In the last few months New York Trend Engine has managed to force electroclash, ironic trucker hats, and widespread colloquial use of the word "metrosexual" into mainstream popular culture. Chalk another one up for New York: flash mobs are now cool in Berlin.
What: mob scene. Who: strangers. Point: none. [NYT]
Flash mobs: a new social phenomenon? [ABC]
Stunts involving mob silliness: latest email craze [AZ Central]