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A Vintner’s Tale
A Central Coast wine-maker shares his second Burn experience. re-blogged from juice.clubw.com: A Winemaker’s Journey to Burning Man, Creating a Wine Bar in the Dessert 11/4/2014 Category: Life by...
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Quick Update from Canada
One of our readers asked us today on Facebook what was going on with the lawsuit between Decommodification, LLC, a for-profit US company which did not exist before 2010, who are trying to use the term...
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“$50,000 for a Perch on Burning Man’s Billionaire’s Row”
Earlier today, I went to check out Fest300. It’s a web site with 6 staff, as well as a crowd-sourced content element, created by Chip Conley – a hotelier who is AirBnB’s head of Global Hospitality and...
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2014: Year of the Silk Road 2.0
Earlier this year, we reported on the arrest of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was nabbed in a public library in the Mission, a few blocks from BMHQ. We wondered if Burning Man’s “Caravansary”...
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The Terrapsychology of the Black Rock Desert
Craig Chalquist gave this lecture at the California Institute of Integral Studies, as part of their Masters in Fine Arts program. He has developed a new certificate in “Applied Mythology”. Thanks to...
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Extreme Sheep Art
The Baaa-Studs present…the next level in inter-species blinky light art. The sheep seem to love it! Filed under: Warm Fuzzies Tagged: 2014, art, art projects, blinky lights, funny, LEDs, sheep,...
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You Have Now Entered…the Twilight Zone
Larry Harvey has always insisted that he didn’t get the idea for “The Burning Man” from the classic movie “The Wicker Man”. Perhaps the name they adopted for their Ancient Druidic ritual of an effigy...
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What Happened To This Guy?
This video was uploaded to YouTube in December 2006, but it appears to have been filmed in Sonoma in January 2004 as part of a Katy Byrne community event “Returning Freedom and Power to the People”....
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The Mysterious Case of Medieval Dance Mania
An interesting story about ravers getting Medieval on that ass. The Roman philosopher Cicero said: “Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit” —no one dances sober, unless he is insane. The...
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Missing Girl: Tayla Martin
Have you seen this girl? If you have any information please comment here or email us. Please read and share!! My friend, Tayla Martin is missing and has been missing for a few weeks! Last seen/heard...
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What’s In My Baggie?
Be careful Burners. That Molly might be Bath Salts. “Molly is the moonshine of today”. As the documentary shows, what people think they’re taking, may not be what they’re really consuming at all. A...
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Lewis Black Will NOT Be Performing At Burning Man
Why not? Because it’s fucking hot, and we might think he’s a giant cockroach and eat him. Ummm…OK, then. Filed under: Funny Tagged: 2014, comedy, entertainment, funny, hot, lewis black, live, videos
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First “Simpsons Go To Burning Man” Images
The Simpsons go to Burning Man this Sunday, November 16 at 8pm on FOX. The name of the episode is “Blazed and Confused”, and it guest stars Willem Dafoe as a Scarface-like teacher, and art cars Dusty...
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Oh, the People You’ll Screw
Burner Jordan da Cat has written a very clever poem, inspired by Dr Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” and the forth-coming Simpsons episode. The creativity of Burners is impressive and encouraging;...
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What’s In A Name?
Set, and Setting – image: Clarisse Thorn Over the weekend we brought you a story: “What’s In My Baggie?”, which mentioned cutting-edge designer drugs that were being handed out at the festival. As well...
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Words To Soothe The Savage Beast
Yesterday morning I got an email from BMOrg CEO Maid Marian. She asked: Do you monitor our blog so that you see whatever is put up immediately as it is put up? Or would you like me to send you the link...
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BMOrg Continues to Cover for Commodification Camps
Will Chase has added to the chorus of Commodification Camp justifications we’ve been hearing from BMOrg, with a post saying “what’s all the fuss about? Nothing to see here, move along”: Virgins and...
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Wharton Business School Uses Burning Man as Case Study
Not sure if it’s worth going into six figures of student loan debt, if this is the kind of education you’re going to get. They think “The Man” is a camp! How can a non-profit festival based on Gifting...
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Why The Man Keeps Burning
Larry Harvey recently gave this talk at the Long Now Foundation in San Francisco. He’s appearing without his trademark Stetson these days. Filed under: Burner Stories Tagged: 2014, bmorg, founders,...
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Seth Troxler Speaks Out On Robot Heart Incident
image: Rolling Stone Seth Troxler is about to tour Australia, and he’s given an interview to Henry Johnstone at Pulse Radio. When asked about the infamous Robot Heart incident, he pulls no punches:...
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