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Video: Can We Bring The Boombox Party Down A Notch?
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 23, 2012
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Maybe next year it can be more like this?
Over the weekend the Boombox Party took to our city, basically bringing people (some in suits, none in Lloyd Dobler trench coats) to the streets with boomboxes, which were all blasting a mix tape filled with what sounds like mostly predictable songs. To be honest, it looked kind of annoying, but you know, we've been waging war against "fun" lately... just see (and listen) for yourself in this below video documentation.
Masses of young people blasting mostly terrible techo-based music you'd likely find on Snooki's iPod, crowding the sidewalks and subways? No thank you! Idea: next year can we do this but with only Elliott Smith songs? Just something a little more sullen, you know? It may help us embrace this group activity.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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