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Art Car Street Fair in San Francisco [Updated]
As if this weekend’s SF Decompression wasn’t enough, Sunday, November 10 from 5pm-1am , SF residents can get down with fire, blinky lights, Burner costumes, and some of their favorite art cars at the...
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Hitler vs the Playa Slumlord
Playa Force One – photo by Tomas Loewy A most amusing video from Playa Slumlord, based on a true story from this years’ Burn. You can tell from the guy’s art car that he’s really slumming it! This does...
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Those Who Cannot Remember the Past. . .
by Whatsblem the Pro Controversy over photography, film-making, advertising, and commerce at Burning Man is both constant in the burner community, and nothing new. A whole playbook of common arguments...
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Persistence and Determination
Let me ask you a rhetorical question. What would you rather be: blindly following the 10 Principles and all the other rules of The Man as if you were a sheep? Or, this guy… #nailedit! In this case,...
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. . .Are Condemned to Repeat It
by Whatsblem the Pro A nice civilized chat — IMAGE: Mount & Blade Ah, the sugary cloy of kool-aid. We tend to get a lot of comments when we criticize the corporation that runs Burning Man, and our...
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Adult Supervision: BRAF Throws a Hoe-Down
by Whatsblem the Pro The internal workings of the Black Rock Arts Foundation are a little bit of a mystery to us here at Burners.me, and given that the BRAF’s Board of Directors includes most of the...
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Burning Man: Love It or Leave It?
by Whatsblem the Pro “If you don’t like the way it’s run, go start your own event!” When people start talking about the negative aspects of Burning Man – whether they offer solutions or not – it’s a...
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Return of the Yak
I might not be at Burning Man next year. Yes yes, I know, the gnashing of teeth, the weeping of women, the wailing of virgins, et al. I’m sworn to secrecy on the details (for reasons nothing to do with...
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Hipsters, Scenesters, Twerkers, Lend Me Your Bunny Ears
Scenester TV has done an episode featuring Burning Man 2013. It’s big on the blinky lights, but not so much on the in-depth analysis or factual accuracy. It’s all in good fun though, there are some...
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Art Car for Sale: Island Oasia
Want your own Art Car? This beauty could be yours for a mere $3400 ($4400 with trailer). 80,000 miles on the clock. It’s been playa tested! We had a great year with our Alien Oasis. Has a stereo,...
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The Old Bait-n-Switch
Scribe got the scoop of the year this year, with the news that Burning Man is charging $150,000 for Vogue photo shoots, and profiting from DVD and soundtrack sales from their movie Spark: A Burning Man...
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Cars of Cargo Cult
Barnorama has published a nice selection of the Art Cars of Burning Man 2013. It’s by no means definitive (no Mayan Warrior!), but there’s some great examples on display. See their whole collection...
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Ice Ice Baby [Updates]
Maybe BMOrg thought that selling gifting scarves for $150 wouldn’t raise any eyebrows in the Burner community. Comments to our recent post Burning Man Project Now Selling Merchandise suggest otherwise....
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Playa Chicken Madness
Just came across this video of Burning Man 2012, from Scenester TV. It’s got something in here for all the haters: Playa chickens, Segways, Playa chickens on Segways, tribal headdresses, glitter,...
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The Theme is Caravans, but Don’t Bring One
They’ve finally announced 2014′s theme: “Caravansary“ For countless centuries, travelers along the Silk Route crossed paths in caravansaries, a network of oases and sanctuaries that dotted the...
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Music of Cargo Cult Camp Compendium [Updates]
I’m no librarian, but I’m in a good mood today because I got my visa and I’m… So this one’s for all the ravers, all the players, all the player haters, all the lovers, and all the Burners. A round-up...
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Sheriff Reserves Right to Protect Kids
Guy Farmer of Carson City is a long-time critic of Burning Man. Recently in Nevada Appeal – the Lahontan Valley news – he shared his opinion about Burning Man’s “staring contest” with Pershing County....
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New at Burners.Me: Cartoons!
Just like Burning Man, we’re taking it to another level on the Web this year. We’re pleased to welcome Christopher as our resident cartoonist, helping spread joy to the world of Burners We asked him...
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Blinky Lights – the Next Level
So, you can make LEDs light up and change color. Maybe you can even make propane shoot out in a flame. What comes next? How about some of these ideas? Chemical reactions…let’s take it to the next...
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El Pulpo Maker oh!
Goli Mohammadi has a story about El Pulpo Mechanico over at online maker movement zine Make:. It was just in San Francisco at the World Maker Faire, did you see it? It’s interesting to see El Pulpo in...
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