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Burners Ascending to Prominence in the Art World
Art Basel in Miami is coming up in a couple of weeks (Dec 3-6). Many Burners love to attend this event, and more and more Burner artists are exhibiting their work there. In 2015, there will be 267...
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BMOrg Plots World Domination at Hippie HQ
The latest VOBM features a revealing piece about Burning Man’s relationship with the Esalen Institute, “the high church of the religion of no religion”. The links between Esalen and Burning Man run...
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Why We Burn: Dj $mall ¢hange, 17 Year Burner
(This week, I decided to bring in the big guns. DJ Small Change is one of the few remaining funky institutions in NYC. An unparalleled DJ, spinning everything from your sister’s wedding and art museum...
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The War on Drugs in 7 Infographics
“Fixated on Terror, most Americans have forgotten they’re fighting another war”. Fighting. Losing. Wasting time, money and lives. Let’s move on from Wars on anything. Meanwhile, nations that...
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Have a Transformational Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving, Burners. Here’s a guest post from AleXander Hirka to amuse you Chanting “You will be transformed!” from his perch on the right arm of The Man Float, its founder and marketing...
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Why We Burn – Eric
(For your Turkey Day delight, I bring one of the newer local producers of note. He’s one of the mad geniuses (genii?) behind The Bleachers, one of my favorite art cars. Deploying a group called...
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Benzodiazepines : Socially Acceptable Drowning
As many people reading this have been with their families long enough at this point to start taking sedatives or hypnotics to cope, I figured that Black Friday’s harm reduction post should focus on...
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Your Own Personal Burning Man Jesus
The latest Burning Man music video is out, from ThE DuCk. If you like the song you’ll probably like the video, I like the song, YMMV… Filed under: Music
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Doofnado [Update]
This past weekend Australia hosted the country’s oldest and best bush doof (outdoor dance party): Earthcore. Despite being nearly 10,000 miles away from the Playa, revellers at “Australia’s answer to...
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2015 Golden Rebar Awards: Pods Pervade the Playa
This year, pods dominate the Golden Rebar Awards – which may need their name changed to Golden Screw, after everyone’s favorite Playa McGyver FIGJAM (Fuck I’m Good, Just Ask Me) won the Structural...
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Microdosing: Rebellious in a Conformist, Privileged Sort of Way.
by Terry Gotham Unless you’ve been under a sober rock, it’s been impossible to miss the recent barrage news/sites reporting on “microdosing.” The practice was mentioned in Rolling Stone & since...
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Analysis: 2014 Burning Man Project Financials [Updates]
Image: Burning Man Project BMOrg have finally released the financial information for the Burning Man Project for 2014, beating our estimate that we’d have to wait until 2016 by a whole 2 weeks. They...
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Burners Get Bohemian for New Years
Got your New Years plans locked in? It looks like New Bohemia NYE at the Armory is where Bay Area Burners will be gathering to see in 2016. Production crews Opel & Vau de Vire are bringing out a...
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Art, Burning Man, and the Maker Movement
Shipwreck by Georgia Rose Collard-Watson There’s a new story over at Boing Boing from NK Guy, Burning Man: The Art of Maker Culture . NK recently published “The Art of Burning Man”, (adding to the...
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BURNILEAKS: Asking for Gifting, 2015 Edition
Last Christmas, in a story All We Want for Chri$tma$ is Your Money, we covered BMOrg’s poor timing in putting their hand out asking Burners to cough up more to fund their global gabfest. It’s a busy...
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What is Right With Burning Man? Part 1: A Theory in Frequency, Vibration and...
A guest post by Burner Ayahuasca If you had an opportunity to walk through a portal to a higher dimensional reality would you take it? Would you be open to experiencing a place of vibrant love,...
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How To Not Be A Ruin Of A Human Being On January 1st.
By Terry Gotham December 31st is one of maybe three nights a year that non-party people decide to give “drugs + dance music” a spin, even though they may not be a fan for the other 360ish days of the...
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What Is Right With Burning Man? Part 2: A Shaman’s Perspective
Part II of a guest post by Ayahuasca. Read Part 1 here. Happy New Year, Burners! The flame that Burns the man is lit in a magickal cauldron named El Diabla. Image: Dust to Ashes/Flickr This lens,...
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Why We Burn: Pink & Jaguar
(For the first 2016 edition of Why We Burn, I had the privilege of speaking to two emerging talents in the NYC Burner community. They are part of the leadership of DiscoFist camp, which provides...
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Rethink Waste, and Help Save a Promising Green Technology
John Perry Barlow, left, in a panel discussion with Larry Harvey at Black Rock CityJohn Perry Barlow has been a fixture at Burning Man since 1994. That makes him a founder in my book. Recently he...
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