Thanks to the hundreds of people who participated today! We hope you had as much fun as we did! We’ll be combing through the photos and video over the next few days and hope to have a mission report filed by the end of the week. In the meantime, if you were there today you can file your own report by leaving a comment on this post. Let us know how your individual experience was. If you upload your photos to flickr, tag them “mp3experimentfour” and “improveverywhere.” Feel free to post links to your photos here as well. Don’t miss Agent Nicholson and Agent Fountain’s sets.
And if you want to continue worshiping Steve, why not pick up our new “Praise Steve” tee over at Neighborhoodies? It’s available in all sorts of colors, styles, and sizes.
My first mission and it was a blast. Thanks for organizing this. May there be more soon!
Check out my photostream…
http://www.flickr.com/gp/36874990@N00/GT6BVP
more coming soon…
Woot.
got my set up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mach5/sets/72157601536592329
that was tight. and sweet. the best part was giving the thumbs up and high fives during that walk.
That was SO much fun! 36 minutes was not enough. Can’t wait for the next one.
Charlie Todd: What where the park rangers talking to you about after the event. Two of them looked very annoyed or confused.
Had a blast, look forward to many more. Thanks!
Liza: I was pretending that I wasn’t apart of it (despite my bright blue shirt) and just chatting the park ranger up. He didn’t have anything too interesting to say, other than the group should have had a permit. Somehow I don’t think we would have been approved. :)
This mission was amazing. I’m still smiling. The fun was about 4% “Yay, we’re in on the joke”, and 96% “Look how many dorks live in NYC (or elsewhere!), getting kicks out of high-fiving strangers.” You can’t help liking all the other participants. I don’t know, but I think a worldwide mp3 experiment would go a long way towards world peace. “Israelis, find a Palestinian and give them a high five!”
The music was awesome, by the way. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. You rock!
fun times indeed
where’s the german tourist??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11773292@N08/sets/72157601530388248/
This was my first mission and I had a blast! Thanks for making this so much fun. Hopefully I can find the time to get up to NYC and participate in more missions.
http://flickr.com/photos/11697944@N03/1165308702/
Enjoy the photos.
Oh! And these are my photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11726323@N06/
I had an absolutely amazing time!! The guy with the red shirt, book and backpack who said he though his watch was slow and asked me (girl with green shirt, short curly hair, and psp) for the time about an hour and 15 minutes before the exeriment… you are adorable! Sorry I didn’t say much more, I was too excited about the experiment.
Here are my pictures-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77577767@N00/sets/72157601530829020/
- Agent Kaye
that was sooo fun. It definitely should have been longer, though.
Another one well done guys! I missed mp3Experiment 3 but i did not pass up on 4! It was truly an amazing experience not only inside the event but a few blocks away from it as well! You know why? Some of us arrived pretty late and I was standing on the corner waiting for the street light to turn red…but next to me were people in red, blue, and yellow shirts with earphones in their ears. If they did anything what i did and started their MP3 at exactly 4 but was hurrying to the event than surely..these are our people. We randomly glanced at each other..and i turned to her one more time..and we both laughed and smiled and KNEW we had to get to this event immediately. So we were running down the blocks going through the park passing a line of bicyclers. And finally I got to the park and I saw a bunch of heads bobbing up and down over a hedge. And i knew “it’s everyone skipping for the german!” So i started to skip through the park and jumped down a few stairs and randomly joined the crowed. It’s amazing how people could pour in from different directions like that.
Honestly it felt really short and wish it was longer. Also I think you guys have had the best idea of having everyone sync watches like that so just in case people are late we can still catch up with what’s going on. And honestly I can’t wait to see what we all looked like as a bullseye ::rubs chin::
Another mission awesomely done Charlie Todd and Co.!
that was awesome, guys! this was the first one i had the chance to be a part of, and it was sooooo much fun.
i think the only problem with it was that there were way, way too many people for the Twister… i couldn’t even get near the “board”.
my favorite part was high-fiving random strangers. well, and the elation of watching this huge crowd converge out of nowhere at the beginning!
