Here, courtesy of organizer Marybeth, are the fifth annual "Iffy Award" winners, as presented at the Closing NIght Party. (Remember, the premise behind the Iffys is that anyone can give anyone or anything an award for any reason--no nominations, all winners. What you see here is more or less exactly what was written on the paper plates available at Rust Belt throughout the festival, or posted here on the blog.) I missed last year's Iffys, too, but this looks like a record number of awards, which is great news on many fronts, and taken as whole it's a one-of-a-kind group portrait of 11 crazy days. Behold ...
The 2009 Buffalo Infringement Awards
Best Unsung Organizer: Mary Beth Wojtaszek
Hottest Sweat Your Balls off Venue: The Goddam Manny Fried
Best Weird Cartoon Face Rebel Rousing Red: Alex Klein
Punk Ass Bitch of the Fest : Mike from Riff- Tide
Worst Venue: Hardware
Best Punk Rock: Lowlander
Most Innovative Dance Performance: Angela Lopez
Best Impromptu Performance: Grammar Skool
Best Electronic: Dudley Ghost
Biggest Prick of the Festival: Josh Strauss & Dinky
Best Keeper of Tradition: MC Vendetta
Most Appropriate use of Nudity in a Theatrical Performance: You Know This Girl
Most Deserving of a Nap: Curt Rotterdam
Best 2 Piece: Hotel Nourishing
Best Short Horror Comedy: Zombie loves Vampire
Best Break up: Besnyo
Best Venue Coordinator: Chris Uebbing
Infringement Vanguard Award: MC Vendetta
Best Outdoor Venue: The Yard
Nicest Guy Ever: Rojo
Traveling Vanguard: Lazy Ass Destroyer
Best Comedy Acoustic : Pat O’Keefe
Best Performance : Soulbodega with On the Sly & Johnny M.
Rochester Noise Ambassador Award: Joshua Samuel Strauss
Most Convincing Impromptu Love Scene in a play or Musical : JFK The Musical
Bestest Song: Lara Buckley
Longest Documentary Film) : Matt Lucesec
Guy Who Needs a Bag but instead carries Bucket: Krusty Awesome
Best Femal Acoustic: Erin Sydney Welsh
Best Man Wearing a Lady Shirt @ Art Opening: Mr. Jason Klinger
Least Controlled BYO System of time: Scar Strangled Banner
Best Gallery Show : Reverend Soapbox
Best Band that shouldn’t Breakup: Beznyo
Best Single Photo: Carla 100% Art
The Enhanced License Mikro Chip Award: Car Stories
Biggest Prick: Dinky or Curt
Hardest Working Guy: Mr. Curt Rotterdam (received 2 awards)
Most Popular Guy whose Ass We Wanna Kick : Josh Strauss
Most Likely to Die Infringing: Josh Strauss
Most Entertaining Wildlife: The Bats of Burnwood
Best Human Alien Love Scene: Mel & Donny –Car Stories
Best Toga: Melissa Campbell
Most Improved Venue: Staples
Best Sound Guy & Housing Coordinator: Pat Sears
6 Pack Award for Best Use of Beer in Performance: Scar Strangled Banner
Awestruck Award for Keeping Audience most Awestruck: Pyromance
Best heard-of-but-didn’t-attend show: You Know This Guy
Best Theatre Experiment: JFK, the Musical
Best Festival Newcomer: Vincent Masci
Best Pit Orchestra : Gabe & Pat for Hairy Ape
Best Collage Sculpturw: Ashley Bobbit
Best Live Performance: Anal Pudding
Best New Filmmaker: Ron A, Wasted Talent
Best: Looking Mad Scientist: Tim
Best Fight Sequence in a spoken word/poetry event (you got a problem with that) : The Mullato Connection
Sweetest Moustache: Lazlo
Most Bad Assest Photo Exhibit: Fernal Photo - Amanda
Best Free PA: Josh Gaje
Best Jeweler: Kat Makib
Best New Concept: Infringement Dodgeball – Burnwood
Most Uber Awesome Fest Organizers: Mr. Curt Rotterdam & Mr. Jason Klinger
Best Festival Food: Lagniappes – Chris
Venue Vanguard: Knee Cheese
Best New Venue: Nobody’s
Most Under Appreciated: Dave Pape
Most Talent Award: MC Vendetta
We Miss You Award: Kurt Schneiderman
Most Missed Infringement Artist: Carmen Santore
Best Infringer: Ashley Bobbit
