Flash Mobs

yellum · 06-07-2003 4:43pm #1

Heres an interesting idea to mess with peoples heads:

Flash Mobs

Groups of people meet at locations for a brief few minutes and cause a scene and then just dissolve away. Its kind of like performance art.

Another use for boards people.

MrNuked · 06-07-2003 5:54pm

me like.
Maybe if one person started speaking in tongues and then everybody else started chanting "Hail Azuria. Hail Azuria" in Stephen's Green for 5 minutes and then left.

Cos that would scare the poo out of me.

yellum · 07-07-2003 12:30am

We could do this too:

http://matrixreloaded_tokyo.tripod.co.jp/photo.html

Wolf · 07-07-2003 1:15am

I like would anyone seriously like to do this for a laugh?

D-Generate · 07-07-2003 9:23am

That seems so class, it would be pretty easy to organise one for cork since we have Peoplesrepublicofcork.com an all. Anyone care to organise one?

yellum · 07-07-2003 10:11am

Might be fun to do alright. D-Generate, start a thread in the South Forum for a local flash mob.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 07-07-2003 10:18am

the term "flash mob" could be... misleading

drrnwbb · 07-07-2003 10:19am

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59518,00.html

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59297,00.html

two stories about it on wired.com

dw

dahamsta · 07-07-2003 11:38am

Originally posted by yellum
Might be fun to do alright. D-Generate, start a thread in the South Forum for a local flash mob.

Three members of online community Boards.ie were arrested in Cork yesterday evening when they tried to arrange a new phenomenon known as a "flash mob" outside the Capitol Cineplex cinema. The term "flash mob" originated from meetings of activists and performance artists hastily arranged over the Internet and mobile phones, however the Cork trio appear to have misunderstood the term and arrived on the scene wearing black leather trenchcoats, sunglasses and little else. A minor panic ensued when the "Boardsters" - calling themselves Neo, Tank and Morpheus after characters in cult movie series "The Matrix" - formed a tight circle and exposed themselves to passers-by. The Boardster calling himself Tank, seemingly disoriented by the entire episode, also screamed "Beam me up Scotty" repeatedly at the audience, who by now had settled down to enjoy the performance and were heard to be muttering words like "weiner" and "haemaphrodite". The Gardaí arrived shortly afterwards and removed the miscreants from the scene.

yellum · 07-07-2003 11:51am

Flash Mob
Not Flesh mob
Pah

Kone · 07-07-2003 12:01pm

sound like a laugh

Sev · 07-07-2003 4:56pm

I'm liking the Hail Azuria idea.

jammy_dodger · 07-07-2003 5:04pm

Definitely do it, Set up a thread with time and date, meet in Stephen's green, But make sure we all do something that is legal, something that the cops couldn't sting you on, like diturbing the peace.

Im up for it

MrNuked · 07-07-2003 6:28pm

maybe get a few ideas and do a poll on the best one. Do a multiple choice poll with different times and dates to see how many people actually want to do it at any time. have to be something people will actually do when it comes to it. The chanting part of my idea would be ok for instance but is there anyone who's going to pretend to have a religious fit in front of loads of people? Would work with just the chanting otherwise.

D-Generate · 07-07-2003 8:49pm

LOL that was brilliant dahamsta, when I first saw the words Flash Mob I thought it was a group of flashers aswell, easy mistake..... Are they illegal or what? I mean Flash Mos not Flasher Mobs

dahamsta · 08-07-2003 12:00am

I got a bit confused, because I wanted to fit the line "matters were delayed for another moment while Neo went for a slash", but it wouldn't fit. So to speak.

Anyway, I think it depends on the number, I think that if you reach a certain number it would be defined as a "gathering" or somesuch, and would have to be "licenced" by the Gardaí. Yellum, you're a treehugger troublemaker, you should know this stuff...?

{btw, i would be /so/ on for something like this. two instances in fact, one performance, one activist}

adam

yellum · 08-07-2003 12:39am

Treehugger ? I'm a tree burner. Look at my work history.

I'll look into it.

/me rings gardai

"so if I had 79 people its legal but 80 and its not ? Okay. Thanks. Oh no reason. "

[CALIBUR] · 08-07-2003 1:24am

Neo V the smiths in eyre square in Galway.

get 100 lads who are the same size get some make-up to make them all the same but also that ya need them to learn the fights. and u need them to hide somewhere. In the moive neo fights only a few smiths but more and more come running out buildings to fight him to pull this off u need trucks in other parts in eyre square full smiths.

If we did something like that I'm joining in. It be so cool if that happened.

dahamsta · 08-07-2003 8:05am

"so if I had 79 people its legal but 80 and its not ? Okay. Thanks. Oh no reason. "

ROFL

Epitaph · 08-07-2003 9:31am

Neo V the smiths in eyre square in Galway.

