What would you do if some people, male and female, around you in the subway suddenly dropped their pants? Before all you women whip out the mace and start kicking all the family jewelry within reach, think about the date. If its Jan 10, then you need to just relax and take a few deep breaths, because its Global No Pants Subway Rides day on Jan 10.

Here’s the details for the annual event in NYC, organized by Improv Everywhere. Altogether , a total of 15 cities are taking part in aforementioned pant dropping escapade including Adelaide, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Toronto and Vienna. US cities other than New York which will be caught with their pants down on Saturday Jan 10 2009 include Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, St. Paul/Minneapolis and Washington DC.

As you can see from the video, its a kinda big hit, actually. Last year, MSNBC had a video up for it. You can bet your boots it’ll be even bigger this year.

Moving from weird attractions in New York to weird attractions who come to New York, we have rock bands who’re using CouchSurfing.com to find crash pads, instead of abusing some poor fans’ hospitality, or paying through the nose for expensive hotels for the entire group.

Spin.com has a much quoted and bandied about article which examines how over 900 bands which are registered members of Couchsurfing are saving on lodging costs by making use of the non-profit website’s mechanism of facilitating stays at other members’ residences.

The Shackeltons spent 109 nights on the road in 2008 — and only paid to stay in a hotel once. The rest of the time, the Pennsylvanian post-punkers crashed at private homes, sometimes with friends, but more often with strangers they found through couchsurfing.com. After one too many nights staying with crazy fans they met at their shows — including an alcoholic sex addict who danced around them while they slept — the website seemed like a godsend. “We’ve never had any bad couchsurfing.com stays,” says singer Mark Redding. “Everyone was so welcoming, and their places were nice and clean.”

Posted on December 31st, 2008 by Thomas
Filed under: NYC, News