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Easy Way To Get Tickets
Panicking because you missed out on STEP and OMG? Keen to go and check out the debut of the new, ultra-loud Dance Music Zone? Looking to hear the crackling of the flames at the Man base without pesky...
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Vegas Halloween Parade Cancelled by Burning Man Attache
For the last 5 years, tens of thousands of residents of Las Vegas have enjoyed the annual Halloween Parade. This has featured Burner art cars like Dancetronauts Strip Ship, and has been linked to a...
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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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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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2016 The Scandals: Further Details
We have a number of updates on this year’s scandals. The biggest one appears to be the Hooligan Attacks on White Ocean during the White Party. This has been picked up by all the usual EDM rags like...
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“The Org Shows Its True Colors Once Again”: Staff Ticket Scandal
A post from Cranky_Monkey at Reddit: The Org shows its true colors once again. Fucking greed. Pure, unadulterated greed. The Org has once again oversold the event, after coming within 60 attendees of...
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Weaponized Principles
A superlative guest post from Terbo Ted, the first DJ at Burning Man and therefore one of its Unofficial Founders. Weaponized Principles Larry Harvey and I were onstage together in 2000 as part of a...
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Protesting the Protestors [Update]
Over at burningman.com, Caveat Magister’s attempts to laugh off the Burner community’s Commodification Camp concerns – Why Am I Making Fun of Burners and 12 Shocking Revelations About Ultra-Rich Plug...
View ArticleBurning Man Jumps the Shark
Today’s headline in the SF Bay Guardian: Burning Man jumps the shark How a high-minded countercultural experiment ended up on everyone’s bucket list 08.19.14 | Steven T. Jones Steven Jones (Scribe)...
View ArticleNaked Capitalism Bursts the Bubble
A great story from Naked Capitalism by Lambert Strether: Has the Burning Man Bubble Burst? It’s worth reading in its entirety, they’ve broken down the Tin Principles. Even if you don’t agree with their...
View ArticleDiplo and Skrillex Booed Off the Decks at Robot Heart [Updates]
Jack U got jacked. It seems the Burner ear is slightly more discerning than “Turn down for what” PulseRadio breaks it down: ...One [story] that has just come our way involves Seth Troxler, Skrillex and...
View ArticlePopulation Control Through Sleight Of Hand
Sleight of hand is another term for magic. It is also sometimes used in relation to the world of accounting. Just like you can play tricks with your hands, people can also play tricks with words and...
View ArticleDouchebag Burner Advocates Class War [Update]
The people next to you have an RV. Does that make it OK to steal their shit? Obviously not, unless you’re an asshole. Which David Kiss clearly is. Not only to commit the acts he describes below, but...
View ArticlePlug-n-Play Goes All the Way…to the Top of the Pyramid [Update]
“self reliance is the greatest art” – my teabag message as I’m finishing off this post. Earlier this year, Burning Man CEO and Founder Marian Goodell gave a talk at TEDx Tokyo, while social alchemist...
View Article(Kiss) (ASS) It’s A Big Farce
It occurred to me that this sign-stealing incident, publicized by its author on various Burning Man facebook groups, happened after BMOrg announced before the Burn that because sign theft was so...
View ArticleA Sherpa’s Tale
This story posted on Facebook is from a Burner who worked as a Sherpa this year at a multi-million dollar camp. We will keep the Burner’s identity anonymous unless they request otherwise. It is a...
View ArticleTrash the ‘Stache
Lyft just got in trouble with Burning Man. It seems that one of their quirky community of drivers (I’m more of an Uber guy myself) put their trademark pink moustache on a Mutant Vehicle. Burning Man...
View ArticleCommodification Camps and the Tin Principles
Nomad Traveler really nailed it with this well-thought out comment about how the Commodification Camps are basically the complete opposite of everything Burners stand for. Note that he’s dropped the...
View ArticleSelling Out Part II: Who Could It Be Now?
[Selling Out – Part I – Wrapping the Gifting] There is no direct evidence that Burning Man has been sold, or is planned to be sold. Just a mounting pile of circumstantial evidence, and the crumbling...
View ArticleBurning Man Director Flaunts Flouting of Safety Rules
In theory, we live in a democratic society, based on a system of justice. There are rules, and if you break them you can be punished. If enough people don’t like the rules – or the rulers – they can …...
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