I didn't know that there was old Smiths' remixes out. Zhivago on Eyre Square, you say?

Dustaz · 08-07-2003 11:39am

There is only one real choice.

Eircom HQ. Fake death if anyone inside looks out. Big enough crowd that would be funny

yellum · 08-07-2003 12:03pm

I'm just thinking. Do something like the Radiohead video "Just".

Everyone just gather outside and then all fall down and lie there for a few minutes and move on.

We'll need people with digital and video cameras to record this "performance"

Have no purpose advertised for the event. No placards and no comments from those taking part.

the fnj · 08-07-2003 12:24pm

If everyone formed a giant conga line in St. Stephen's Green and ran all the way down Grafton St. I'm sure lots of other people would join the line for the craic.

When I first read this I also though something similar to Just were everyone falls down would be funny. You would need cameras, preferably hidden, to video peoples reaction.

dahamsta · 08-07-2003 1:25pm

Everyone just gather outside and then all fall down and lie there for a few minutes and move on.

I saw a bunch of lads do that one day on Oliver Plunkett Street. They were obviously on a session, about a dozen of them, and all at once the lot of them collapsed in a big heap outside the Bodhrán. Just for a couple of seconds, then they all got up again and when on their merry way. Very funny moment.

I like Dusty's idea. I can just see a load of Boardsters mugging horrific deaths every time someone looked out. Clutching hearts and throats, hands raised clawlike...

adam

D-Generate · 08-07-2003 4:31pm

I like that congo idea, or else people all collapseing and lie down at the entrance to some building, all over the steps, it would look class.

jammy_dodger · 09-07-2003 10:01am

These are all good ideas, but is anyone gonna organize this thing, also whats boards.ie mods opinion, if it got back to the media could it cause boards.ie any damage?

MrNuked · 09-07-2003 5:08pm

might be good publicity. Don;t think it would cause damage unless we organised something antisocial.

Think the Radiohead video idea is good but that most people who saw it would just think "oh they're doing that thing from the Radiohead video." Something more originalwould be better I think.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 09-07-2003 5:11pm

or else any americans around might think it's a biological weapon attack.

Winters · 09-07-2003 6:41pm

I like the sounds of this Flash Mob stuff.. lotf os fun could be had.

The best is to follow Dustaz and yellum's plan but make some slight changes.

At the exact same time on the same day outside the Eircom offices in Galway, Cork and Dublin a mod gather and then fall down [while being filmed] and after a few min run away.

Though the most important thing is to have it happen in all 3 cities at the ame time outside the eircom buildings... would be best then

MrNuked · 09-07-2003 7:11pm

Mordeth or else any americans around might think it's a biological weapon attack.

ah ha ha ha lets all laugh at the american people. Show how hip and freethinking we are by making inane bigoted remarks!

yellum · 10-07-2003 8:52am

Originally posted by MrNuked

Think the Radiohead video idea is good but that most people who saw it would just think "oh they're doing that thing from the Radiohead video." Something more originalwould be better I think.

Those that saw the Radiohead vid are in the minority not the majority.

And a flash mob is original. It borrows from other things but the idea of doing this is original enough.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 10-07-2003 9:04am

Originally posted by MrNuked
ah ha ha ha lets all laugh at the american people. Show how hip and freethinking we are by making inane bigoted remarks!

yeah, down with freedom!

dahamsta · 25-07-2003 1:06pm

More on Flash Mobs:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/orl-livmobbing072403jul24,0,3404620.story

Via Slashdot:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/25/0146250&mode=nested&tid=133&tid=186

adam

yellum · 25-07-2003 5:39pm

Theres loads happening worldwide now.
Smartmobs has daily listings.

gerire · 07-08-2003 4:04pm

OK so will someone pull the finger out and organise it, maybe some1 who has been around for a while and has lots of emails to sort it out.

Also maybe having someone in a good vantage point with a video camera could be a good plan aswell

dahamsta · 07-08-2003 4:36pm

Err, why don't /you/ pull the finger out and organise it?

adam

gerire · 07-08-2003 11:52pm

maybe some1 who has been around for a while and has lots of emails to sort it out.

Because Ive only been here not too long, and there are many people here who are in constant contact with each other so maybe they would be in a better position that I to sort it out

yellum · 08-08-2003 9:51am

I think someone from here is going to organise something. More soon.