Best Cab Driver & Comic Illustrator & Time Traveller: Skitchy
Best Performance no one saw: The Feast
Worst Abuser of running jokes: Josh Smith
Best Play from a Former Organizer: The Hairy Ape
Best Love Art : The Kids &The Kids Paint Wall
Best Bartender: Deanna of Soundlab
Best Overall Venue Staff: Soundlab
The Bare Assed WNY Nude Model of 2009 Infringment Festival: Rachel
Best Noise At SoundLab: Everyone who played Tuesday
Kick Ass Woman Award: Francis Fallon
Best Shit : Josh Strauss
Best Free Art: Lindsey The Great
Best New Musical: Oscar the Hooker
Best Live Art: The Kids Paint Wall
Most Commercially Viable Film Award: Lachiusa – Ghost
Best Only New Venue: The Yard, 464, Grant Street Gallery
Best New Infringement Organizer: Leslie – Euphraxia
Category for least improved act – winner goes to Lazy Ass Destroyer
Best Tasting : Awesome Shea Brode
Best Organizer for the Festival: US
Best New Publication: Refried Zine – maybe
Big Whiney Bitch that’s Awesome in 10 Bands: Sonny Baker
Coolest Backyard Venue: Space @ 224
The I Saw You Motherfucker Award: Kenny G of Anal Pudding on the subway listening to his ipod
Best on the Spot Rocker: Sam Alba
Iffy Award for Best Fotos Hanging in a Park: Amanda Giczkowski (signed Jason “CarStories”)
Best Hair Award: Josh Smith
Best New Peeps I Got to Know a little better: Claire Fornmola, Newell Aussbauer & Chris Uebbing
Venue Most Likely to Perforate Chris Uebbing’s Ulcer: Manny Fried Playhouse
Best at Sticking to Commitement Although Being Associated with Ron Ehmke: Lynn Lasota
Best Blog Controversy : Ron Ehmke vs Wasted Talent
Best Rip Off Ad Logo: Artvoice
Best iffy moment: The lead singer of Anal Pudding leaving Allendale’s today
Best use of Colour: Euphraxia & Red Moon
Best New Artist: Quest 4 Friends
Sexiest Organizer: Curt
Greenest Performer: Mel K. from CarStories
Best Moveable Art: CarSTories
Best Singer Songwriter: Claire Fornarola
Best Hugs: The Lawn Disco Co-op House – Nobody’s
Friendliest Teddy Bear Guitarist: Jay Galbo
Best Supportive Crowd Car Accident: Nobody’s MC Showcase
Way Cutest: Quest 4 Friends
Most Helpful Czar: Rojo
Most Moving Beautiful Performance: Angela Lopez
Best Blood Curdling Scream: Dave Harter, Blood Thirsty Vegans
Too Drunk to Dance in a Crowd Award: Block Party during Global Village Idiots
Modi Sines: Best New Act. (Cause they're awesome.)
Best Original Musician: Claire Fornarola
Best Concept for Playing Multiple Infringement Shows: Claire Fornarola (For playing her albums in chronological order and making them delicious)
Best Acoustic nomination: Claire Fornarola
MC Vendetta/Janna: Gutsiest Vocalist
Best Infringement Band: Ramforinkus
Most emotionally heartwrenching while still being funny! : Bitch Bares All.
The most talked about event at the festival: Wasted Talent
Best Creative Concept: JFK Musical (fun, provacative and entertaining. I can see it on the big stage. Way to go Kilissa!
"JFK The Musical was an awesome and unique experience. Since this was the first ever production I expected something a little chaotic and disorganized. To my utter amazement and extreme pleasure it was executed by Kilissa with what can only be termed the utmost in vision and depth. Kilissa's music was an asset and playing in the cast was such fun. I can see this evolving into something that will continue for a long time to come.)
*** Late-breaking update! Organizer Josh Smith recalls a few more that were not on the earlier list:
Second Most Fun You Can Have In The Backseat Of A Car In Buffalo: Car Stories
Most Useless Attempt At Infringement: Josh Smith At The Allendale Theater
The Josh Smith Award For Advancement In Self Promotion: Jason Klinger
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