A popular joke is someone giving away a free air guitar (an imaginary guitar)—no strings attached! “For sale!!.. Air guitar.. sensible offers please, no strings attached!! ha ha” was posted on Twitter by nick poynton on June 21, 2009. “Retweet to get a free air guitar. No strings attached” was posted on Twitter by “The tweeting mouse” on March 31, 2011. “Anyone want a free air guitar ? No strings attached” was posted on Twitter by “fresh crayons” on June 12, 2011.
Wikipedia: Air guitar
Air guitar is a form of dance and movement in which the performer pretends to play an imaginary rock or heavy metal-style electric guitar, including riffs, solos, etc. Playing an air guitar usually consists of exaggerated strumming and picking motions and is often coupled with loud singing or lip-synching. Air guitar is generally used in the imaginary simulation of loud electric or acoustic guitar music.
20 November 2001, Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), “Shopper finds gift has no strings attached,” pg. 21:
Adverts for the CD, which is intended to inspire buyers to play the air guitar in front of the mirror, promises a free air guitar with every copy.
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nick poynton
@nickpoynton
For sale!!.. Air guitar.. sensible offers please, no strings attached!! ha ha
7:14 AM - 21 Jun 2009
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GlastoWatch
@GlastoWatch
Broke a string on your air guitar at Glasto? Now you can buy a replacement http://www.airguitarstrings.com/ No strings attached.
3:05 PM - 13 Jul 2009
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The tweeting mouse
@justMouse
Retweet to get a free air guitar. No strings attached.
3:26 AM - 31 Mar 2011
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Male Thoughts
@TheComedyHumor
Retweet to get a free air guitar. No strings attached.
1:10 PM - 9 Jun 2011
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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