Rollo Kim Reporting

Rollo Kim, InvestigaSituationistal Journalist

Tuesday, August 26, 2003

From certain angles, she looks like there are two of her, like she’s sitting next to an identically dressed twin, whispering in her ear.

David Lynch’s 'cinema de l'autisme': those inexorable pauses, the hesitant amateur performances. “What’s the number for 911?” Asks Dorothy [The Straight Story].

"Flash mobs - unlike truly 'smart mobs' - do things that have no clear point, such as dancing like chickens in a department store. The threat to them now, of course, is that people will try to impose agendas on them. Marketers will create 'fake' flash mobs to draw attention to retail environments... And then people will become suspicious of flash mobs - is it a real one, or not? Who is calling this one? Is it a reputable flash mob syndicate member? Get ready for flash mobs called on the same day or night by competing conveners." Rushkoff.