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Obama and Palin stink up the TV, while fate decides which planes will CRASH!!!

2009-11-18T23:27:31Z

FBI Director Mueller fabricated three sets of evidence AND DESTROYED EACH, IN TURN, including trial exhibits for CR98-0087 Larson, in the course of tainting the entire world, by his USA misconduct, in San Francisco, right before his appointment, to Director of the FBI.

Why does tainted Mueller get to remain, where bills of attainder caused the FBI to refuse to report discovery of 911 terrorists, in the USA?

The attack went down because the NSA and CIA actually prevented the FBI from reporting, TO ITS OWN SUPERIORS, presence of terrorists, in the USA, which participated in the air attacks, 9/11/2001.

Pigs riot and incite. Obama has caused police to shoot blacks, INCLUDING OSCAR GRANT, III, and Lovelle Mixon to shoot five OPD, four to death, one critically wounded, while he was blasted, but OPD and BART and John Burris all blew me off and hung up.

BART PD Chief Gary Gee is resigning, wouldn't you know! Why does Oakland PD get to hang up on me, did they hire LEVI JOHNSTON, as Chief? YOU DO NOT GET TO HIRE OUT-OF-STATERS, to come into California and riot, San Francisco and Oakland! Are you all Sallies?

Sally the Pig is a media Suicide Girl, chasing Levi Johnston, in error.

What a pig, is the fabulous SARAH PALIN! She is flopping all over Levi Johnston's brief play, in the lower 48, which will end, now, if Levi is at all smart and informed, about riot and interstate nuisance and conspiracy, deeper, than creeps who say, "nukuler," and cannot conceive of how BOTH the costs and persons are corrupted, there.

No design will overshadow the corruption of BOTH tainted funds and persons, and of their illegal agendas, to cross-contaminate. NO good design will be effected, under the circumstances of fraud, which complicate business, fatally.

If you previously LOST a bush-pilot election, where all the crashers tried to lose to Joe Plumber, and Granny Maddie calls the winner a Kenyan and he loses Prop.8 in Cali and Janet's Arizona, for letting Joe stay on for half an hour, Debate III, you LOST, in order to save your own, miserable, stupid LIVES.

Bush pilots DIE, poorly informed flappers.

They DIE. In choppers, in single-engine prop planes. They DIE, dead as can be.

When the BRATS had their TITS twisted by Saladin, and so they were sent back to BRITAIN, they left their offal, in Jerusalem, called a hot, new word, since from their Pope's SHIT FOR BRAINS, they could get God to tell them, they had a couple of things to do, before they could stay, in Jerusalem, next in the Victorian Crusade, 1882: invade Beijing, through Shiites in Iran.

Fart hard for bon Jovi, on Texas-TV! Blast the Prezzie's balls, out of his perple undies, with awesome, concentrated gas!

Sally's alley is all browned out. Go home, fool! Bush pilots were born, to lose control, and they will. At war, THEY CRASH, HARD.

Perhaps you have all heard, of the famous JOHN McCAIN, or even of his fine years in North Viet Namese custody, for repeatedly bombing the Hanoi Power Station, in a lousy Skyhawk, which cannot keep doing that sort of dirt, without a SAM of some kind getting Johnny down.

747 coming out of the sky, gonna take you sky-high-airhead-airliners, down to Memphis, on a midnight special ride! Got Burt Sugarman?

You can see Russia, haha about Levi's tricking Playgirl, I can see meatwads, plural, playing U2 sedition into 2011 disasters, foretold!

When you are trying to crash, DO NOT KEEP BUZZING THE AIRHEAD-STRIPSHOW, or you are GOING TO CRASH.

So you won't get health care, from already doomed Obama, but tards, you let the deregulated power deals corrupt big construction, SO WHAT PART OF NUKES OR OIL CAN STUPID SALLY FUND, when the Chinese are about to sue her for being a cowgirl, who shoots mooses and pretends they are some sort of native, if she gets to?

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The 2010 Astrotheology Calendar

2009-09-29T19:08:17Z

Hey, I thought many here would love this -

The 2010 Astrotheology Calendar

An Astrotheology Press/Stellar House Original

"The 2010 Astrotheology Calendar—brought to you by Astrotheology Press, a division of Stellar House Publishing—provides valuable and amazing information about holidays celebrated from ancient times to today that are largely based in astrotheology and nature worship. In addition to recording a number of fascinating celebrations from a variety of cultures marked on various days of each month, the Astrotheology Calendar highlights certain dates in the accompanying explanatory text. These highlighted days include the solstices, equinoxes and "cross-quarter days," as well as various dates that reflect important developments in the field of comparative religion and mythology......"

Click here for more info -
http://www.stellarhousepublishing.com/2010calendar.html

* Join the "Solar Mythology ~ Astrotheology" tribe
http://tribes.tribe.net/solarmythologynastrotheology

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Adrian Roberts And RE/Search: What Happened?

2009-09-22T17:34:08Z

So a few of you clicked on my link and may have noticed, after one day, a retraction.

I was no happier about putting that up than you were. But hey, it was only part one, so it stands to reason that I got you hooked, right? :-)

Well, here's the thrilling conclusion, wherein I discuss the ins and outs of dealing with authors and publishers, life at Entheon Village, and Sergei Brin's apparent color blindness. You'll stop by, won't you?

http://bit.ly/KXoCQ

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On Piss Clear and RE/Search

2009-09-17T06:30:24Z

So I saw online how this group had promoted Burning Man Live!, Adrian Roberts's Piss Clear compendium published by RE/Search Publications. Well, I ended up talking to him for a book blog I write, and he had some very surprising things to say about it. So I figured whatever information has been disseminated about it thus far should be amended by what he said here.

http://bit.ly/19Rlnj

Suffice it to say that you'd be best not to buy the book from anyone but Adrian hisself. Don't worry, I explain it all.

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Flux 53 show!

2009-09-15T23:57:54Z

Hey guys! I'm helping put together a show for one of my favorite bands Oso.
It will be in Oakland at this awesome venue Flux 53 which is owned and run by burners ( www.flux53.com/FLUX53/Home.html).
I'm really excited about this. I can't wait to see you all there!

Here's the info:
www.yelp.com/events/oakl...t-at-flux-53

Oso, Picture Atlantic, The Good Hustle Concert at Flux 53!
September 25th!
doors at 7:00

Flux 53 Theater
5300 Foothill,
Oakland, CA 94601

These 3 amazing bands are going to be putting on an unforgettable show.

Oso is headlining this event. Performing music with roots in Americana, containing deep intertwining layers of melody, rhythm and time reminiscent of Eastern Europe, oso creates rock music that's moving beyond the boundaries of genre. Described as 'technical folk' and 'math-rock world music', oso makes music that blends the intensity of sweeping compositions with the intimacy of heart-felt vocals.

With 'a circus-like sense of theater', oso's performances connect with people due to the sheer energy and emotion of the experience, reaching music lovers of all cultures and ages.

To learn more about these bands go to:

www.youtube.com...;

www.myspace.com...

www.myspace.com...

www.myspace.com...

Tickets are $10
www.inticketing.com/events/51540

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LAST MINUTE ! RVs FOR RENT FOR BURNING MAN

2009-08-23T04:37:00Z

LAST MINUTE BURNING MAN
RVs FOR RENT FOR BURNING MAN
VERY GOOD PRICE
BASED IN RENO.

PLEASE CONTACT SANDRINE
Sandrine@tinderrecords.com
415 492 1623

Weekend Warrior – all amenities- sleeps 4 people* 4000.00 Reserved
5th Wheel- all amenities- sleeps 3 people* 4000.00
Dodge motor home- all amenities- sleeps 3 people* 2000.00
Motor home- all amenities- sleeps 2 people* 2000.00
22 Ft. Trailer- all amenities- sleeps 3 people* 2000.00 Reserved
26 Ft. Motor home- all amenities- sleeps 3 people* 2000.00 Reserved
Dodge Sportsman motor home-all amenities- sleeps 3 people* 2000.00
18 Ft. Winnebago- all amenities- sleeps 2 people* 2000.00
Dodge Pace Arrow- no fridge- sleeps 2 people* 1500.00
24th Travel Trailer 1500.00
30 Ft. Trailer- no kitchen- sleeps 2 people*

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3rd LED & EL Wire Art Soldering Party!! - Los Angeles Area

2009-07-24T18:37:00Z

3rd LED & EL Wire Art Soldering Party!! - Los Angeles Area

Dearest Family, just in time for Burning Man, its official, Aug 8th, will be the 3rd LED & EL Wire Art Soldering Party at tron's house, please RSVP:

troneee@gmail.com

Workshop is free.

I'll send out 'party' requirements and what to bring for those who PM me with their e-mail addresses.

Remember this is a family get-together, please, bring some goodies to share, its a party :) What ever feels good, if you can't, its ok, bring yourself.

In this workshop we will revisit how to strip, solder and to add connectors to EL Wire. How to add EL Wire to bicycles and to clothing. And where to get good deals on stuff...with Burner Discounts. (I have no affiliation with vendors just with fellow Burners on the 'Net :)) )

I aml ooking forward to again partying with you all.....

Love tronee
818.518.5414 :verizon cell

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Ride to BRC

2009-07-23T01:40:40Z

Hello family.....am five year LA Burner,

I am seeking riders to BRC, I have room for 2 very cool peeps...no drama, just plain old freindly lets ride along & have a gud phukn time!!

The....catch, must share gas costs & be willing to arrive 12:01am Mon morning (Aug 31, 09) & to exit BRC no earlier than Sep 9th) Wed morning.

My ride: 30' Class A RV see: http://people.tribe.net/tron-ee/photos/5e9e43bc-fdfe-4b99-9b6e-4ccdeffce77a

PM tron at troneee@gmail.com

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July 18 - Benefit Without Borders - Reno

2009-07-08T05:10:41Z

On July 18, several communities around the world (now including Beijing, China and Toronto, Canada) will be gathering, further building relationships, doing some partying, having fun, and raising funds for Burners Without Borders.

Reno will be celebrating much of that day and night at The Amendment 21 in downtown Reno...

Reno Benefit Without Borders
A FundraisingCelebration of Burners Without Borders
Saturday, July 18, 2009
The Amendment 21
425 South Virginia Street
(775) 786-0808
Event begins at 3pm
ALL AGES until 10pm / 21+ after 10pm
$10 with eyeglasses donation / $15 without

Please, come join in Reno's celebration of Burners Without Borders, a unique fundraising adventure in community, entertainment, art, dialogue and fun -- an event accompanying similar benefits around the world on the same day.

Reno Benefit Without Borders is a collaborative project of individuals, groups, organizations, and businesses from many walks of life, whose common goals are to financially support Burners Without Borders through the July 18 benefit, educate the community on BWB’s philosophy and projects, and in so doing, nurture enduring community relationships, development, and creativity, beginning at home.

Controlled Burn, Dragonfly Aerials, Mister Jellyfish's Fluffer, Shadowbots, Jahzilla, Jill Marlene, The Shames, Nick Ramirez, Truckee Tribe, The Green Mondays, Train of Thought, Dj's D6, Ryan, Ahn, Jeremy Curl, and Too Dread, The Hoop Group, Valkyrie Follies, Black Label Bike Club, fashion shenanigans, and a multi-city webcam and more are confirmed for this outdoors/indoors event.

Celtic Forest c/o Black Rock Arts Foundation, just down the street, will also be lit up for that night, with a free shuttle c/o The Amendment 21 operating between Reno Benefit Without Borders and Celtic Forest.

Several organizations will also be representing -- Burners Without Borders, Black Rock Arts Foundation, Earth Guardians, Black Rock Solar, Friends of Black Rock / High Rock, Reno-Host Lions.

There will be a Kidsville with fun, interactive activities primarily for the younger among us, as well as hoola hoop and poi workshops for all ages.

There will be a raffle/silent-auction of dozens and dozens of items and experiences from local theme camps, artists, organizations and businesses, many of which are best suited for your life in Black Rock City. Two tickets to Burning Man, a week's worth of coffee at the Burning Man Cafe, bicycles for the playa, and three home-made burning manish quilts, are among the many wonderful prizes.

Some local burner-owned businesses will also be vending at this benefit.

Net-proceeds to go to Burners Without Borders c/o Black Rock Arts Foundation.

For further information, please check out:

RenoBenefitWithoutBorders.Ning.com

And to see more about the international Benefit Without Borders, visit:

www.benefitwithoutborders.com
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Who are Burners Without Borders?

(From the BWB website)

Burners Without Borders is a grassroots, volunteer-driven, community leadership organization founded by Burning Man participants, whose goal is to help unlock the creativity of local communities to solve problems that bring about meaningful change. Founded by Burners (Burning Man participants) who instinctively gathered in the Hurricane Katrina disaster zone to help those who couldn't help themselves, BWB has grown into a dynamic international, volunteer organization made possible by the generous financial support of the community and an army of highly creative volunteers.

This past year alone, Burners Without Borders welcomed over 350 volunteers from all over the world to Pisco, Peru to support earthquake reconstruction efforts there. In communities across the world, people inspired by the activities of BWB, are taking the initiative to bring creative solutions to issues they care about. Whether it's using art to save camp fires at San Francisco's Ocean Beach or mobilizing volunteers to support the victims of the Fernley, NV flood, it's BWB's innovative solutions that make a real impact.

BWB is constantly engaged in new projects and their ability to be effective depends largely on donations to buy the materials needed to get the job done.

This is where we can help. Come out on July 18th and support Burners Without Borders on July 18th and bring all your friends!"

You can check out what BWB has been up to at www.burnerswithoutborders.org and be sure and check out their Blog to read about the projects through the words of the volunteers who are on the ground making them happen.

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yoga camp?

2009-06-12T05:21:27Z

This looks like a tribe of some veteran experienced burning man gatherers, so I"ll put this question here.

I have been to BM '05 (my first time) and now I have a chance to go again to BM '09. I'd like to camp with some folks who do yoga and who are into the healthier foods (vegg). The theme camp guide doesn't seem to shed alot of light on this. So I'll ask here >
Has anyone heard of or know of a yoga camp and if so then how to contact these folks?

thanks
Peace
briggi!

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Piss Clear LA Book Release Party! Fri June 5 @ TheoryLabs, The Brewery

2009-06-02T01:29:42Z

PISS CLEAR LOS ANGELES BOOK RELEASE PARTY!
FRIDAY JUNE 5
THEORYLABS @ THE BREWERY
624 Moulton Ave., Los Angeles . FREE ENTRY!
Party starts at 7 PM. Park behind TheoryLabs on 20th Street.
Buy the book for $20 and get it signed by the authors!

• Book signings from the authors!
• Piss Clear slide show in black-and-white -- 13 years of Burning Man history
• Birthday party for BUCK from THE MUTAYTOR! - www.mutaytor.com
• Drinks and schmoozing -- hang out with the editors and writers!
• Background music provided by BOOTIE BRC - www.bootieusa.com/brc

On Friday, June 5th, TheoryLabs at The Brewery helps celebrate the long-awaited release of "Burning Man Live: 13 Years of Piss Clear, Black Rock City's Alternative Newspaper." Published by RE/Search Publications, this jam-packed, 320-page anthology contains all 34 issues of the beloved playa newspaper Piss Clear, which, with its snarky and sarcastic tone -- as well as its acerbic rants, witty commentaries, and funny lists -- earned its reputation as the "Vice magazine of the playa."

And remember ... drink enough water so that you piss clear!

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Piss Clear Book Release Party! Thurs May 28 @ Mighty, SF

2009-05-13T01:09:21Z

PISS CLEAR BOOK RELEASE PARTY!
THURSDAY MAY 28
MIGHTY, 119 Utah at 15th Street, San Francisco
7 PM - 2 AM, 21+
$20 cover includes FREE SIGNED BOOK!
$5 cover without book
http://www.pissclear.org

On Thursday, May 28th, club Mighty helps celebrate the long-awaited release of "Burning Man Live: 13 Years of Piss Clear, Black Rock City's Alternative Newspaper." Published by RE/Search Publications, this jam-packed, 320-page anthology contains all 34 issues of the beloved playa newspaper Piss Clear, which, with its snarky and sarcastic tone -- as well as its acerbic rants, witty commentaries, and funny lists -- earned its reputation as the "Vice magazine of the playa."

To celebrate, editor Adrian Roberts has assembled a variety of party hosts, and DJs who are not only featured in the book, but also embody the saucy, fun-loving spirit of Piss Clear.

Piss Clear's DJs spin everything except
clichéd Burning Man trance and techno:
DJ ADRIAN - Piss Clear editor-turned-Bootie DJ -- http://www.aplusd.net
DJ MALDEROR - Fandango Village DJ-turned-Piss Clear columnist -- http://malderor.livejournal.com
MYSTERIOUS D - Bootie BRC's secret weapon -- http://www.aplusd.net
BIG DOLLA - From Fringe SF and Lowrider Punk -- http://www.myspace.com/thefringecamp
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Black Rock City playa celebrities and party hosts:
NAMBLA THE CLOWN
DANGER RANGER
LADYBEE
SF SLIM
SHUTTERSLUT
DAN BITTER
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7 PM: Happy Hour Film Screening:
A special showing of Olivier Bonin's
Burning Man film, "DUST & ILLUSIONS" -- http://dustandillusions.com
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• Book signings from the authors
• Enter the Playa Fashion Dos & Don'ts Fashion Show!
Wear your best or worst playawear and win fabulous prizes!
• Haiku-4-Beer! Read haiku from Piss Clear, get a free beer!
• Piss Clear slide show -- 13 years of Burning Man, in black-and-white!
• Hooping performance from John!John!
• Drink specials, including Playa Iron Liver Contest winners!

All of this -- including a FREE signed copy of the book "Burning Man Live: 13 Years of Piss Clear, Black Rock City's Alternative Newspaper" -- for only $20!

Or, if you don't wanna buy a book (because you already got one!) then it's just $5 at the door.

And remember: drink enough water so that you piss clear!

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Bringing the homeless to Burning Man

2009-04-25T17:59:49Z

I wonder if people offered free bus tickets so that the SF homeless could come to Burning Man if they'd go...