36 minutes seemed woefully short.
i can’t wait to see the pictures!
This was my first mission and it was awesome!! I only wish it went longer. It was just so cool and I can’t wait to see more pics and video!! Thanks guys!!
This was my first one. I had a blast. I didnt know what to expect. It was so awesome looking at the people that didnt know what was going on. Cant wait for the next one :)
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Hey everyone, this MP3 Experiment was my first mission ever, and I had a complete blast! From the very start when everyone stood up in unison, I knew that this was gonna be a lot of fun. Hopping and jumping after the German was hilarious, and Twister was a great time. Walking through the park, I was thumbs-uping and high=fiving total strangers, and it was hard NOT to be smiling the whole time. I remember there was a bicyclist in front of me who seemed to get completely swept up in our German-led parade! I noticed him later sharing an iPod with another member of the Experiment! Priceless! And when Steve asked us all to rollerblade, I noticed a few people ON rollerblades doing just that.
Once we reached the park and started taking photos the real fun began. Trying to team up with someone to match colors was ingenius! And once the human dartboard started, I think I had the most fun of all. I was in a green shirt, which meant that I had to go into the tight middle all while thinking, “Shouldn’t red be in the middle?” My thoughts were eventually answered when the reds and greens had to switch places. Looking up, there were people in the adjacent apartment buildings looking down on us, and I hope there were a few Agents on the rooftops to snap some ariel shots! Freeze tag was great, as planting the yellows in between everyone and then making them “it” was smart! After a few rounds of tag, I was pretty tired, so I was happy to let Steve have his brother take over and let us lie down and relax.
Before I knew it, 36 minutes had passed in flash and I was walking away amongst a mass of yellow, red, blue, and green. Congrats to everyone for such a successful mission, a big thanks to Agent Todd for putting everything together, and a huge thank you to Steve!
Peace!
A fantastic experience all around. Can we get some information about the stellar music? Sitting on the steps, listening to the opening sequence and looking at the water was idyllic.
My friend and I were excited to see Charlie Todd walking by looking busy around 3:45. It seemed like the whole area was filling up with only people wearing red, yellow, blue and green, and it was hard to find a place to sit away from everyone else. Catching a few people’s eyes as they walked by, it was pretty easy to tell the agents from the civilians, but I think we kept up the charade very well until starting time.
I ending up being about a minute behind somehow, so I missed some of the beginning trying to catch up. I finally got it mostly figured out during Twister and then really caught up while following the German tourist.
The civilians loved the thumbs-up, smiling, high-fives and so forth. A little boy at the pool tables we passed while following the German tourist was particularly excited and received many high-fives. There was also a runner who went by us grinning and laughing with her hand out to give high-fives.
Most people in the park were interested and not too perturbed, I think. I had to laugh when we were departing at the end, because a bunch of girls sunbathing (some with bikinis undone) were visibly annoyed. There was also a guy describing a flash mob to his friend, who was confused about what he had just witnessed. He was saying, “There’s no one in charge – people just appear and disappear.” Of course, we know that Steve was in charge.
My cell phone pictures are not so great so I’m not posting them. Thanks to everyone who set this up. I’m looking forward to the next mission.
My first mission and I was not disappointed. I managed to have a grin on my face the entire 36 minutes.
Next time, can you make it last longer? 8 hours or so would be good. It could start in the morning. Steve could instruct me to have breakfast and brush my teeth. Good times for all.
This was the most fun i have ever had. I came in with my brother and dad. I tried to bring some more recruits, but was unsuccessful. But they all seemed jealous once i told them. It was amazing from skiping to the German Tourist to high fiving complete strangers. The experiment was fun, but what really brought it together was the oblivious faces of the passer bys. I have watched other experiments and i was sooooo happy to finally be a part of one. I can not wait for the next event, more or less the mp3 experiment next year. I will be uploading my pics later once i get them on to my computer.
Thanks so much to Improv Everywhere for organizing this event. It was awesome!
Praise Steve!!!