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Air head wants to get a PhD
Salford Advertiser ^ | today | Chris Brearton

Posted on 08/02/2005 5:16:02 PM PDT by Rodney King

MEET madcap Amanda Griffiths of Chorlton, the PhD student who is studying for a doctorate - in air guitar.

Amanda is researching the phenomena of playing along to famous electric guitar solos with nothing more in your hands than a fistful of fresh air as part of her doctorate at the University of Salford.

And the 32-year-old is even a special guest at the Air Guitar World Championships held in Oulu, where she will give a lecture on the subject.

Her love of the invisible instrument first became serious in 2002 when she came fourth in the UK championships.

Her success inspired her to study the subject in more detail - leading to the invitation to attend the multi-national competition.

Amanda said: “It’s an honour to be asked to lecture at what is the biggest event in any air guitarist’s calendar.

“People travel from all over the world to compete and I can’t wait to meet them and find out what it is that drives them to play.

“I am really excited about the opportunity and I never thought studying the air guitar would allow me to travel to different parts of the world and meet fellow rockers.”

Whilst on the trip she will be accompanied by film-maker Scott Abraham and the pair are looking for sponsors to help make their dream of an air guitar rockumentary come true.

The pair are desperately seeking around £2000 to fund their project and are looking for anyone to help their cause.

Amanda said: “No donation is too small for us and we need all the money we can get.

“If anyone does come forward to help us we would be happy to promote their goods or services when on the trip.”

Scott, who has worked on programmes such as Coronation Street and Phoenix Nights, added: “Any level of investment would be most welcome at this stage."


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Ridiculous
1 posted on 08/02/2005 5:16:02 PM PDT by Rodney King
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To: Rodney King; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon
MEET madcap Amanda Griffiths of Chorlton

*Chortle*

2 posted on 08/02/2005 5:18:54 PM PDT by martin_fierro ("'Scuse me while I kiss the sky")
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To: Rodney King
Her love of the invisible instrument first became serious in 2002 when she came fourth in the UK championships.

She's fully supported in her endeavors by her Invisible Boyfriend.

3 posted on 08/02/2005 5:20:06 PM PDT by martin_fierro ("'Scuse me while I kiss the sky")
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To: Rodney King

It must be sorta like what Air America is to radio.


4 posted on 08/02/2005 5:20:13 PM PDT by kylaka
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To: Rodney King
Amanda said: “No donation is too small for us and we need all the money we can get.

Here ya go.

5 posted on 08/02/2005 5:22:35 PM PDT by martin_fierro ("'Scuse me while I kiss the sky")
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To: Rodney King

My understanding is that you can play the ''air guitar'' till you have to wear glasses


6 posted on 08/02/2005 5:39:52 PM PDT by shadeaud (Liberals suffer from acute interior cornial craniorectoitis)
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To: Rodney King

Her next degree will be a PhD for "Air-head".


7 posted on 08/02/2005 5:42:06 PM PDT by BigFinn
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This doesn't make sense. Does this Salford University (for a second, I read it as Stanford - yikes!) offer a doctoral program in air guitar? Do they have a department of air guitar? Otherwise I don't see how she can get a PhD in air guitar. Could it be that she is actually in a doctoral program in something like anthropology or cultural studies and her thesis topic is air guitar? Or is Salford one of those schools where you can just make up your own major and get a degree? Well good luck to her - air guitar isn't a terribly lucrative field.
8 posted on 08/02/2005 6:46:43 PM PDT by sassbox
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Could it be that she is actually in a doctoral program in something like anthropology or cultural studies and her thesis topic is air guitar?

I'll bet that's it.

9 posted on 08/02/2005 6:54:52 PM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: Rodney King; martin_fierro
Amanda Griffiths, Chorlton, PhD Airus Guitarus

"Like Duuude...ya want fries with that?"

10 posted on 08/02/2005 8:17:24 PM PDT by Khurkris (Ain't life funny?)
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