forteanajones
07-18-2003, 07:44 PM
Could flash mobs be a form of occult manipulation, (intentional or not)? True gorilla theater! I was so close to accidentally being to the second such mob in SF, this week.
Invitation to San Francisco Flash Mob #1 (http://www.cheesebikini.com/blog/archives/000288.html)
Here's the announcement for the first San Francisco flash mob:
You are invited to take part in MOB, the project that creates an
inexplicable mob of people in San Francisco for ten minutes or
less. Please forward this to other people you know who might
like to join.
INSTRUCTIONS - MOB #1
Start time: Wednesday, July 16th, 6:27 pm
Duration: 10 minutes
(1) At some point during the day on July 16th, synchronize your
watch to http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Pacific/d/-8/java.
(2) By 6 PM, based on the month of your birth, please situate
yourselves in the bars 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. January, February, March, April: Union Square Sports
Bar near Powell and O'Farrell. May, June, July, August: Gold
Dust Lounge near Geary and Powell. September,October,
November, December: Red's Corner at Ellis and Mason.
(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 6:27, stall nearby. NO ONE
SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE FINAL MOB DESTINATION UNTIL
6:26.
(5) The MOB begins at the designated location at 6:27.
(6) At 6:37 you should disperse. NO ONE SHOULD REMAIN AT
THE MOB SITE AFTER 6:39.
(7) Return to what you would otherwise have been doing.
* * * * SPECIAL NOTE: We need FOUR VOLUNTEERS to assist
in passing out instructions. Please reply only if:
(1) You will absolutely positively 100% be at the MOB and can be
in the area by 5:30 on Wednesday.
(2) You are not a squealy.
(3) You are not concerned that passing out small slips of paper
may harm your future chances to run for office.
(4) Your initials are not L.G. (you know who you are)
If you meet the above criteria and would like to volunteer, send a
message with your cell phone number to
mobproject@yahoo.com.
-The San Francisco Mob Project
(writing credit to "Bill")
Invitation to San Francisco Flash Mob #1 (http://www.cheesebikini.com/blog/archives/000288.html)
Here's the announcement for the first San Francisco flash mob:
You are invited to take part in MOB, the project that creates an
inexplicable mob of people in San Francisco for ten minutes or
less. Please forward this to other people you know who might
like to join.
INSTRUCTIONS - MOB #1
Start time: Wednesday, July 16th, 6:27 pm
Duration: 10 minutes
(1) At some point during the day on July 16th, synchronize your
watch to http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Pacific/d/-8/java.
(2) By 6 PM, based on the month of your birth, please situate
yourselves in the bars 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. January, February, March, April: Union Square Sports
Bar near Powell and O'Farrell. May, June, July, August: Gold
Dust Lounge near Geary and Powell. September,October,
November, December: Red's Corner at Ellis and Mason.
(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 6:27, stall nearby. NO ONE
SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE FINAL MOB DESTINATION UNTIL
6:26.
(5) The MOB begins at the designated location at 6:27.
(6) At 6:37 you should disperse. NO ONE SHOULD REMAIN AT
THE MOB SITE AFTER 6:39.
(7) Return to what you would otherwise have been doing.
* * * * SPECIAL NOTE: We need FOUR VOLUNTEERS to assist
in passing out instructions. Please reply only if:
(1) You will absolutely positively 100% be at the MOB and can be
in the area by 5:30 on Wednesday.
(2) You are not a squealy.
(3) You are not concerned that passing out small slips of paper
may harm your future chances to run for office.
(4) Your initials are not L.G. (you know who you are)
If you meet the above criteria and would like to volunteer, send a
message with your cell phone number to
mobproject@yahoo.com.
-The San Francisco Mob Project
(writing credit to "Bill")