I attended an event this evening on the Upper East Side. After it ended, I couldn't find a cab, so I cranked up the volume on my iPod and walked to Penn Station. It's about a 2 mile walk and I figured it would be a decent end-of-day workout.

As I walked towards the Times Square area, I noticed a large blue crowd converging on the northwest corner of 48th and 6th. Blue, meaning they were all wearing blue. Blue shirts, hats, jeans.... They stopped in front of a lit glass store front (at this point I was about a quarter of a block away on 48th.) All of them faced the store. I got to the far corner.

They held up signs and sheets of paper and started singing. LOUDLY.

I've paid my dues. Time after time.
I've done my sentence, but committed no crime.
And bad mistakes, I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I've come through!

I stared... just freakin' gaping at them all... who expects to see a crowd of about 50 people just show up and start to sing? Then I noticed what storefront is located at the northwest corner of 48th Street and the Avenue of the Americas (better known as Sixth Avenue.)

The Fox News Channel studio.

You know, the one with the glass windows so viewers can see Sixth Avenue? They were on the air, too. :)

We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting, till the end
We are the champions. We are the champions.
No time for losers 'cause we are the champions,
of the world!

I got to join in on the second verse and final chorus. :) Oh, and the talking heads in the studio ignored us, but the producer and cameraman looked pretty damned surprised

The song ended, the laughing crowd rapidly dispersed... leaving me and a few bemused tourists chattering about what had just happened. My first flash mob. Featuring Queen! At 10:00 at night on a Thursday. How random is that?

I love my hometown. I wonder if this means I can add "Sang Live On Fox News" to my resume. :-D

Did anyone happen to record FOXNews last night? If we show up on the air, I want a copy!