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Event Mon Aug 11 2008
US Air Guitar Championships: No Win for Chicago
By chance, I found myself in San Francisco last Friday, and able to score a ticket to the US Air Guitar National Championship Finals. More than two dozen air rockers from across the country competed to become the US Champion, representing us in Finland later this year.
Though Chicago's champion, Nordic Thunder, called upon the gods of rock to grant him victory over his foes, he fell just short of the compulsory round. That doesn't mean he didn't rock, though -- competition was so close that fifth place was a tie, and the next best contestant missed by just a tenth of a point.
And seriously, how do you beat a guy who breaks his thumb while playing an invisible guitar? That's right, US Champion Hot Lixx Hulahan managed somehow to land thumb down during his onstage acrobatics, badly mangling it, yet continued to perform and rode that bad-assness all the way to the win.
Nordic Thunder / August 12, 2008 2:46 PM
That next contestant was I, Nordic Thunder. I was 1/10th of a point away from making round 2! But it was a blast none the less, and the enormous crowd that was there made performing an experience I will never forget. Did I talk to you Andrew when you were there? I spoke with someone from Chicago but I can't remember the name. If it's you, I hope you will be in contact with me!