Round trip of course, I'm not proposing anything cruel.

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burner friendly space in the forest....

2009-04-23T16:18:31Z

After years of going to burning man, we have created a more sustainable space using some of the principles and culture of burning man.
If you like the idea of developing parts of Burning Man culture over the longer term see our web site and consider coming to play, work or live.

http://bosquevillage.com/
Photos here: http://flickr.com/thebosque

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A SPIRITUAL C * NSP * R* CY

2009-04-15T09:03:20Z

A SPIRITUAL C * NSP * R* CY

We think this is so harmonically tuned to the spirit of Tribe and all of the mankind who are working towards a more peaceful, abundant, natural and consciously emerging planet. We trust you will feel the sentiment of it and pass it on...

with love and blessings

in the spirit of cooperation, family and global community

Sunny and Pierre Soleil

A SPIRITUAL C * NSP * R* CY

On the surface of the world right now there is
war and violence and things seem dark.
But calmly and quietly, at the same time,

something else is happening deep down.

An inner emergence is taking place

and certain individuals are being called to a higher light.
It is a silent awakening.
From the inside out. From the ground up.

This is a Global operation.
A Spiritual C * nsp * r * cy.
There are 'sleepers' awakening in every nation on the planet.

You won’t see us on the T.V .
You won’t read about us in the newspaper
You won’t hear about us on the radio

We don’t seek any glory
We don’t wear any uniform
We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles

Some of us work anonymously
We are quietly working behind the scenes

in every country and culture of the world;
in cities big and small, mountains and valleys;

in farms and villages, tribes and remote islands.

You could pass by one of us on the street
and not even notice

We go undercover
We insinuate into the system

from behind the scenes
It is of no concern to us who takes the final credit
But simply that the work gets done

During the day some of us pretend we have normal jobs
But behind the false storefront and at any hour
is where the real work takes a place

Some might call us the Conscious Warriors
Rainbow Warriors of Light, Spiritual Activists,
Lightworkers, Shamans, Helians [healing beings]

However we know ourselves as,
we are slowly creating a new world

with the power of our minds and hearts
We follow, with passion and joy

Our orders come from from the Central Spiritual Intelligence or The Celestial Concourse Administration...
Whether it's the CSI or the CCA or our own deepest access to global consciousness
We are all dropping soft, secret love b *m b s when no one is looking

Poems * Hugs * Music * Photography * Movies * Gifting * Kind words * Smiles * Inspiration * Meditation & prayer * Compassion * Workshops * Community Gatherings * Dance * Social alternatives * Websites * Blogs * Random acts of kindness and outgoing concern for the whole before self

We each express ourselves in our own unique ways
with our own unique gifts and talents

Be the change you want to see in the world
That is the motto that fills our hearts.

We know it is the only way real transformation takes place
We know that quietly and humbly we have the
power of all the oceans combined.

Our work is slow and meticulous
Like the formation of mountains
It is not even visible at first glance
And yet with it entire tectonic plates
shall be moved ....

Love is the new religion of the 21st century
You don’t have to be a highly educated person
Or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it

It comes from the intelligence of the heart
Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings..

Be the change you want to see in the world
Nobody else can do it for you

We are now recruiting
Perhaps you will join us
Or already have.

All are welcome
The door is open

author unknown

Welcome H.E.R.E. We love you

SunWaterClear & WindWaterClear

Harmonic Emergence - Return to Earth H.E.R.E.

http://harmonicemergence.org/ - our foundation site
http://www.panoramio.com/user/2861230 A photographic tribute to the hallowed forests we roam
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/justcamping/ Small informal forest gatherings. More than just camping
http://www.everytrail.com/
http://tribes.tribe.net/harmonicemergence Join us on Tribe.net

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BURNING MAN LIVE (Piss Clear Mag)

2009-03-31T22:10:09Z

Hey Burners & Anthropologists of all Stripes,

Do you all know about Piss Clear, the Burner magazine, that was around for 13 years? It’s been called “the Vice Magazine of the playa” – sharp and funny with an alternative view of Black Rock City. I found out that RE/Search Publications has published BURNING MAN LIVE, which has the best of all 13 years (1994-2007), including “Best of Black Rock City,” “Sex and Drugs,” “Playa Fashion Do’s and Don’ts,” “You Know You’re a Burner When…” “Borg Wars,” interviews with Larry Harvey (Burning Man cofounder) and Harley DuBois (Director of Community Services), and introductions by Brian Doherty, Adrian Roberts, and Malderor. This book is 320 pages, and HUGE (8.5 by 11 inches) of pure Burning Man history– highly recommended – with really great articles and photos.

Just go to the link below to check out the book or make an order:

http://www.researchpubs.com/Blog/?page_id=13&product_id=74

Anyway, it's an amazing book and I suggest you all check it out, if interested.

NOTE: I found this message from another BM I'm a part of. I ordered the book -- loved it, talked to the woman who is spreading the word -- and now I'm spreading the word, too. This reminds me of the old BM days, as well as the more recent. It's great fun!

- Lisa

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The Do Lab is ready to rock Coachella ~ April 17th-19th

2009-03-29T07:39:52Z

Here is a look at how The Do Lab and Lucent rocked Coachella last year : blip.tv/file/1931232
Expect a crazier event this year!
April 17-19, 2009 Indio, CA

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Bacon Lollipops!

2009-02-27T00:35:06Z

http://www.lollyphile.com/maple-bacon.php

..heaven...

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The Economy and Burning Man

2009-02-24T04:57:32Z

So... How would the spiraling economy effect Burning Man? Will artist not have enough money to build art? Will all the Hippies have no one or compete to leech? Will theme camps dry up? Will people not afford to go? Worse yet... Will the Playa be nothing but rich yuppies trying to be cool and no Burners?

Your thoughts.

Cross

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NO ART CARS - BM 2008

2009-01-12T15:11:41Z

NO ART CARS - BM 2008...

You won't see Art car similar to these: http://www.artcaragency.com/
because they are not "Mutant Vehicles".

What do you think about that?

No Art Cars at SF Decompression, they were invited, but aren't interested in coming because they aren't going to have a place in BM 2008.

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Bobzila, Elaine, Rhino: Censoring the main tribe!!

2008-12-31T02:55:49Z

Please go vote to elect new moderators for the main tribe http://tribes.tribe.net/newmodelect

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CHECK OUT THIS DANIEL PINCHBECK ARTICLE!

2008-12-23T12:40:14Z

Very enlightening - a MUST read!

http://www.xanaduxero.blogspot.com

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Burning Man Tribe - Moderation Team Election

2008-12-20T08:39:27Z

The Burning Man tribe is currently electing a new moderation team.

A number of well-qualified, considerate, and committed volunteers are looking forward to working together, but only three will be chosen.

Please come learn about the volunteers (in various threads on the Burning Man tribe):

http://bm.tribe.net/?_click_path=Application[tribe].Tribe[2a015c8a-8c2f-4657-8716-9395874aa780]

And voice your choices here:

http://bm.tribe.net/thread/350ba246-a7b2-4b22-8c9b-f60dd15acef3

You can also learn more about the volunteers as well as about the process behind this election in another tribe, the Burning Man Mod tribe:

http://tribes.tribe.net/newmod?_click_path=Application[tribe].Tribe[050101bd-e4d5-4fff-b8b6-301d5963ff46]

Things are looking different there...

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Habitats Environmental Project wants your help!

2008-12-14T23:30:03Z

Habitats Environmental Project wants your help!

We realized that there are so many ecologically minded people who spend time in nature, that perhaps we could recruit you all into helping out on this upcoming awesome project!

Here's the premise for the Habitats Project:

Kricket, shireen, Jack, and Smitty are collaborating to create the “Habitats Project.” This is a multipart project for third to fifth grade students in Oregon. The project includes a classroom program and an interactive Habitats Show.

The students will learn about the effects of pollution on our environment, specifically addressing Pacific Northwest wildlife and their habitats.

Through education about recycling, reusing, and reclaiming the students are offered methods in which to reduce their footprint on the environment.

The classroom program includes presentations, discussions, and craft project time using items collected by students, community volunteers, and project organizers from Pacific Northwest habitats, homes, schools, and neighborhoods.

The project culminates in an interactive Habitats Show where the craft projects created in the classrooms are used as props in the show and may also be used by the student audience while viewing the show.

Here's how you can help, right now:

Next time you go out on a walk or bike ride in any Pacific Northwest natural habitat area like the woods, beach, mountains, desert, etc take a small sack with you and collect trash for us to use in our show!

We're looking for any metal, glass, or plastic items that are found in a Pacific Northwest natural environment and don't belong there. Yes, trash!

When we do the Habitats Project in Fall 2009 we'll be able to say that XYZ props were made from trash picked up at XYZ locations and it was "number" of pounds of trash, by "number" of volunteers

Want to know more about the Habitats Project, please visit our web page for more Trash Collection details, how to get the trash to us, and other ways to get involved!

Please visit our web page: http://www.kricketskritters.com/habitats-project.html

**We are seeking third, fourth, and fifth grade classrooms, located in Oregon, to participate in the Habitats Program. Please contact us for more details!**

Please freely forward this request for participation to any groups, schools, organizations, or individuals located in the Pacific Northwest that might be interested in participating, sponsoring, or hosting this project. Thank you for your support! Word of mouth and community involvement is the key to success of this project.

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Read This: Community Involvment Wanted! Habitats Environmental Show wants your help!

2008-12-04T22:45:34Z

Read This: Community Involvment Wanted! Habitats Environmental Show wants your help!

We realized that there are so many ecologically minded people who spend time in nature, that perhaps we could recruit you all into helping out on this upcoming awesome project!

Here's the premise for the Habitats Project:

Kricket, shireen, Jack, and Smitty are collaborating to create the “Habitats Project.” This is a multipart project for third to fifth grade students in Oregon. The project includes a classroom program and an interactive Habitats Show.

The students will learn about the effects of pollution on our environment, specifically addressing Pacific Northwest wildlife and their habitats.

Through education about recycling, reusing, and reclaiming the students are offered methods in which to reduce their footprint on the environment.

The classroom program includes presentations, discussions, and craft project time using items collected by students, community volunteers, and project organizers from Pacific Northwest habitats, homes, schools, and neighborhoods.

The project culminates in an interactive Habitats Show where the craft projects created in the classrooms are used as props in the show and may also be used by the student audience while viewing the show.

Here's how you can help, right now:

Next time you go out on a walk or bike ride in any Pacific Northwest natural habitat area like the woods, beach, mountains, desert, etc take a small sack with you and collect trash for us to use in our show!

We're looking for any metal, glass, or plastic items that are found in a Pacific Northwest natural environment and don't belong there. Yes, trash!

When we do the Habitats Project in Fall 2009 we'll be able to say that XYZ props were made from trash picked up at XYZ locations and it was "number" of pounds of trash, by "number" of volunteers

Want to know more about the Habitats Project, please visit our web page for more Trash Collection details, how to get the trash to us, and other ways to get involved!

Please visit our web page: http://www.kricketskritters.com/habitats-project.html

**We are seeking third, fourth, and fifth grade classrooms, located in Oregon, to participate in the Habitats Program. Please contact us for more details!**

Please freely forward this request for participation to any groups, schools, organizations, or individuals located in the Pacific Northwest that might be interested in participating, sponsoring, or hosting this project. Thank you for your support! Word of mouth and community involvement is the key to success of this project.

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New Burner Friendly community 40 Mi. north of S.F.

2008-11-29T07:33:37Z

Hello fellow Burners...... Here is a little information about The Farm. The vision for The Farm is to become an artist colony / organic farm / green living, learning center.The Farm Is located Approx 40 miles north of San Francisco Ca. In the country 7 miles west of Petaluma Ca. The Farm is a little over 4 acres of very gently sloping southern, exposure land. The soil is a very fertile sandy loam. ( which should provide for the food needs of 15 persons with a reserve to market) The land has been zoned Rural /agricultural. (Which means you can live and farm the land, but can not sell products at that location) After 4 long hard years most of the land development work is done.The road is in. The property has been fenced. The well is in and produces over 30 gallons per minute. The septic design has been approved by the county for a large system. The electricity has been run to the property line. And the 40' x80' green house has been purchased. There currently is a 50'x50' pole tent that is serving as a barn/ gen purpose building. Now the land is ready to work, plant,harvest and build upon. What we need to do now is find a core group of people with the same vision. To create a life working in harmony, with the earth, and others. Persons that want to share all the work, laughter, and the expenses with the community. There is still a lot of work to do. We need to build The Barn/artist studios, The main meeting house, The community kitchen, The community bathrooms, and the separate/co living units. If your interested please contact us.

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So Cal Decompression Pix

2008-11-14T19:30:23Z

So Cal Decompression Pix

More pix from Mars:
http://www.pbase.com/wickerpix/socal_decompression

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Free SuKhush DJ set - Global Grooves for Bohemian Bellydancers!

2008-11-08T20:35:33Z

Greetings from Planet BrrrroooooklyN!

For those of you who don't know us, 6362MetaForce is an on-line global bohemian lifestyle boutique... inspired by and created for adventurous goaheads, burners and freaks of all stripes! We just put up some new free music and we'd love to share it with you. This set is a free download - about 1 hour in length - starts as a lullaby but quickly moves to a funky percussion-driven set, overlaid with live flute improvisation.

Download from our homepage - click the "SuKhush" icon in the upper left corner : www.6362MetaForce.net

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SuKhush: Global Grooves for Bohemian Bellydancers
Electronica DJ set with Live Flute Improvisation
Duration: 55 minutes, 29 seconds

- Recorded in Brooklyn, NY LiVE on 11/1/08
- Gear: Pioneer DJ 3000 Mixer, CDJ 100s, Barcus Berry flute mike

Tracklisting:

1. Glorious Sun (Traditional song from Myanmar – remixed on Laya Project)
2. Take a Flight (Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Ramasutra Remix)
3. Bellydancer (Adham Shaikh)
4. Nightflower (Kaya Project)
5. Tala Odyssey (Desert Dwellers)
6. Kashmiri Day Trip (Entheogenic – Kuba Remix)
7. Ghasi Ram Blues (Kaya Project)
8. Be Good (Kuba)
9. Moon Beach Morning (Isaak Hypnotizer)
10. Shiva Mantra (Traditional)

The flute is all live improv and runs through most all of the tracks. If you like what you hear, we've got lots more!! you can contact me here or at rachel@6362MetaForce.net.

ALSO: our store has a huge selection of utility belts, hip pouches, sling bags, brass jewelry, and more! Should you get the urge to go on a holiday shopping spree while visiting us, use this coupon at checkout:: FALL2008 .... It'll give you 10% off all jewelry, leather and suede!!

BooM

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Future directions of Burning Man

2008-10-23T05:02:00Z

Burning man,as we all know,is stuck in a rut. The regionals were supposed to help disseminate the ideas and practices of the BORG. BM itself was supposed to wither as the ideas and practices, the whole underlying idea behind the whole she-bang were practiced and used by more and more people in a spontaneous revolution in art and life. But here we are, a big assed party in the desert, with fewer and fewer pieces of art. Why has BM, the principles and ideas behind the curtain, not spread more?

Don't get me wrong, i luv heading into the desert, shaking my furry little butt, meeting new and interesting peoples, and checking out the sites. But it seems to me that we have become stratified, stuck in a rut. We look up to the man as the end all and be-all of the whole experience. I have seen people be judgmental of others because they haven't been to a burn. To marginalize those who don't or can't attend a Burn, but who do pour their souls into artistic expression. Even if they are the biggest and most creative component of a local regional art scene, they are viewed through that veil, and found wanting.

The BORG itself adds to this feeling, this way we deal with the world. They won't credit anything if it isn't from the Borg. The DPW, which is almost an entity unto themselves, is one of the exceptions to this. But look at the Rangers. It doesn't matter if you have rangered at a regional, you get no credit for that. The art scene in the regionals isn't supported by the BORG, art cars and art peices that are exceptional that get displayed at regionals, still have no streamlined process for consideration of inclusion in the Burn. The Borg itself is the only arbiter of participation out at BM. If the Borg was really wanting to be inclusive, to desire to grow the concepts behind this scene, they would have found a way to do this before now. But let's face it, the Borg doesn't want to share it's power, it's stroke. they want to maintain all control over what or who is associated with the Burn.

What can we as the (putative) citizens of this city do to spread these ideals? what way do we have to feedback to the Borg to give our input without becoming one with the borg? One that the Borg will actually consider? What do We do, as furry glowy dancy artistic citizens, to have a say, to vote on the way we as a community move? There isn't one, at least until the Borg loosens the reins. Any chance of that? how do we encourage them to do so?

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Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia: screening at the grand Lake theatre in Oakland thursday October 23

2008-10-18T07:36:06Z

East Bay Burners !

Come on down to the Grand Lake Theatre on Thursday October 23 to enjoy the Burning Man Film, “Voyage in Utopia”.

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
“Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia”
Thursday October 23, 2008

8:00pm - Screening

General admission: $15.00
VIP reception: 30 $ starts at 6 30 PM.
Benefit Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org/
Including complementary food, drinks and DVD.
Meet Film Maker Laurent Le Gall

OAKLAND, CA –

In celebration of the creative expression and highly evolved concept of Burning Man, Free Run Pictures, is screening their documentary, “Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia” an immersion into a journey towards a new world, at the the Grand Lake Theatre located at 3200 Grand Ave Oakland, California on Thursday October 23 at 8 Pm.

Synopsis:
Every year, tens of thousands of participants migrate to the vacant heart of the Wild West, The Black Rock desert in Nevada to celebrate Burning Man. Without a doubt the experience is extreme in this lost world of huge heat, desert storms, no shade, and no shops. Everybody must survive by themselves by bringing their own food and hopefully their good spirit. These “burners” mix their urban culture with a certain type of improvised tribalism. According to Larry Harvey, the principals are simple. Radical self expression and creation are absolute. No money here. All is based on a gift economy!

Two Trailers of the film
http://www.freerunpictures.com/en/burningman/ba.htm

Three Clips of the film
http://www.freerunpictures.com/en/burningman/trailers.htm
Documentary 85 minutes.

Voyage in Utopia by the Black Rock Foundation.

http://blackrockarts.blogspot.com/2008/07/voyage-in-utopia-this-friday-at-castro.html

The purpose of this documentary, through an extraordinary voyage, is to analyze the conventions, commitments and syndromes of this event and how it became a movement. Carnaval, tribe or mystic retreat ? This big uproar for some will stay as a spiritual experience for the others. The film depicts the journey of artist David Best through the building of the “temple.” David Best dedicates this interactive artwork to the departed love ones and to the miracle of life. He’s offering his own creativity to the community. A clever anachronism, a miraculous idea and an exemplary symbol. The citizens of Black Rock City take ownership of it and write messages to their families, their friends, their departed love ones. The temple is full of tributes and becomes a sanctuary.
The frenzy turns into meditation in that lost desert where the world is reborn each year from its own ashes ...

“Voyage in Utopia” is a remarkable piece of storytelling. It does what our event is said to do. It evokes the inexpressible, it invites imagination to inhabit the unknown,” says Larry Harvey, founder of Burning Man.
Filmmakers/producers, Laurent Le Gall, Sandrine Di Rienzo and Gregory Martoglio, team-up to capture the true essence of Burning Man, a schizophrenic testimony of an American society where liberty, tolerance and individualism often live side by side with competition, totalitarianism and consumerism. Just as impressive, the original musical score composed by French recording artist, Nelly Mella, blends a marvelous melody of vocal chants and captivating rhythms.

Billed as one of the best films about Burning Man ever seen, “Voyage in Utopia,” is sure to inspire a society of cultural rebels and grab the hearts and souls of viewers worldwide.

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General admission: $15.00
VIP reception: 30 $ starts at 6 30 PM.
Including complementary food, drinks and DVD.

Purchase tickets online at www.frantix.net
Www.renaissancerialto.com

More infos about the film
Www.freerunpictures.com
Www.burningman.com

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Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia: screenings in Sunnyvale October 16 and October 17

2008-10-15T18:08:34Z

Southbay Burners !

Come on down to the Sunnyvale Performing Arts Center on Thursday October 16 and Friday October 17 to enjoy the Burning Man Film, “Voyage in Utopia”.

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
“Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia”
Thursday October 16, 2008
And Friday October 17, 2008
8:00pm - Screening

General admission: $15.00
VIP reception: 30 $ starts at 6 30 PM.
Including complementary food, drinks and DVD
Benefit Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org/

SUNNYVALE, CA –

In celebration of the creative expression and highly evolved concept of Burning Man, Free Run Pictures, is screening their documentary, “Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia” an immersion into a journey towards a new world, at the Sunnyvale Performing Arts Center located at 550 E Remington Ave Sunnyvale, California on Thursday October 16 and Friday October 17 at 8 Pm.

Synopsis:
Every year, tens of thousands of participants migrate to the vacant heart of the Wild West, The Black Rock desert in Nevada to celebrate Burning Man. Without a doubt the experience is extreme in this lost world of huge heat, desert storms, no shade, and no shops. Everybody must survive by themselves by bringing their own food and hopefully their good spirit. These “burners” mix their urban culture with a certain type of improvised tribalism. According to Larry Harvey, the principals are simple. Radical self expression and creation are absolute. No money here. All is based on a gift economy!

Two Trailers of the film
http://www.freerunpictures.com/en/burningman/ba.htm

Three Clips of the film
http://www.freerunpictures.com/en/burningman/trailers.htm
Documentary 85 minutes.

Voyage in Utopia by the Black Rock Foundation.

http://blackrockarts.blogspot.com/2008/07/voyage-in-utopia-this-friday-at-castro.html

The purpose of this documentary, through an extraordinary voyage, is to analyze the conventions, commitments and syndromes of this event and how it became a movement. Carnaval, tribe or mystic retreat ? This big uproar for some will stay as a spiritual experience for the others. The film depicts the journey of artist David Best through the building of the “temple.” David Best dedicates this interactive artwork to the departed love ones and to the miracle of life. He’s offering his own creativity to the community. A clever anachronism, a miraculous idea and an exemplary symbol. The citizens of Black Rock City take ownership of it and write messages to their families, their friends, their departed love ones. The temple is full of tributes and becomes a sanctuary.
The frenzy turns into meditation in that lost desert where the world is reborn each year from its own ashes ...

“Voyage in Utopia” is a remarkable piece of storytelling. It does what our event is said to do. It evokes the inexpressible, it invites imagination to inhabit the unknown,” says Larry Harvey, founder of Burning Man.
Filmmakers/producers, Laurent Le Gall, Sandrine Di Rienzo and Gregory Martoglio, team-up to capture the true essence of Burning Man, a schizophrenic testimony of an American society where liberty, tolerance and individualism often live side by side with competition, totalitarianism and consumerism. Just as impressive, the original musical score composed by French recording artist, Nelly Mella, blends a marvelous melody of vocal chants and captivating rhythms.

Billed as one of the best films about Burning Man ever seen, “Voyage in Utopia,” is sure to inspire a society of cultural rebels and grab the hearts and souls of viewers worldwide.

###

Purchase tickets online at www.frantix.net

More infos about the film
Www.freerunpictures.com
Www.burningman.com

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Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia: screenings in Sunnyvale October 16 and October 17

2008-10-06T12:47:30Z

Southbay Burners !

Come on down to the Sunnyvale Performing Arts Center on Thursday October 16 and Friday October 17 to enjoy the Burning Man Film, “Voyage in Utopia”.

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
“Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia”
Thursday October 16, 2008
And Friday October 17, 2008
8:00pm - Screening

General admission: $15.00
VIP reception: 30 $ starts at 6 30 PM.
Benefit Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org/
Including complementary food, drinks and DVD.
Meet Film Maker Laurent Le Gall

SUNNYVALE, CA –

In celebration of the creative expression and highly evolved concept of Burning Man, Free Run Pictures, is screening their documentary, “Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia” an immersion into a journey towards a new world, at the Sunnyvale Performing Arts Center located at 550 E Remington Ave Sunnyvale, California on Thursday October 16 and Friday October 17 at 8 Pm.

Synopsis:
Every year, tens of thousands of participants migrate to the vacant heart of the Wild West, The Black Rock desert in Nevada to celebrate Burning Man. Without a doubt the experience is extreme in this lost world of huge heat, desert storms, no shade, and no shops. Everybody must survive by themselves by bringing their own food and hopefully their good spirit. These “burners” mix their urban culture with a certain type of improvised tribalism. According to Larry Harvey, the principals are simple. Radical self expression and creation are absolute. No money here. All is based on a gift economy!

Two Trailers of the film
http://www.freerunpictures.com/en/burningman/ba.htm

Three Clips of the film
http://www.freerunpictures.com/en/burningman/trailers.htm
Documentary 85 minutes.

Voyage in Utopia by the Black Rock Foundation.

http://blackrockarts.blogspot.com/2008/07/voyage-in-utopia-this-friday-at-castro.html

The purpose of this documentary, through an extraordinary voyage, is to analyze the conventions, commitments and syndromes of this event and how it became a movement. Carnaval, tribe or mystic retreat ? This big uproar for some will stay as a spiritual experience for the others. The film depicts the journey of artist David Best through the building of the “temple.” David Best dedicates this interactive artwork to the departed love ones and to the miracle of life. He’s offering his own creativity to the community. A clever anachronism, a miraculous idea and an exemplary symbol. The citizens of Black Rock City take ownership of it and write messages to their families, their friends, their departed love ones. The temple is full of tributes and becomes a sanctuary.
The frenzy turns into meditation in that lost desert where the world is reborn each year from its own ashes ...

“Voyage in Utopia” is a remarkable piece of storytelling. It does what our event is said to do. It evokes the inexpressible, it invites imagination to inhabit the unknown,” says Larry Harvey, founder of Burning Man.
Filmmakers/producers, Laurent Le Gall, Sandrine Di Rienzo and Gregory Martoglio, team-up to capture the true essence of Burning Man, a schizophrenic testimony of an American society where liberty, tolerance and individualism often live side by side with competition, totalitarianism and consumerism. Just as impressive, the original musical score composed by French recording artist, Nelly Mella, blends a marvelous melody of vocal chants and captivating rhythms.

Billed as one of the best films about Burning Man ever seen, “Voyage in Utopia,” is sure to inspire a society of cultural rebels and grab the hearts and souls of viewers worldwide.

###

Purchase tickets online at www.frantix.net

More infos about the film
Www.freerunpictures.com
Www.burningman.com

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Basura Sagrada Steel Sculpture For Sale

2008-10-06T03:18:56Z

http://cgi.ebay.com/Large-Steel-Fire-Sculpture-Basura-Sagrada-Burningman_W0QQitemZ120313838773QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120313838773&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

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JubJub Has Been Sighted & On The Loose

2008-10-03T03:15:46Z

El Jefe, Minister of Inert Gases, HumBug to the Clan Clamper, Noble Instigator to Dada Motel, spotted here loading JubJub among chicken talons and eggs.

This video is one minute long and surmises the conviction of a lone compadre.
http://nadadadadingdong.com/video/video/show?id=2197270:Video:1203

cheeky monkey!

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The 10 Principles

2008-10-01T23:59:44Z

Just a couple of questions.

Which principles are personally most important to you?

Are there any that really stand out more than the others?

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Los Angeles Decompression! Oct 4th!

2008-09-27T03:14:38Z

Hey Everyone,

This year's Los Angeles Decompression will be held in a BRAND NEW location!
We now have a beautiful park with acres of grass all with an amazing view of the downtown skyline.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 2008

The 6TH Annual
LA BURNING MAN DECOMPRESSION
Music & Arts Festival – Noon to Midnight
At the Los Angeles State Historical Park (Cornfields)
1245 N. Spring Street
Los Angles, Ca, 90012

Mutaytor Stage:
MUTAYTOR
LUCENT DOSSIER
SOLOVOX
GOOFERMAN
ORBIS LAZULLI
DJ FUNGUY
AMY CLARKE
DJ JUAN CARLOS
DJ SYRENA
SUNEVIL
AJAY AND MAVERICK
FANTUZZI
BONNIE DELIGHT BURLESQUE REVUE
VOKAB KOMPANY
TRICK CONCEPTS FIRE PERFORMANCE
WANDERING MARIONETTES

Funky Munky Stage:
LIVE PAINTING BY MICHAEL MASSENBURG
GRAVYBRAIN
TWO GUYS IN SUITS
ZOR
MISS ROSIE
40 FOOT JESUS
AERIAL - WISH & ZIRCON & LYNXMAGIC & GENIE CARTIEE
DMT
UKULADY
THE BIGGEST DISTRACTION
LAFX
FIRE GROOVE
BLACKLIGHT DOUBLE DUTCH
DJ SPECIAL K
BITSY THE WUNDER MUNKY
MACHINA CANDEO
BUBBLE MUNKYS
DJ AXEL
UNITY
EYE VAPOR
MUNKY MAJIK BY PHIL VAN TEE & JEANNE VAN TEE
MUNKY TAROT BY SNOHOMISH BROWN
ART BY ELIZABETH MARLEY
MUNKY PHOTOBOOTHE BY GARY STEVENS
MUNKY FACE PAINTING BY VICKIE & ZACHARY CALMAN & FRIENDS

Disorient Stage:
MATT XAVIER (compression la)
ROBTRONIK (compression la)
ANDRE EZER (compression la)
THE GEOMETRIST (space cowboys)
RYAN HAMMILL (rotunda la)
DJ BALLS (disorient, nyc)
BASS RITUAL (dj saadhu + twosense)
SPARKLE (santa barbara)
BENEVOLENT
TARI KARKANEN

The Mysfit National Space Camp and Alien Underground L.A.nding Zone:
PETEY
BLACKASS
SATCHI OM
ORENCE
SHADOW PORN THEATER
TRANSPARENT SOUND
FATSLINGER
SEDA
TODD Spero vs DIVA DANIELLE
DJ MYKEY
DARREN
DJ DABIS
TERMINAL ANNEXES CURATED BY BASSWERKS and SWIV CIRCUS
ARTISTS: JASON SAUNDERS, SUPER PEAT, TERRY PRATT, RAYMOND BERRELEZ, NOELLE CHARLES, BLACKASS, KEMICAL KID and BRANDON LOMAX

Bouncey Bounce and Philadelphia Experiment Stage:
DJ DAVI
ANTON TUMAS
MUSASHI
DJ LUSH
JACQUES THE RIPPER
DJ MADISON
DAVID HUGHES
JUSTIN PAUL
DJ EEVIL
LEE MAYJAHS

Green Sector Stage:
ANDROID CARTEL (fade records, proton radio)
BRASSWORK AGENCY (lefthouse recordings)
GATTO MATTO (green sector)
SPYROS (psytribe)
SUNBYTE (global trance)
BODHI 13:20 (psy-circle)
BRIAN RAE (green sector)
SENTIENT (synchronize)
ANDREW (terrakroma)
WILLY (electronarcosis)
MANNY (green sector)
DERRIE (green sector)

Green Lecture and Spoken Word Stage:

Nate Hogan, Artist, Celebrationist – "City Repair and Beatboxing Permaculture Bandstand"

Joan Stevens and Eric Werbalowsky- "How to Save the World Without Killing Yourself: eco-confessional and redemptive sermon"

Shicana Lynn, Consumer advocate, environmental activist and performer (www.organicconsumers.org)– "From Frankenfoods to Flouride – keeping your health and home toxin free"

Marialyce Pedersen, Compost Queen, Author, Journalist, and Zero Waste Expert and Boise Thomas, Host/Alter-Eco, Planet Green/Discovery Channel - "Compost Compulsion: At home, at work, at play and on the playa: How recycle your organics for fun, fertility, and profit."

Taylor Arneson – "Guerilla Gardening Tools and Techniques"

Christopher Nyerges (www.christophernyerges.com)– "Post-carbon toolkit: handy skills for really radical self-reliance" (hands-on)

Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen Authors of The Urban Homestead: Your guide to self-sufficient living in the heart of the city (http://www.homegrownevolution.com) "How to Farm your Yard"

Ray Cirino, Visionary Artist, Cob Builder, and Sculptor of the Future – "Water Woman and the Vision Beyond Leave No Trace"

Kathryn Santoyo and Larry Santoyo, Permaculture Designers and Educators (www.earthflow.com)- "A Permaculture Revolution Is Sweeping the Nation - How to Hop on the Bandwagon"

Simone Schulz –Fashion Designer and Entrepreneur "Sunset Green Fashion Show"

Marco Barrantes, Landscape Architect and Permaculture Designer (www.lalomadevelopment.com) – "Urbanite: Recycling Urban Resources for Sustainable Development and Artistic Earthworks"

Oh Tony – Tony Edwards (http://www.ohtony.com/abouttonyedwards.html) – "Burner: Tales form the Playa"

Ryan Wartena PhD., Radical Engineer of Energy Systems of the Future (www.awonderfulofnew.org) – "Circle: The connection between energy and geometry"

State Park Interpretive Specialist " When Are We? A History of the State
Historic Park"

Installations, Camps and Art include:
A Bed on the Sea of Sin
Pimp Rocket
Luminature
The LA Mudpeople
Indigo Volcano
Saloon
Emerald Installations
Fluffy Light Bushes
Inverted Suspension
Light Chime
Meditation
Tantulas
Fuzzy Bus
Chundra
New Rising Sun
Fairbe
Playa Surfers
Black Rock Year Book
Divine Messenger & Healing Circle
Flattery Camp
Floating Bed
Black Rock Census
Burning Man Earth
Burners w/o Borders Info
Krishna Camp
Mikey's Hug Deli
Dragnet
Spirit Wind Café
SunValley
Tabula Rasa
RootChakra
Tsunami Camp
Camp Luvey Duvey
Mal-Mart
Destiny Lounge
Weirderland
Moonbow Camp
Kundalini lounge
Crowsnest

7 Stages of Live Entertainment, Tons of Arts and Activities
$10 in costume or with MetroRail pass, $20 in street wear (children under 12 free)
Noon to Midnight
Beer Garden for 21+
All Ages
Noon-Midnight

A fundraiser for Burners Without Borders
Complete info, photos, schedule, parking info at:
www.la-burningman.org

**There will be alcohol available on site this year as well as food vendors. You are welcome to bring a picnic, but we cannot allow alcohol in the park outside of approved areas, so please do not bring it. You will be checked at the gate so be prepared.

**For the first time we will have a chapel. You too can get married at Decompression! Whether for real or just your playa partner!

**On site and secure parking available at the North end of the park off Baker for $10, so please CARPOOL. Or ride the MetroRail to the China Town exit and enter at the South end of the park off Spring St.

**We still need VOLUNTEERS! Have time Friday, the day of the event or Sunday? Email volunteers@la-burningman.org.
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and participate!

**We are a NO GLOWSTICK EVENT. In keeping with our green initiatives, we ask that you leave the glow sticks at home. Instead, bring reusable lights, like LEDs or EL WIRE.

This is the Official Burning Man Los Angeles Decompression event. Experience the art and culture of Burning Man brought to life in downtown LA. Be a participant in the LA Burner community, and immerse yourself in twelve hours of art, performance, live bands, Djs, theme camps, art cars, green technologies, puppetry, circus, marching bands, fire steam, and 2008 imagery. Come be a part of the experience.

At the Los Angeles State Historical Park (Cornfields)
1245 N. Spring Street
Los Angles, Ca, 90012

www.la-burningman.org

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American Dream????

2008-09-26T04:49:50Z

http://www.burningman.com/art_of_burningman/bm08_theme.html

the theme for 2008 is out......American Dream.

Why does this upset me so? I feel like it should be how to rebuild our ideals into something worthy or worth something...

is that what this theme is, and i am just reading it as patriotism????

