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Machine Gun Burning Man
Salon has a story on the “Gun Culture’s Burning Man“, the Knob Creek Machinegun Shoot near Louisville, KY. The Knob Creek Shoot is best understood as American gun culture’s Burning Man. Like the annual...
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Burning Man at Sea [Update]
…so says the New York Times, speculating on Google’s massive floating barges made out of shipping containers. Google are famous for being Burning Man fans, and founder Larry Page said earlier this year...
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Dr Burner
Here’s a good news story. One of those classic “Burner trips and makes good” type of stories, that you don’t read so much in the New York Times. A Burner went to Amsterdam and did a ton of acid and...
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Larry Harvey Called to Congress?
We welcome new Burner site justburn.us to the blogosphere. It’s great to see the Burner community continuing to develop outside the party, and to have more voices joining the conversation about the...
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MOOP-n-play
Earlier today, we brought you news of another contributor to the online discussions of Burning Man, justburn.us. Their posts, while seeming credible, are actually satire. Which is amusing to us here at...
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Lee Burridge Robot Heart Sunrise Set
New York-based DJ and producer Lee Burridge has gone to Mixmag with his 4-hour set which was recorded at Burning Man 2013. He says that Burning Man is the best party in the world: Burridge does a...
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BREAKING: Burning Man Reaches Deal with Pershing County
Last year, Burning Man sued Pershing County, objecting to their proposed increase in fees. At the time, the fear was that costs could skyrocket from $180,000 to half a million or more. Pershing County...
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They Ride Roughshod
by Whatsblem the Pro The principle of Decommodification that so many burners hold dear takes yet another brutal pounding this week as Australian chartbusting singer-songwriter-actress Missy Higgins...
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Six Things The World Could Learn From Burning Man
Meditation instructor and Burner hottie Emily Fletcher gives a feel-good presentation “What the world could stand to learn about Burning Man”, sharing some of the positives we can take away from the...
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Associated Press Misreports Pershing County Fees
by Whatsblem the Pro The Associated Press has released a correction to their November 11th story regarding Burning Man’s agreement with Pershing County, and it’s only fair that we acknowledge the...
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Bonding Through Body Odor
Magnetic has published an entertaining tongue-in-cheek guide, “EDM Culture: Ten Traditions That Bring Burners Together“. It’s amusing and insightful: 1. SUNRISES AND SUNSETS Burners don’t believe it,...
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Killing In The Name Of [Warning: Super-Gnarly photos]
This breaks my heart. If we are going to use Burner culture for good in the world, it should be to combat people like this. Yes, Second Amendment. And all the other Amendments. Yes, Constitution of the...
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Hipsters, Scenesters, Twerkers, Lend Me Your Bunny Ears
Scenester TV has done an episode featuring Burning Man 2013. It’s big on the blinky lights, but not so much on the in-depth analysis or factual accuracy. It’s all in good fun though, there are some...
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Michelle’s Mane Man is a Bang Busting Burner
It’s a slow day for news in the Burning Man world. Or maybe it’s just that I’m on island time over here in the tropical paradise of Kauai. The Daily Mail steps once more into the breach to entertain...
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Pssst, Hey Kid. . . the First One’s Free
by Whatsblem the Pro They even have digital Ex-Lax — IMAGE: Oda-Dik Los Angeles television station KTLA ran a news item this week giving parents everywhere something new to worry about: that their...
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Golden Rebar Awards
Philippe Glade is the author of old-fashioned paper book “Black Rock City, NV – the Ephemeral Architecture of Burning Man“. On his site, thisisblackrockcity.blogspot.com , he hands out “Golden Rebar”...
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Sunshine Superheroes
by Whatsblem the Pro Looks like that troublemaker Sol is in jail again Black Rock Solar, a non-profit run by superhero burners, has just completed the installation of a large photovoltaic array on the...
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Simply Ballooning
photo by Sarah Parvini In 2013 they shot a documentary on the Balloon Chain, a massive mobile art installation which is a popular fixture at Burning Man, Coachella, and other festivals. The Balloon...
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9 Reasons Not to Go
Justburn.us has an entertaining post, “9 reasons why burning man is horrible”Filed under: Funny Tagged: 2013, alternatives, funny
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Fire Jam: Aloha from Oahu
I’m in Honolulu, where I just went to a Burner event called Fire Jam at Kakaako Beach Park Amphitheater. Some great fire spinning and smooth beats, being sampled live. I met one of the Regional...
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