa Cruz had a non-competitor judging panel! From the sound of things, though, that was not a handicap for them, and the contestants had a solid, consistent set of scores to contend with.
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Well, that's it - the last US Air Guitar Qualifier of 2013 is in the books. Santa Cruz wrapped up that portion of the season for us last night at The Blue Lagoon. Hosted by veteran Dirty Airy, this qualifier was closer to a classic regional than some of this year's qualifiers (no hat-o-doom, no battle royales) but did shake things up a bit by adding an automatic simultaneous air-off round to pick the second-place winner. The judging panel was also a bit of a new thing in that opposite to the DC US Air Guitar Semi-Final that just took place, with its all-competitor judging panel, Santa Cruz had a non-competitor judging panel! From the sound of things, though, that was not a handicap for them, and the contestants had a solid, consistent set of scores to contend with.
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The second US Air Guitar Semi-Final of 2013 is in the books, ladies and gentlemen, and boy do I wish I had been there. DC isn't that far from Boston, right?
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The second US Air Guitar Semi-Final of 2013 is in the books, ladies and gentlemen, and boy do I wish I had been there. DC isn't that far from Boston, right?
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