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Reward for Items Lost at Burning Man ‘08

2008-09-13T22:41:16Z

Hi,

My name is Juliano, co-owner of Planet Raw in Santa Monica and renowned raw chef. I recently attended Burning Man 2008, and unfortunately, I lost two items, one at the Deep End on Saturday night around 8:30 PM:

1. A Canon Powershot, which was enclosed in an all-black Rainbow brand case with a rainbow logo on it; specifically, there were a lot of pictures on it of a tall, skinny blonde, and some of the photos feature her naked

2. The other a circular, black fur Russian woman's hat -at the Big Dome

If you’ve found any of these items, I would gladly give a reward for their return. I actually don’t care to necessarily get back the camera, but the images on it themselves are very important to me.

Please respond if you have any information, and thanks for your time.

Juliano

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BMIR is now live on the internet from BRC

2008-08-22T23:08:38Z

Listen at www.bmir.org

or

www.shoutingfire.com

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Prepare your BODY for dancing till the sunrise, at 2:00 2:30 B street, near nexus camps right b4 sunset

2008-08-22T05:01:12Z

Post-Modern Breakdancing Detail

Event: Post-Modern Breakdancing

Description: Learn how to fall while doing tricky dance moves, generating rhythms, and loosening & warming up the body. Shake past your limits & fears! Make sure it feels good.

Date: Monday, August 25, 2008 - Friday, August 29, 2008 (every Day)

(Updated: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:11pm)

Time: 5:00pm-6:45pm

Duration: 105 minutes

Web Description: Learn how to fall while doing tricky dance moves, generating rhythms, and loosening & warming up the body. Shake past your limits & fears!

Category: Classes/Workshops

Event Location: between Nexus & Juracid theme camps

Its like preparing for a battle, one can augment the body with vibrations to come...self-willed predepositions

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Has Burning Man Tipped?

2008-08-18T00:43:11Z

In March, 2006 ... flush with the laff-a-minute excitment that was Borg2 ... Chicken John asked, "has Burning Man tipped? ... a reference to Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point"

http://tiny.cc/RQ9RR

It's taken a while, but I think the definitive answer is in:

http://tiny.cc/5XbXM

Anybody who's NOT going want to tell us why?

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Mail now for delivery on the playa

2008-08-17T22:40:56Z

Reminders from the Black Rock City Post Office (BRCPO) at Center Camp

Depending on where you are mailing from it is probably about time to send off your cards, letters, and care packages to loved ones in Black Rock City!

When mailing to Black Rock City please address your playa-bound mail as completely as possible in this format to increase the odds of it being received:

CAMPER'S PLAYA NAME or REAL NAME ...or better, both.
CAMP NAME ...and any helpful descriptions of street facade, tents, or large features that might be at this location to help the postie find the addressee
CAMP ADDRESS ...as close as you can get (example: 9:35 and Hummer) &/or nearest cross-street, and even Man-side or mountain-side (if you know)
C/O BRCPO
Burning Man
Gerlach, NV 89412

...and include a return address, just in case.

Please remember no postage stamps are sold at the BRCPO at Center Camp, so bring postage stamps for mailing postcards (postcards from Burning Man are available as gifts at the BRCPO at Center Camp) and letters. If you bring extras for others then your gift of stamps is always appreciated.

For instructions on sending registered and certified mail to BRC or for information on the 2008 Burning Man postmark, gift postcards, and other topics please visit the Black Rock City Post Office at Center Camp website, www.blackrockcitypostoffice.org

Burn On!

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USE this THREAD - if you have / want Tickets

2008-08-12T19:56:03Z

USE this THREAD - if you have / want Tickets

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USE this THREAD - to discuss Theme Camps and OnPlaya Events

2008-08-12T04:41:48Z

USE this THREAD - to discuss Theme Camps and OnPlaya Events

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Promote your camps events on Burning Man Information Radio 94.5 FM

2008-08-10T16:19:19Z

Is your camp having a fabulous event that Black Rock City should know about? Are you running a great bar, looking for folks to be part of a project on the playa? Promote it on Burningman Information Radio. We broadcast 24/7 on the playa at 94.5 FM. We feature music, news, interviews, madness and more.

You can record a promo mp3 format and email it to me at : Bobzilla@Burnmingman.com
I need to receive it before August 18th

OR

You can bring it by the station on a CD when you arrive in BRC

OR

You can come by the station starting Monday between 12N and 4PM and we'll help you record an announcement.

BMIR is located in Center Camp right next to Playa Info on Center Camp Portal East..

See you in the desert.

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The Virtual Campfire: An Ethnography of Online Social Networking

2008-08-08T16:15:59Z

Hello All!

For anyone interested in cyberanthropology, online social networking, and new ways of doing social research in this new phase of media, I welcome you to peruse my "webnography" @ www.thevirtualcampfire.org. The elevator pitch:

Based on five years of participant-observation on the social networking sites MySpace, Facebook, and Tribe.net, The Virtual Campfire explores the increasingly blurred boundaries between human and machine, public and private, voyeurism and exhibitionism, the history of media and our digitized future. Woven throughout are the stories and experiences of those who engage with these sites regularly and ritualistically, the generation of "digital natives" whose tales attest to the often strange and uncomfortable ways online social networking sites have come to be embedded in the everyday lives of American youth.

I am especially interested in what you think of my portrayal of Tribe, and am open to all critiques and suggestions. Drop me a line at tunabananas@gmail.com!

Be well,
Jenny

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organizational development of burning man

2008-07-29T21:55:23Z

heh, maybe you dorks will make more of this than the main tribe.

so the most recent adam hubub got me thinking about the organizational development of burning man and i stumbled upon a new book coming out about it and i got so excited i thought it deserved it's own thread!

it's going to be called...

Structuring Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event

by katherine chen, who can be found here...

www.wpunj.edu/hmss/sociol...lty/chen.htm

sounds like a super cool lady, are you on here katherine chen? when is it coming out!? it will be the very first full scholarly book about burning man as far as i know.

here's some links to her papers

www.iir.berkeley.edu/culture...chen.pdf

web.mit.edu/iandeseminar...cs_3_3_07.pdf

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Dreaming of Burning

2008-07-29T06:50:02Z

I was dreaming I was back on the desert last night.
*sigh*

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John Law's comment on the Addis Sentencing

2008-07-25T15:06:21Z

# comment by John Law
on Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 4:00 am

"Paul Addis’ early burning of the corporate logo of the Burning Man event last year was the single most pure act of “radical self expression” to occur at this massive hipster tail-gate party in over a decade. The extraordinary publicity that this singular act focused on the event had to be good for, at a bare minimum, 1-2 hundred last minute ticket sales at the highest rate of (correct me if I’m wrong) maybe $280.00 or $300.00 a pop.

That would work out to a bare minimum of $30,000.00. Not to mention the residual benefit over the course of succeeding years that that type of high profile exposure provides for the bottom line of a corporation engaged in the pursuit of long term branding opportunities and ticket sales.

$30,000.00 is the amount of receipts that Will Rodgers, as representative of Black Rock City LLC presented to the Federal Court as total damages incurred by Addis’ action. I’d say that, on the balance, the BMorg benefited financially from Addis’ action as opposed to being financially damaged.

The irony of Will Rogers being the corporate officer (one of six that own the event) that was saddled with the onerous task of administering the wrath of BMorg onto the hapless prankster Addis is deep and cutting indeed to anyone who is familiar with Rogers history and disposition in dealing with his duties as operations manager for the event for over a decade now. Addis is in jail, Rogers is not. It’s a strange world, indeed.

Paul Addis’ prank, when symbolically infused into the collective self image of the BM “community” is as mythic an action and as profound an image (relative to persons who might care) as Stephen Colbert’s roasting of George Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner some time back. Colbert’s incredibly ballsy action will be lauded for decades to come. He directly challenged and (with humor) berated the most powerful man in the world (sic.) No one in the Bush White House had him arrested or assassinated even though his verbal attacks could be interpreted as extremely insulting even slanderous. Similarly, as long as there is a spark of originality, passion and true creativity in Burning Man, those who adhere to these precepts - precepts that originally fueled the event, these people will discuss and ponder the import of the epic action that Paul’s inner voices compelled him to make. Nonetheless, Paul, unlike Colbert will be serving hard time for making fun of a powerful image.

BMorg faced a profound choice when dealing with the fall out of Addis’ seemingly deranged action. They could have understood and capitalized on the PR value by simply, graciously accepting what happened and then making the best of it. They could have been (or claimed to be) compassionate. It might have looked something like this: send Harley or M2, (not the compromised Rogers) to court with receipts for less than $5000.00 and a request for community service for the offender Addis. He was (and is after all) one of the events children. The Feds would have prosecuted and convicted Addis of a MISDEMEANOR arson charge (under 5K is not a felony.) Paul would have been punished appropriately for his transgression - time served, probably and his friends would have thrown a fund raiser to pay it off; future potential transgressors would have been dissuaded from similar high jinx and all would be well in the kingdom.

As you all know, this is NOT what happened. Pity.

An essentially decent (tho’ undeniably off balance) young man’s life and his potential career have been crushed to pay the debt of anger and retribution of a vengeful corporation. He was made an example of in order to insure that NO ONE would ever challenge or desecrate the empty symbol (Oh….. excuse me, the brand trademark) of a corporation that could have been so much more.

Some have brought up the point that the decision whether or not to prosecute an arson case lies with the DA (or in this case the Federal Prosecutor.) Just to be crystal clear here - this is technically correct. However any prosecutor who does not have the tacit support of the aggrieved party in such a case (vandalism, property damage, etc.) will think very hard before dedicating his/her offices limited resources to a case that very likely will not culminate in a conviction. Make no mistake - Black Rock City LLC knew very well that if they declared their financial loss for the early immolation of their corporate logo to be less than $5000.00, the best conviction the prosecutor could have hoped for would have been a misdemeanor rap culminating in a much more appropriate finale for all parties. Any decent group of people that were part of a “community” would have acted with circumspection and compassion in this case.

Now, I would like to commend Chicken John for his passionate arguments regarding this issue and address some misapprehensions and misinterpretations put forward by various individuals in the responses posted on this blog.

I’ve heard so many people who became involved in BM in it’s later years excoriate Chicken and other “old timers” for sour grapes or living in the past, or simply being stick in the mud types unable or unwilling to allow the newcomers their right to simply enjoy their participation in the event without a lecture about how cool it used to be and how watered down it is now.

I believe that any misunderstanding here is simply one of definition. So, let’s define what Burning Man is and what it was. Also, let’s put the event into the larger context of the “arts” and culture scene of the Bay Area and beyond.

Now, Burning Man (legally speaking, Black Rock City LLC) is a for profit corporation controlled by six people (Marian Goodell, Harley Bierman, Michael Mikel, Larry Harvey, Will Roger Peterson and Crimsom Rose) that generates in excess of 12 million dollars annually for producing a one week event. Much of the labor to produce this event is volunteer or compensated at well below market value for comparable work on comparable events (Oregon County Faire, Coachella, etc.) Burning Man (like Montsanto, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Intel Corp) has embraced “Green” themes to validate it’s corporate mission statement and counter balance it’s corporate “footprint” on the environment as well as to assuage the conscience and expectations of it’s target market (you.)

Burning Man (like Starbucks, Apple Computer and Nike) provides a superior product that generates intense consumer adherence and loyalty.

Burning Man (like The Body Shop, Esprit and Ben & Jerry’s) derives a great deal of it’s consumer adherence from it’s very successful PR campaign equating the corporation and it’s goals with specific ideals. Powerful ideological constructs that connect the consumers with an idealized vision of what the brand can mean as it exerts it’s sway on the larger world is also crucial to the corporations marketing campaign.

People go to the playa. They spend whatever it takes to be prepared for their individualized experience. They proselytize their friends and acquaintances to join them in their odyssey. They return again and again, adhering to the social order and cultural precepts that preconceived notions of the event and group peer conceptualization demand.

If they’re lucky, they are part of a crew primarily driven by the collective desire and motivation to create singular “art” or experience at the event - either underwritten by the BMorg (with not that much more butt kissing than might be expected from the average arts funding council) or self-financed. All in all the, consumer experience is a very good one and more than worth the cost of admission to a majority of the consumers.

So, as you see, you get what you pay for. In my mind, with the current BM set-up, you probably get your moneys worth.

What BM was:

A radically inspired and thoroughly experimental event created and organized by a loose cabal of nearly penniless artists and pranksters. During the early years of the event in the Black Rock Desert anyone could do anything they wished. The cops came and left soon thereafter because the “event” was not interfering with the property rights of powerful interests. In case you didn’t know, the primary job of law enforcement in the USofA is to protect property. That’s much of the reason that I have never had a problem with cops: they’re merely working class guys with a good job. They didn’t fuck with us because we chose to put the event as far away from civilization and commerce as humanly possible. Later as the event grew in commercial stature and the various governmental entities saw it for what it was becoming - a cash cow (BM provides most of the operating budget for the Winnemucca office of the BLM and buys various law enforcement agencies a lotta cool toys - helicopters, RV’ command centers, etc.) It was a trade off that organizations greater and lesser have made as well over the years. Had BM stuck to its original heart and inspiration it would probably have been snuffed out long ago. So it became something that could survive and thrive: a corporation that sells a lifestyle to a target market based on an original theme and spirit that resonates to this day with a tiny portion of the initial essence that drove the bus and forged the myth.

What many newcomers don’t realize is that BM isn’t a “movement” in and of itself; it is merely the most visible and commercial exponent of an actual movement that is much more amorphous and indefinable than a business that sells a lifestyle. BM grew out of a vibrant and completely anarchic underground scene in San Francisco (and other cities across the continent) that has continued to mutate and grow to this day. Artists and pranksters that meet and collaborate through BM move on to form alliances that are of value in order to experiment and create long after their last trip to the Playa. This is the same as it was when I showed up in Frisco at age 17 in 1976 and was immediately sucked into the swirling vortex that was to be my home for the next 32 years. Chicken John and other concerned parties are simply lamenting the fact that an event of such power and purity has inevitably devolved into a commercial endeavor that packages and sells (very nicely and effectively, I must say) a replication of that original spirit of such undeniable value. The heart and soul that birthed BM exists now apart from this commercial entity as they always have. The simple fact that that BM has chosen, essentially to sacrifice one of it’s own members in order to retain some semblance of owning and controlling that singular spirit is a sure bet that the magic is gone, replaced by a commercial simulacrum of that spirit.

Weighing all accounts of the early burn event that Paul enacted and, delving into my own not small experience (professional rigger, former operations manager for BM) as well as my personal knowledge of Paul Addis as a troubled but pure and sincere soul, I have come to the inevitable conclusion that no one was physically threatened by his masterful prank. Consequently, I am forced to conclude that BRCLLC/BM acted egregiously and erroneously by not interceding with the authorities in order to mitigate Paul’s punishment for what was in effect a gift to them and their event. Paul Addis is paying the price for speaking truth to power."

http://laughingsquid.com/paul-addis-pleads-guilty-to-burning-man-2007-arson-charges/

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Are you still looking for a camp to call Home during your 2008 Burn?

2008-07-20T17:22:33Z

If so, please consider camping with Sacred Spaces Camp. This camp will be home to the builders, artists, musicians and shamans who are creating the Pantheogenesis Temple. We welcome anybody who wants to participate in the temple, or anyone else who is interested in a relaxed and beautiful camping experience with good amenities and a spiritual vibe. It's a great chance to meet and network with spiritually-centered artists, healers and musicians from "pods" located all over the US -- Chicago, LA, NYC, SF, Reno, Boston, and beyond. Our farthest pod comes from Quebec!

The camp will be a fossil-fuel free zone, with green power hookups for RVs or a swamp cooler for your tent, a communal kitchen (grills, basic cooking infrastructure, shaded cooking area, washing area, tables, etc provided - bring your own food), several showers with grey water set up (bring your shower bag), shaded chillout spaces for those hot playa days, outdoor mate cafe & performance space, red moon womens' hut, psychomanteum yurt, and a soft comfy tea-and-discussion lounge.

We will most likely be hosting some impromptu music, yoga, and other events in the camp itself, but our primary focus will be the art, performance, workshops, and ritual in the Pantheogenesis Temple, which we are building in the nearby Entheon Village.

Registration is currently $125 (paypal), which includes power hookups but no grey/black water removal for RVs. Register now, before registration goes up to $150 on August 1st. All money from camp registration goes towards funding the art in the temple, a large project we highly encourage all Sacred Spaces Camp members to get involved with, many of whom already are.

Pantheogenesis is a 12,000 square foot temple consisting of seven interconnected spaces, each of which has its own artistic and spiritual theme, and each of which will contain music, lectures, ritual and/or workshops. It contains a multitude of amazing art pieces, over 1000 crystals, and much amazing beauty.The temple is designed to bring the dreams of the world into manifestation. Visit www.pantheogenesis.com for more details.

We are conveniently located in the heart of all the action near Entheon Village and center camp, but set back from the main street for privacy and serenity.

We ask that each person contribute one 3-hour shift towards keeping the place clean throughout the week.

If you are interested in registering with us, please contact Ayla at yogateacher7@gmail.com

Love,
The Sacred Spaces Crew

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I find it funny

2008-07-19T01:55:30Z

I find it funny that Burning Man is basically just like the default world. The folks involved tend to put it on a pedestal… Just like folks involved in sports or politics or stamp collecting. Yet Burners tend to believe they have some kind of hidden wisdom or secret truth… Burners in away or more arrogant than any other faction of modern society… because they tend to believe that if everyone in the world was more like them things would be better. That to me is the funniest thing of all… Basically burners are just campers with glow sticks, costumes and flamethrowers (well if you are authorized by the event organizers to have a flamethrower)

Anyway ... it truly is the American Dream. Take something as simple as camping… make it really big… throw glitter and blinking lights on it, set it on fire and raise the price astronomically… Capitalism at it finest.

I think Capitalism is high art… So I solute the organizers and raise my glass high!

But if you truly believe you are involved in something that is some how elevated above the default world… well then take a look around… the default world is grate and filled with magic… but I guess sometimes we need costumes and glitter to see that.

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Hakim Bey in Arabic

2008-07-17T00:06:30Z

I thought some of you might find this interesting.

The original Burningman was based on Hakim Bey's ideas of a Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ). Now, there is a sole guy in Cairo, trying to spread those ideas around Egypt.

