flash-mobs
The US Air Force Staged a Beautiful Flash Mob at a Museum
Gabrielle Bluestone · 12/08/13 07:37PMNormally flash mobs are pretty annoying for anyone who's not involved in them. But the United States Air Force Band became the exception to the rule with a pretty sweet impromptu concert at the National Air and Space Museum on Tuesday.
Louisiana Mall Evacuated After 200 Person Flash Mob Goes Wrong, Turns Into Giant Brawl
Taylor Berman · 01/06/13 04:36PMThe Mall of Louisiana is described on its website as a source of "Exciting shopping, dining and entertainment in Baton Rouge." On Saturday night, that description seemed especially apt after a massive, 200 person flash mob in the mall turned into a giant brawl. According to reports, the fight broke out in the mall's food court, where roughly 200 teenagers had congregated for the "social media" inspired flash mob
Filmmaker Organizes Facebook Flashmob For Kid's Cardboard Arcade
Neetzan Zimmerman · 04/10/12 08:55AMIt may be before 10am, but it's never too early to have your day made: An ambitious and inventive 9-year-old boy named Caine Monroy, who designed and built his very own cardboard arcade inside his dad's East LA auto parts store, gets his dream of customers realized thanks to filmmaker Nirvan Mullick and a flashmob of Facebook users.
Teen 'Flash Robs' Are Our Nation's Greatest Threat
Hamilton Nolan · 10/21/11 08:43AMOld-fashioned "meet me in Union Square and do the Thriller dance"-style flash mobs have been played out for years, although the more recent "big group of teens running around beating everyone's ass, just like they've always done, but with a new, trendier name"-style "flash mobs" are still going strong. And now, in a completely new and never-before-seen phenomenon: "Flash robs!" We must use any and all methods to crush this brand new and super scary outbreak of stealing things!
Watch This 'Flash Mob' Loot a 7-11
Jeff Neumann · 08/16/11 06:50AMAround three dozen young people got together on Saturday night in Germantown, Maryland and decided to casually walk into a 7-11 and loot the hell out of it. Local news reports are calling it a "flash mob" — a blanket term that's readily applied to any act of assholery by a group of teenagers in public — when really it's just shoplifting en masse. You can watch the other two parts of the video here and here. Personally, I like the guy who grabs the hat on his way out.
Philly Besieged By Misnamed 'Flash Mobs'
Hamilton Nolan · 08/10/11 08:29AMPhiladelphia is under siege by teenage flash mobs! Ha. Not really. A "flash mob" is when several dozen aspiring standup comics use the internet to meet in a certain place to do a funky collaborative dance. Philly's problem is just "kids being kids," which is to say, a bunch of teenagers beating you up, for fun.
Half-Naked Male Stripper Works the Pole on the Subway
Brian Moylan · 05/26/11 01:03PMStrange things happen on the L train, like this spontaneous, flashmob-esque dance party, complete with a male stripper wearing nothing but a bathing suit and a pair of heels. Good thing he has the body (and skillz) to pull it off.
Halftime Show Turns Into a Flash Mob Pillow Fight
Lisa Gagliardi · 03/03/11 02:15PMStudents at a college basketball game took to the floor in a mass pillow fight during halftime. Why? Because they're crazy college kids. Looks like some of the participants got a little overzealous though.
The NYPD's Party Crashing Unit
Jeff Neumann · 08/04/10 06:29AMThe Times Square Flash Mob, On Twitter
Jeff Neumann · 04/07/10 05:13AMPellet Gun-Wielding Flash Mob Descends on Times Square
Jeff Neumann · 04/05/10 05:11AMMeet Your New Inner-city Teen Menace
Adrian Chen · 03/29/10 08:26PMWhat's Really Behind Those Philadelphia 'Flash Mobs': A Breakdancing Crew
Adrian Chen · 03/29/10 02:47AMFlash Mobs Wrack Philadelphia Like It's 2003
Adrian Chen · 03/22/10 03:18AM2009: The Year the Flash Mob Became Played Out
Richard Blakeley · 11/25/09 11:45AMOkay, we get it already. Anyone can get a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse.
Video: Tyra Banks' Union Square "Flash" Mob Should Be Read the Riot Act
Foster Kamer · 09/05/09 12:30PM10 videos from the Facebook-organized "cocktail party" on London's tube
Nicholas Carlson · 06/02/08 11:00AMA ban on drinking in London's subway system — the Tube, they call it — began on Sunday. On Saturday night, London's best drinkers gathered for a Circle Line Cocktail Party, also known as the Last Round on the Underground. Thousands attended, 17 were arrested, two police officers were assaulted and Mark Zuckerberg made it all happen. Reports say word of the the citywide cocktail party spread only after 26-year old London banker Alexandre Graham created a Facebook group called "Circle line party - last day of drinking on the Tube." Soon after, several other Facebook groups formed with plans to party as well. "The point of it was just to make fun of how ridiculous the ban is," Graham told the Evening Standard. "I hope I don’t get sacked," he added. (That's British for "fired.") Below, ten YouTube videos of "the Last Round On The Underground." Graham's employers at the Royal Bank of Scotland, will want to examine them closely before determining his fate.
Remainders: Thrillist Is Also Looking for a Copy Editor
abalk2 · 09/26/06 05:50PM
• Tao Lin and Whitney Pastorek star in the world's most boring literary feud. [RODB]
• More sushi for Julie Buxbaum! [Above the Law]
• Flash mobs: The second generation is even douchier than the first. [Gridskipper]
• Former NYT neediest case not exactly helpful to the needy. [NYDN]
• New York is the new Sacramento: Ruby Tuesday is coming to town! [AP]
• NYT cannot get enough of Peter Gelb, the Met's new general manager. It's like they're related to him or something. [NYT]
• NBC harnesses the power of YouTube. This gets a little meta. [YouTube]
Book Deals: Fishbowler, Flash Mobber
Jesse · 05/17/06 12:30PMLast night's Publishers Lunch weekly roundup brought news of yet another prominent blogger's book deal: