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Killing In The Name Of [Warning: Super-Gnarly photos]
This breaks my heart. If we are going to use Burner culture for good in the world, it should be to combat people like this. Yes, Second Amendment. And all the other Amendments. Yes, Constitution of the...
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Heavy on the ‘Ween’
by Whatsblem the Pro Stay out of Riyadh, Halcyon! Two Saudi Arabian men were arrested yesterday by the mutawa – officers of the Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice – in...
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The Most Fun at Burning Man
Jessica Gentile over at Vice magazine brings us a tale from Canadian DJ Blondtron, who tells us she arrived at Cargo Cult for her first Burn, and managed to have the most fun at Burning Man out of the...
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SnapChat CEO’s “perpetually topless” GF is a Burner
This story has been doing the rounds of the Interwebz today, after Gawker ran yet another hit piece on LA-based SnapChat CEO (and Ivy League fratboy) Evan Spiegel, whose girlfriend has photos of her...
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“Go Back to Law School”– Judge Nukes Pershing Deal
Allegations of malpractice . Details still not fully public . From KOLO8 news Reno Organizers of the annual weeklong celebration of self-expression and eclectic art known as Burning Man and a Nevada...
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“Absurd, Illegal, Mealy-Mouthed”: More on Judge’s Ruling on Burning...
My earlier post was hastily sent out from my iPhone, please forgive an initial spelling mistake, I hope you somehow managed to survive your day anyway. Sounds like sparks were flying in the Sparks...
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Magic on a Grand Scale
Is Burning Man the biggest magical ceremony in the world? For wicca magic, for Pagan religions, probably yes. Compared to religious festivals outside America, maybe not. Yes, we know BMOrg deny that...
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More Coverage of Pershing Dispute
It seems the Judge’s recent ruling in Burning Man’s dispute against Pershing County is causing a minor stir in the legal world. Two different legal blogs have commented on the decision. First, from...
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Not so Vogue?
French Vogue, 2012 Earlier this year, the San Francisco Bay Guardian brought us a 5-page story about Burning Man, written by Burner Scribe. We covered the story in The Spark of Controversy . We also...
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Quick Update from The Man
The latest Jacked Rabbit has some interesting little morsels of information for us Burners to ponder. Specifically: 1. The “transition to a non-profit” is in the “final stages”, and it actually means...
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Chaos in Manhattan: Reverend Billy Free!
Photo by Kim Fraczek New York performance artist Reverend Billy Talen is an institution at Burning Man. He also takes his show on the road, throwing Cacophony Society-style protests all around the US...
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Gift Me Your Project!
Before Burning Man starts telling Burners how to raise funds, they should clean their own act up internally. Burning Man’s transition to a non-profit has sure been raising some eyebrows at Burners.Me...
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Happy Holidays and Happy Burning
Dear Burners. Thank you for reading this blog. I started it in February last year, in the midst of BMOrg’s ticket lottery scandal. It seemed like the Burner community wasn’t being fed the truth, and so...
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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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Probable Paws
This year saw an unprecedented show of force at Burning Man by “The Man”. Federal and local cops teamed up. Sniffer dogs were brought in from the US/Mexico border, people were intercepted as far away...
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Burning Man Project Now Selling Merchandise
…well, kind of. Being Burning Man, of course, it can’t be straightforward; they have to invent some cockamamie scheme and pretend that they’re not selling merchandise. Technically if you make a...
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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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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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Vehicle Pass FAQ Up
we be jammin’! The latest JRS announces Burning Man’s new FAQ for Vehicle Passes. Unfortunately, it raises more questions than it answers. Usually, FAQ’s are there to make it easier for the user; they...
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Larry Harvey in The Independent
Burning Man founder Larry Harvey has given a brief interview to Britain’s The Indpendent newspaper. It’s fairly juicy, managing in a single page to combine tales of child abuse, drug addiction, and...
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