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SAY YOU LOVE SANTA: A Cautionary Tale
Image: AFP by Whatsblem the Pro We all know there was more of a police presence than ever at Burning Man 2013, along with several alarming law enforcement innovations, like the partnering of officers...
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Snakes on a Playa
by Whatsblem the Pro Burning Man 2013 has come and gone. . . and no, Daft Punk didn’t play a surprise gig at the trash fence, nor do they have one planned for 2014 (that we know of). Playa rumors...
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Business Insider Comments on Police Presence at Burning Man 2013
Burning Man continues to get lots of coverage in the mainstream global financial press. This one in Business Insider was published while we were out on the Playa. Justice must not only be done, it must...
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Airlifting in the CEO Bitches
Last week we highlighted Business Insider’s coverage of Burning Man, talking about how a home-seizing hedge fund guru used private aircraft to bring in ingredients for French Toast on the Playa,...
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FOUND: (once was lost) Diarmúid McKenna
by Whatsblem the Pro Have you seen Diarmúid McKenna? Diarmúid McKenna, an Irish burner who camped with Basshenge this year, is missing. Mckenna, whose last known location was at the Best Western hotel...
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2013 Photo Gallery by Ruprecht Studios
My friend Peter Ruprecht from New York has put up a couple of galleries of his photographs from Cargo Cult. Some amazing photos in here. Artistic Photos (29) Revitalize Photoshoot (278) Peter has also...
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The Eye in the Sky: Drone Views of Cargo Cult
From The Week: When most people think of drones, they probably think of remote-fired missiles raining down on Pakistan and Yemen. But it turns out that drones — or, technically, unmanned aerial...
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Plant Trees for the Temple
I love trees. And so does everyone else in my family – see attached picture of brother. At Burning Man I wore a tank top that said “hustle trees” (randomly). So I was very pleased to hear that The...
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Appreciate the Miracles: Radical Inclusion is not Anti-Elite
Over at the official Burning Man blog, John “Halcyon” Styn has shared a post about radical inclusion. I haven’t always been a fan of his style in the past, Burning Man is not the Care Bears after all,...
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74 live sets from Burning Man 2013
Rockstar Librarian seems to have been working hard on her honeymoon. She’s compiled an epic list of 74 live sets from Burning Man 2013, for our listening pleasure. Click HERE to see the full list....
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“It’s Fiery. Whatever mate.”…Burners feature in new Taco Bell Commercial
One of the principles of Burning Man is Decommodification. One of the principles of the advertising industry is riding on cool trends. The two seem to be coming together now, in this could-be-Burning...
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Throw Water at Sparkle Pony
by Whatsblem the Pro You’ll never get it up the steps! Tribes That May Be is a text adventure project by Jonathan ‘Gadget’ Freedman and Adrienne ‘Ashtar’ Haik that takes players to a virtual version...
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How I Got F*cked By Burning Man
Leah Lamb has just written a fantastic piece about Burning Man over at the Huffington Post. Great story, although it seems to me that she didn’t stay for the Temple Burn, I think she would really have...
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Black Hawk Down! Supreme Commander of NATO Visits Burning Man
For some reason, the celebrity factor at Burning Man this year is generating more interest than in previous years. We’ve already covered the Facebook founders/Winklevi hug-fest, and the...
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Kids Playset: Build Your Own Meth Lab out of Legos
The latest (and supposedly, final) series of Breaking Bad has people all over the world on the edge of their seats. You know, the one where the dad from Malcolm in the Middle becomes a different kind...
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General Principles
by Whatsblem the Pro General Wesley Clark (retired) – PHOTO: R.D. Ward The news spread far and wide: John Perry Barlow, of Grateful Dead and Electronic Frontier Foundation fame, tweeted to the world...
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Fire in the Hole! What a Temple Burn Looks Like From the Inside
Photographer NK Guy, from the web site Burning Cam, is probably the first person to photograph a Temple Burn from the inside. I hope this trend continues and we get insider’s look videos from every...
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Feather Ban Lifted?
So says a store called “Screaming Mimis” in New York, where Wall Street Executives have been slapping down their Black Amexes for $1500 purchases of kilts, goggles, head-dresses and vintage-looking...
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PBS Newshour Starring Burning Man
The mainstream mainlining of Burning Man continues. Now the party has made it to PBS Newshour as a feature story. That’s right Burners, the government who cancelled Fleet Week due to “sequestration”...
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SAFETY THIRD: Sacked DPW Dispatch Manager Blows the Whistle on Safety Issues
by Whatsblem the Pro Earlier this year we reported on a spate of firings at Burning Man, including that of DPW Dispatch manager Palmer ‘Gameshow’ Parker. Technically, Gameshow wasn’t fired; the...
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