Quote:

"Check this little online book art I did earlier, It is based on an excerpt from TAZ by Hakim Bey (Arabic and English translation), "Chaos comes before all principles of order & entropy, it's neither a god nor a maggot, its idiotic desires encompass .... " .

It is ugly and confusing by all definitions of art "market" . It is not an act of poetic terrorism though, I just really wanted to introduce the T.A.Z. ideas to a completely oblivious Audience."

The book is written in the Arabic style of right to left, so click on the left side pages to turn them.

http://thenotperfect.com/boq03/

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Anyone in Reno want to learn to spin poi? Or just feeling nice?

2008-07-10T01:38:10Z

Me and my girlfriend are (for now) getting in to Reno on the 23rd and leaving on the 3rd. I am hoping that we can get on to the Playa early to help set up Entheon, the more I talk to people the less likely it seems. Changing our ticket is almost as expensive as just getting new tickets, and money is at a premium right now (you know, due to the whole 'going to Burning Man from Florida' thing). We really (really, REALLY) want to avoid renting a car, we were planning on taking the biobus on the 25th, but we will still be stuck in Reno for at least a day and a half with no way of getting around, and no where to sleep, both before and after BM. Can anyone recommend a dive hotel? How about a burner who wants to learn to spin poi? Or hoop? Or who wants to discuss the philosophical implications of R.A. Wilsons ramblings? I'm really entertaining, and will spin for couch. I know we can't post personal email addresses here, but if you were to look for me (Mitchell the Fire Shaman) I bet your favorite search engine can find me! Thanks!!

Also, if anyone else is getting in early/staying late and wants to split rides/hotels/all night blackjack just let me know and we'll see what we can do!

Mitchell 'the ever spinny' Fire Shaman
fireshaman dot com

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Vehicles at Black Rock City

2008-07-07T05:51:32Z

Let's face it: Black Rock City is huge, and it grows larger each year. How does one navigate such an expanse? It's daunting. As Burning Man grows and BRC expands to accommodate its population, more people are returning to the mindset that plagues many of us in the Western world—our eternal, infernal attachment to (and sense of entitlement around) driving.

It's not a new issue. The Department of Mutant Vehicles and Black Rock Ranger Intercept was created to address the very real challenges associated with driving during Burning Man; it was seen as the alternative to banning outright the movement of vehicles at the event. The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of vehicles at Black Rock City, both in the numbers of Mutant Vehicles and in "rogue" drivers (people driving without a Mutant Vehicle license). With a city of tens of thousands people, and the problems inherent in human-car interaction, it is critical that Burning Man return to being a city for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Ensuring the safe operation of Mutant vehicles is a community responsibility, reports of unsafe operation to the Black Rock Rangers and Department of Mutant Vehicles during the event are responded to by the Black Rock Ranger Intercept Team. Both Intercept and the DMV log incident reports for use in considering future applications.

Black Rock Ranger Intercept

The Ranger Intercept team was established in 2004 for patrolling the inner playa with vehicles and bicycles to address issues with unapproved / unlicensed vehicles, golf carts, ATVs, scooters, motorcycles, go carts, and automobiles driving through the city and on the open playa, reckless driving and speeding by both licensed and unlicensed vehicles and vehicle-related injuries

Intercept has two specific tasks. Primarily, Intercept addresses vehicle safety concerns within Black Rock City. Their other key mission is to convey how seriously burning Man takes vehicle safety to the various Law Enforcement Agencies who would otherwise take matters into their own hands. The most important point in understanding about Intercept is that if the Rangers don’t handle it someone else will. The Intercept program is framed in a manner to present itself as a safety plan to Law Enforcement Agencies in a format they can understand. Rangers must have a lot of leeway and discretion to address issues, without being constrained by protocol. Intercept works closely with Khaki, Dirt Rangers, other Ranger departments, and DMV to help keep our community safe.

Intercept removes or escorts vehicles from the playa and the city, either to long-term parking near the Gate or back to their camps. They have at their disposal a fully operational tow truck for moving vehicles to long-term parking. The Intercept team uses rotating amber lights on the vehicles to keep track of each other and to establish a visible presence as a deterrent to speeders or reckless drivers when a visible presence is required. In addition to staff vehicles, the Intercept squad has bike-mobile Rangers. Bikes are used for tracking a vehicle discreetly without increasing a driver's tendency to speed due to the perception that they are being pursued and are an essential tools for tracking vehicles within the city streets. Intercept maintains a deep-playa Outpost Zero and is linked to the Department of Mutant Vehicles (DMV). Rangers can share logged instances of repeat vehicle offenders with DMV, or request information on numbered mutant vehicle
license stickers. If participants are unaware of DMV rules and regulations, Rangers educate them and/or send them back to the DMV or back to camp if the DMV is closed. If vehicles / participants repeatedly violate DMV rules, the vehicle may be sent to Long-Term Parking outside the Gate.

Patrol Black Rock Rangers

It is important to note that the Black Rock Rangers are not law enforcement personnel. However, because Black Rock City stands at the intersection of several legal jurisdictions (represented on the playa by the Pershing County Sheriffs Department, the Washoe County Sheriffs Department, Bureau of Land Management Law enforcement, Nevada State Highway Patrol, and other Nevada state agencies), Black Rock Rangers are at times required to interface with law enforcement personnel when event permit obligations require. In addition to event rules such as the no vending policy, prescribed speed limits, and ban on firearms, Black Rock City is also subject to the same laws that govern public conduct in any Nevada city. Black Rock Rangers work cooperatively with law enforcement groups in dealing with criminal conduct such as theft, assault, domestic violence and child abuse. Every year Black Rock Rangers call on law enforcement to help with a very small number of
evictions or to deal with violent behavior.

Rangers share logged instances of repeat vehicle offenders with DMV, or request information on numbered mutant vehicle license stickers. If participants are unaware of DMV rules and regulations, Rangers educate them and/or send them back to the DMV or back to camp if the DMV is closed. If vehicles / participants repeatedly violate DMV rules, the vehicle may be sent to Long-Term Parking outside the Gate.

All Rangers are empowered to prevent vehicles from endangering pedestrians, bicyclists and campsites and can establish radio contact with the Intercept Team if necessary. Rangers watch for vehicles operating unsafely in Black Rock City and attempt to Ranger the situation. They are encouraged to use their best judgment in determining whether a vehicle is posing a safety hazard. The guidelines for vehicles given to Rangers are:

Vehicles should travel at a safe (around 5 mph or less) speed; dust trails are a good indication of excessive speed

Vehicles should not operate during whiteouts

Vehicles should not operate on the esplanade or pedestrian walkways (except for law enforcement)

Vehicles should not be operated while under the influence

Vehicles must be licensed

Rangers do not chase vehicles. They are instructed to radio other Rangers with the location and trajectory of the vehicle to see if anyone else is ahead of it, or just yell ahead to participants to get them to stop the vehicle. Intercept is available to assist Rangers if needed for vehicles on the inner playa.

The protocol for advising a vehicle operating unsafely is:

Educate - simply advise operators on the guidelines for safe operation and explain that community safety is important

Escort - for repeat offenders or bad excuses, offer to escort a vehicle - to the DMV for a sticker, or back to camp for the night

Eject - repeat offenses or bad violations of guidelines can earn a vehicle a trip to “Long-Term Parking” outside the city gates, where it can safely stay for the rest of the event

VEHICLE Stickers

The Department of Mutant Vehicles (DMV) and the Artery
issue stickers to place on vehicles registered and permitted to operate
on the playa. There are several types of stickers that allow operation in
4 different conditions (the various stickers are on display at Ranger HQ and the DMV for reference):
Day - permitted to operate during daylight hours
Night - permitted to operate during night hours
Open playa only - no operation on the streets of the city
Flame effects - permitted to operate pyro effects!

Artist are permitted to drive to and from art installations with paper licenses that define a limited window for operation.

License Stickers are permits for vehicles, not drivers.

Ranger training establishes the Department of Mutant Vehicles (DMV) as responsible for licensing Mutant Vehicles for driving at Black Rock City, and for communicating with and educating the Mutant Vehicle/Art Car communities, year-round, on issues that affect them.

Vehicles at Black Rock City

>From 1993 through 1996 driving at Burning Man was unrestricted and art cars were a popular form of creative and expressive transportation between far reaching points of the playa. After a participant was severely injured in an auto accident in 1996, the Department of Mutant Vehicles (DMV) was created to address the challenges associated with driving during Burning Man and the growing number of people and problems associated with vehicles being driven in an unsafe manner during the event. The development of a DMV was seen as the only alternative to banning outright the movement of all vehicles and a way to preserve the opportunity for operation of Mutant Vehicles at Burning Man.

Black Rock City (BRC) underwent a transformation as roadways were created and the community discovered that relying on cars to get around had reproduced a too-familiar world of personal convenience. Motorized Vehicles were designed out of Black Rock City transportation, so that a pedestrian and bike culture could emerge.

The Department of Mutant Vehicles was created so that Mutant Vehicles could continue to operate and be (1) approved for entrance into the event (2) inspected (3) licensed and (4) registered for authorized operation as required by the BRC Supplementary Rules and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Special Stipulations. The driving regulations do not reflect a collaboration or mandate imposed by law enforcement organizations. The decision to place a greater emphasis on vehicle operation is in response to the innumerable complaints expressed by participants both during the event as well as input submitted throughout the year around issues of safety. The rules for driving on the playa have not changed. The amount of emphasis being placed on those regulations has. It is about taking responsibility for ourselves when we need to.

Deciding which vehicles get licensed and which ones don't is one of the hardest volunteer responsibilities in the Burning Man community. Not every vehicle that applies for a license can (or should) be licensed. The survival of Burning Man relies in part on its participants embracing the pedestrian and bicycle nature of the event and leaving the car culture in the default world. Yearly the DMV receives over a thousand applications for an invitation to bring a Mutant Vehicle. Approximately 500 are licensed each year, an amount which strikes a balance with the static art displayed on the open playa, safety and pedestrian concerns. Burning Man is actively encouraging people to get away from their reliance on motorized vehicles for transportation and travel by foot or bike. Mutant Vehicles to receive licenses are typically radical creations that are enhanced by motion. They combine visual display and high participation factor for a community contribution that
exceeds the individual benefit of motive transportation. If personal convenience and transportation appear to be the primary goal and motivation, it is unlikely that the applicant’s vehicle will be licensed for operation at Black Rock City.

BLM Special Stipulations

“Operation of motorized vehicles within the event area is prohibited. Exceptions to this prohibition are: mutant vehicles registered with BRC, BRC staff and support, medical, firefighting, motorized skateboards (go-peds) with or without handles, and disabled permitted vehicles. All vehicles shall be operated in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and stipulations, and in accordance with supplementary rules developed by BRC. In accordance with 43 CFR 8343 requirements, all motorized vehicles will be equipped with adequate front and rear lighting during night hours, and must be operating in a safe manner. Such use shall be restricted to open streets within the City. All Mutant Vehicles and staff vehicles registered with BRC, shall display their authorization so that it is visible to the rear of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion.”

BRC Supplementary Rules

Pre-registration approval for Mutant Vehicle entrance into the event is MANDATORY. Applicants must comply with all DMV pre-registration guidelines and deadlines. Online Mutant Vehicle pre-registration is required and includes reading and understanding all information about Mutant Vehicles on the playa, filling out the online application and agreeing in advance to honor BRC driving protocols.

Black Rock City Driving Protocols

1) Do not drive a motorized vehicle without a DMV license.

2) Abide by all applicable federal and Nevada state laws for road safety.

3) Stop immediately upon being hailed by any BRC Staff member, Black Rock Ranger, or law enforcement officer.

4) Drive at a speed of 5 mph or less, if kicking up dust, or in hazardous situations such as tight crowds.

5) Mutant Vehicles must come to a complete stop and remain stopped during whiteouts.

6) Give the right of way to pedestrians, bicycles, and emergency services vehicles.

7) Don't drive in pedestrian-designated roads, on walkways, the Esplanade or in Center Camp.

8) Don't drive if you are chemically impaired or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

9) Mutant Vehicles must create a clear field of vision for the operator and have walkers if the vehicle is large or has a limited field of vision.

10) Have safe procedures for loading and unloading passengers and always come to a complete stop before anyone gets on or off the vehicle.

11) Do not drive erratically (swerving; stopping and starting quickly).

12) Mutant Vehicles are subject to the same sound guidelines as theme camps. Sound systems over 300 watts are only allowed to play music at an unrestricted volume in the large-scale sound areas of Black Rock City. When within the city streets, and camping areas they are to turn down the sound to an appropriate level. They must also be conscience and respectful of art installations on the open playa and stationary entertainment venues by reducing the volume as they approach.

Mutant Vehicle Criteria

Burning Man defines a Mutant Vehicle as a motorized conveyance that represents a visually stimulating, whimsical, beautiful or surreal image, combined with a highly participatory community service enhanced by motion. Mutant Vehicles exhibiting limited performance or community service potential should not represent a dominant visual image of a commercially manufactured base vehicle.

Mutant Vehicle licenses

All licensed Mutant Vehicles will be given either a Day and/or a Night license. Licenses will also be designated for Street or Playa driving, based on the size of the vehicle. Day or Night designation is based on many factors, including what purpose the vehicle serves, lighting and how it is implemented. Mutant Vehicles that incorporate flame effects may also receive a Flame Effects license. Any trailers that are a component of a Mutant Vehicle must be licensed as well. Support vehicles will be reviewed independently.

Street licenses allow Mutant Vehicles to operate on city streets (with the exception of pedestrian-designated streets) and on the open playa.

A Playa license allows a Mutant Vehicle to operate ONLY on the open playa of Black Rock City. Mutant Vehicles with a Playa license may NOT be operated on BRC streets except on their way to the playa from their camp (using the most direct entry).

Day licenses allow Mutant Vehicles to move around Black Rock City during the daytime.

Night licenses allow Mutant Vehicles to move around Black Rock City at night. To receive a night license, Mutant Vehicles and trailers must be fully illuminated and should define the exterior portions, body projections and trailer connecting bars for visual recognition and avoidance.

Mutant Vehicles must fulfill the intent described in the approved Pre-registration application.

Mutant Vehicles should not mimic any type of emergency services or law enforcement vehicle.

Mutant Vehicle trailers are issued licenses separately and must be present during inspection.

Mutant Vehicle licenses shall be applied on a visible lower left-side section of the rear of the vehicle .

Mutant Vehicle Safety

The applicant is solely accountable for all Mutant Vehicle safety cautions and considerations and is legally responsible for all aspects of safety; including but not limited to the Mutant Vehicle's design, engineering, construction, passenger capacity, safety procedures, operation and structural / mechanical integrity. Applicants must provide for and maintain functioning brakes, controllable speed, and adequate lighting.

Mutant Vehicle Criteria Guidelines

A small but visible percentage of Black Rock City’s population participates by becoming part of the Mutant Vehicle community. Mutant Vehicles can be almost as hard to describe as they are to define in a pass or fail check list, so broad interpretations based on liberally defined perimeters allow creations of varying community contributions. The primary considerations based on the BRC Supplementary Rules developed for Mutant Vehicle are that they exhibit one or all features of being highly participatory, visually stimulating, and whimsically beautiful or surreal contribution to Black Rock City. The DMV makes every effort to only license vehicles that offer something exceptional to the community.

Art Cars in contrast to Burning Man Mutant Vehicles have become so common in creation and everyday life that "Obsessive Collection", mosaic style or graphic painted vehicles that still retain the base shape of a commercially manufactured conveyance may not be considered Mutant Vehicles. Art Cars, similar to custom cars or motorcycles have unlimited venues for display due to their ability to drive on public streets.

Does the dominant image project a desire to intrigue or just travel? Consider the limited community contribution of Mutant Vehicles that lack a basic strong conceptual direction towards visual or participatory elements and project a dominant base vehicle as foremost a means of travel and a viewing platform. Many examples of licensed vehicles in past years are no longer considered Mutant Vehicles as the community and DMV raises the bar and our expectations.

Mass Produced novelty vehicles are not Burning Man Mutant Vehicles. Shriner mini cars, motorized bar stools, cooler trikes, and mini motorcycles represent typical mass produced vehicles that are not Burning Man Mutant Vehicles. With so many participants applying for licensing of truly one of a kind Mutants, who wants to see a vehicle not created from the mind of the applicants or one that just copies someone else’s idea to the point of saturation and familiarity.

Exceptional mutant’s command undistracted community interest when operating and their contribution is enhanced by motion and motive power. Consider attributes exceptional Mutant Vehicles. Does it draw a crowd just sitting still and does every eye and person gravitate towards it? Does the creation defy duplication? Successful Mutant Vehicles are likely to convey an image from a distance and be enhanced by motion. Minimal occupant Mutant Vehicles should offer unique images other than a vehicle where the dominant feature and shape is still a golf cart, ATV, motorcycle or other mass produced conveyance.

Custom built vehicles that primarily communicate engineering craftsmanship in details that are appreciated up close and while the creation is not moving, may benefit the community more as a static display.

Mutant Vehicles can overcome base vehicle recognition with a high level of community involvement by combining mechanical craftsmanship, with social interaction and transportation for the entire community’s enjoyment.

The following vehicles are not allowed, under any circumstances, to drive in Black Rock City. Operating these vehicles at Burning Man can result in the vehicle being impounded, fined by law enforcement and/or ejected from the event.

Non-Mutated ATVs, Quad Runners, Go-Carts, dune buggies, Motorcycles, Dirt Bikes, three-wheeled motorcycles of any type or design, or other off-road-type recreational vehicles.

Note: Motorcycles that are a participant's method of transport to Burning Man (and are on their way in to Black Rock City and their camp to park) are the exception.

Vehicles only stripped to the frame and engine or street vehicles with minimal changes or temporary decorations.

Low riders, classic cars, custom motorcycles, monster trucks, and hot rods (there are other venues for these vehicles to be appreciated) Vehicles that have not met the DMV licensing criteria and unlicensed Mutant Vehicles. Wind-Powered Vehicles that Do Not Conform to the Wind-Powered Guidelines. Kite-sailing vehicles, land yachts, and wind-powered vehicles that have a fixed mast and weigh more than 50 pounds are not allowed to operate within Black Rock City.

