Boston Air Guitar Blog

Last year, the US Air Guitar Boston Qualifier was held at Radio, a bar and live-music venue in Somerville, Massachusetts. Radio had a history of giving new and local bands a place to play, and as Captain Airhab, the organizer of the qualifier, was in a band that had played there a few times, he had a bit of a history to draw on with the management when trying to book the qualifier.

It's a new year, and that means, unbelievable as it may sound, that it's time to start thinking about this year's air guitar season. Since local qualifiers may be starting as early as May (and I hope they are - more on that in a minute), that's only 4 months of time to prepare! For both organizers and competitors, that means it's time to get your head in the game.

Boston Air Guitar wishes you a very Airy Christmas (and a Happy New Beer)!

Looking forward to spreading good cheer and world peace through air guitar with the rest of the air guitar family - Boston and beyond - in 2014!

Tonight, my place of employment is having a charity auction. Everyone who has a skill, an item, or maybe a sports ticket is putting it up for auction, and the proceeds all go to charity. Well, I don't have sports tickets or a beach house to auction off, and I can't paint or code or teach you to fly a plane, so I had to throw down the only skill I have that anyone's aware of: that's right, I'm auctioning off an "air guitar lesson"! The lucky winner gets to come over to my house, drink a bunch of beers, and Captain Airhab and I will have a 3-part lesson with them:

If you only know two things that I love, air guitar and roller derby are both right up there (along with hockey, chocolate-chip cookies, beer, and weird-looking cats). And now, finally, the chance for those two to coexist has come to New England! CT RollerGirls, out of Stamford, Connecticut, have beaten my beloved Boston Derby Dames to the punch in having an air guitar half-time show. And thanks to a friend of The Marquis, we're invited to participate!

Ok, I know I haven't posted anything in ages even when I said I would - mea culpa - I've just been so busy with my job telling other people to blog more. But this is something you need to know about: legendary LA air guitarist 6-String General is going to be coming to Boston on Nov. 20th! And he's not just coming for a visit. He's going to be opening up for a captivating young lady named Ali Spagnola, whose entire raison d'etre is singing one-minute-long songs about beer! And/or drinking in general. And he is a General. So there you go: perfect synergy.

At the US Air Guitar National Finals in LA in August, a new tradition was kicked off: an awards ceremony, for various accomplishments in the field. The full list of awards has now been posted on the US Air Guitar website - read it here!

Tuesday night was the NYC (Eastern) US Air Guitar Semi-Finals! This will be an in-person recap, since a big Boston air guitar contingent made the drive down, including your faithful correspondent, and despite some of our bodies being a little the worse for wear this morning, it was an excellent evening and a huge success all around.

Last Friday, the Manhattan US Air Guitar Qualifier happened, and I know next to nothing about it! Here's what I do know:

The 2013 US Air Guitar Boston Qualifier was Friday night, and your faithful correspondent was there, not only cheering and live-tweeting and taking admittedly lousy cameraphone pictures, but also competing for the first time ever! Here's how it all went down...