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Radical Stagnation: A Call for Creativity
Chris Colley at Justburnus has written a great op-ed about where Burning Man is today. He also offers some ideas for the future, something I think this community needs to hear more of. It’s worth...
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Learning the Ten Principles
This is very well done. Only 1000 views on YouTube, deserves a lot more. Shout out to Element11, the Utah Regional, for putting this together. I want some Cosmic Dolphins! #nailedit Filed under: Ideas...
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Bottle Service Reaches New Heights in NV
If you’re heading into the Playa this year, remember to look up. There are going to be 200 Burner operated drones, and who knows who many integrated local and Federal police, military, and alphabet...
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Brainwashing: The New Billionaire Obsession
Vox has just published a piece on Burning Man by Gregory Ferenstein: “Why Silicon Valley Billionaires are obsessed by Burning Man“. Perhaps a more appropriate title might be “why the media are obsessed...
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Official BLM Arrest Statistics 2010-2013
This data is from governmentattic.org, in response to a FOIA request. 433 citations last year (71% for drugs) and 6 arrests, out of 69,613 people. That a 0.6% (1 in 160) chance of getting busted at...
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And The Most Popular Camp Is…
Burnerlove is a site linked to Burner Map, which lets your Facebook friends see where you are camped. The folks who brought you BurnerMap love Burners and Burning Man so much we just had to do more!...
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BREAKING: Burning Man is Closed [Updates]
Hard to believe, but it’s true. They have closed the gate due to rain (and hail). BRC is closed thru tonight & possibly into tomorrow a.m. Cars being turned back @ Wadsworth. Cars also being...
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2014 BRC Weekly
Black Rock City’s daily paper used to be called Piss Clear, with new editions coming out daily on Playa (you could pick them up at Center Camp). It’s now known as the BRC Weekly. The 2014 issue is now...
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RGJ: “Closed Through Tonight At Least”
Forget Burning Man today, people. It’s closed, and not expected to re-open until tomorrow morning at the earliest. Time to make the most of Reno instead. Reno hotels are offering room discounts to...
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Playa Update: Some Cars Coming In, Trash is the New Fashion
Watching the UStream feed, it looks like the gate may be open again for people who have been waiting there all day. There are vehicles are coming in. If we get an official announcement we will let you...
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2014 Black Rock Beacon
Piss Clear BRC Weekly is not the only news-sheet on the Playa. There’s also the Black Rock Bacon Beacon: Filed under: General Tagged: 2014, beacon, Black Rock City, brb, city, news, press, stories
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Tuesday Afternoon Update: All Systems Go
Some updates via BMIR: The gate and all roads leading to the festival are open. Travel times are: Wadsworth to Gerlach 1:48 Gerlach to gate 0:15 Highway to Gate 2:00-3:00 Will Call wait time is...
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29 Hours in Line; Only Half Made it in Before Closure
John Curley has provided an update from Media Mecca HQ. Last year, there were 55,000 people in Black Rock City by midday Tuesday. This year was a lot less: photo: John Curley The sun had come out by...
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How Much For That Ranch In The Desert?
The Black Rock Beacon published a story about the Burning Man Founders’ cash out. The $10 million figure they use seems very much on the low side, unless it is per director. See The Great BMOrg Cash...
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Black Rock Beacon – Swamp Edition
From blackrockbeacon.org Filed under: General Tagged: 2014, beacon, black rock, broadsheet, city, news, newspaper, newssheet, press
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Busted? Lawyers For Burners Can Help You Beat The Rap
Lawyers For Burners gave an interview on BMIR today, with some useful information. If you get a citation at Burning Man, please contact Lawyers for Burners. More than 2/3rds of citations at Burning Man...
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What Dreams May Come – Part I
Mutant Vehicle at Afrika Burn When superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold announced the 2014 lineup at White Ocean, I was over the moon – even though I’m not at Burning Man this year. We declared it “victory for...
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BREAKING: Woman Dies at Burning Man [Updates]
This just in, we will update the story if we get more details. From the SF Chronicle: 08-28) 08:49 PDT BLACK ROCK DESERT, NEV. — A woman died at Burning Man in northern Nevada early Thursday after...
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First Grover, then The Kook
Last year former Presidential candidate General Wesley Clark attended Burning Man. This year, former Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich is there. And he loves it! This place is amazing!...
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Transformation and Community at Burning Man
thanks to Simon Yugler from Travel Alchemy for this guest post. Other Burners, if you have something to say, please follow suit. Share your perspective with the rest of our community. In my opinion,...
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