Sleipnir · 08-08-2003 9:56am

Anyone know the details?
this from todays (08/08/03) breaking news on Unison

A bizarre craze which has been sweeping the United States and Europe for several months is expected to hit Dublin in the coming days. "Flash mobs" have been springing up in cities on both continents this summer and one is planned for Dublin this weekend. The phenomenon involves organised gangs of people gathering quickly in the same place, engaging in some bizarre act and then dispersing within a couple of minutes. In Rome, hundreds of people recently turned up a music store, demanded non-existent CDs, broke into spontaneous applause and then disappeared. A crowd of 200 people also gathered at a London furniture store recently and started praising the sofas. The craze started in the United States, where last night, a "flash mob" descended on a Toys R Us store in New York to worship a huge model dinosaur. The mobs are organised over the Internet and with mobile phones.

dahamsta · 08-08-2003 9:57am

I have to say, I like the idea of flash mobs when they're used to make a political or social statement, but it seems to be going further and further down the road of "a bunch of twits acting like twits". Perhaps I'm just getting old.

adam

gerire · 08-08-2003 11:14am

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dublinmob/

Has a web page. Its due to be this weekend. Havnt received the info yet. Another board P45 has it advertised as

Sat @2pm Easons clock

DMT · 08-08-2003 6:44pm

You are invited to take part in MOB, the project that creates an
unexplainable mob of people
in Dublin City Centre for ten minutes or less. Please forward this
invitation to other people you
know who might like to join.
INSTRUCTIONS - MOB Number 1
Start time: Saturday, August 9th, 5.05pm
Duration: 10 minutes

(1) At some point during the day on August 9th, synchronize your
watch to <http://www.worldtimeserver.com/time.asp?locationid=IE>
or the speaking clock 1191

(2) By 4:00 PM, based on the month of your birth, please situate
yourselves in the places listed below . Buy a drink and act casual.
If you
are attending the MOB with friends, you may all meet in the same
bar, so long as at least one of you has the correct birth month for
that bar. Or, if you feel more like a cup of coffee than a
beer, or vice versa, choose your meetup spot accordingly.
January, February, March: The Palace Bar, Fleet St Dublin
1
April, May June: The Flowing Tide Lower Abbey St Dublin 1
July, August, September: Knightsbridge bar Bachelors Walk Dublin 1
October, November, December: The Q Bar O Connell Bridge (Upstairs)

(3) Then or soon thereafter, a MOB representative will appear in
the bar. He or she will pass around slips of paper with your
instructions. Commit the instructions to memory and put the slip
in your pocket. ONCE YOU ARE AT THE MOB SITE, NONE OF
THESE SLIPS OF PAPER SHOULD BE VISIBLE.
(4) Leave the bar and walk to the MOB site. If you arrive near
the
final MOB destination before 5:05, stall nearby. NO ONE
SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE FINAL MOB DESTINATION UNTIL
5:04.
(5) The MOB begins at the designated location at 5:05.
(6) At 5:09 you should disperse. NO ONE SHOULD REMAIN AT
THE MOB SITE AFTER 5:10.
(7) Return to what you would otherwise have been doing.

(8) After pints in Hogans on Aungier Street.

Kastro · 09-08-2003 3:23pm

dmt who was it that sent it to you was it from [RTS] ? if not just ignore this.. its well organised lads... if yous wanna have a laugh you might wanna head down to one of the pubs.. the rep will prob call the month out as he/she goes by and you just nod and smile..

some1 bring a camera....!!!!

elexes · 09-08-2003 3:35pm

so it wasnt today ? but they got it organised ? can i come ?

billy the squid · 09-08-2003 7:04pm

how do you know the crowd wont disperce and just go straight to the pub

Dancing_Priest · 10-08-2003 4:18am

Well , How did it go??????

sionnach · 10-08-2003 12:57pm

read something in teh sunday times bout a flash mob of 200 ppl chanting "we like cheese" at a shoe shop....was that ye?

liamo · 10-08-2003 3:33pm

It wasn't 200, it was about 50-60 people. I have to say it was a great laugh. The reactions of the staff and the few genuine shoppers as the shop filled within a minute was simply priceless.

BluE-WinG · 10-08-2003 4:57pm

The reactions were priceless... One female customer was going 'Oh my god' under her breath, ahh Classic!

dahamsta · 10-08-2003 5:29pm

A pity people don't put this phenomenon to more constructive use.

>Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:15:54 +0100
>From: David Byrden <DavidATByrden.com>
>Subject: Re: [IP] "Flash Mob" enables human DOS attack
>
>
>Dave:
>
>Here's a report by Robert Burke on the Flash Mob
>event that happened in Dublin yesterday (I could
>not attend).
>
>http://www.mle.ie/~rob/photos/web/030809%20Dublin%20Flash%20Mob/index.htm
>
>
> David
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Cabaal · 10-08-2003 5:41pm

Oh man that sounds classic, I really gotta take part some time

photo's look fun

Flash Mobs

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