Clandestine Meet-up

Posted by indie dork on October 3rd, 2007 31 Comments

Any thoughts on having an ambiguous cvillain.com gathering? We could all show up at some typically crowded venue and try to guess who is in on the secret and who is just there because they would be anyway. I’m realizing that I dont (think I) know anyone involved in this site and it could be a fun little social experiment.

To up the ante, we could all start moving in slow motion (or something else totally random) at precisely the same time. I think there is something to be said for shaking up the hum-drum social scene here, even if only for a few seconds.

Something like this would be great: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob

Also, a youtube search for “flash mob” reveals some other interesting takes on the theme.

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31 Responses to “Clandestine Meet-up”

  1. 03 Oct 2007 at 8:16 am1dijonbray said:

    Holy shit!

    This would have to definately be done on a weekend night either at

    a) One of the under-age Elliewood bars

    or

    b) Blue Light

    or

    c) The Carribou show, depending if it’s packed or not. I would say the Pinback show, but it’s a little too short notice.

    I’m soooo fucking down for this.

  2. 03 Oct 2007 at 8:24 am2dijonbray said:

    Holy shit!

    This would have to be done on a weekend night at either

    a) An under-age Elliewood bar

    b) Blue Light

    c) Satellite Ballroom, at the Carribou show(If you haven’t heard their new CD yet, than you’re missing out).

    I think it would be neat if every C-villain were to carry a flashing bike light of some sort, and everyone would just pull ‘em out and raise their hand in the middle of mingling, I do believe that would garner some “WTFS!?!?”.

  3. 03 Oct 2007 at 8:56 am3josh said:

    Or you could do a whacked out “Marco Polo” thing. Guys could wander around looking at people and saying “Thor?” and the response would be “Lilith”, naturally. Girls would do the opposite, asking for “Lilith?” and the right response is “Thor.”

    For some reason this idea tickles my funny bone.

  4. 03 Oct 2007 at 9:05 am4CrowdedMill said:

    Haha…I read the Wiki link. A “flash mob” pillow fight in Toronto. Love it.

  5. 03 Oct 2007 at 10:53 am5Taliesin said:

    Fantastic idea. I’m always up for something subversive and frankly hilarious.

  6. 03 Oct 2007 at 11:38 am6mau said:

    yes please

  7. 03 Oct 2007 at 12:39 pm7belmont yo said:

    The absolute masters of such shenanigans: Improve Everywhere (use the google on the internets, you will not regret it).

    And yes, Cville needs multiple spoofings, hijinks, antics (zany and otherwise), abstract skylarking and madcap reality bending guerrilla theater like this in the worst way. Everything is so deadly serious anymore. Seems there used to be more of it when I first arrived (’bout nine years ago), but it has since trickled off. But then again, everything seemed rather surreal when I first arrived so who knows.

    BTW, I am new to this board. I came on over from Craigslist RnR (which has become rather too trogladytic for my tastes of late) at the suggestion of OY, my old palindromic pal. How are all you fine folks?

  8. 03 Oct 2007 at 1:00 pm8Tim said:

    Sweet idea. We’d get to flaunt our awesomeness and show people how to party it up right. Plus it would be cool to meet some fellow cvillains.

  9. 03 Oct 2007 at 1:25 pm9oy said:

    Yo, yo!

    oy

  10. 03 Oct 2007 at 2:30 pm10Ethan said:

    People from the somethingawful community have been doing stuff like this for years.

  11. 03 Oct 2007 at 2:38 pm11belmont yo said:

    Yo, Oy! Yo.

  12. 04 Oct 2007 at 7:59 am12Thor said:

    How many people do you think we need to make this worthwhile?

  13. 04 Oct 2007 at 11:35 am13dijonbray said:

    hmmm… ten?

