I attended the Air Sex Championships at Highline Ballroom in 2009 and was completely blown away by every part of it - from the judges who were hot, sex and funny, to the performers who were inspired, hilarious and overwhelmingly talented at making us see tremendous acts of sex being performed on nothing but air, to the air band half-time show that had me looking at my friends in awe and joy that such things exist. I stalked the internet to find this year's show, I corralled friends into comnig with me, and I sat there on Saturday night in shame and disgust over the unfathomable decline of the entire production. This year we were subjected to mediocre comics (save one local guy who was legitimately funny) as judges who were obviously told to stretch things out to make up for the small number of contestants and did so painfully, a host who was himself clearly disappointed in the whole night as he got pissy time and time again with contestants who were just having a good time having sex on the judge's table (tip for next year: maybe don't keep the macbook that powers the entire production on the judge's table with their beers), a crop of contestants who were uninspired and almost entirely talentless, a production that was so low budget that the unfunniest of judges was charged with pressing play on his ipod to start each performance, a simple task he could not accomplish (tips for next year: get rid of that dude, and have someone who isn't drinking or on stage press play to give at least the appearance of some sort of professional production), and a finals that pitted the three female contestants against one another in what amounted to little more than an obvious attempt at cheap thrills that degraded a show that is about so much more. Maybe I take my air sex too seriously, or maybe this year's show sucked asshole. In either event, I'd like my money and those three painful hours of my life back.
Music Hall of Williamsburg @
- Brooklyn @
, NY @
- Sat, Oct 9, 2010 @
Favorite moment: Fuckleberry Finn's performance, which was by far the best of the night, but wouldn't even have landed him in the finals last year. @