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Burning Man Org to Burners: We Own You
by Whatsblem the Pro People who don’t know what Burning Man is tend to assume that it’s just another festival; a place where consumers go to enjoy passive entertainment arranged by event promoters....
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Burning Man® and the Old Switcheroo
by Whatsblem the Pro Photo by Sincerely Hana The JACK RABBIT SPEAKS has an interesting bit of wording in the latest issue. It’s in a section called “Black Rock City Civics” and it has to do with...
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BEQUINOX! L.A. Debuts a Burnal Equinox Celebration of Their Own
by Whatsblem the Pro Seraphim – Photo by Curious Josh The two big Burnal Equinox celebrations in Nevada City, CA and San Francisco have come and gone, but you don’t have to feel like you missed out....
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Temple Builders Revealed!
by Whatsblem the Pro The Temple of Whollyness – Rendering by Gregg Fleishman With David Best out of the picture for 2013, there’s been a lot of anticipation over who will build the Temple this year....
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LOVE FOR SALE: Bruno Throws in the Towel
by Whatsblem the Pro Photo by Consumptionblog Big news in Gerlach this week as real estate magnate Bruno Selmi, the Ted Turner of Northern Nevada, puts Bruno’s Country Club up for sale at a whopping...
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Burning Man Fashion 2013: Manish Arora’s Indian Burn
by Whatsblem the Pro Photo: Ramesh Sharma A major five-day fashion show in India last week featured a much-ballyhooed grand finale: designer Manish Arora’s latest line, inspired by his visit to Burning...
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London comes to Burning Man
London. Black Rock. City. We brought you news of this way back in January, when Whatsblem the Pro conducted an in-depth interview with London BRC’s Alan McCann. Now the Daily Mail in the UK has picked...
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Spark Ignites SXSW, to Mixed Reviews
I missed the Burning Man contingent at SXSW, being there with a contingent of my own in relation to different festivals. But they were there in full force, to support the Burning Man movie Spark’s...
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Comings and Goings of Burner Art
Out with the old, in with the new. The Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship, a much loved addition to the Embarcadero waterfront over the last few years, has been taken down. On to pastures unknown. The Space...
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Temple Burns: Not Just for Burning Man any more
At Burners.Me, we’re very supportive of Burner culture diffusing out into the wider world. We try to live Burning Man every day, not just pretend to be someone else for one week a year. Burning Man...
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24 C.O.R.E. Projects Approved for Cargo Cult
Burning Man has announced this year’s CORE sample: 24 projects, 16 from the US and 8 from other countries including Lithuania and the Netherlands. According to Visual News: The “Circle of Regional...
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The Digital Renaissance Faire: A New Burner Event Gets Off the Ground
by Whatsblem the Pro DRF Logo by Corey ‘Endeavor’ Rosen The first annual Digital Renaissance Faire is coming up at the end of May in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. It isn’t particularly digital, and it’s...
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Forgotten City Buried in Two Inches of Gravel
by Whatsblem the Pro Image: John Marsh and Kelly Curtis There’s just a hint of mayhem in the story behind what shouldn’t be a terribly noteworthy change of plans for the fourth annual Forgotten City...
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Can Gods Die?
by Whatsblem the Pro Photo: Sarah Taylor El Pulpo Mecanico, the steampunk art car in the form of an enormous cephalopod that first wowed us all at Burning Man 2011, is reportedly headed for the scrap...
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Home-made Glowsticks from Mountain Dew
Some “Burner than thou” types – who’ve probably never been to a rave in their life – frown with disdain upon glowsticks. “It’s MOOPs!”, they cry. So here’s a cunning loophole to beat the system:...
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The Man vs. the Man: Will Local Authorities Be Booted From Burning Man?
by Whatsblem the Pro Big doings in the Nevada State Assembly! The website of the Washoe County Republican Party reports: BOB-ZI! BOB-ZI! BOB-ZI! Photo: David Bobzien “Earlier this morning, the Chamber...
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RUN, IT IS RISEN! A Burning Man Easter Story
by Whatsblem the Pro On Good Friday, we reported that art car favorite El Pulpo Mecanico would be scrapped. Three days later on Easter Sunday, El Pulpo artist/designer Duane Flatmo commented on that...
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Bend it Over for Me, Baby
by Whatsblem the Pro DPW PRC: They bend over for you ’cause it’s so dirty When Burning Man is long over and Black Rock City just a thought in the minds of goddesses and gods for another year, DPW’s...
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Airport Design Competition Winner Announced
by Whatsblem the Pro Image: EcoLogic Design Lab The winning entry in the 2013 Burning Man Airport Terminal and Pilot’s Lounge Design Competition has been announced; the design chosen by a panel of...
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Step By Step Guide to Crowd Funding Your Art Project
Burner Ian McKenzie has put on his prophetic party pants and shared with us this 9-step guide to Crowd Funding. Ian MacKenzie is a filmmaker & media activist based in Vancouver, BC. He has a...
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