Hey there you rabble-rousers,
While we don’t actually have any part in making this happen, I thought I’d let you know about something we fully support! Two weeks from today Boston will have its own silent rave!
Sound weird? Haven’t heard of one. Well don’t think too much about it. Just bring your MP3 player, show up, and when the time strikes start having some fun! Everyone taking their shopping trips to Newbury or heading to the bars on Boylston won’t know WTF is happening.
They’ve held these in London and NYC. Is Boston cooool enough to participate? I dunno, but it’s something different to do. WAKE UP BOSTON! Maybe it’ll be reaallly awkward. Maybe it’ll be really fun. But I’ll be doing it and then keeping my iPod on and heading to the bars. Or maybe dancing down the street like it’s an iPod commercial.
The “organizers” (it’s really about the people who come) of the event seem to be high school students and therefor a lot of high school kids have been invited. Don’t let that stray you away. We’re hear to tell you at least one 24 year-old will be there and I don’t want to get accused of anything illegal so come hang out with me.
More info on the event is below.
We also whipped up our own flyer, because we just really wanted to cuss in it.
Wear your DPM gear and come have fun!
Alex
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Some info from Silent Rave New York
- NO THE MUSIC WILL NOT BE SYNCED FOR EVERYONE. The main point of Silent Raves is that people have freedom to listen to whatever they want, plus this way we get people from all backgrounds, and don’t lose people who wouldn’t like the music we’d play.
- HOWEVER, you are very welcome to coordinate something with your mates/make playlists/set up FM transmitters, but that’ll all be via your own efforts. The official Silent Rave stance is people listen to anything they like.
- Please respect the other people dancing around you, and also the park! No-one wants a load of litter and bollocks to clean up afterwards, so just use common sense and don’t be a muppet.
- Dress up in whatever you want to, your fellow ravers won’t judge you!
- Show people they should be dancing in the streets, not in their rooms!
- Silent Raves are supposed to be entirely non-destructive activities. All in all we want everyone to RAVE and DISCO till your legs fall off or your mp3 battery runs out! and just have a bloody good time because things like this don’t come around too often.
