I have a couple updates to share with you about my friend and author of No Air Guitar Allowed Steve Weinberger. For those in the Chicago area, this (July 25th) Saturday night/Sunday morning (1:00-1:15am CST) Steve will talk about his book on Brian Noonan’s WGN 720 AM radio program. So as you’re coming home from your weekend concert or staying up [...]
What Will Rock the Family System?
July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Part 3 as we revisit my conversation with No Air Guitar Allowed author Steve Weinberger. In Part One, we questioned Why Mosh Pits exist, in Part Two we crowd surfed through the mind of Foo Fighter Frontman Dave Grohl, and in this final post we’re going to explore the impact of concert culture on the family system. [...]
Crowd Surfing Through the Mind of Dave Grohl
July 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Part Two as we continue to revisit my original conversation with No Air Guitar Allowed author Steve Weinberger. In Part One, we began to explore the sweaty crunch and release of mosh pits. And in Part Two we’re going to explore the mind of artists during performance by quickly crowd surfing through the mind of Foo Fighters [...]
Exploring The Sweaty Crunch and Release of Mosh Pits
July 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
When I spoke with No Air Guitar Allowed author Steve Weinberger about his new book back in April, we talked about many aspects of live concert culture. But I wasn’t able to fit everything we talked about into the original interview post. So in this three part series I’ll be sharing with you three topics that were not included [...]
Concert Culture Characters Come to Life: Interview with No Air Guitar Allowed Author Steve Weinberger
April 19, 2009 By 7 Comments
When I first discovered Steve Weinberger’s book No Air Guitar Allowed, I was curious to see what his observations would reveal about the live concert experience. In the end, I learned what it was like for Weinberger as he humorously describes the live music fans and other concert characters he encountered after attending 1000 concerts over the last 20 years. I had [...]
Concert Culture Get Cartoon Funnied
February 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Hey, I wanted to let you know that concert culture is now in cartoon form. This Ink19 interview by Michael Sutton with author Steve Weinberger about his new book “No Air Guitar Allowed” was so up my alley that I nearly flipped my lid when I read as Weinberger explained the premise and inspiration [...]
