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FCS Tries to Make Amends with Free Camp Placement Service
In the past couple of years there have been some mixed messages from BMOrg about Commodification Camps. On the one hand, Larry Harvey writes a big post saying “concierges are here to stay!”, and...
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Party Like It’s Star Wars
Image: Sharara, via Facebook Star Wars. Desert camping. Talks on topics aligned with Leave No Trace and Self Reliance. A nod to the Davos World Economic Forum. Sharara, Arabic for “spark”, has it all…...
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Welcome to Burner Burns
Image: Rescendent CC BY_SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons It’s getting harder and harder for everyone to make it out to the annual Black Rock City burn. Most camps got a reduced allocation in this year’s...
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Burner Site Sets Online Speech Precedent
Image: Williamette WeekWe know that it’s not always sparkles and rainbows in the Burner world, especially on social media. There are trolls and sock puppets, shills, disinformation agents,...
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Kiwi Invents Ultimate Tiny House
Playa-ready? The Skysphere can withstand Category 3 winds on its 50 ton movable base, and it delivers beers on command. Imagine a few of these techno treehouses together, joined up with rope bridges...
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Party Like A Rockstar: Tips For Festivals & Burns Without The Ruin
By Terry Gotham One year, In my camp, there was a fellow named Bad Andy. He had a penchant for yelling “Rock & Roll” at the top of his lungs while executing bad ideas, which is how he got his name....
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Follow the Money
If you thought this year’s theme of “Da Vinci’s Workshop” and the corresponding shift of Propaganda Minister Will Chase over to the Maker Movement meant that 2016 was going to be all about 3d printing,...
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Art Budget Shenanigans
A Burning Man artist has responded to my request for feedback in yesterday’s post Follow the Money, with a most interesting tale. From Anonymous Burner: BMHQ Artists meeting, May 2015 This picture...
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Keeping it Weird
Australians. Can’t live with ’em, can’t send ’em any further away. One enterprising young bloke from “the ass end of the world” has used his time in America and his trip to Burning Man to achieve...
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Why We Burn: Nuvoletta, Art Direction into the Deep with DisOrient
(This is a rare treat for y’all. Nuvoletta, the creative genius behind what you’ve seen at DiSORIENT events for the last couple of years, agreed to pull back the pornj curtain and give us some insight...
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Cities of the Future Could Look Like Burning Man – if BMOrg let them
Gizmodo yesterday had a fascinating story about the Black Rock City Ministry of Urban Planning contest to design a new layout for Black Rock City. Burning Man is an experiment, right? So why should...
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Heroin, Painkillers & Opiates: The Lethal Flood
By Terry Gotham For the past couple of weeks, a dear friend of mine has gotten alert after alert from high school friends. The pace of overdose deaths in the town she grew up in has quickened...
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Easter Bunny Brings Plenty More Tickets [Update]
Bunny Slippers, anyone? Thanks to Anonymous Burner for this tip-off. Tickets and Vehicle Passes are still for sale. Just go to your Burner Profile. Anonymous Burner questions how would we know if only...
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Ten Questions With Terry Gotham: Stefanie Jones of The Drug Policy Alliance
(This week, it is my privilege to bring you a conversation with one of the hardest working women at the intersection between nightlife & safety, and a dear friend, Stefanie Jones, Director of...
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Transhumanist Former Cult Leader Says Burners Responsible for Innovation
Image: YouTube The 650 people at the 2016 Global Leadership Conference this weekend were the recipients of a keynote briefing from a cult leader. At least, a former one: now Ramez Naam is just a...
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Million Dollar Tickets – Coming Soon
BMOrg’s embrace of all things Medici may have inspired some other festivals to follow suit. Re-blogged from Music Vice Icleland’s Secret Solstice has made a $1 million dollar ticket package...
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War on Drugs Leads to Wholesale Rainforest Destruction
` By Terry Gotham I usually talk about how to reduce the damage drugs can do to people, but today I want to switch it up a little bit. I’m going to tell you about the Mreah Prew Phnom trees of Asia,...
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Sheriff Takes Family on Raven Trip to Burning Man
Who said Burning Man is not a rave? The Sheriff of Washoe County took his wife and kid on a joyride official police business trip to Burning Man in the company chopper. The name of the military grade,...
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The Future Of Cannabis: Illegal Plants Become Legal Products
By Terry Gotham As part of my efforts to get the word out about the problems drug users currently face, I’ve presented at a number of academic conferences across North America. Whenever I’m in a state...
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Radical Self Reliance, Fly-In Culture, and Leave No Trace
Burning Man’s airport is busier than ever, with BMOrg now pushing to bring in larger capacity planes. Image: W Magazine A guest post from Jal Lee Mon, who poses a provoking question for your thoughts....
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