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1,000 songs, 1,000 dancers, no sound

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From Friday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 4:51 PM EDT 13/05/08

Silent discos, popular in Europe for the past few years, are catching on across Canada ...Read the full article

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  1. Alistair McLaughlin from Canada writes: What childish idiocy. Making a fool of your self in public has become a form of self-expression. This i-pod generation is really something.
  2. B W from Canada writes: oh - see when I read it I thought - EVER FUN! I WANT TO ORGANIZE ONE! It's not making a fool of yourself - it's dancing! come on Alistair, let the music move you :)
  3. Alistair McLaughlin from Canada writes: BW, then play some music that others can actually hear. I don't oppose dancing, just dancing to headphones. It's RETARDED.
  4. Hornsworth Portswiler from adanac, Canada writes: I think it's an awesome idea. Some friends and I talked about something similar that was eventually done as an art concept; individuals wear headphones, but all listen to the same music, and the local sound system provides bass. People can listen to music at their own volume, have a good time and it's just interesting and novel to look at and participate in.

    Alistair, it's for fun, you know?
  5. Nick Klassen from Canada writes: I don't think Alistair is familiar with 'fun'... or at least the concept of 'different strokes for different folks'.
  6. Hugh Draper from Vancouver, Canada writes:
    Makes great sense; rather than dancing to the same tune, dance to your own. I cringe when I think of the stuff I had to dance to in discos 30 years ago. Plus, you don't force your music on others, which is definately a positive.
  7. Puntal Puntal from Calgary, Canada writes: Just when you thought iPod userss couldn't find a way to become more anti-social...
  8. Sue City from Canada writes: That'd make for an awkward bump-n-grind with two different rhythms going on! Must be where the "ow" came in.
  9. No Name Necessary from Canada writes: Why do you have to force yourself to dance? I read the article really quickly and dancing by yourself while listening to headphones is dumb. Yes...talk about anti-social.
  10. H M from Canada writes: Maybe you* don't normally dance by yourself to your music, but that doesn't mean *I wouldn't.

    And really, I like the idea of enjoying the music you like best.
  11. John T from Calgary, Canada writes: I bet these are the same people who are too "busy" to vote.
  12. mary wells from Canada writes: Oh this sounds like sooooooo much fun........ and noone can complain about the noise! I think its a brilliant idea and im 56 years old.What a great way to "seize the day" for all of us who "dance to the beat of a different drummer".
  13. Jonathan Mejia from Rexdale, Canada writes: John T sure came out of nowhere with that unsubstantiated comment. Making the assumption that I-POD listeners are apolitical based on little more than the fact that they listen to their I-POD's, is unfairly forming opinions about people you don't know. To counterbalance that I'll make an unfair unsubstantiated assumption about you now that I came to based on your behaviour: John T, I bet you're a racist. As for the other 'opinions' that I read I'd like to say I personally don't own an I-POD, but I listen to an mP3 player on the bus, and I wouldn't call myself more or less anti-social than the other people that don't talk to each other in crowded areas, including yourselves. I'd really be curious to see how many of you ever tapped on the shoulder of somebody listening to a personal musical device and decided to strike up a genuine conversation with them? If you've never done that would you call yourselves anti-social? Probably not. Now, I don't know if I would ever take part in one of these silent raves, it's just not my style. But me saying I won't participate, is certainly not the same as the posts I read of readers calling people "idiots", "retarded", and "dumb", because they choose to enjoy their own music in their own way. So to be fair to John T, let's make an assumption about you guys now: I bet you all can't dance.
  14. Mike K from Canada writes: I hope one of these happens at Yonge Dundas Square this summer...I'm in.
  15. Alistair McLaughlin from Canada writes: Jonathan Mejia, can't say I've ever tapped the shoulder of any i-pod user, except to motion him/her to get out of my way. I DID try to strangle one with his own headphone wire once. And Nick Klassen says I'm not familiar with the concept of 'fun'. Pfffffffft.
  16. abc abc from Vancouver, Canada writes: We have been Mobile Clubbing in Vancouver for over a year. It is lots of fun. check out http://foolishoperations.com/
  17. mary wells from Canada writes: Alistair McLaughlin...my my my.arent you just a ray of sunshine..

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