Feel like freedom

Know what we haven’t had for a long time? A flash mob.

I guess that’s because of going-on three years of global pandemic, duh, but it seems time to see what we got.

After spending whole minutes on YouTube, I have to say that the 2022 crop of flash mobs (at least the first five pages or so) is on the dire side. Too many are just clearly stage performances in what happens to be a public area or are, uh, somewhat substandard in dancing ability.

But this one, on the boardwalk at Santa Cruz, Calif., has both the verisimilitude of spontaneity and serious dance chops. The song is "Freedom", by New Orleans artist Jon Batiste, who recently entertained those lucky dogs at Joe Biden's first State Dinner, for Emmanuel Macron. 

Crank up the volume and feel free to bust a move or two.