Virtual Air Guitar is NOW!

"I can feel it coming in the air tonight
and I've been waiting for this moment for all my life"
--Phil Collins, In the Air Tonight

Yes, the Finns not only rule the world air guitar championship, but they've also figured out how to make the world's first virtual air guitar. Brilliant guys over there doing the most important research I can possibly imagine. As Zac "The Magnet" Monro once said. "Air guitar can save your life." Now, here's help.

Here's the video.

TOP 25 AIR GUITAR SONGS?

I need your help, oh Vanity Air readers! I am compiling a list for my book about the top 25 songs for competitive air guitar. Now, keep in mind, this is for the stage, not the bedroom. Let me know what you think. You can post without logging in...

I realize 25 songs is a lot of songs. Please tell me your top 5 at the very least!

Thanks,
Bjorn!

Make Donald Trump Play Air Guitar

I can't explain it, but go the Subserviant Donald website and tell "The Donald" to play air guitar, and, um, he will.

This is what technology was meant for.

Air Guitar Competition @ Artist's Space in NYC

Passing the word on about this. Plus, I'll be emceeing and the Rockness will be judging...

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Bringing together rock & roll, performance art, and general revelry, Artists Space invites you to try your hand at this age-old art, or just come along and watch!

Judged by
The Rockness Monster: 2005 U.S. Air Guitar Champion
Jerry Saltz: Art Critic
and other stars of New York’s art and music scene, TBA

MC’ed by
Björn Türoque: New York Air Guitar Champion

Terrific prizes include an original artwork from Artists Space’s limited editions and Dr. Martens boots.

Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Doors Open 8pm
M1-5 Bar
52 Walker Street, between Church Street and Broadway
Tribeca, New York
$5 in advance, $10 at the door
Advance tickets on sale at Artists Space, 38 Greene Street, or at http://www.artistsspace.org via PayPal.

Contestant space is extremely limited, so polish your air guitars and enter today!
To enter & compete, please mail or drop off at Artists Space:
- Your name & stage name
- A brief bio
- A $10 entry fee in the form of a check made out to Artists Space
- The name of the song to which you will perform. (Each contestant has one uninterrupted minute. Chosen contestants will be expected to deliver a cd with the recorded track to Artists Space prior to the event.)*
- Your cell phone number

First come, first served!

* Please note: Five finalists will also be required to perform to a one-minute track selected by Artists Space

Please contact Stefania Heim with questions: 212.226.3970 ext. 306, or sheim@artistsspace.org

Endorsed by Air Guitar USA, the official US Air Guitar Championships

Guy Who Liked Nothing More Than Playing Air Guitar, Mysteriously Killed

Exerpt from the Great Falls Tribune:

"When Suddeth was taking his meds, he was a pretty normal guy, his mom said.

For a while, he supervised a crew that built metal sheds. He was married and had a daughter. He also had another daughter from another relationship.

Suddeth, an outdoorsman who liked to fish and bowhunt, was at his happiest when he was strumming his "air guitar" to a Lynard Skynard tune, his mom said." (Italics added).

This is a tragic story my friends. Please be careful out there...

Rod Explains Why He Doesn't Do Coke Anymore

From the NY POST:

NOSE FOR QUALITY
ROD Stewart says he doesn't do cocaine anymore because it's just not as pure as it used to be. The rooster-coiffed crooner, 60, longs for the days when dealers didn't mix the drug to maximize profits. "I don't know why anyone would want to take coke now," Stewart tells contactmusic.com. "It was different in my day, because it was all so much purer. Now these dealers mix it with salt, washing powders, anything they can get their hands on. Kids just don't know what they're taking."
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Don't be such a pussy Rod. Give me a call, I can hook you up with some good stuff.

Har Mar Superstar Air Guitar

I just discovered that Ross Angeles, the official West Coast Master of Jamming has a video of Har Mar Superstar rocking the air guitar at LA Aireoke last year. Why I just discovered this now? I was stoned, dude. Like, wicked stoned.

Pass me some of those salt and vinegar potato chips. I can't stop eatin that shit.

Led Zeppelin Wins Prize / Aireoke in November

From Entertainmentwise.com:

Seminal rockers Led Zeppelin have been honoured with a top award for their services to music.

The band scooped the Polar Music Prize from the Royal Academy of Music in Swededn and will collect a £70,000 prize.

Jimmy Page and co. will collect the award from King Carl XVI Gustaf when the formal ceremony is held in Sweden in May next year.

The Academy named the band as winners because they were “one of the great pioneers of rock,” reports the BBC.

Previous winners of the award include Sir Paul McCartney and Quincy Jones

THAT'S ALL THE MORE REASON TO COME TO AIREOKE ON NOVEMBER 30: GET THE LED OUT!

from McSweeny's

Modern Air-Guitar Alternatives.

BY STEVE MCKNIGHT

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Air-tax-filing

Air-telemarketing

Air-demoralized-by-the-boss

Air-sneaking-into-your-office-late-without-drawing-attention-to-yourself

Air-spitting-in-customers'-food

Air-stealing-from-the-bar

Video Instruction

Some dudes put up a series of videos about how to air guitar. The production values are a little shoddy if you ask me, but there are some good pointers in there.