Flame Effects

If the Mutant Vehicle incorporates flame effects, it will need to go through an additional inspection. These licenses allow Mutant Vehicles that incorporate flame effects to use these effects on the playa.

Scooters

Certain types of motorized scooters, skateboards and go-peds with or without handles are allowed to traverse Black Rock City without needing a license. Small, stand-up (no seat), one-person style scooters, (e.g. Go-Peds) are allowed at Black Rock City, but they are subject to the same rules as any other motorized vehicles – drive 5 MPH and have front and rear lights at night.

DMV volunteer “HOTTIES” and Black Rock Rangers represent community do-ocracy in support of mutant vehicle creators.

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The Art of Freedom @ Burning Man

2008-06-21T07:49:31Z

Call for Papers and Presentations:

THE ART OF FREEDOM
An Interdisciplinary Arts Conference

August 28, 2008
Black Rock City, Nevada

How can we recognize, articulate, and navigate the politics of art and freedom? What are the roles of our communities, cultures, and societies in enabling or restricting arts and freedoms? What freedoms are needed to enable artistic expression? What limitations do we struggle against to achieve artistic freedom? How can freedom be experienced as a form of art? Can art create freedom?

THE ART OF FREEDOM is an Interdisciplinary Arts Conference that will take place on August 28, 2008 in Black Rock City, Nevada at Burning Man (www.burningman.com). Scholars and creative thinkers from all levels of education and experience are invited to submit proposals for panel presentations. Conference sessions will typically consist of panels of three 20-minute paper presentations, but we are also open to proposals with creative and unusual presentation formats (feel free to think outside the box!)

Possible presentation topics might include (but are not limited to):

* Inquiries related to Art, Freedom, and the “American Dream.”
* Considerations of Burning Man and its relation to culture, society, law, or politics.
* Discussions of specific Burning Man Art installations or projects.
* Presentations on censorship in relation to artistic freedom.
* Proposals for new directions in activism related to art and freedom.
* Explorations of the relationships between subcultural expression and “mainstream” cultures.

These are just a few sample topics – we are open to considering any presentation that offers an engaged and/or creative approach to the conference theme.

The conference will be hosted by Freedomcommunity at Burning Man, and all participants should be familiar with the unique conditions of the Black Rock City environment. Note that the minimum cost for attending Burning Man is over $200, so participants should already have plans to attend the festival or should be prepared to embrace the festival in its fullness.

For more information, please contact David Higgins, Glaukopis Conference Coordinator: (glaukopisproject@gmail.com).

Abstracts of 250 words should be sent to (glaukopisproject@gmail.com) no later than June 30, 2008.

Notification will be sent regarding accepted proposals in early July.

PLEASE POST THIS CALL FOR PAPERS WIDELY! Thank you! =)

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WATER WOMAN gathering in BC, summer 2008

2008-06-08T23:45:18Z

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>
> " Much like Burning Man, our collective
> intention is to create a magical journey towards
> consciousness, wholeness and sustainability on
> the planet. We are currently seeking resonant
> artists like yourself to exhibit inspiring
> talents and creative powers.
>
> “Our mission is to inspire, empower and
> entertain by co-creating a sustainable community
> gathering, celebrating Water as Life, Unity
> Consciousness and the Divine Feminine. Water
> Woman integrates healing, learning and growth
> through the Arts, Spirit and Nature."
>
> Water Woman gathering will be held at beautiful
> Crystal Creek on the Sunshine Coast, British
> Columbia, Friday, Aug. 1st to Monday, Aug. 4th,
> 2008, a BC long weekend. This four day event
> will inspire and activate 250-500 attendees,
> with rates varying from daily passes at $35 to
> all-inclusive weekend passes, valued at $133.
> including camping on this pristine paradise.
> Most activities will be scheduled in advance
> comprising daily yoga and meditation,
> ceremonies, rituals, workshops, sweat lodges,
> djs, musicians, dancing, a marketplace, and
> performance & visual arts. Flexibility, flow
> and love are mandates for Water Woman’s
> inception and culmination.
>
> Please join us in sharing your gifts and wisdom
> this summer with our community, local and
> international participants and other passionate
> presenters. We welcome your involvement as part
> of your ongoing commitment to co-creating
> personal and global unity at this time.
>
> in Beauty,
> Water Woman Collective
>
> ************************************************************************************
>check out www.waterwomanevent.com
or our tribe here called water Woman Gathering

> Please feel free to call me at 1-866-ONE-LOVE to
> discuss details

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Saturday on Shouting Fire!!!!

2008-06-07T15:19:52Z

Saturday is a fabtabulous day to check out www.shoutingfire.com

The hardest working crew in radio that brings you Burning Man Information Radio on the playa brings you Shouting Fire, Internet Radio Not Just For Burners, 24/7, all year long. We have fresh, original programming every day of the week and on Saturday we play it all back to back. Yes, Saturday is repeat day, giving you brand new treats for your ears all day long starting at 10AM and running well past midnight. Music, conversation, interviews, and more.

The Saturday lineup, starting at 10A pacific time, goes something like this:

Your Weekend Bobzilla
Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Gospel Choir (recorded live in NYC last month)
Wheelie Houdini is also Patti Schmidt (from Canada)
Crickets with Douglas Wolk
Megacosmic Transmissions with J. Kanizzle (from Washington DC)
Funky Stuff with Doctor Booty
The Viking Youth Power Hour (from Chicago)
The Sound of Plaid with Trademark G
The Show That Has No Name
Violent Relaxation with DJ Murky Logic
Lithium Picnic with DJ Grey (from Portland)

This lovely programming will take you well into the wee hours of Sunday morning. So while you're puttering around the house, getting ready to head out, spending the evening in or just getting back after a long hard night of adventure, point your browser to www.ShoutingFire.com

Check it out.

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The Temple needs your art, services, fashion & help...

2008-06-06T05:06:26Z

Sagrada THE fund raiser event is happening next week (June 12th) in San Francisco at the DNA Lounge. I have been busy collecting donations of art, fashion and musical talent to showcase in our silent auction.

However I need your help with a few more key items. I am sure there are soo many who have Amazing offerings to donate and be part of the creation of OUR TEMPLE. Time is of the essence so read on and see what we need and how you can help. Remember your friends and see if they are willing to help too. THANK YOU!!!

Seeking:
***BURNING MAN FASHION: do you create fashion and fun for the Playa?*****
*Fun, furry, light-bright, glowing, costume type gear.

****PLAYA BIKE....some bad ass, killer custom playa bike! Do you weld amazing bikes? Hit me up cuz I am looking for you*****

***BURNING MAN GEAR: Domes/ scooters/ RV's/Pods/Art Cars*****

***FIRE TOYS: where would we be with out fire toys....I need em, cuz the people want em. Poi, Fans, Staff, Hoops, Ropes, even practice kind or LED kind.****

***SERVICES IN THE BAY AREA....do you teach dance, yoga, fire tricks? Are you a healer: massage, acupuncture, doctor? Are you a photographer? Do you have some amazing service you would like to donate to help support the temple?****

*** PLANE RIDE ON THE PLAYA: Are you a pilot? Do you fly your plane on the Playa? Are you interested in donating a ride or two on your plane? *****

***VACATION RENTAL/PACKAGE: Do you have a vacation rental in some fantastic place that you would be willing to donate a week stay at to help support the temple? Do you have a hook up for free airline tickets****

***GIFT CERTIFICATES TO RESTAURANTS & BARS. If you own a restaurant or bar and would like to support the Temple let me know. We need you.****

***Have something to offer I am not thinking of? Let me know.****

FOR PROFESSIONAL/PERFORMING MUSICIANS:
Option one.....

The most grand is to offer a personal show for the highest bidder, this would be a pro-bono event for you in support of the temple. Think a private swanky party. Ideally this will be beneficial to you as a marketing tool for other high end parties, or maybe it will be a super fun intimate family style party, or wedding. If you are interested in this option and have specific terms I am happy to write up the auction how you want. Of course we can have stipulations....like it has to be in the Bay or LA area to eliminate your travel costs, specific windows of time as to not interfere with your booked shows or it has to be a not for profit event. Thank you for considering this offering.

Or maybe this option may be more up your alley......

Do you have the desire to share your skills by teaching or mentoring someone? There are many aspiring musicians who look up to you and would flip for an opportunity to chat it up and get some pointers from you, even just have you listen to their music and get your feedback. This could be a really fun experience for you and them. Maybe lunch and a studio session with you, or an afternoon with you creating a track? On your time and your terms, you just let me know and I will package it up and let the bidding begin. This could be a ton of fun and what a way to personally connect with your fans.

Or the simple way to support.....

How about some signed merchandise? I would love to create a" trunk of funk" music box with signed CD's, t-shirts, stickers, what ever bling you got. It would be excellent to offer your sounds in hard copy to your fans and a great way for them to support the temple and show their love for your music.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and for your support to building Our Temple on the Playa. We love you and support you too.

HIT ME UP AT MY E-MAIL:
Narayani.Starbird@Yahoo.com

THANK YOU!!!!!

AND: Come to the event:
The event:
JUNE 12, 2008
DNA Lounge
375 11th St
San Francisco, CA
dnalounge.com

PERFORMANCE
shrine in action (live painting)
bad unkl sista
vau de vire
andrew jones live digital art

MUSIC
edIT (downtempo set with rhodes!)
ill gates
saqi
mozaic
comma
EPROM

AND MUCH MUCH MORE!

7pm-10pm DONOR HAPPY HOURS (includes a lavish cornucopia of edible treats, exclusive performances and presentations, special drinks, conversations with the artists, silent auction, and more!)
$150 per person
two tickets for $225

10pm-4am THE MAIN EVENT
$20 at the door

I look forward to hearing from you,
Narayani
narayani.starbird@yahoo.com

www.basurasagrada.com

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ATTENTION : Remote Burners.......

2008-05-14T22:58:27Z

There is a new service I wanted to recommend.
www.cogtours.com

These guys are located in southern Oregon and have been attending the burn since 1997. They are like sherpas.
If you want to go but don't want to handle the logistics of the 40-50 pounds of stuff you need for everyday you are on the playa ...then call COG Tours. They will pick youi up at the Medford airport and bring you back 2 weeks later for the flight home. Water, Snacks, Camping gear...No Worries. They bring that stuff so you don't have to stress out over it. This year I'll be taking the writing workshop after the burn and the shamanic soul journey one before.

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Default World, Cognitive dissonance

2008-05-09T21:40:56Z

What is it and how do we delineate between the world we like and the default world? I hear it repeated over and over again by people across the BM spectrum. If BRC is not within the default world, where is it?

From Wikipedia:
"Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term describing the uncomfortable tension that may result from having two conflicting thoughts at the same time, or from engaging in behavior that conflicts with one's beliefs, or from experiencing apparently conflicting phenomena.
In simple terms, it can be the filtering of information that conflicts with what you already believe, in an effort to ignore that information and reinforce your beliefs. In detailed terms, it is the perception of incompatibility between two cognitions, where "cognition" is defined as any element of knowledge, including attitude, emotion, belief, or behavior. The theory of cognitive dissonance states that contradicting cognitions serve as a driving force that compels the mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to reduce the amount of dissonance (conflict) between cognitions. Experiments have attempted to quantify this hypothetical drive. Some of these have examined how beliefs often change to match behavior when beliefs and behavior are in conflict.
Social psychologist Leon Festinger first proposed the theory in 1957 after the publication of his book When Prophecy Fails, observing the counterintuitive belief persistence of members of a UFO doomsday cult and their increased proselytization after the leader's prophecy failed. The failed message of earth's destruction, purportedly sent by aliens to a woman in 1956, became a disconfirmed expectancy that increased dissonance between cognitions, thereby causing most members of the impromptu cult to lessen the dissonance by accepting a new prophecy: that the aliens had instead spared the planet for their sake.[1]"

Wouldn't the ideal be to expand BRC to take over the world so that this awful cognitive dissonance will stop blaring in my head? It seems a bit backwards though, only being able to escape the horrible dissonance once a year and then for only a week. I love BM and everyone that makes it happen, together we can heal ourselves, but how???

sweet and sassy,
Syngerella

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live in the bay area? interactive art event this weekend!

2008-04-22T18:03:56Z

Alchemy is an event intended to bring all types of art forms together and make them accessible and fun to interact with and add your creative mark to - come play and design and craft and art it up with us!

It's at -- CELLspace -- (2050 Bryant, @ 18th St, in the Mission)
This Saturday -- April 26th -- from 9pm-2am.
It's $15 and there will be a full bar available.

The shows and stations that it will include:

- a fashion show "Styles of Magic" by Missing Piece @ 10pm
- a magic show "Phantoccino" by Keith Boudreau, showing 4 times over the night
- an all-local Art Gallery curated by Will Chase Arts, half of which is priced under $100
- Alchemical Afforestation, an interactive steel sculpture by Shira Loa ---> you make the bark of the tree!
- Digicrylic Mash-Up by Dangermarc and Ron Goldin ---> you draw on one side, they on another!
- PyroCardium, a heartbeat-powered candelabra by False Profit Labs ---> try the stethoscope on!
- Web of (de)Construction, a live textile piece by Medium Reality ---> become entangled in this web!
- Identity Tapestry by Mary Corey March ---> see how your line of self lines up with others!
- Flame Tree Building Workshop by False Profit Labs ---> make a fire sculpture!
- Phoenix Aviary, a reactive video installation ---> dance and move, and see the flame-tastic results!
- Writing Photos, an intersection of writing and photography ---> tell us a story that you see in the picture!
- Altered Paintings, reworking thrift-store finds ---> that mountain scene needs an anime monster, don't you think?
- Interactive Lights & Magnets... Photo Booth... Lego Robots... Origami... Knitting and more!

check out www.false-profit.com/alchemy

Hope to see you there!

~stephanie

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how Burning Man ruined my marriage and saved my life

2008-03-19T16:55:17Z

an in DEEP current topic of my own, but I KNOW there are MANY more stories out there on this very concept... please share! I will be back to post more about my own SO COMPLETELY TYPICAL EXPERIENCE soon..... much love, peace, light and bacon to all of you who KNOW WHAT I'M TALKIN' A-BOUT!!!

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GONE... Burning Man Spoof on Spongebob

2008-03-13T15:24:38Z

Yes you read that right. It was National No Spongebob Day! Everyone left Spongebob in Bikini Bottom for 2 weeks by himself while they all went out to the middle of nowhere and built a giant wooden effigy of Spongebob, burnt it to the ground, and danced on the ashes! Sound familiar? I did find it amusing and it made me laugh. Thought I'd let the rest of you know about it.

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Container Storage on the Playa

2008-03-08T19:06:26Z

I need your help to settle a bet.

I think there's a real need and desire for container storage out on the playa. My wife isn't so sure.

Seems to me that there are a lot of folks who go to Burning Man like we do... have a few boxes full of BM gear, clothes, playa bikes and camp infrastructure that make the trek out to the playa, get dusty, get boxed back up (and sometimes cleaned up), and come all the way home, not to be touched again until it's time to go back out. Seems like a waste of resources, time and space to me. Isn't there a way to simplify this process?

Here's the basic idea: we drop a container at your camp, which you fill up with all your dusty Burning Man gear, then we come pick it up for you and store it until next year's burn, when it's waiting for you when you get back on playa. Variations on this theme include container size (one size for camps of 3-4 people, the other those 20' shipping containers for big theme camps), use of containers during the festival as kitchens or shelter, transport of containers from or to your home, perhaps stored for a year or two in between. We could store your bike for you for the year, so all you have to do is pack 4 to a car (plus food) and just show up. Storing art cars is another possibility, although most likely a bit further down the road. You get the idea.

If you already think this is a great idea, you can stop reading and jump to this quick survey (takes four minutes, eight tops if you're ADD like me):

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=14sPO_2f3lEHo1H7TpcTT7_2fQ_3d_3d

To set this up as a business (not profit-centric, keeping to BM principles, but still a business) will require a serious investment of time and money on our part, with no guarantee of participants. If I send out a bunch of emails/posts like this one, and get practically no response, it will seem like a pretty obvious sign. Similarly, if all the interest comes when everyone's packing up on Sunday after the burn, we won't have been able to plan for it. So we need to know: would something like this be of interest to you, and if so, can you take 4-8 minutes to tell me so, and how, and why? Or if there is someone you think might be interested in using a service like this, can you forward this to them and encourage them to respond in the next day or two? The link again:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=14sPO_2f3lEHo1H7TpcTT7_2fQ_3d_3d

We are not soliciting for sales leads or trying to get anybody to commit to anything right now. Obviously, if you want to sign up for more information down the road, we'd be happy to get your email address. All we're trying to do is see if this is an idea worth pursuing, and perhaps more than that, that the people actually interested can get it together to notify us that they would make use of such a service. Think of it more like a psychology experiment than market research.

Feel free to email me directly, too, at massive (at) gamblersruin (dot) com

Help me make my wife a believer

Massive

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Photo/Essay

2008-02-08T16:17:40Z

Here's the link to my photo-essay on Burning Man. (I'm an anthropologist/photographer)
http://burningwoman-leanna.blogspot.com/

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Who would you trust to as a baby sitter?

2008-02-08T01:35:30Z

Who would you trust to as a baby sitter?
Choose one:
Paul Addis
George W Bush
Charles Manson

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American Dream: trying to make sense out of the application to our current models

2008-01-25T01:41:56Z

This will be a bit of a strech but I wanted to post it anyways given our current theme..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHQ7Prwh7Gc

It is a cnn video describing the current legislations pending actions.. it appears that torture is against the Geneva convention and considered a felony. The Current admisintration is passing line item legislation to indemnify itself against prosecution for these crimes. I am trying to figure out a way to incorporate this mode of thinnking and I was wondering if others could help me figure out how this can apply.

So How does this apply to what people are trying to do
.

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Burning Man culture in one word

2008-01-24T17:28:06Z

Using a single descriptive word, what sets the culture of Burning Man apart from the default world?

