Glitter-streaked, sweaty, and exhausted, Team Boston Air Guitar has returned from New York City, where the Northeast Semifinal was just contested on July 1. We upheld two great traditions: being a competitive force to be reckoned with, of course, and packing an unauthorized number of people into a hotel room via the cozy expedient of a megabed. For the purposes of today's recap, I'll focus on the former.
Tags: semi-finals, nyc, recaps, 2014 season
The DC qualifier - probably the only thing both sides of the aisle can agree on nowadays - took place like 2 weeks ago and I never said anything about it! I am hanging my head in hardcore shame! Please accept my apologies as I regale you with tales of beer, very small fires, and wrestling. And, you know, air guitar.
Tags: qualifiers, second-hand recaps, dc, 2014 season
The DC qualifier - probably the only thing both sides of the aisle can agree on nowadays - took place like 2 weeks ago and I never said anything about it! I am hanging my head in hardcore shame! Please accept my apologies as I regale you with tales of beer, very small fires, and wrestling. And, you know, air guitar.
Tags: qualifiers, dc, 2014 season
The same night as Portland's, San Francisco put on their Qualifier! The west coast was basically throbbing with air guitar fury. It looked like this took place in the world's most well-lit bar, but other photos told a different tale. One thing that was confirmed by everyone was that it didn't matter what the lighting was like since all anyone could see was underwear. A veritable maelstrom of panties. That's right. Allow me to explain.
This qualifier brought in creative features from various different events around the country. One being, of course, the "Panty Bonus." The audience was given a big pile of underwear to throw at the contestants to show approval, and getting high numbers of undies chucked at you could improve your score. They also used the opening battle royale concept to choose the order of competitors, rather than just plain old picking numbers - a group of competitors went onstage at the same time, played the same mystery song together, and whoever was best got a more favorable, i.e. later, spot in the order. They also did the new classic "everyone gets their own song" second round tactic.
Tags: san francisco, qualifiers, second-hand recaps, 2014 season
This qualifier brought in creative features from various different events around the country. One being, of course, the "Panty Bonus." The audience was given a big pile of underwear to throw at the contestants to show approval, and getting high numbers of undies chucked at you could improve your score. They also used the opening battle royale concept to choose the order of competitors, rather than just plain old picking numbers - a group of competitors went onstage at the same time, played the same mystery song together, and whoever was best got a more favorable, i.e. later, spot in the order. They also did the new classic "everyone gets their own song" second round tactic.
Tags: san francisco, qualifiers, 2014 season
Portland seems like the kind of city that would intrinsically appreciate something like an air guitar competition. Isn't the whole schtick of the place that everyone there has some really weirdly specific talent? At any rate, they lived up to their reputation. Talent ahoy, my friends.
Tags: qualifiers, second-hand recaps, portland, 2014 season
Portland seems like the kind of city that would intrinsically appreciate something like an air guitar competition. Isn't the whole schtick of the place that everyone there has some really weirdly specific talent? At any rate, they lived up to their reputation. Talent ahoy, my friends.
Tags: qualifiers, portland, 2014 season
History was made in Long Island on June 11th! They held their first ever US Air Guitar competition, which was the 2014 Long Island Qualifier. I don't have a great deal of information, but I do know that it brought the legendary G Tso Money back to the stage, and that he took second place.
Tags: qualifiers, 2014 season, long island
History was made in Long Island on June 11th! They held their first ever US Air Guitar competition, which was the 2014 Long Island Qualifier. I don't have a great deal of information, but I do know that it brought the legendary G Tso Money back to the stage, and that he took second place.
Tags: qualifiers, 2014 season, long island
The first semi-final of the 2014 US Air Guitar season has taken place! The Midwest Semifinal pulled in the top 3 air guitarists from the qualifiers in Kansas City, Des Moines, Chicago, and Detroit. Surprising no one, the midwest is always a force (it's not for nothing that the current reigning World Champion, Mean Melin, hails from Kansas City). The general consensus among spectators and participants was that this semi-final was basically a "mini Nationals" with regard to the level of talent and excitement!
Tags: chicago, semi-finals, 2014 season