By which I mean that yours truly is going to the Northeast US Air Guitar Semi-Finals in NYC, taking place tomorrow night, but also that several Boston air guitarists of renown and infamy (ok, maybe not infamy) are going down as well, so Boston is going to be well represented.
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Did you know that Tucson's US Air Guitar Qualifier took place in a mall? In broad daylight? With children? No one even had an air name or a song that they had brought with them! It was basically air guitar improv, or maybe air guitar from the ground up. Veteran competitor Vlad DM Wailer and the event's ATC (that's Air Traffic Control, for the uninitiated: the person who pushes the space bar and plays the music), Jonas, being the only people with US Air Guitar experience, did their best to educate their air guitarists and bring them into the fold, although they were hampered a bit by the venue (no beer) and the rules of the guitar festival that this was a part of (no shirtlessness, and definitely no raunchiness, which means that the entirety of Boston air guitar would pretty much be disqualified).
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The Nashville US Air Guitar Qualifier went off like a sexy explosion on Saturday. It was a benefit for Notes for Notes, which is a nonprofit that helps kids get access to music instruction and instruments (whether that includes air guitars is not known). So they're already better than the rest of us - they rocked for good, and the rest of us just rocked for beer and glory (and world peace). But wait - it gets better.
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Last Friday, the Manhattan US Air Guitar Qualifier happened, and I know next to nothing about it! Here's what I do know:
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From what I understand, a pole won the San Francisco qualifier. And stage-bombed every competitor.
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Friends and air guitar fans! Thunderball, who came in 2nd in the Kansas City US Air Guitar Qualifier, needs your help. The competitors who come in first and second place continue on to the semi-final for their region, which in his case is in New York City. However, only the first-place finisher gets prize money to use towards their travel. So he is trying to raise a few bucks to help defray his travel costs so that he can compete and doesn't need to give up his spot in the semi.
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Friends and air guitar fans! Thunderball, who came in 2nd in the Kansas City US Air Guitar Qualifier, needs your help. The competitors who come in first and second place continue on to the semi-final for their region, which in his case is in New York City. However, only the first-place finisher gets prize money to use towards their travel. So he is trying to raise a few bucks to help defray his travel costs so that he can compete and doesn't need to give up his spot in the semi.
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