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Adult Swim takes a shot at defining the culture of BM

2007-12-03T21:58:53Z

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c39215224fdf01152362bf840054

My apologies for sticking this one up as a virgin poster to this string but I feel it does a great job at framing the culture of BM and the religious nature of worshipping the rocking of the giant parkinglot in Nevada for 10 days a year.

See ya in 11 more months

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Burner Cartoon released on Adult Swim..

2007-12-03T21:48:57Z

Lucy-daughter of the Devil..
best toon since jimmy Neutrons Burning duck..
D.J Jesus..( the spanish pronounce)
Gotta get to BM..
The devil and his hench wench try to slow him up by providing all the temptation he can muster in the form of Nevada spend culture..
and ( I find this sooo funny after a 6 year sentancr to help my husband recover from a weding day collission ending in his missing arm and my missing 30s wrapped in a lost marrige licence..we are separated and hes denying our union..DICK!)
So anyway The Devil tosses these minions onto the 447 before DJ _JESUS's art car and he rolls it!!! lol
then..the devil gets talked into goin to the event and they drive in where there is this big SOUND CAMP with a art project granted a huge 400000 lbs of wax hand made candle...
The Devil and Jesus catch playa love and start rave chanting on the drive in..making the hench go mad in the back over packed seat..
inside jokes only a Burner Could understand just slam this maun streme gift..
check it out..
YAY!!

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playa names

2007-12-03T21:48:09Z

I am currently writing an ethnographic paper on the burning man and fire spinning community, it would be incredibly helpful to get some insight into why people create playa and performing names other than their own, and sometimes will only be known by that name within the community? Why is there such a connection with the personally created name and what is it? Any outlook on this would be great. Thank you,
Tara

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Theme Revival Tomorrow: Experts Wanted!!!

2007-12-03T21:45:56Z

Most of us didn’t get to experience the Green Man Pavilion in BRC, so a default-sized version will be erected for SF Decom. I think this is great because irrespective of any event we create in default or the desert, the planet still needs us to help save it!!!

No lurking corporations here, just us burners – and instead of planning formal workshops, we’re going to let the people do the talking. Yes, US!

My little make-believe company Playatech will provide another Open Source Lounge, containing an “Ask the Expert/Be the Expert” booth. We invite anyone with eco-expertise to take over the booth whenever you like, name a topic on the whiteboard, and facilitate interactive discussion to help us share our knowledge and radically creative ideas. The experts on greening the burn and cooling man have signed up to lead discussions on those topics at 3 & 4 PM respectively but all other slots are OPEN.

Please participate, and hold the tomatoes for this experiment – either we’re all on the same side on this one, or our kids will live in hell. We might too – scientists project that in 33 years, 90% of the world’s annual seafood harvest will be gone, sea level rises will force hundreds of millions of people to become refugees, oil will be scarce, and *insert other impending catastrophe here*…

Whatever the American Dream might be, it can’t be THAT! Please bring your expertise to help us all figure out how to create a sustainable global community instead of a global desert. The smiles of children will thank you for generations.

www.Playatech.com – Better Living Through Art

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Want to choose Burning Man art theme?

2007-12-03T21:45:32Z

If Burning Man is truly a participant sponsored, participant created event then why not allow its participants to vote for and choose the event art theme each year? The Burning Man Project can suggest a few theme choices and then burners can vote for their favorite. Give people who attend Burning Man the freedom to create the theme so they are participating and creating the event experience in the most absolute sense.

Please sign a petition. Go to: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/let-us-choose-burning-man-theme

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Dancing the Wild Divine, a Playa Tale

2007-12-03T21:44:13Z

A ninety-foot tall oil derrick bore spiritless witness to nine gigantic steel humans in various poses of prostration and supplication. Crude Awakening, the installation on the edge of the open playa was called, and throughout the week I found myself vaguely annoyed by this piece. Impressed by the scale and ambition, most certainly, but isn’t that theme overwrought? Yes, we worship petroleum. Surely everybody gets that by now. Even the people running generators all day in their RVs understand that.

So there are those who say that Burning Man is hypocritical, wasteful, hedonistic, and false. They are correct, in their own way, but not as correct as those who, when asked what Burning Man is like, simply shake their heads and fall into gazes faraway, as if remembering a lost love, for Burning Man is nothing if it’s not heartbreaking. To witness how beautiful everyone is when they allow themselves to be free, to see how we all want to dance, to love, to be authentic, and then to return to the antithesis of all of this, the workaday world of anxiety, insecurity, guardedness, where people are who they think they should be rather than who they actually are, this is heartbreak.

But of course, the heart can only break open.

There seems sometimes to be an anticipatory sense that something is going to *happen* at Burning Man. Aside from the hundreds of people you meet, aside from the uncanny synchronicities, aside from the hookups, aside from the startlingly original art, aside from the burning of the man, there is an undefined mysterium tremendum that reverberates through the event, as if the event itself is the center of a vortex that has been pulling you toward it for months, a wormhole that threatens to leave you in a whole new world on the very same planet.

At least, this is what happened to me. I first attended Flipside, a regional burn outside of Austin, Texas, over Memorial Day weekend. As it happened, I walked into Whole Foods on the Thursday prior and promptly ran into a friend who was stocking up on provisions on her way out. She asked me if I was going, and in the supreme confidence of unabashed ignorance, I shrugged and said, “naw, that’s not my scene.” You know, hypocritical, wasteful, hedonistic, false, all that. But she told me I should go if I could find some tickets, and this challenge was at least diverting, and I remembered a friend who’d told me months ago that he had a Flipside ticket but didn’t think he was going so I called him and it turned out he was going after all, so sorry man. No worries, didn’t think I really wanted to go in the first place, but then he calls back a few hours later—his girlfriend had just broken up with him—to see if I still wanted a ticket. Sure, I said, not at all sure, but it’s only forty-five minutes outside of town, and I figured I’d just drive over, walk around and check it out for the night. I grabbed two bananas, two apples, two avocadoes, and two gallons of water and headed out. I arrived back home three days later, having been perfectly provided for, and shining like I’d just witnessed a solar eclipse at sunrise.

But this is all just prologue. The summer following Flipside and preceding Burning Man, I found myself taunted by periodic dreams, difficult to describe but having something to do with a pulse at the center of Burning Man, some ominous storm of consciousness that first swiped me off my feet with Flipside and was now drawing me into a rebirth canal before hurling me into points unknown. One dream in particular I remember clearly: Upon arriving at Burning Man, someone pointed at me friendly and demanded, “why are you here?” I awoke to the echoes of my unhesitant reply: “To completely let go of my former relationship.” As I was still recovering from the splinters of a broken eleven and a half year relationship, there was now no obstacle too great to prevent me from making the 3500 mile round trip to Black Rock City. And as fate would have it, I ran into my former partner two days before I left for Burning Man. A poignant sadness passed between us, but she looked good. She looked fantastic.

But on to Burning Man. The portentous soundtrack upon my arrival happened to be Seal’s “Crazy.” "We’re never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy." An auspicious opening to a crazy week spectacular, though it did not really begin until I made my early pilgrimage to the Temple to write my prayer, citing Rumi, "All I ask is that you forever remember me as loving you." After that, my week began in earnest, and I could regale you with tales all night long and my eyes would sparkle and enthusiasm would strain my voice, but let me just tell you about the night of the burn itself. Atop Abraxas the Dragamuffin, a brilliantly-realized work of rolling art in action owing itself to the effort of the Solarians, I had an excellent view of the burning of the man. I wish I could say that it blew my mind, but really it was just a big fireworks and laser show surrounded by the Zippos of the 21st century, thousands of glowing LCD screens as the assembled watched it via the viewfinders of their digital cameras, saving instead of savoring the moment. Fun, yes, but missing was the mystery. Of course, what I did not yet realize was that the burning of the man is not the climax of Burning Man. It is only the blast-off.

It was in the disorderly dispersion after the burning of the man that I began to feel the pulse I had known in my dreams, an emergent rhythm simmering beneath our feet, and we reconvened a couple of hours later at Crude Awakening out on the edge of the open playa to witness the burning of the oil derrick. Again atop Abraxas, I am huddled and cuddled with shipmates reincarnated from a glorious pirate ship, fireworks and lasers, oh my, and then… and then… I don’t know if I gasped or if all the air was sucked out of my lungs by the detonation of the largest controlled propane explosion in the world, a Guinness I guess, 900 gallons of NASA jet fuel and 2000 gallons of liquid propane and oh my god a thousand foot high mushroom cloud churning hellish red and demon black, 2.4 gigawatts of energy, just enough to power the entire Bay Area for one minute (or, come to think of it, two trips back to the future in Doc’s De Lorean…), and the only thing more wow fantastic than this is the firelit faces around me, fireshadows flickering across their wide-open eyes, transfixed in apocalyptic wonder.

And you know, the word apocalypse derives from the Greek word, apokalyptein, which means, “to unveil.” And there was indeed a renting of the veil that night, an opening into a realm where every encounter is authentic, and consequently, deeply meaningful. I had painted the word IMPULSE across my chest in fluorescent white, and as the night wore on I discovered that this was as much invitation as invocation. I was hugged, kissed, licked, squeezed, nibbled, massaged, hit on, and slashed with chocolate, and before long I became the impulse, daring the impulse from whomever chose my presence. During one extended moment, I shared an hour long shoving loving shouting kissing encounter with a woman bursting out of her chrysalis. She showed me how tightly our spirits are crammed into this life, how our bodies are but leotards for our soul, and how our soul just wants to dance, and dance we damn did and nighttime disappeared into blackness all around and there was she and there was me orbiting around one another like Shiva and Shakti growling and grinning across the galaxy, and this is not even the climax.

Finding my way to Opulent Temple, I’m aware of an uncanny sensation of familiarity, of recognizing everything that is happening, a sort of “oh yeah, this is the part where I share an extended shamanic dance on the open playa,” or, “oh yeah, this is when I kiss a pregnant woman’s belly,” or, “oh yeah, this is when I throw it down with a dozen other dancers at Opulent Temple,” as if it all happened in one bright shining moment, a big bang, and life is a vastly reduced awareness of that moment that is right now, and gods and goddesses are dancing the dance their bodies have been dying for, impulses pulsing timeless and tireless and oh yeah this is the part when the dance floor opens around me and surrounds me and eyes are so bright like stars of the night and I am between now and nowever and we are so fucking lucky to be alive.

A dragon breathes fire in the distance and I heed the call of my shipmates and make my way toward the mothership, noting the sky rosy on the horizon and thinking holy cow what a night but it has yet hardly begun. Abuzz with activity, setting the generator a-rumble, bolting into place a platform for spinning, samurai warriors are striding about, preparing for the final assault upon the ego panting upon the periphery, for we have sailed out upon the dead calm of this dry lakebed to do battle only with ourselves, and we won, and we are a float in our own victory parade, and Bassnectar is spinning and people come together to dance the dawn awake and my are we alive today as the sunrise pales next to the light shining out of the eyes of everyone and how are we so beautiful and Seth good brother that he is grabs my shoulder and points to Crude Awakening and do you see how now that the derrick is burned they’re actually worshipping the sunrise?

And I would have wept but my grin would permit me only to dance for I was not yet done and oh yeah this is the part where I’m dancing on the catwalk and a sparkling woman joins me and writhes in close but then something in me closes imperceptibly and I humor her for a couple of minutes before dancing my way away and down the ladder I go and I take three steps and happen to glance back and she’s leaning over the railing and glaring at me in aggressive compassion and where do you think you’re going get back up here and I comply yes I do and regard the dance proper ‘cause you’re not really dancing till you imagine that you are making love and I clearly see how I have been breaking the circuit of sexuality in my life ever since my split and she doesn’t know how she healed me and I don’t know how I healed anyone around me but it happened all the same and the deejay lays down Frou Frou’s “Let Go,” and an exhilaration of epic healing gasps into atmosphere and we dance, and dance, and dance the wild divine.

Epilogue: The next night, during the Temple burn, I watched in somber fascination as it collapsed, sighing satisfied as a wave of cheers swept round and round. Later, I was having a snack with a friend and she asked me if I had let go of what I wanted to let go of and it occurred to me that my former relationship had not crossed my mind all week, not even during the Temple burn. I forgot to let go, I said, realizing that letting go requires no effort, no remembrance, and certainly no action. It requires only release, and acceptance, and that I forgot to let go only demonstrates my success in doing so.

Thank you to all who shared this experience with me. It is surely the morning we will return to upon our death.

Be your biggest,

Impulse, a.k.a. Tony Vigorito
www.tonyvigorito.com

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Paul Addis AGAIN!?!?!!?

2007-12-03T21:43:06Z

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/30/BAGJT2QQB.DTL

The man accused of setting the Burning Man on fire four days early has been arrested for planning to set Grace Cathedral ablaze, San Francisco police said Monday.

Paul David Addis, 35, was arrested on the cathedral steps at 11:40 p.m. Sunday after officers were tipped off that someone intended to set fire to the Episcopal church, police spokesman Sgt. Steve Mannina said.

My favorite part: Addis was wearing an old ammunition belt that carried small explosives

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PHOTOS - SAN FRAN DECOM

2007-12-03T21:42:55Z

http://www.pixievisionproductions.com/gallery/sf_decom100707

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Return of the Dragon, 2007 Burning Man Trip Report

2007-12-03T21:42:25Z

My 2007 Burning Man Trip Report is here:

http://www.peaklightimages.com/dragonreturns

I hope you enjoy it

Like my last report, this one is intended for non-burners but also tries to provide some food for thought for anyone.

I could write countless reports on my Burning Man experience and whole blogs about individuals I shared things with that don't even get mentioned in this report. So much love and sacred sharing.

Peace and love

Karl "Baba"

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Experiences of the Tasseograph

2007-12-03T21:42:11Z

I'm an ethnographer completing my Master's degree in Folklore. I stumbled upon the Tasseograph Trash Tea Temple while at a festival this summer and was compelled to write my thesis on this creation by Shrine and TukTuk. I have my own meanings and experiences associated with the Tasseograph, but I wanted to get a sense of other people's involvement or experiences with the structure.

I am interested to hear any stories, experiences, rituals, or performances at, with, or around the Tasseograph from the community of Burners.

Did you get married there?
Were you part of the crystal singing bowl enclave that kept the temple vibrating throughout the temple burn?
Did you participate in any of the tea ceremonies?
Were you dancing there at dawn?
Did you have profound moments of contemplation?
What meaning does the Tasseograph have to you?

Any kind of experience would be helpful as I try to decipher what the Tasseograph means to the community and the culture of Burning Man.

You can also visit the blog that I set up: tasseograph.blogspot.com

Thanks!!
~sica

Please feel free to repost this to any of your local Burner tribes, or distribute amongst your friends.

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AmeriPrise - American Dreams

2007-09-22T02:11:47Z

http://www.ameriprise.com/amp/global/about-ameriprise/commercials.asp#

Ok, the commercial has been posted. I see a BM parody in the works...

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New tribe! Burning Bondage

2007-09-10T20:24:21Z

I started a new tribe when I got back this year to help burners who like BDSM and D/s play connect and coordinate for the burn next year. With TOA MIA this year, and confusion about "Camp Arachnid" vs "Arachnia's Web", I thought a tribe would help all of these camps promote events, recruit campers, even coordinate afterparties and mixers, as well as provide a way for any burners to connect, volunteer and share information.

It's open membership and the merely curious are always welcome. If bondage isn't your interest, tip it to a friend who might be interested -- we all have one.

tribes.tribe.net/burningbondage

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Orgasmateria recruiting for BIG expansion in '08!

2007-09-10T20:13:25Z

The Orgasmateria Pleasure Lab will be scaling up for its fourth year on the playa, in anticipation of a bid for Esplanade frontage in '08.

I'm looking to recruit a core of 10 or so committed Orgasmateers to coordinate the work of perhaps a couple of dozen other campers and volunteers sharing managable responsibilities for workshops, decor/ambiance, ice runs, etc.

Ideally, this core will include about five experienced Dominatrixes who, in addition to cracking the whip in camp management, would participate in workshops for straight girls wanting to experiment with submitting to a Domina, coupled girls who want to spank their boys (or see them spanked), and vanilla girls wanting to learn how to whip their boys into shape.

Though certainly fem-centered, the Orgasmateria is not a FemDom camp, per se. These workshops will compliment our existing slate of Princess Reform School workshops, which help sub-curious ladies and couples introduce D/s play into the bedroom without upsetting the power balance of the overall relationship.

The overall bent of the Orgasmateria is towards pleasure rather than pain -- but pleasure so intense you may have to be tied down to sit still for it. The tone is less intimidating than the more hardcore bondage camps and is geared to provide a nontreatening entry point for kinkurious vanillas. Fittingly, our decor is more pink and sparkly rather than black and spikey -- think Barbie's Dream Dungeon...

In addition to Princess Reform School, other workshops and events offered by Orgasmaterias past include:

Erotic Tickling (partners take turns blinding, blindfolding and tickling each other)
Continuous Female Orgasm (clitoral massage)
Shejaculation (squirting how-to)
Queer Tips for Straight Lips (learn oral sex from the ultimate experts)
Grin and Bare It (public nakedness for the shy)
Naked Gun (high noon naked watergun fight)
Sexcrafts (sextoy-making workshop)

New features we hope to add next year:

Nightly "Kinkurious" mixers
Late-Nite Freeplay
Dawn foot wash/rub
Moring Wake-Up Spankings (paddles-n-coffee!)
Afternoon Bodypainting
The Miss Orgasmerica Pageant
Spank Your Man!
Sumbissive Explorations for Bi-curious Girls
Finding Your Inner Bitch (Domina workshop)
Naked Newbie Scavenger Hunt

If you'd like more info on any of the above, just ask. And if you're intersted in camping with us next year, let me know ASAP.

In addition to a few good Dominas, we're particularly looking to recruit experienced body painters, service-oriented submissives, nudists, people with experience running a bar on-playa, and of course, Skinsationaut Cadets willing to surrender their bodies to science for testing/demonstrating our latest sensual toys and techniques, and expanding the frontiers of the Pleasurescape.

