Improv Everywhere

2007-07-17

“Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 60 missions involving hundreds of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City.”.

Suicide jumper “We’re out to prove that a prank doesn’t have to involve humiliation or embarrassment; it can simply be about making someone laugh, smile, or stop to notice the world around them.”.
(Charlie Todd)

See, for example: Even Better Than The Real Thing and Cell Phone Symphony.Thumbs up.
Above: agent Shelktone (Nate Shelky) and agent Whines (Will Hines) in Suicide Jumper (2005).

Categories : art, phenomena

Release Me

2007-07-06

I am a rolling wave without the motion
A glass of water longing for the ocean
I am an asphalt flower breaking free but you keep stopping me
Release me

Oh Laura is a Swedish band from Stockholm.
Listen: Release Me (from A Song Inside My Head, A Demon In My Bed, 2007)

Categories : music

Rocketboom

2007-07-01
Rocketboom is a three minute daily videoblog based in New York City.
We cover and create a wide range of information and commentary from top news stories to quirky internet culture.
Instead of costing millions of dollars to produce, Rocketboom is created with a consumer-level video camera, a laptop, two lights and a map with no additional overhead or costs.
We spend $0 on promotion and close to $0 on distribution.”.
Joanne Colan

By Andrew Baron and Joanne Colan.
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Categories : phenomena