Friday, September 15, 2006

Conan the Barb-Air-ian, Bjorn Turoque and Air America



Yes, last night Bjorn Turoque rocked Conan with some mad air guitar. At the end of the show, Al "Air America" Franken joined in for an impromptu air band (Conan played air tamborine). It was truly amazing.

For those googlers out there wondering, "What was that song that air guitar dude played last night on Conan..." I suggest you buy my book, TO AIR IS HUMAN. The answer awaits you in its pages. Plus, it's a damn funny book. I promise. And it's not just about air guitar, it's about the idea of chasing down a dream, no matter how ridiculous, absurd, or invisible that dream may be.

It's all the sex, drugs, and rock and roll of your average rock memoir (take Motley Crue's biography, The Dirt, for example) only the instruments are made of air. Seriously, it's paperback. It's almost as affordable as an air guitar. Just buy it.

Backstage after the show, I gave Conan a handmade Finnish guitar made out of a bathroom scale -- a gift from the Oulu Music Video Festival and Air Guitar World Championships. He loved it.


My Driver, Bruce, who picked me up in a limo to go to Rockefeller Center.


My name on the door.


Me and Conan. I look frightening


Me giving Conan the guitar


Conan rocks the "Weight Watcher" Finnish guitar

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You were hilarious!

Renee said...

i'm so bummed i missed this. next time you're on the west coast i'll be there, Bill & Ted dvd in hand for you to sign ;-)

Anonymous said...

oops! I should say hil-AIR-ious!