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28% Veterans: Virgin Import Continues
Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: “There are three kinds of...
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Burning Man: The Board Game
A great idea here that will provide hours of entertainment for Burners. Johan the Dome Guy is a 20-year veteran of Burning Man, he has built many of the fabulous domes we’ve all enjoyed. The idea...
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Koo-koo-koo-choo…The Big K Headlines at BurnerCon
The most recent Black Rock City Census has revealed that today’s Burners lean pretty heavily to the left. 43 % of Burners are card-carrying members of the Democrats (versus 6% Republican and 3.5%...
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Jonas Brother Latest Celeb to Ride Burning Man Wave
Nick Jonas’ latest video is South Beach meets Burning Man, in particular featuring hardcore Burner artist Yarrow Mazzetti’s much loved art cars the Lady Buggies. Paparazzi site X17Online says: We feel...
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What Your Favorite Music Festival Says About You
Noisey, Vice’s music division, has an amusing look at the different subcultures attached to various festivals. Of course “it’s not a fucking festival” Burning Man gets a mention: BURNING MAN You’re...
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BurnerCon – #glc2015 Report
BMOrg’s Global Leadership Conference just happened, at the Kabuki Hotel in Japantown. Why there, you ask? Well, perhaps this is just a coincidence, but it’s a Joie De Vivre boutique hotel, part of the...
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Mad Max: Road to Burning Man
First we had Game of Thrones opening their fifth season with an episode named “Burning Man”. Now this… I can’t wait for the new Mad Max movie, which critics have said is like Burning Man gone wrong....
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Avoid the Riff Raff and Fly In
Epic Experimental at Burning Man. Image: Peter Ruprecht Playa Air Express have been serving Burning Man for more than a decade. A couple of years ago they flew my sister in, we were very happy with the...
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How to Survive Burning Man
Image: Scott London Elyse Romano at D’Marge has published some tips on what to expect at Black Rock City. This could be some useful background information for Virgins. Here are some highlights: For...
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Stay in San Francisco – really…..
burnersxxx:Burning Man’s original founder John Law shares an idea on how to address the cost of housing in San Francisco for artists. Keep the eccentrics in the city! Originally posted on John Law:...
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Local Medics Ditched for Festival Specialists – Permit Now In Jeopardy?
Last month we brought the news that BMOrg had cut out early from their half-million dollar annual contract with Humboldt General Hospital. Now we know why: they have ditched the local medical facility...
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Game Over, Greggy
Some dudes discussing Burning Man. Two have been, two haven’t. Filed under: General Tagged: 2015, chat, greggy, interview, panel, show, video, virgins
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DEA Activity at Burning Man? Sorry, That’s Classified
VICE reports that a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) related to the DEA’s activities at Burning Man between 2011-2015 returned 43 pages of results. However, the report was heavily...
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Burning Man for Water Geeks
I think Bloomberg Business perhaps believe too much of their own coverage, which portrays Burning Man as a contest between rival techno-billionaires trying to outdo each other with the latest...
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Quanto?
In a gift-based economy, how much is enough? How much of what? Exactly. David “with a small d” Kittay is a professor at Columbia University, teaching “Technology, Religion, Future” and “Interpreting...
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Humboldt General Reveals Details of Medical Split
Say good night to the ambulance. That’s the last time you’re ever gonna see a ambulance like this again. Humboldt General Hospital was recently dumped by BMOrg as the provider of medical care on the...
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Wide Awake: The Funktion One Art Car
Speaker company Funktion-One is responsible for much of the clean, crisp, and very, very loud sound you hear at Burning Man. I’m a fan, along with Martin Audio, and B & W (for home). They recently...
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Horizontal Collusion and Other Alternative Universes
Are the algorithms working for us? Or against us? Automatic colluding bots are a much bigger problem in your life than you’re probably aware of. This episode of the Keiser Report offers a solution to...
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Remember When DJing Used To Mean Something?
David Guetta is one of the world’s most popular DJs. He ranked # 7 last year in MixMag’s Top 100 DJ poll (down from 2 the year before). He’s #2 after Calvin Harris in Forbes list of top earning DJs,...
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DEA Approves Ecstasy for Clinical Trials [Update]
From YourNewsWire.com: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has approved the first clinical trial of MDMA to treat anxiety and other psychological illnesses, amid a growing resurgence in...
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