April 18, 2008
Silent Rave Hushes Over Union Square Tonight
The countdown is on, and even the pickiest of neighbors can't complain of noise at this evening's public rave. An "exchange student who only moved here from London a few months ago!" is behind the outdoor public and SILENT rave (yes, of course there's a Facebook page dedicated to it).
The basic premise is thousands of people turn up in a public place, plug in their own iPods, listen to their own music and dance and rave for hours!This is pretty much what it looks like. Into it? Take some invisible E, bring your dimmed glowsticks, and don't worry if you don't have rhythm because no one else will know what you're listening to! The organizer endorses his event by calling it: "a bloody brilliant" idea.
Witness it, or participate, tonight in Union Square around 6 p.m. -- and if you get any good shots, send 'em over!
Photo via internationalsmuggler's flickr.
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this sounds like the worst thing ever.
just because something is an idea involving ipods doesn't make it a good idea.
Raves? Is it 1998?
that's just really, really, really unfortunate. i shudder.
At 6PM tonight in Union Square, there will also be a douche bag convention.
I hope nobody shows up.
more hipster stupidity.
So they're recreating that stupid sony commercial from years ago?
this sounds kind of cool. Just pull up a lawn chair, bring a big sign with an arrow that says NERDS! and then point and laugh all night.
I'll be doing the same thing on the roof of my building - but I will be there *in spirit*.
Leave it to a british exachange student to organize some crap like this. I heard that next week he is organizing a strike against oral hygene. Bloody brilliant.
I have to admit, this is actually pretty cool. I was either too old or too young for the rave scenes, so i don't really "get" it, but this concept is really interesting.
It's no wonder this city sucks. Whenever someone attempts to do something you have all these jerks above saying how stupid it is. Maybe if you guys got away from your computer screen and out of your Mom's basement for once you might find that not everything is lame. Hell, you might even find a fellow loser you can cohabitate with. I doubt it though.
Hooray for Yakatori! This 'silent rave' sound strange, goofy, and kind of fun.
What's the upshot of blasting everything?
This "silent rave" was kicked off at Glastonbury Festival a few years back, and it really is a ridiculous waste of F**king time.
I come from London and I'm embarrassed a fellow Brit decided to kick this off.
Ridiculous concept and even more ridiculous in reality.
isn't this why someone invented the silencer?
is this a competitor to Improv everywhere?
I'll withhold judgment till the pics come in but from what I've seen in the flkr album, it's not looking good. Is that what a Rave looks like?
having never been to one, I expected girls removing their clothes off, from the heat or from E.
looks like an excellent opportunity to sell some fake x pills
Whatever. It sounds OK to me. All this loathing criticism. What's the point. Why is it "stupid"? Sitting at a job imagining you are somebody important is stupid. Dancing in the park with other people is at least something. I admit, its not the most intelligent antidote to the repressed, loser, "everything sucks, but what I think is cool", dumbed down cynicism parading as sophistication. But hey! Maybe it would be fun!
My significant other will be there. Too bad I have work. :(
Somebody explain to me why this is in anyway fun or interesting. Why cant they, I don't know, have a REAL rave? Why highlight and reward isolation not to mention iTunes music products?
Right on yakatori. Damn the bore-pedoes, full speed ahead!
more hipster nonsense.
I got some pictures of the event, you can check them out if you want.
PICTURES
I don't know if I could tell you WHY it was 'fun or interesting in any way'
But check this out. There are different people in this world. You with me? And check THIS out. They tend to all have different opinions from your own.
If that makes me stupid, a hipster, or lame... then enjoy living in isolation while me and the other stupid lame hipsters go out and actually DO shit and have fun about it