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Heavy on the ‘Ween’
by Whatsblem the Pro Stay out of Riyadh, Halcyon! Two Saudi Arabian men were arrested yesterday by the mutawa – officers of the Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice – in...
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Hippy Hijinks
Thanks to WhatsblemThePro for posting this gem on his Facebook – a guide to festival terminology written by an obviously jaded festival performer. Check out http://thejadedreview.com for more. Taken...
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Krampus: The Grinch That Saved Christmas
by Whatsblem the Pro St. Nicholas and the L.A. Krampus Troupe – IMAGE: Phil Glau/Al Ridenour We’ve told you about the Cacophony Society; we’ve told you about their role in creating Burning Man, flash...
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Luminescent Grand Launched at Cargo Cult 2013
Coda from Interstellar Transmissions, aka Burner William Jerome, debuted this blinky light powered piano at this year’s Burning Man. He performed the song “Galaxy”, accompanied by drummer Nathan Wilson...
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Miss Molly Goes to War
by Whatsblem the Pro CJ Hardin has gone from PTSD to MDMA to A-OK CJ Hardin first went to Burning Man in 2006; when he can make it to Black Rock City he volunteers as a medic. He spins fire staff, and...
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The Most Fun at Burning Man
Jessica Gentile over at Vice magazine brings us a tale from Canadian DJ Blondtron, who tells us she arrived at Cargo Cult for her first Burn, and managed to have the most fun at Burning Man out of the...
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SnapChat CEO’s “perpetually topless” GF is a Burner
This story has been doing the rounds of the Interwebz today, after Gawker ran yet another hit piece on LA-based SnapChat CEO (and Ivy League fratboy) Evan Spiegel, whose girlfriend has photos of her...
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Don’t Let Burning Man Happen to You!
“It’s not about sex and drugs. It’s not about Satan. And it is about Satan.” “We thought you’d want to see up close, what some have called a proto-apocalyptic hippy neo-Pagan freak fest” Another...
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The First Burning Man
We’ve covered the early days of Burning Man before, also here, but I don’t think we’ve posted this one before. Here’s a video of the very first Burn on the Playa, and one of the earlier Baker Beach...
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“Go Back to Law School”– Judge Nukes Pershing Deal
Allegations of malpractice . Details still not fully public . From KOLO8 news Reno Organizers of the annual weeklong celebration of self-expression and eclectic art known as Burning Man and a Nevada...
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“Absurd, Illegal, Mealy-Mouthed”: More on Judge’s Ruling on Burning...
My earlier post was hastily sent out from my iPhone, please forgive an initial spelling mistake, I hope you somehow managed to survive your day anyway. Sounds like sparks were flying in the Sparks...
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Magic on a Grand Scale
Is Burning Man the biggest magical ceremony in the world? For wicca magic, for Pagan religions, probably yes. Compared to religious festivals outside America, maybe not. Yes, we know BMOrg deny that...
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“Economy of Loving Kindness”
Is such a thing possible? Is that what the Ten Principles yield? Burner Hannah seems to think so. Writing at In The Fray: Before I became a “Burner” — what the festival calls its attendees, almost...
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Digging Ra Paulette
by Whatsblem the Pro You think YOU’RE an underground artist? — PHOTO: Ra Paulette If you’ve spent much time at all sitting around camp fires and burn barrels chewing the fat with people who go to...
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Alex Grey: Why Visionary Art Matters
Alex Grey is probably the world’s best-known “visionary” artist. He is a fixture on the American scene, with live painting at festivals and many trippers liking to wear his vibrant, complex, beautiful...
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Bare Your Soul from Dodgeball Addiction
These trippers from, ummm, Dodgeball Addiction, set up a video booth. A lot of the people in this video look like they probably don’t remember going in it…SURPRISE! This is quite amusing, good idea,...
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More Coverage of Pershing Dispute
It seems the Judge’s recent ruling in Burning Man’s dispute against Pershing County is causing a minor stir in the legal world. Two different legal blogs have commented on the decision. First, from...
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Not so Vogue?
French Vogue, 2012 Earlier this year, the San Francisco Bay Guardian brought us a 5-page story about Burning Man, written by Burner Scribe. We covered the story in The Spark of Controversy . We also...
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Burning Man: Back to the Future
by Whatsblem the Pro Or you can just sit there forever in your Rules-Royce, sucker Whether the topic is children on the playa, cops on the playa, feathers on the playa, or just rules in general on the...
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Hack for Good for Christmas
Reallocate.org is a charity founded by Burners and staffed by Burners, but you don’t have to be into Burning Man to participate. Anyone who has skills that they would like to use to help charities...
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