Flash mobs
Flash mobs
In pictures: Silent disco rocks Edinburgh
Revellers fill Bristo Square to dance. Picture: James Bourton
Dancing to the tune in your head
WE'VE all seen the iPod adverts where the people dance around the streets - and no doubt laughed at the thought that people actually do that - but with a new craze called 'silent disco' it's becoming a reality.
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'Mobile clubbers' shunt into station for stunt at Waverley
THERE are a hundred reasons many people might think of for visiting Edinburgh.
City hit by flash mobbing
PUZZLED shoppers and office workers found themselves in the middle of a massive pillow fight in the city centre yesterday.
Lazy Guide to Net Culture: Mobile clubbing
If you want to appear like you’re at the cutting edge of net culture but can’t be bothered to spend hours online, then never fear. Scotsman.com’s pathetic team of geeks, freaks and gimps will do the hard work for you. While you sip wine, read a book or engage in normal social interaction, they will burn out their retinas staring at badly designed web pages and dodge creeps in chatrooms to prepare for you: Scotsman.com’s lazy guide to net culture.
A platform for the mob
PUZZLED commuters look on as the concourse at Waverley Station was temporarily transformed into a dance floor last night thanks to the bizarre craze of "mobile clubbing".
Mission improbable
I’m standing at the junction of Castle Street and Princes Street. It’s 5:37pm precisely. Several hours ago I synchronised my watch with the speaking clock and I can just about guarantee that the hundred or so people around me also have accurate timepieces. Why? Because we’re here to flash mob and timing is everything. As we point to the sky and chatter loudly about an impending spectacle, I wonder how I came to be here.
Look... it's pointless
BY the looks on their faces, something fascinating is happening above them.
Lazy Guide to Net Culture: Flash mob backlash
Summer. A time of warm(er) weather, holidays, cricket on the green and tripe in the newspapers.
Random acts of charity for Oxfam
THE latest event in a craze for bizarre, random acts called ‘flash-mobbing’ hit a charity shop in Birmingham yesterday.
Dundee store flash mob flops
SCOTLAND’S first flash mobbing incident ended in failure in a Dundee supermarket yesterday.
Invasion of the flash mobsters
THE flash mob phenomenon is coming to Scotland for the first time - but with thousands already thronging the streets of the capital for the Edinburgh Fringe it is unclear if anyone will notice.
City set to see first flash of 'mob' craze
SCOTLAND’S first "flash mob" is set to take place in the Capital later this month.
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