Viva la Orgasmateria!
TkB

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OV: The Playa Shard - Complete Set of PDFs for Download

2007-09-09T20:07:34Z

http://www.eblips.net/?page_id=464

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Notes from the Six Flags Burningman® 2014

2007-09-09T18:23:27Z

Hi Dave,
Sorry it's taken me so long to write. I misplaced my credit card and was unable to sign up for the Earthlink Broadband connection that's available here until now.

Last night was the burn. It was really quite a spectacle! It took us about fifty-five minutes to get from the end of the line near center camp to inside the chainlink fence. There was some dirty hippy complaining about the metal detectors... guess he should have brought a clay pipe instead of the metal one the sheriffs found!

We had to wander around until we located the artcar® upon which our boxseats could be found. Stella managed to get some prime box seat tickets on Ticketmasters so we had a great view. They were only 45 Amero a seat too! The vendors mostly stay to the bleacher seats, so we weren't able to buy too many of the trinkets offered this year ( I was told they change every year, isnt that cool?) I did get you a little special something... but I wont ruin the surprise! (Okay, it's a little globe with the man inside and when you shake it there's a sandstorm, and around its base it says "Six Flags Burningman." Cool huh?)

The Man, Paul Addis as he is called for some reason, was lit up in neon, his left arm mechanically waving at the crowd and his right arm giving us the finger, how counterculture! He stood on a large stage which was fastooned with banners of the various sponsors: Walmart, Clearchannel, MSNBCNN... Stella told me about the burn she had been to the year before while the crowd settled in... Then the lights were lowered and the MC, FlavaFlav, came out... he was really funny for an old guy. Aerosmith and RunDMC were amazing! They played an incredible set, and before the audience even had a chance to demand an encore the fireworks show began. I found out later that the fireworks show was timed to coincide with an identical show at Disneyland to mark the anniversary of the Mainstream Electrical Parade. Really cool!

The fireworks went on forever and just when I thought it might be too long Paul the Man blew up and was suddenly on fire! He actually spoke, saying little quips over the loudspeaker like, "Is it hot in here or is it just me?" Really funny. The audience started chanting "Addis, Addis, Addis!" and I joined in and I felt like I was really involved, participating in this amazing event that Blockbuster/Halliburton had created for us. Oh! Incidentally, it almost didnt happen at all... the people who build it, the Department of Public Works, almost didn't this year, as their branch of the AFL/CIO was on strike. But in the end they brought in some guys from Guatemala to do it, so it worked out well in the end.

After the man burned we were ushered out on the street and headed to the Deep End® where Stella busted several moves. She had bought the most amazing garter belt and spats on Esplanade that day and she was determined to show them off.

Well, that's about it for now, I'm just waking up and need to get focused. Tonight is the Templeburn® and I dont want to miss it. We get to participate in the Templewave®, I hear it's wild!

I promise to write again before I leave.

Oh, I guess I'll sign off with my official new playa name, which I bought at center camp...

Yours truly,
Spectatatron!

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Final year of PISS CLEAR alternative newspaper now online!

2007-09-07T05:34:37Z

This was the last year for PISS CLEAR -- Black Rock City's alternative newspaper -- and our final three issues have been archived as PDFs and posted to the Piss Clear web site.

This was our 13th year, and we printed over 30,000 copies -- but if you missed any of the three issues we published on the playa, you can read them online here:

Piss Clear 2007 -- http://www.pissclear.org/PDFArchives

Monday/Tuesday - Reduce, Reuse, Reburn: It Ain't Easy Being Green
exterior: http://www.pissclear.org/PDFArchives/PissClear32ext_2007.pdf
interior: http://www.pissclear.org/PDFArchives/PissClear32int_2007.pdf

Wednesday/Thursday - The Sex, Drugs (and oh yeah) Art Issue
exterior: http://www.pissclear.org/PDFArchives/PissClear33ext_2007.pdf
interior: http://www.pissclear.org/PDFArchives/PissClear33int_2007.pdf

Friday/Saturday - So Long, And Thanks For All the Drugs
exterior: http://www.pissclear.org/PDFArchives/PissClear34ext_2007.pdf
interior: http://www.pissclear.org/PDFArchives/PissClear34int_2007.pdf

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Early BURNS Man!!!

2007-09-06T18:12:11Z

Hi,

So has burning man grown to big? I don’t know and don’t care … whenever I go I don’t expect anything (but the opportunity to wear wacky clothes in public). I went in 1996 and 1998 and 2006… I skipped this year and now believe that whenever the year ends in a 7 it is going to be a bad year… just look at the 97 fiasco!!!

I am looking forward 2008 with the theme a lot of folks already don’t like “The American Dream” I love this idea. I love this country. I love contradictions. And I love all my burner friends.

So has burning man gotten to big for you? Are you going again?

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draft the man who burnt the man..

2007-09-04T13:10:32Z

PAUL ADDIS FOR MAYOR of BRC
http://tribes.tribe.net/pauladdisformayor

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Epic BM2006 story to get you in the mood

2007-08-24T17:47:25Z

Hey yo, this is Ergoat, shouting out from a Biodiesel Farm in VT; the latest stop in my independent worldwide tour promoting sustainable clean fuel, and radical revolutionary psychedelic communities.

Last year was my first Burn, but have since been to a regional in New Zealand.
I figured I'd send a few stories your way in case you needed a little more inspiration going from Hope and Fear to a Green Future.

From my website www.ergoat.com

ergoat.com/getagrip.html - detailing how I escaped my demise at the hands of a nefarious ayahuasca cult in Hawaii and made it to Burning Man with little more than my backpack.

ergoat.com/ontheplaya02.html -details a trip of a different sort overdosing on some hardcore habaneros

ergoat.com/themanburns001.html -my rescue of a Burner brave/foolish enough to run into the Burned Man.

ergoat.com/exodus.html -ordeal at the Gates of Black Rock City.

So I invite you to see the spectacle from a new and different perspective. (with pictures!)

And I might see you on the playa as a BRC Ranger, but I might need a hand getting there from Reno... so any help would be appreciated. Holler back.

Ergoat

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bman a child at xmas

2007-08-22T18:32:42Z

uh, oh. it's happening again! the now i wake in the middle of the night thinking about burningman. like a kid at christmas too excited to sleep. the excitement bullds, the preparation, the lists, the last minute purchases, the last minute good ideas taken from a burningman site. the people 'jumping up and down' with joy on the various burningman sites. burners get the dopamines sizzling adrenaline coursing, a natural high of anitcipation. whoo-hoo! the child within is spinning merry little circles.

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Driving Through Reno and Need to Shop?

2007-08-18T07:06:26Z

Want to know where to find any of the following?

Gas Stations
Propane & Biofuels
Groceries and Merchandise Stores
Liquor Stores
Restaurants
Bars
Wireless & Wired Internet Access
Coffeehouses
Hospitals and Urgent Care Facilities
Banks and ATMs
Hardware and Camping Gear
Bikes and Bike Repair
Hotels and Hotel/Casinos
Coin-Op Laundries
Random Curiosities
RV Parks, RV/Trailer/Truck Rentals, Storage
Auto Parts and Repairs
Dumps and Recycling

Then check out what a fabulous team of Reno Burners put together for you. This incredible resource of where to find what Burners are looking for as they drive through Carson City, Reno, Sparks and Fernley. It's on the Burning Man Web site. We divided the area into "shopping hubs" and categories for easily navigation. There are also descriptions of each place along with hours and phone numbers.

Check it out at: http://www.burningman.com/preparation/travel_info/reno/reno.html

I hope you all find this a valuable helpful resource as we welcome you Home.

Travel well.
Smooches

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shade structures

2007-08-14T20:47:23Z

who knows where to get the bombest shade structures for the burn? Please contact me directly if you have some good suggestions....spanx!

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pregnant at burning man?

2007-08-02T06:18:07Z

Ok so here is the question....

Is burning man safe for a pregnant woman ? & are there medics on site?

My thought is that it would not be safe.
After a not so pleasant WEMF 2006, I decided "next year i'd finally make the long journey to burning man
I'd been planning to go to my first "burn" pre pregnancy, and now well i just don't think it wise so i've opted out. I thought, for the sake of perhaps an interresting discussion , i'd get an opinion from those of you are into the study of burning man culture.

I feel it would not be safe because of the heat (potentially), and the potential, random gifting of drugs (unbeknownst to the recipient). -included with this would be the osmosis effect of things like LSD.
Of course then there are all the x factors involved in pregnancy such as preterm labour etc..

All that said, because of the volume of attendees, the multitude of reasons why people go, and the fact that it is like a nomadic City. I would guess someone somewhere has gone while pregnant, or seen someone there who was.

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Full-time Burningman Community

2007-08-01T20:37:25Z

Why has no one created a full-time community or event based on the principles of Burningman?

Or.... have they and I just don't know about it?

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why why why?

2007-07-31T17:00:13Z

Why do so many burners continue to think bacon, beagles, hippies, and two other things are the source of all humor? Hippies I kinda get. I don't think hippies are all that funny. Well, maybe a little. Burner anxiety about being confused with hippies (gads, no!) has been posited as a viable explanation for the relentless recurrence of that joke. If that's the core of it -- and not that hippies are just endlessly annoying -- then it points to a fairly high level of insecurity behind the boring Burner bravado. The rest of it I can scarcely hazard a guess on. What bothers me about this lack of originality is not so much the roughness of it, it's the lack of imagination, particularly in a community that so prides itself on creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. A good joke is only good the first fifteen thousand times. After that, it's possibly time to use the brain again.

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PLAYATECH ANNOUNCES 2006 "GREEN HOME" FURNITURE LINE OF THE FUTURE!

2007-07-06T14:03:39Z

As seen in JRS...Shareware you can sit on!

PLAYATECH ANNOUNCES 2006 "GREEN HOME" FURNITURE LINE OF THE FUTURE!

Playatech is pleased to announce the long awaited introduction of its BM06 'Green Home' Furniture Line of the Future! Delayed a year by hope and fear, the Green Home line includes everything needed to furnish a home for $500, move in one minivan load, and save the planet while you're at it. It rocks for Burning Man too! Check it out now at www.Playatech.com.

The new Playatech line features three dozen radically cool furniture and entertainment products anyone can fabricate entirely from standard plywood, and every one collapses flat for shipment. Yes, all the furniture for a 2 bedroom house or large bar camp will fit in one mini-van!

According to Playatech founder Sunshine, 'At BM05, Playatech launched the Playa Love Seat, Playa Pew, and Larry Boy Lounger to insane acclaim. We changed camp seating forever, but we failed to kill IKEA - so we huddled and muddled and redesigned every piece of furniture you need to live, work, and play!' The new line includes a sofa that converts to a queen bed, daybeds that push together into playpens, bars you can dance on, and a dinette that turns into a den. Even recycled 1972 designs we found in a book.

All Green Home products turn you into an artist, and are radically cheap, easy to own, and available exclusively from Playatech -- the world's only brand built on the 10 Burning Man Principles. And they're GREEN! Exterior plywood is 95-99% renewable wood, much of which now comes from FSC-Certified sustainable forests, and the rest is relatively innocuous glue. Playatech eliminates factories, packaging, end-product distribution, retail stores, exploited child labor, and nearly all bad things capitalism introduces between nature's end product and your rear end.

What's more: when your furniture has outlived its usefulness, UNLIKE a regular couch, the entire energy content of Green Home furniture can be cleanly recovered as useful heat in a proper furnace - it is food for giant Mechabolic slugs! If burned in an open fire, the wood puts out more noxious fumes than the glue.

Playatech offers great green furniture for your mobile lifestyle that obsoletes landfills, at an unbelievable price! And that is no Silicon Valley pipedream.

Playatech - The Greenest Furniture Money Can't Buy - www.Playatech.com

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link to interesting post on Bman tribe

2007-06-27T19:00:19Z

Good reading http://bm.tribe.net/thread/adb25c14-a828-4a7d-b1cb-534f1c1d5214

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GM on the air + tip of the day

2007-05-30T16:12:39Z

Treehugger.com just posted a 12 minute podcast discussing the Green Man theme, and there's the first "tip of the day" about how to green your upcoming burn.

Both are available for your dining and dancing pleasure at:

www.burningman.com/environment/blog

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Art Themes, Newbies, Monkeys, and the Culture of the Burn

2007-05-26T19:07:53Z

I came here to cross post something from the Monkeys 2007 tribe, in response to someone insisting that the Green Man theme is "necessary." I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

For those of you who don't know, that tribe is for the discussion of the alternate art theme for this year - "monkeys." See http://tribes.tribe.net/makeminemonkeys for more info, there's also a project website and burncast.

I have been attending for many years and have never, ever seen a person with more than two brain cells attend Burningman who was not PROFOUNDLY changed by attempting to "Leave No Trace" and "Don't Let It Hit the Ground," two "themes" everyone knows by heart, despite never having been the art theme.

Packing up and packing our your food scraps and packaging, using portapotties instead of flushing your shit away, dealing with your gray water, gridding your camp, cleaning the city - they make you realize how much you take for granted the ability to toss and flush away your impact on the Earth.

These are all things the festival has directed attendees to do for over a decade. Pushing green is nothing new. The real problem is that the festival, in addition to growing in size, has also grown in the number of attendees who do not have the aforementioned two brain cells, who can come for a week and not grow from the experience.

Yeah, maybe making the art theme green will drive the ideas into a few more tiny brains, but I think the situations which led to this theme are just fallout from publicizing the event much, much more than was necessary over several years, in a very well intentioned effort to spread "community" to the world at large, which has inevitably created a change in the influence that the world at large has on the community.

In my personal experience, I've gone from attending a ridiculously large festival where the majority of people were veterans to attending a ridiculously large festival where most of the people I talk to are first year. Each year, they are more prepared in terms of shelter, waste, etc., but I've seen rises in sexual assault, sexual harassment, homophobia, advertising both attempted and successful, and more as the city grows.

Frankly, I think the green thing would fall out naturally if they turned their attention to ways to encourage growth among the populations who don't engage in those behaviors, because these are the people who care about their own impact, period.

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New Structure to Snowflake Village!

2007-05-26T05:32:31Z

This will be Snowflake's eighth year, making it one of the oldest & most stable Villages on the Playa. Maybe because we keep it simple... A confederation of Midwest, Canadian, and other far-traveling Theme Camps with no village fees; a simple setup; a good location; the advantages of better security and social interactions.

Whatever the size of your camp, from megalopolis down to a teeny kissing-booth, we can do our best to accommodate you. We give you frontage according to the size of your display or Theme Camp, and camping space behind according to your population.

There are three main places we can locate your camp: on the Esplanade, on the next street out, or fully inside the Village (no frontage). If you are brand-new to Snowflake, contact the off-site Coordinator, Eric G, at eric@clevian.com and tell us your idea first...

Esplanade camps

Being on the Esplanade is definitely the Big Time. Burning Man requires certain things from a camp on the Esplanade... so we will want some serious interactivity from you:

* Be fully lit and open each night during peak hours 8-12... Ideally, more than that.
* Have some kind of 24/7 interactivity
* Have representatives on-Playa by Monday, setting up.
* Be set up quite early in the week.
* We need to have a common visual theme that unifies the Village. Usually that is X-mas lights strung across the whole interactive front of the Village. We need your help to build and maintain that system. At night our Village should be lit with an arc of lights like a big glowing smile-- not like a smile with one tooth knocked out-- with a camp strangely dark and empty.

"A" Street camps

The next street-- the "A" street-- is less demanding of interaction but it is still mapped and reserved space! ...., not for "just camping" It is a great place for a tea house, yoga camp, sculpture garden, or other thing that is only open sometimes. We still need some interactivity from you:

* Have some activities open to the public and interactive.
* Help maintain our back perimeter-- with some kind of rope-fence, caution tape, or structures along your frontage. We do not like people riding their bikes through the Village at 3am and crashing into our tents!
* Like everybody else, have a cleanup plan to Leave No Trace.

Internal Camps.

Some camps have their main art located somewhere else, like out on the Playa. Some people come from far away, like Europe or Japan. And there are always newbies, and small groups of 1-2 people. We have an Overflow Area where you can be inside our glorious Village with no frontage. But we still need your help!

* Help the other camps! While we are all working like dogs setting up giant domes and stuff, bring us water! Fetch our duct tape! Bring us a cookie!
* Clean up.

OK. Are you ready to do it? To make the crazy journey, to participate, to be part of the most amazing place on earth? To change your life forever? Need more info before you post? Write to the Coordinator Eric G at eric@clevian.com FYI - The deadline for registration is May 31.

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BURNCast on tribe.net

2007-05-16T22:02:14Z

So I've recently (over the last few weeks) gotten into listening to BURNcast. What is it? Well it is a weekly podcast put out every Tuesday by DaBomb. It focuses on events for and about burners,,. she has talked to many of the artists who have brought distinct and memorable pieces to the playa and also not shied away from more serious topics like the recent shake up at Mutaytor..

This week DaBomb talks to Mark Pincus founder and CEO of tribe.net. I enjoyed hearing more about the man (in his own words) who created one of my favorite destinations on the Internet.

www.burncast.net/ - Give it a listen

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From the Playa to YouTube -- Fire Circle Magic

2007-05-14T23:35:07Z

Greetings Friends!

We're thrilled to let you know that a great video has been posted to YouTube showing the Alchemical Fire Circle, with voiceover by Jeff McBride explaining how the dancing is analogous to the orbits of the planets.

If you've been wondering about what we'll be doing at Fires Rising at Four Quarters Farm in a few weeks, take a look at this, and then pass the word! The video is from a documentary produced by Vision TV about Jeff's magic profession and his work with alchemical fire circle with Abbi. You'll see many familiar faces here.... We hope you will enjoy and want to put out huge thanks to the Four Quarters office guy Micheal for putting this together!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSjnq_ALNVY

Please, tell your friends about it! If any of you have a YouTube account, we'd
appreciate you linking/favoriting it.

Once you've seen the video, you can go to
http://www.4qf.org/_FiresRising/index.htm
and register online for an incredible and magickal gathering!

We hope to see you there!

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