++ Flash Mob Event ++ Musical Bumps ++ Tuesday 12th April ++

[Loki]

Some flashmob events have been quite witty; easily found on google. This one (in Maidstone? Why Maidstone?) doesn't seem to have the pizzaz though.

 

[William of Walworth]

There was one at the Elephant very recently (Easter Monday I think)

I promise amidst the massed disapproval to repudiate my (curiosity inspired) regret that I never made it ....

I understand that spamming these boards is shit, but why the EXTREME intolerence (spamming aside, naturally)??

 

[Maggot]

I'm with William on this.

I like the idea of a PUNCH MOB that kicks the fuck out of these tossers once the music starts.

Why so much hatred? It doesn't do any harm to anyone.

No-one's trying to make money out of it either.

 

[Corax]

I thought the whole idea was to keep the venue secret until the last moment.

Nah, the whole idea is for lots of student-steweotype-types to be "crazy" and "mad" for 3 minutes and then walk off sniggering into their hands at how "wacky" they are and how funny it must be for all the "confused" spectators.

" "


Now pass me the screwdriver.

 

[editor]

I'm with William on this.

Why so much hatred? It doesn't do any harm to anyone.

No-one's trying to make money out of it either.

Because they're a bunch of smarmy cunts pretending to be oh-so wackeee and cray-zeee and individualistic and all they're really saying is "look at me!!!" "LOOK AT ME!! PLEASE!!!!" "ME! ME! ME! ME!".

It's like watching Thatcher dancing.

 

[milesy]

i don't see it as any different to the circle line parties, really.

 

[DaveCinzano]

milesy you cunt! i agree

<slaps self>

 

[Sunspots]

Just over an hour to go now. The anticipation's unbearable...

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Yeah, I'm heading down to Maidstone right now.

People are still doing flashmobs? Weird. Has nobody ever pointed out that they were interesting for about two weeks, then old hat?

 

[Dirty Martini]

No-one's trying to make money out of it either.

It's the choreographed nature of the whole thing that gets me. OK, no flash mob event is ever going to be a spontaneous happening, but someone's planned what the whole thing will look like.

How long before "I organised flash mob events in Maidstone" turns up on someone's CV? I suggest the participants are unwitting pawns in someone's career development plan.

 

[editor]

i don't see it as any different to the circle line parties, really.

They involve beer, so they've got to be a bit better, surely?

 

[maldwyn]

<runs to catch train to Maidstone >

 

[Sunspots]

It's the choreographed nature of the whole thing that gets me. OK, no flash mob event is ever going to be a spontaneous happening, but someone's planned what the whole thing will look like.

How long before "I organised flash mob events in Maidstone" turns up on someone's CV? I suggest the participants are unwitting pawns in someone's career development plan.

Then again, how many vacancies for a shepherd require you to submit a CV?...

Totally agree with DM's points about choreographed spontaneity.

Of the people I've known that have taken part in a flashmob, none of them are the sort of people that would ever consider going on a protest march or a demo, etc.

I'm all for events that (even temporarily) shatter society's spectacle, etc, etc. But flashmobbing seems like de-politicized people power, gathering to celebrate nothing but their own ineffectiveness.

-Er... or something.

 

[butterfly child]

They involve beer, so they've got to be a bit better, surely?

Wasn't one of them arranged to meet in a pub?

Nothing to stop anyone going for a beer after their flash mobbing

 

[Corax]

Taking over a tube carriage for the night in the spirit of Hedge and the like is slightly different to waving your arms around and pogoing throught Maidstone shopping precinct for 3 minutes.

Look shoppers! We're... er.... We're..... oh bollocks, just LOOK!

 

[Sunspots]

-Oh, the Flashmob thing just happened. Apparently.

I didn't notice anything, myself.

<...tumbleweed...>

 

[kyser_soze]

Discussing the lack of a Jayday this year we came up with the idea of a 'flash smoke' in Brockewell park to make up for it.

Then realised that we'd probably have to flash about 200,000 peeps mobiles in the hopes of getting maybe 2-3,000 stoners out of bed and to the park...

 

[MarkMark]

I experienced a "flash mob" today.

About 2000 people crammed onto my tube train carriage at Leyton this morning. They did the same thing yesterday too - Very funny guys.. the joke's wearing very thin. Enough is enough!

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I like the idea of a PUNCH MOB that kicks the fuck out of these tossers once the music starts.

would this be a flash mug?

 

[kyser_soze]

would this be a flash mug?

YEAH! That'd be great!!!

200 people turning up at Harvey Nicks with big baggy pockets, tasers and other non-lethal crowd control weapons and blag all the chelsea tractor driving fashionistas...

And BTW, mines a pair of Evisu jeans if you can get 'em...

 

[William of Walworth]