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Analysis: 2013 Burning Man Project Financials
It’s been about a week since BMOrg finally released the IRS Form 990 for the Burning Man Project, for 2013. They made a great fanfare on their blog about how this heralded a new era of transparency for...
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New Rangers Tarot Deck features images from Burning Man: order NOW!
re-blogged via WordPress at the request of the author [now removed] [Update 2/4/15 11:11pm] The author has made her original post promoting the sale password-protected, claiming no more cards are...
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Can LSD Make You A Billionaire?
“Shitty Acid” by Brian Lewis Saunders Who wants to be a billionaire? Just eat acid. That’s all you gotta do. If you believe CNN, that is… Cult leader Lifestyle Guru Tim Ferriss shares his thoughts on...
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Bloomberg On SherpaGate and Burners.Me
The sorry saga of the Sherpa and the Popsicle Camp has made it to Wall Street. Bloomberg BusinessWeek has published a lengthy article on the whole affair, titled Occupy Burning Man: Class Warfare...
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The 1%? All A Board
The Burning Man Project is now the 100% shareholder of Black Rock City, LLC, which puts on the Burning Man event. A Board of Directors of 18 people is responsible for the Burning Man Project. Founder...
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Things Were So Quaint, Back In The Day
Just stumbled upon this story from 2003. It’s the perfect example of how social engineering of Burners can start with a prank, and be passed off as ironic, and then quickly become the new normal....
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Hula Hooping Hi-Jinks
SFGlobe brings us the story of a very unusual artist – a new Jackson Pollack, perhaps? Looks like a lot of fun. So does Katie… Katie Sunshine says: I’ve been dying to try this idea! It was insanely...
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2014 World’s Top 10 DJs
Coming to us thanks to Approach Mag, is an article about the top earners in the EDM world. They are Calvin Harris $66m David Guetta $30m Avicii $28m Tiesto $28m Steve Aoki $23m Afrojack $22m Zedd $21m...
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14 Tips For Getting Burning Man Tickets in the Individual Sale
It seems to get harder every year for Burners to get tickets, so I thought I’d share some of my ideas. These aren’t official, so don’t blame me if you try everything and still don’t get tickets. If it...
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Burning Man Influencing The World [Update]
We are everywhere! Here we have the latest fashion from the 2015 Grammy Awards. Clearly Burner-inspired… Image: icdyk.com Joy Villa, a model/actress and recording artist, took her cue from Burning...
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Ticket Hell [Updates]
Did you get your tickets in the Individual Sale? Or did you miss out, like 60,000 other dejected Burners? According to BMOrg, 80,000 Burners registered for the sale. It sold out in about 80 minutes. I...
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Lucent Dossier New Track – free Download
Lucent Dossier Experience are about to release their first album. You can download their track Kundalini here. YourEdm says: Indie festival lovers and future bass hippies from all walks of life know...
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“Emotional Rollercoaster from Hell”
BMOrg’s latest post on ticketing does nothing to quell doubts about the motivations behind Ticket Hell. Taking us on an emotional roller coaster from hell, and generating and focusing a massive amount...
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Burning Man Hacked!
image from WIRED The news of hackers exploiting a “back door” in BMOrg’s new ticketing system broke last week on Reddit. We covered it last Wednesday in Ticket Hell. Now, the story has been picked up...
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Lie, Cheat, and Steal Your Way To Burning Man
Image: Simon Davison/Flickr (Creative Commons) “Usually people are hacking to steal things…these people were hacking just to get a chance to spend $400 to get a ticket” 89.3 KPCC radio did an interview...
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Unlikely Leader in Transparency
Image: The Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron (via LA Times) Philanthropy.com has an article “Burning Man Becomes Unlikely Leader in Financial Transparency“. It proves what I learned studying accounting...
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What Comes Next?
Image: Livin-Lively/Flickr (Creative Commons) Burning Man is dead, proclaims the San Francisco Chronicle. Grover Norquist and some hackers killed it. So, what comes next? Apparently, low tech partying...
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Surviving Burning Man: First Timer’s Guide
Hengehold Trucks has created this infographic. Some parts are more “graphic” than “info”, such as the vehicle passes graph. First timers might find it useful. Source: Hengehold TrucksFiled under:...
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Who Is Your Cop Whisperer?
Even the sniffer dogs turn into Burners on the Playa. Image: Simon Pearce/Flickr (Creative Commons) Summer Burkes has written a really good article at The Ladies Guide to the Apocalypse about the...
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“My Favorite Things”– Burning Man Version
Burn.life presents this entertaining video for your Sunday afternoon enjoyment. Filed under: Warm Fuzzies Tagged: 2015, playa love, videos, warm fuzzies
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