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It’s Looking Like Another SNAFU
[Update: Scribe has written a story about the SNAFU at SFBG. Comment from Marian: "it's moving slowly, but we've seen worse!" They had to add more servers...ummm, is no one capable of capacity...
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2013 Ticket Post-Mortem
kudos to the wag who created this – contact us if you want an image credit So…looks like Burning Man sold 40,000 tickets in about half a day. Well, technically, it’s more like a quarter of a day. My 2...
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Help! I Didn’t Get a Ticket! 7 Ways You Can Still Go
It’s been interesting to see the 2013 ticket process play out. Myself and some friends got tickets in less than 10 minutes, by getting in the queue in the first 20 seconds. From our point of view, yay...
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Nevada Local Governments Make Pitch To Control Burning Man
Last year Burning Man filed suit against Pershing County, NV, for trying to get a cut of the $24 million+ annual revenues the party brings in. Burning Man argued that their county-based ordnance was...
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Cargo Cult and the Post-Industrial Economy
Does Burning Man have influence over world affairs? Hard to say, but I find it interesting that the “Cargo Cult” meme is now finding its way into the mainstream media. Max Keiser is a financial...
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The Rise of the Creative Class: NadaDada Motel Does it Again
by Whatsblem the Pro Art by Killbuck There are a lot of ways to burn, and when you start talking about what makes someone a burner or not a burner, chances are good that you’re about to say something...
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Burners in Brooklyn: Artists Bringing Art Cars to the Wider World
The Brooklyn Paper has published a story on veteran Burner and visionary artist, Yarrow Mazzetti. I first met Yarrow in 2010 when I camped with the Overkill crew, he’s a great guy and builds some of...
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Burnal Equinox 2013 is Coming!
by Whatsblem the Pro The Machine – Photo by Douglas Hope Hooper Burnal Equinox is coming up once again on Saturday, March 2nd, halfway between Burning Man 2012 and Burning Man 2013. There will be...
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Burners, Burners, Everywhere…
Thanks to Burning Man’s social alchemist Bear Kittay for posting this one. Click the link below to see a map of Regional Events around the planet. Burner culture is starting to spread, a disorganized...
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Freedom’s Just Another Word for Being Really Hard to Find
by Whatsblem the Pro No less a light than R. Buckminster Fuller once said that “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing...
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Yet Another Burning Man Movie
Here’s the trailer for Spark, a new movie being premiered at South By Southwest aka SXSW in Austin. Thanks to Capacity and Desire and the Scumfrog for this one. Filed under: Burner Stories Tagged:...
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Mutant Gas Alert!
by Whatsblem the Pro In news that will surely upset those who fondly imagine Larry Harvey as Moses handing the Ten Principles down to the Chosen, the Org is testing the waters to see if a Black Rock...
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Gidday Mate! The Australians Go to Burning Man
Aussie media loves Burning Man The Aussie flag has been proudly flown at Burning Man since at least 1997. The word is well and truly out Down Under, Australians love a good party and this is the best...
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Still Looking for a Ticket? STEP Registration open in 45 minutes
There are also other ways to get tickets. Filed under: General Tagged: 2013, tickets
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Afterburn 2012 Report Published
Kudos to the BMOrg team for getting the 2012 report out quickly – although, the financials are still “work in progress”. They acknowledge up front the problems caused by their ticket system: Within the...
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Burning Nerds – Ideology Subsumed?
We’re big fans of Caveat Magister, one of the last voices of reason to be heard at the official Burning Man blog – and always fun to read. His latest post is on the infiltration of Burning Man culture...
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Pura Vida! Envision Nails It Again
some great visuals at the Luna stage I’m down in Costa Rica for the Envision festival again. What a great festival! A combination of local, US and Canadian musicians and speakers, in a tropical beach...
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2013 Burnal Equinox Followup
Kindergarten Kamp’s Phoenix – photo by John William Fairclough by Whatsblem the Pro Burnal Equinox came and went this weekend in Nevada City, California, and I’m still trying to stop smiling. I told...
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Does Burning Man Need a New Home?
by Whatsblem the Pro Whither goest thou, Man, in thy arty car in the night? The struggle to allocate dollars for education and road projects has been heated between Northern and Southern Nevada in this...
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Sex ‘n’ Drugs ‘n’ Bikes That Roll
by Whatsblem the Pro Having a bicycle on the playa is considered essential by just about everyone who isn’t riding a Segway or driving a golf cart or an art car. Bringing your bike from home might not...
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