Thousands Dance to Their iPod Music In "Silent Rave"

by Tim Stevens, posted Apr 21st 2008 at 5:19PM

Raves are generally thought to be deafeningly noisy and held in dark, desolate, out-of-the-way places. That's the exact opposite of what happened over the weekend in New York City, where a so-called "silent" rave brought an estimated 1,000 people out onto the streets to dance -- despite there being no music played out loud.

The dancers were all listening to their own tunes, on iPods or the like, and busted moves like apparent madmen to their own beats, with no seeming rhyme or reason. The event was organized flash mob style, with 18-year-old Jonnie Wesson posting an event on Facebook. The event page got thousands and thousands of responses and, though only a small fraction of respondents actually showed, the "rave" still had several hundred folks pulsing away to the silence until well after dark, thoroughly confusing any uninformed passer-by.

It just goes to show that NYC does indeed know how to party -- even without breaking noise regulations. [Source: NY Times]

Filed under: Audio/Video, iPod

Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, facebook, flash mobs, FlashMobs, iPod, music

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moby @ Apr 21st 2008 9:38PM

Totally awesome! Finally some good news where someone is not trying to maim, kill and otherwise harm another individual ! way to go!

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PJ @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:49AM

THis way kewl, this kind of thing is why i love this city!!!!!

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Daniel Gaunt @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:36PM

The dancer looks mad to the onlooker who cannot hear the music

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http://lifeorsomethingnotquitelikeit.blogspot.com/

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paddles @ May 5th 2008 12:12AM

How cool! I should start this in my town, with its Nazi-esque noise ordinances.

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