Nicole ReinertsonMean Melin won the 2009 U.S. Air Guitar Championships' Kansas City Regional competion at the Record Bar Tuesday night.Mean Melin rocked so hard that he split his pants. It wasn't the usual pants split from behind but in the crotch ... in front of a crowded Record Bar ... while playing air guitar. Luckily for him -- and us -- he was wearing tighty whities. Even luckier, Mean Melin has no shame.Mean Melin is the air guitar alter ego of Eric Melin. Going into Tuesday night's
Eric "Mean" Melin rocked Kansas City's fucking face off -- and split his pants -- while claiming the crown of Kansas City's air guitar champion. Afterward, I interviewed reigning World Air Guitar Champion Hot Lixx Hulahan and hall-of-famer Björn Türoque outside the Record Bar. Here's what the pros had to say about Mean Melin's ascension to air greatness. A big thank you to Ryan Magnuson for editing it all together.
Mean Melin was stealthily going into tonight's U.S. Air Guitar Championships until Wednesday. His rivals couldn't check out his act because there were no videos on YouTube or Vimeo. This article in Washington, D.C.'s Express Night Out is proof -- two air shredders from our nation's capital, The Shred and Sanjar the Destroyer (aka STD) critiqued everyone in tonight's air guitar battle except for Mean Melin and Electric Testicle. Meanwhile, Mean Melin has been scouting everyone. Here are his six a
Erin SlatteryEric "Mean" Melin fights for air-guitar supremacy at the U.S. Air Guitar Championships.I couldn't make it to Washington, D.C., to follow Eric "Mean" Melin through the U.S. Air Guitar Championships, so we enlisted the help of a D.C. operative, Erin Slattery, former Kansas City blogger (Erin in the Real World) and current Washingtonian, for a special guest appearance on the Plog. Here's Erin's field report.When Justin asked if I wanted to go to the U.S. Air Guitar Championships and
Eric "Mean" Melin isn't the U.S. Air Guitar Champion. But Melin made an impression with the crowd -- a couple of judges even commented that they'd see him next year (despite giving him shitty scores) -- and the front page of Yahoo. Here's his first-round performance below (thanks to JurisRocktor).
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caught up with Melin, who was a little frazzled after his early-morning
return to Kansas City and hurting from a possibly ruptured eardrum, the result of smashing his head on the stage at the end
I've been watching all white-knuckled and nail-bitey the coverage of local air guitar superstar Eric "Mean" Melin. Emily Henson
I was bummed to learn yesterday that he didn't make it past the finals -- but glad to see that he's not giving up.
And now, the Wayward Blog is overjoyed to announce that Mean Melin is bringing his unstoppable airness to the Pitch Music Awards Ceremony this Sunday, August 16, at the Uptown Theater. For those who've only read about or seen videos of Melin's rout
I don't think I ended up in a bunny suit last night at Green Day's show at the Sprint Center, but I'm not sure, either. Or maybe that was you I'm thinking of. Were you wearing black Chucks? Do you have a vague recollection of going for beers and coming back in a bunny suit and ending up on stage in front of Tre Cool's drum set dazed in the lights, feeling your bunny ears? Yeah, me too. It was one of those shows: absolutely crazy, totally thrilling, where anything could've happened and most of it
Aireoke is a combination of air guitar and karaoke that was created by "Air Guitar Nation" star Bjorn Turoque, and it's at the Jackpot in Lawrence tonight.
You get to get up on-stage and make like a rock star. You can bring your MP3 player and shred to your favorite tunes (my suggestion? "Headbanger Face Rip" by Municipal Waste or Corrosion of Conformity's "Big Problems"), or select from the vast, totally awesome selection Aireoke will have on hand.
The event is hosted by 2009 KC air gu
