AIR GUITAR NATION wins audience award at SXSW!

Just back from Austin TX where I ate more BBQ and drank more beer than I thought was humanly possible in one week.

I also played a lot of air guitar.

Highlights:
1. Seeing a dead guy in a parking lot on our drive into downtown from the airport.
2. Reuniting with 2-time world champ, Zac "The Magnet" Monro.
3. Reuniting with my age-old nemesis C-Diddy.
4. Seeing the premiere of the amazing documentary, AIR GUITAR NATION, with a packed house
5. The AIREOKE after party, where local fave Johnny Walker played air guitar whilst hung upside down from a fence. (Check out photos from the Dallas Morning News).
6. Getting spotted by a doctor in the emergency room at 6:30am who told me, "That was a great film!"
7. Partying down with all The Magical Elves rock star style in the suite at the Intercontinental; Teddy Ruckspin walking out with a cheeseburger in hand at 4am.
8. Hearing Slater Kinney cover Danzig's "Mother" at the film fest closing party.
9. Getting a great review on Aint it Cool News and Pop Matters
10. WINNING THE AUDIENCE AWARD and beating out the Pixies and Beastie Boys documentaries!!

Damn. The whole thing was too much to be believed.

Miss Air Guitar Contest Sweeps Japan

17-year-old schoolgirl Shizuka Matsubara recently won the "MISS AIR GUITAR JAPAN" contest, taking after USA's own Sonyk-Rok by flashing her panties:

"...The highlight of the contest was the frequent panchira, or glimpses of panties, that were on display all night. Rather than be appalled, contestants appeared to understand that they would be peeped at.

Newly crowned Miss Air Guitar Japan Matsubara, who performed in her school uniform, had certainly steeled herself to the thought that fans would be stealing sights of her skids.

'Since seeing the air guitar championships on TV a couple of years ago, my family and I have become really big fans,' the schoolgirl tells Shukan Taishu. 'What I really like about air guitar playing is that it lets me express myself in a way I like while listening to music I like. I knew people were going to be looking up my dress to see my undies, but I didn't worry about that and just gave it my all.'"

We look forward to her work at the World Air Guitar Competition in Oulu this summer...

Air Guitar Nation heads to SXSW

The documentary you've all been waiting for -- AIR GUITAR NATION -- premieres at SXSW this Sunday night, March 12.

There's a story here about the festival.

C-Diddy, Krye Tuff, Air Lingus and Zac "The Magnet" Monro will all be there, as will yours truly. A reuinion of giants.

More info on the doc here

Air Guitar is Worth Dying For

Yes, it's true. Air guitar CAN kill you. A dude in singapore was rocking out SO hard, that he fell out of a window to his death.

I know you can get whiplash from air guitar headbanging, but now death? This is one risky sport people.

Also worth dying for? The EAST COAST CROWN of American Air Guitar.

Bjorn will be your emcee. Come on down. Enter at your own risk.

The NYC Regional Champion will secure a spot in the 2006 US Finals, where he or she will compete against Regional Champions from across the country as well as the first-ever Collegiate Champion. The US Finals will be held in New York City for the first time, in June or July (date TBD).

The winner of the US Finals will win a trip to Finland to represent the USA in the 11th annual Air Guitar World Championships. 

When and where
March 2, 2006 • Thursday
The Knitting Factory NYC
74 Leonard Street 
New York City , NY 10013 
212-219-3132 
http://www.knittingfactory.com/

Doors 8PM • Gods of Fire 8:30PM • US Air Guitar 9:30PM

$10 advance • $15 day of show • All ages

TICKETS

For more information: www.usairguitar.com
To enter, send an email to nyc@usairguitar.com with your name and contact details, or visit www.usairguitar.com/enter.html