OK, it’s been a long time since we’ve asked you to submit these (and it’s not like you were ever flooding HQ with material), so we’ve decided to get the ball rolling and post one of our own from last night’s launch party for The Rumpus at Crash Mansion. To set the scene for you, founder Stephen Elliot (who we interviewed here) was on stage giving a rundown of his site, and said something along the lines of, “We’re like a literary magazine that plays by the Internet’s rules, meaning we update at least 15 times a day — like a Gawker, or a Huffington Post, but we’re not mean.”
Girl #1: Omigod, I love Gawker!
Girl #2: [Breathlessly] Omigod, I love Gawker too!
They proceeded to chat about their mutual love for the site — Gawker, not The Rumpus — as James Frey took the stage and read a hilarious unpublished piece that he claimed was going to be part of a new Damien Hirst project about Kate Moss. It was all about how she secretly has an IQ of 195 and is working in a secret lab on a formula that will allow her to live forever. But it’s way better than we’re making it sound.
Got a good Heard in the Crowd to share with us? Send it along to tips [at] flavorwire [dot] com and if we decide to run it, we’ll reward you with something cool that’s sitting around our office. Like a CD or a fancy art book.
Congrats go out to the three winners of our Heard in the Crowd contest — we’re sure you’ll enjoy Judah Friedlander’s antics at the Bad Art Auction tonight at Le Poisson Rouge. Avant rockers Xiu Xiu will cap the affair with some good, if dissonant, art-rock noise.
Junior high kid walking by to his two friends: Yo, I heard for every 10 pounds you lose your dick gets one inch bigger.
Kid 2: (pointing to Kid 3) So like Ronnie’s dick must be 20 inches or some sh*t.
Kid 3: (looks down and sighs)
- Standing in line at a book signing on Smith Street
B&T looking guy to his friend: You’re pretty sexy for an accountant.
- Two guys at crowded show at Hiro Ballroom
Concession Worker to annoying customer: The other bathrooms are just downstairs.
Annoying Customer: Downstairs? How do I get there? Do I just….go downstairs?
Concession Worker: That would be the best way, yeah.
- Angelika Film Center
Every night you’re out there — hitting up a gallery opening, first in line at the movies, fighting the crowd at a sold-out concert — and then you hear it: someone in the crowd says something that makes your jaw drop.
The best way to cope is by sharing your pain publicly through Heard In the Crowd.
Every Monday Flavorwire will post our favorite overheard bits of conversation submitted by readers to tips@flavorpill.com — from the extremely hilarious to the undeniably juicy — and invite you to judge perfect strangers.
Nothing is out of bounds but the totally boring.
After the jump, our special CMJ 2008 edition.
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