Tag: FLASH MOBS

For the past decade, observers and participants have thoroughly enjoyed random flash mobs, those seemingly spontaneous displays of synchronized hilarity. In a town infamous for its battery-hucking sports fans and stadium courtrooms, though, a troubling trend has apparently come to the otherwise frivolous activity. According to the New York Times, wandering groups of chaotic teens in ...

Flash mobs, those somewhat spontaneous and random public dance routines, have erupted in popularity. The gyrating boogie displays have even grown so commonplace that they're being corporately choreographed for commercial use. And, while the proliferation of the 'Best ____ of 2009' lists are currently over-saturating the media, BuzzFeed is actually providing a welcome, and hilarious, ranking of ...

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, ...