Remote Control Bus Stop Rave Flash Mob

by Scott Beale on September 17, 2007 · 28 comments

This just in…a Remote Control Bus Stop Rave Flash Mob will take place this Friday, September 21st at 9pm in San Francisco. Here’s more info from the organizer:

Greetings fellow humans!

This Friday, September 21, starting at 9PM, there will be a remote control bus stop rave flash mob. Someone set up a music rig (hidden in the eaves of the bus stop) that goes off when someone sits in the bus stop or walks in front of it. Join the mob, it will be fun. Watch this youtube video of a previous bus stop rave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktm-LxCoe_I

WHERE:
- Bus stop at the corner of Haight and Fillmore in SF (headed west)
- CLICK HERE to see a map

WHEN:
- Friday, September 21, 9:00 PM

WHAT TO DO:
- When the music and lights start, go to the bus stop and dance.
- When the music stops, vacate the bus shelter,
- Be friendly to passer-bys and locals. Encourage them to dance.
. Eventually, as the night goes on and we all become more intoxicated, this will evolve from a flash mob into a more of a bus stop rave.

Bring your friends. It really is a lot of fun to party in bus stop that has its own sound system.

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{ 12 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Aziz K. September 17, 2007 at 11:12 pm

omg! I love san francisco!

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2 Rubin Starset September 17, 2007 at 11:24 pm

Derived from a task on http://sf0.org/

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3 Ed September 17, 2007 at 11:41 pm

Don’t forget the site, http://www.sf0.org, and the task, http://sf0.org/lowteck/Flash-Mob/, that spawned this!

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4 Scott Beale September 17, 2007 at 11:50 pm

Rubin & Ed, the organizer of the event did not mention sf0 in the write-up he sent me. It looks like it’s the same person, so I’m not sure why he chose not to provide that information. I did notice that there was a reference to sf0 on the video.

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5 Cha0tic September 18, 2007 at 3:02 am

I know this looks like fun, but is it wise to be putting electronic devices in public places after the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Blinkies Scare? :) Or are the people of SF more level headed & less prone to fright?

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6 Bill Clinton September 18, 2007 at 11:42 am

re: cha0tic

I think its very hard to surprise the denizens of SF. Not easily phased. In any case , it was never a problem in the past. People seem to really like these improved bus stops.

re: others

This event isn’t for an SF0 project, so the organizer didn’t think to mention it. The video posted on youtube was made for sf0, so definitely worth mentioning.

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7 AaronJae September 19, 2007 at 11:28 am

I’m so frickin there on Friday……….silly crap like this makes me appreciate where I live every day!!!!

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8 Kevin Bracken September 21, 2007 at 1:44 pm

I love this idea :D We have quite a few mobile soundsystem parties here in Toronto.

But for the love of god, I wish people would stop using the phrase flash mob.

We may have to do this :)

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9 Kevin Bracken September 21, 2007 at 1:51 pm

Here is a link to an essay about the phrase “flash mob”… this event could have easily just been a “bus stop rave”.

http://www.newmindspace.com/lens/?p=15

But, anyway, looks fun :D

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10 Yeah,ThatSo? September 22, 2007 at 6:02 am

Hey what’s tracks playing?

Some dope beats, I wanna go party there!

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11 Hillary Clinton September 24, 2007 at 3:38 pm

First off thanks to all of you who spread the word and came out to dance in the bus stop. When I do this again, rest assured I will have any technical difficulties worked out. And I will give it louder sound.

Re: “Yeah,ThatSo?”
There at least three different tracks on the video. Here they are in order. I’m going of the top of my head, so I might be mistaken.

1. Dajae feat. Cajmere – Brighter days
2. Wiseguys – Want you want
3. Jason Hodges(?) – remix of a beasty boys song….

Re: “Kevin Bracken”

Previous versions of the bus stop flash mob were actually flash mobs. I don’t care for your elitist views on what is or isn’t a flash mob. Terribly sorry it didn’t meet your 12 standards on what constitutes a ‘true’ flash mob.
I should also note that last friday (9/21/07) there were too many people to have a flash mob and it did indeed become a bus stop rave.

-lowteck

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12 Avi October 10, 2007 at 1:54 pm

i made videos @ the previous Bus Stop Flash Rave in San Fran on 09/21/07.. here are the links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9yC0UL3Ngc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOxe7xLbwDo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STLyxKbFx-A
enjoy!!

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