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The King, the Chimp, and the Playa
Those of you lucky enough to get more than just basic cable might be familiar with RT – Russia Today. Kind of like an alternative media Fox News, they feature well respected online journalists like...
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Opulent Temple 10 Year Anniversary – BM 2012
Thanks to San Francisco electronic music master Syd Gris for sharing this one with us. Great video. OT will be missed in 2013. Filed under: Burner Stories Tagged: 2012, opulent temple, stories, videos
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Oh Look! We Forgot to Count this $1.3 million
Just when we thought we could say goodbye once and for all to 2012 and all it’s ticket shenanigans, we get another classic case of number-fudging from BMOrg. You know how attendance was down on last...
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The Future of Burning Man – Millenial Ideates
Whether it’s pronounced “Idea-ate” or “I-de-ate” or “I-di-ot”, it seems like this camp, new to Burning Man in 2012 and predominantly made up of people who’d never even been to Burning Man before, is...
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Dispatch From the Front [by Whatsblem the Pro]
DISPATCH FROM THE FRONT 12/23/2012 by Whatsblem the Pro First ignited by Paul Addis‘ early burn of 2007 after the stage was set by John Law’s departure from Burning Man and subsequent lawsuit, the...
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Millenials Fight Back!
I have to say hats off to Nick Molnar, a guy who I’ve never had a problem with, and who has now impressed the hell out of me with this rapidly deployed post in response to the recent IDEATE...
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Gerry Anderson is GO!
Gerry Anderson, the creator of the puppet sci-fi TV show THUNDERBIRDS, died Wednesday at the age of 83. He went peacefully, in his sleep. A German mining disaster inspired Anderson to create a TV show...
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Wonderhussy: Attack of the Superprudes
Sometimes the smallest thing will set off a chain reaction that leads to an epiphany. Sarah Jane Woodall, a fellow blogger (blogette? blogina? blogogyne?) and my favorite wonderhussy, got a private...
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Journey to the Flames (HD)
Journey to the Flames have released their 1080p video from 2012. If you have a spare 47 minutes, enjoy! Filed under: Burner Stories Tagged: 2012, stories, videos
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The Way of the Future is the Way of the Past
Burning Man, 1998 The first time I went to Burning Man, I was curious to see the idea of an entire community being created spontaneously, in the middle of nowhere. It seemed like this was an...
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Burning Man: the Documentary
A few weeks ago we brought you news of The King, the Chimp, and the Playa – a Burning Man documentary aired on Russia TV. Not too sure what happened, but the original half hour documentary has now been...
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Why Be A Shirtcocker…when you can be a Titicaca?
Thanks to Burner Scott Cohen for letting us know about this video created by his camp last year. Who says Burning Man is just a bunch of crusty old hippies (except us, obviously…) “If you write down a...
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Burning Man for Ants
This video has been doing the rounds this week, definitely one of the better time lapse videos of Burning Man I’ve seen. They use some camera trickery to make everyone look like ants… Filed under:...
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Father and Son Bonding like Gentlemen
GQ once stood for “Gentlemen’s Quarterly”. Now it is a monthly, closely associated with metrosexuality. Not that there’s anything wrong with that (although prissy hair-waxing male mani-pedi types might...
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Who the Fuck Are All Us Burners, Anyway?
It’s a good question. Someone you’d think who might know, is the BMOrg. I mean, we give them $22 million+ a year, and they’ve been profiling us in ever increasing ways for over a decade. It went from...
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Nevada Local Governments Make Pitch To Control Burning Man
Last year Burning Man filed suit against Pershing County, NV, for trying to get a cut of the $24 million+ annual revenues the party brings in. Burning Man argued that their county-based ordnance was...
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Burnal Equinox 2013 is Coming!
by Whatsblem the Pro The Machine – Photo by Douglas Hope Hooper Burnal Equinox is coming up once again on Saturday, March 2nd, halfway between Burning Man 2012 and Burning Man 2013. There will be...
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Yet Another Burning Man Movie
Here’s the trailer for Spark, a new movie being premiered at South By Southwest aka SXSW in Austin. Thanks to Capacity and Desire and the Scumfrog for this one. Filed under: Burner Stories Tagged:...
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Gidday Mate! The Australians Go to Burning Man
Aussie media loves Burning Man The Aussie flag has been proudly flown at Burning Man since at least 1997. The word is well and truly out Down Under, Australians love a good party and this is the best...
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Afterburn 2012 Report Published
Kudos to the BMOrg team for getting the 2012 report out quickly – although, the financials are still “work in progress”. They acknowledge up front the problems caused by their ticket system: Within the...
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