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Image: Nathan Proudlove/Flickr (Creative Commons) Thanks to Anonymous Burner for sending us this tip. Want some cool official Burning Man merch? Only $25, but you have to order by December 9. Don’t...
View ArticleAll I Want For Christmas Is A Shout-Out
A guest post from reader Nicole Sparklecorn: Considering I deal with the broken and the fucked up at the Burn, I have a good idea of what goes on. Yes, I help treat you when you need it. (Full...
View ArticleWhat’s In A Name?
Burning Man. What is it? A rave in the desert? An arts festival? A Temporary Autonomous Zone? An experiment in new ways of living together as a community, relying on each other to survive, without the...
View Article2014 Early Access Photos
Hi all! I’m Dave LeClair but you can call me by my playa name, Rabbitt! I’ve been burning for five years and I take thousands of photos when I go, mostly while perched atop my bicycle. Hopefully I can...
View ArticleThe Church Trap
Wedding at Church Trap, 2013. Image: Duncan Rawlinson/Flickr (Creative Commons) This is a documentary produced, directed, shot and edited by John Senften @ Experience Media about Church Trap, one of...
View ArticleTechno Wood-grain
Thisiscolossal brings us news of a great Instructables how-to on how to make a glow table. All kinds of wooden structures/art pieces would look rad with this treatement. I wonder what happens when you...
View ArticleToday’s Problems Through Yesterday’s Eyes
Re-blogged from boredpanda.com: Satirical Illustrations Of Today’s Problems Drawn In The Style Of The 50s John Holcroft is a well-known British illustrator who has worked for BBC, Reader’s Digest, The...
View Article“The Fox News of Burning Man”
“Burners.Me is the Fox News/National Enquirer of the Playa!”, cry the haters. Is that really so bad? Both of these are successful, professional media organizations. The National Enquirer has been going...
View ArticlePeaceful Warriors, Hackers and Merry Pranksters
Dr Bruce Damer (L), Joe Rogan (R) A couple of months ago, I was listening to the Joe Rogan podcast, and heard an amazing tale from Burning Man. Joe, who is a very public advocate for hallucinogenic...
View ArticleGifting To Create a World of Plenty
It’s nice to be able to write a positive story about goodness. Free goodness coming to this community and the world, thanks to the generosity and innovation of Burners. One of the great things about...
View ArticleSee The Music
The best thing about science is that to the uninitiated, it can look like magic Nigel Stanford from my home town of Wellington, New Zealand, presents Cymatics. It’s spectacular. thank you :) it was a...
View ArticleHow To Spot An Online Troll
Recent events have highlighted the unfortunate use of cyber-bullying tactics by some in the Burner world. It seems unnecessary, and counter to the Burning Man Project’s mission to extend the culture...
View ArticleAll We Want For Chri$tma$ Is Your Money
image: Susan Averello/Flickr (Creative Commons) Remember Burning Man? That unique experimental city, free from the commodification of commercial transactions? Well, now that the owners have transferred...
View ArticleBurning Man Bingo
An oldie but a goodie…way better than the Caravancicle one. Source: Didn’t You Hear / Boing Boing / Joel Johnson Bonus: here’s a less graphical one by Burner JesslynFiled under: Funny Tagged: 2014,...
View ArticleRadical Sherpa Reliance
A look inside BMP Director Chip Conley’s ultra-luxury “top of the pyramid” camp, Maslowtopia. It’s based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and being the highest version of yourself you can be. Looks like...
View ArticleGifting For Permanent Art
photo by Liz Hafalia, SF Chronicle At least we know there’s one BMP Director who gets it. Leo Villareal has been a Burner since 1994, and is the founder of Disorient. If there is a “spectrum of camps”...
View ArticleFishTank: Behind The Art
Dr Andy Levy talks about the “miles of smiles” inspiration behind his Fish Tank art cars, which are notable for being designed to be totally open. Hop-on, rock-on. Like Fish Tank on Facebook, and...
View ArticlePhuck The Banks
The Bondi Hipsters take a leaf out of Rap News‘ book with this amusing song (NSFW): Bonus: Filed under: Funny Tagged: 2014, banks, class war, comedy, commerce, funny, music, news, satire, videos
View Article“Like Burning Man Gone Wrong”
That’s what Vulture has to say about the trailer for the new movie Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth film in the Mad Max franchise by Australian director George Miller. The series has been a big...
View ArticleBurning Man Through The Eyes of Kids
Fusion media/AM Tonight takes a look at Kidsville, the village-within-a-city. It seems you’re never too young to enter the Mad Max-style Thunderdome. “Two kids enter, one kid leaves“…get ‘em into the...
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