  14. 04 Oct 2007 at 1:37 pm14Lys said:

    So it sounds like two possibilities are swirling around, although neither is mutually exclusive - one involving a public act of indie-ness (which I am down with, despite feeling like this whole public improv thing has been co-opted by the most recent Sidekick commercial), and the other involving a more socially-oriented let’s get to meet like minded people thing (which I am also down with, although I am intrigued if we’d need to put in place some sort of no identity revealing allowed rule to up the likelihood of Lilith and Thor making an appearance).

    Josh - even if only in theory, I love the Marco Polo thing. Not quite sure why.

  15. 04 Oct 2007 at 2:10 pm15lilith said:

    That’s right. I make no promises :)

  16. 04 Oct 2007 at 11:03 pm16divine ms k said:

    I’d totally be up for it, if I lived in Charlottesville yet. Le sigh.

    Anyone know of any good marketing/communicationsesque jobs for someone with 10 years experience, gimme a holler. ;-)

  17. 05 Oct 2007 at 1:34 am17Thor said:

    Maybe if companies started to post jobs we could find you one!

  18. 05 Oct 2007 at 9:14 am18townietoolong said:

    so is this going down? it’d be all over it. sounds like it’s losing momentum. … thor?

  19. 05 Oct 2007 at 9:20 am19Thor said:

    we’ll do it sometime next week.. no worries. I gotta figure out the best place to do it. I was thinking that maybe south street on Tuesday would be good if everyone agrees.

  20. 05 Oct 2007 at 9:30 am20oy said:

    South Street tuesday works - I’ll be there anyway… ;)

    -gary

  21. 05 Oct 2007 at 9:38 am21lilith said:

    *Nodding in agreement to SS.*

  22. 05 Oct 2007 at 9:53 am22Taliesin said:

    Ya….I’ll be there anyway as well

  23. 05 Oct 2007 at 1:47 pm23dijonbray said:

    I’m down for South Street, I never go there, and this is a great excuse to go!

  24. 05 Oct 2007 at 3:00 pm24AMG said:

    Personally, I think the Caribou show would be a pretty good place for cVillians to show up with some kind of blinky light - all of which should be activated at specific times and for specific durations. nothing too complex, just a minute of blinking at 9pm and 10pm or some such silliness.

  25. 05 Oct 2007 at 4:34 pm25oy said:

    ok - South Street on Tuesday.

    All guys should wear an “I’m Thor” nametag, and all women wear an “I’m Lilith” nametag.

    -gary (”No, *I’m* Spartacus!”)

  26. 05 Oct 2007 at 6:01 pm26Tim said:

    South Street sounds good to me. I like thor/lillith nametags, but do we want to do something a little more…attention-grabbing (i.e. flashing lights)?

    divine ms k….I have a couple possibilities for ya. How can I holler at you?

  27. 07 Oct 2007 at 12:41 am27TheUpstart said:

    The absolute masters of such shenanigans: Improve Everywhere (use the google on the internets, you will not regret it).

    I stumbled upon their website a while ago and thought the Best Buy>/a> and Home Depot “missions” were absolutely hilarious. I read a while ago that they were trying to pitch a TV show…but it didn’t get picked up.

  28. 07 Oct 2007 at 12:46 am28TheUpstart said:

    The absolute masters of such shenanigans: Improve Everywhere (use the google on the internets, you will not regret it).

    I stumbled upon their website a while ago and thought the Best Buy>/a> and Home Depot “missions” were absolutely hilarious. I read a while ago that they were trying to pitch a TV show…but it didn’t get picked up.

  29. 07 Oct 2007 at 9:57 am29Thor said:

    upstart - these guys are hilarious .. maybe all the cvillains should all start hugging each other?

  30. 07 Oct 2007 at 10:08 am30lilith said:

    But what if I get performance anxiety when I hug people?

  31. 07 Oct 2007 at 11:01 am31Thor said:

    hugagra - oral perscription medication for hug dysfunction (HD).. if hugs last longer than 12 hours, contact your physician immediately

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