Prom Season — and its promise of rented limos, expensive gowns you’ll never wear again, and desperate hookup attempts — is upon us. Many of you probably didn’t go to prom because fuck high school! But what if there was an ironic prom with DJ sets by members Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, and Hercules & Love Affair, emceed by comedian Leo Allen? Would you go to that? Too late, it happened last night. The event benefited 826NYC, the nonprofit that tutors kids in the back of a superhero supply store, so if that’s not a good reason to slow dance to “Open Arms” I don’t know what is. We sent Zach Dilgard to capture the festivities for posterity. One day some of these haircuts will look (even more) ridiculous.
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you guys really need a new photo interface. this one is painful.
Agreed! Where as most slideshows will simply load a new pic in place of the last one, this one has to basically reload the entire page – making the entire process very choppy with unnecessary lag time.
I can look into it. It took forever to even get this built, wasn’t easy.
i agree. i’m not at all inclined to look through the pictures now. short attention span
At first, I thought it would be safe to assume (judging by the DJ group assembled + high school prom crowd), that maybe 15% of the kids would even recognize who was doing what – then I scrolled through the photos and realized my idea of a typical prom crowd clearly can be negated when talking about a NYC school, complete with plenty of ironic facial hair and people who look much older than being at a prom might indicate. 27 must be the new 17? what I’m trying to say is, looked fun :)
you couldnt mention your real prom date?
Haa, I almost did!
This does not look like anyone’s prom, ever. I don’t think I even saw any teenagers. Just a lot of middle-aged men.
I’ve put off asking long enough, moonmaster.
I must know where your avatar is from.
It’s so inspiring; I nearly cry every time I see it.
what is your avatar from????
826LA sux. It never does cool shit like this.
Yes, fuck high school!
Here in the Phils, prom is a big thing and there is no need for a big names to entertain.
Please change the photo interface as its real painful to go through them,,,,its spoiling the complete essence..