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Why 'Air Guitar' Is the New Karaoke | Csmonitor.Com 06/29/2006 07:16 PM Why 'air guitar' is the new karaoke | csmonitor.com 06/29/2006 07:16 PM Special Offer: Get 3 months of the Monitor for just $27! WORLD USA COMMENTARY WORK & MONEY LEARNING LIVING SCI/TECH A & E TRAVEL BOOKS THE HOME FORUM Home | About Us/Help | Archive | Subscribe | Feedback | Text Edition Search: Arts & Entertainment > Music / Performing Arts from the June 30, 2006 edition SOLO SPOT: Brian Shapiro performed at an air-guitar contest in Columbus, Ohio, in May. WILL SHILLING/COLUMBUS DISPATCH/AP Why 'air guitar' is the new karaoke By Christina Couch | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK – Craig Billmeier steps onto the darkened stage, takes a seat, and looks out at the 500-plus sweaty, screaming, rock-hungry fans, yearning to watch him do what he does best. Decked out in a leather-on-leather ensemble, aviator sunglasses, and a sombrero, Mr. Billmeier will have 60 seconds to put on a performance so exhilarating, so face-meltingly awesome, it will elevate him to the likes of Hendrix, Van Halen, and Slash. There's only one thing missing: a guitar. What separates Billmeier from these legends is that he mimics the act of playing. Better known as "Hot Lixx Hulahan," Billmeier, an employee at an assisted-living community by day, is the 2006 US National Air Guitar Champion, a title he won last week during a three-hour, no-holds-barred "air-off" held in New York City's Bowery Ballroom. Defeating regional champs from across the nation, Billmeier's on-stage theatrics (which included turning over tables and performing Metallica's "Enter Sandman" from atop a balcony railing), earned him a trip to Finland to compete for the world title, not to mention eternal rock glory and more air groupies - yes, air groupies - than you can shake a guitar at. "This is something you do in private, and then all of a sudden to be applauded for it is awesome," says Billmeier. "After I won this, my friend in Germany said, 'Oh, I heard on CNN Europe that you won a competition.' That's just ridiculous." In recent years, the air guitar has become a cult phenomenon, sparking air-eoke tournaments in cities across the nation. The first documentary devoted to the subject, "Air Guitar Nation: The Movie," a hit at April's Tribeca Film Festival, comes on the heels of the release of "Guitar Hero," a PlayStation II video game that lets airphiles transform virtual characters into music celebrities via a controller shaped like - you guessed it - a guitar. Undoubtedly, the most impressive offshoot of the air-guitar craze is the invention of the Virtual Air Guitar, a computerized pair of gloves developed by students at the Helsinki University of Technology that monitors a player's hand movements and pumps accompanying electric guitar riffs through an amp. 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