Burning Man Spin-Off Makes Solid Debut
Further Future, a festival in the Nevada desert put on by the crew behind the Robot Heart art car, happened last weekend about 40 minutes outside of Las Vegas. It takes a lot of time, effort, money,...
View ArticleDon’t Hate the Plug-n-Player, Hate the Game
A guest post from our reader Kestrel about last weekend’s Further Future Festival. ROBOT HEART’S SPIN-OFF DUST-UP: A Report From the Further Future -aka- “Don’t hate the plug n’ player…hate the...
View ArticleCrowdRX Now Hiring 120 Licensed Nevadans
CrowdRX have already received 300 applications for the positions. 3 medical directors have been appointed. CrowdRX will have as many as 10 ambulances and 2 planes at the event “during peak times”,...
View ArticleConcierges At Burning Man: Now Made Official [Updates]
There was a bit of an uproar last year when we shared that Festivals Concierge Service were making money from Burning Man. Well, it seems they’ve read the rules and done their best to comply with them...
View ArticleBurner Artists Ripped Off by David Guetta and Nicki Minaj
You would think that top DJs could afford to pay for their art installations, instead of stealing them. David Guetta is the #2 highest paid DJ in the world ($30 million in 2014, so as big as Burning...
View ArticleThe Second Heliocentric Revolution
Billionaire Burner Elon Musk makes an appearance in the latest Rap News from Juice Media. Filed under: Funny Tagged: 2015, civic responsibility, comedy, commentary, communal effort, elon musk, energy,...
View ArticleMidburn Damaged Ancient Site [Updates]
Image: The Guardian So much for Leave No Trace. Apparently Midburn damaged, perhaps even destroyed, a cultural site 150,000 years old. Ironically, they erected their Temple right above the site. From...
View ArticleNitrous Oxide: 215 Years, From Humphry Davy To Hippie Crack.
burnersxxx:We’d like to welcome a new guest writer to Burners.Me, Terry Gotham. He has some terrific stuff at his site, please check it out. Originally posted on Terry Gotham: Nitrous oxide, also...
View ArticleRockefeller Rocked By Nose Bombs
A new video from Tex Allen and Mark Day. These clowns took 5000 Noses to NBC’s Red Nose Day 2015 and gave them away for free over a 48 hour period. Tex says: “in the name of oldskool cacophony, we...
View ArticleThe Cult of Narcissistic Personality
Image: “Meeting the Borg Queen” by Eddi Van W/Flickr (Creative Commons) Big thanks to our reader Nomad, for this guest post. He has shared many of his thoughts about this topic in comments over the...
View ArticlePsychedelic Libertarianism: An Emerging Trend
by Terry Gotham I recently gave a presentation on the dangers posed by largely untested new psychedelic substance use. Afterwards, I was chastised by someone who was very concerned I was carrying...
View ArticleWanted: Someone To Make The Whole Dream Come True
Remember when BMOrg wanted to become a non-profit, raising funds from Burners to further its mission of spreading Radical Self-Transformation throughout the world? Well, guess what. It’s still...
View ArticleGlobal Drug Survey 2015 Results
The Global Drug Survey 2015 is the biggest survey of drug use ever conducted, with results from 102,462 people in over 50 countries. And the winners are: Image: The Independent/GlobalDrug Survey 2015...
View ArticleFrom Canvas Cubes to Containers
Business Insider has yet another “the rich are taking over Burning Man” story, this time focusing on a company that will deliver a ready-made “Container Camp” for you on the Playa. Who needs Radical...
View ArticleDancetronauts: Too Loud For Burning Man? [Updates]
The Dancetronauts Strip Ship is one of the most popular art cars at Burning Man. The vehicle rises vertically on a scissor lift, and shimmers with a rainbow wall of LEDs. The entire thing is a giant...
View ArticleToo Loud For Burning Man Part II: Dictators in a Dysfunctional Dystopia
Part I: Dancetronauts – Too Loud For Burning Man? INTRODUCTION Part I of this post, about how the Dancetronauts were asked to take at least a year off from Burning Man by the DMV Council, has...
View ArticleDaft Punk at the Trash Fence
A guest post from our reader Damian: Over Memorial weekend at The Forgotten City, the Las Vegas official Burning Man regional over 800 participants witnessed what can only be described as the...
View ArticleToo Loud for Burning Man Part 3: Everyone’s A Winner
Radical Inclusion, right? Smiles not frowns? We all want to be friends and be one big happy family together at home. And everyone wants me to shut up about this story, already. We know there is loud,...
View ArticleDownsize Your RV, Upsize Your Cool Factor
This is how we do it Down Under Thanks to Burner SnowAngel for sending this in. Playa ready? It may look small, but the Queen size bed fits a 6’6 person. The front slides out, the grill slides out, the...
View ArticleWhat Do You Look Like In All Your Glory?
Another Burning Man video, this one from Solar Beatz and The Sights And Sounds. The narration is from a Jim Carrey speech. Filed under: Burner Stories Tagged: 2014, 2015, inspiration, stories, videos
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