To: themobproject@yahoo.com
Subject: MOB #5
You are invited to take part in MOB, the project that
creates an inexplicable mob of people in New York City
for ten minutes or less. Please forward this to other
people you know who might like to join.
FAQ
Q. Can there be more photographers at the next mob?
A. There seemed to be plenty at MOB #4.
Q. I was being sarcastic.
A. "Sarcastic"...?
Q. Meaning that my real question is the EXACT
OPPOSITE of that question. Can there be *fewer*
photographers at the next mob?
A. In general, people should feel free to take
photographs at the mob. But at certain times in
certain mobs, photography dampens the effect. From now
on, the instruction slips for each mob will specify
when and where NOT to take photographs during that
mob.
Q. OK. Hey, how about an uptown mob?
A. Are you being "sarcastic" again?
Q. No.
A. Well, then: sure.
INSTRUCTIONS - MOB #5
Start time: Thursday, July 24th, sometime after 7:15pm
Duration: 10 minutes or less
(1) At some point during the day on July 24th,
synchronize your watch to
http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java/java.
(If that site doesn^Òt work for you, try
http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5.)
(2) By 6:55 PM, based on the month of your birth,
please situate yourselves in the bars below. Buy a
drink and act casual. NOTE: if you are attending the
MOB with friends, you may all meet in the same bar, so
long as at least one of you has the correct birth
month for that bar.
January, February, March: Dublin House, 225 W.
79th St. (just east of Broadway). Meet in the back by
the jukebox.
April, May, June: McAleer's, 425 Amsterdam Ave.
(between 80th and 81st). Meet in the back, by the
enormous television set.
July, August, September: Bourbon Street, 407
Amsterdam Ave. (between 79th and 80th). Meet in the
back, by the even more enormous television set.
October, November, December: 420 Bar and Lounge,
420 Amsterdam Ave. (at 80th St.). Meet in the back,
near the constrained tree.
(3) Then or soon thereafter, a MOB representative will
appear in the bar and pass around further
instructions. The instructions will specify the mob
site, the start time, and the duration. The
instructions will give you what you need and then
some.
(4) In particular, the instructions will tell you when
to disperse. Make sure that two minutes after the
specified time, you are no longer at the mob site.
(5) Return to what you otherwise would have been
doing, and await instructions for MOB #6.