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Prepare for the Playa: this weekend
Burn After Reading magazine has a good article on Prepare for the Playa, which is on this weekend. It’s a great day out with the Burner community, as well as an excellent place to go shopping for...
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Feathers won’t Fly
In the past, “leather and feather” has been a very popular look amongst all the cool kiddies on the Playa. Last year, LA Weekly published a great guide to Burning Man style, and “Neo Tribal” was named...
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Instant Facial Protection: the NuBrella
Following on from the Inflatable Tent and the Inflatable Bike Helmet, now we have another invention that seems brilliant for protecting Burners from sandstorms, second hand DMT smoke, Segway piloting,...
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It’s Tranny Time!
Looks like the drag queens and shemales will be romping around the Playa in full force this year. ROMP OF THE PLAYA HOOKERS: TRANNIES FOR TRADE “Calling all drag queens! Come join us in your finest...
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How-To’s to customize your Burn
Over at the Instructables site, Burner Joshf has put together a collection of some fantastic tips and tricks for virgins and veterans alike. Tips include how to make a fire skirt, angel wings (hint:...
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The 2440-LED Light Suit
Look out for this Burner on the Playa – pretty much the opposite of a darktard. Filed under: Light Path - Positive Thinking, Ideas Tagged: 2012, art projects, fashion, ideas, stories, videos
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Where to Shop For Your Burning Man Costume | 7×7
San Francisco’s local 7 x 7 magazine has published a guide to where to shop for your outfits. It’s by no means complete – check out the Trunk Shows like Prepare for the Playa, Etsy, and the Tibetan...
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Surviving the Dust At Burning Man | Geeked Info
Geeked Info has some useful tips for dealing with dust. I’m with the author – after a few Burns, you learn to prefer the bandanna to the Home Depot dust masks. If it’s super dusty, you can pull it up...
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Modern Luxury: “RIP Burning Man (1986-2011)”
I remember what a shock to the Burner Eco-System it was when Town and Country magazine did a piece on Burning Man’s Krug-swilling society set. My how time flies! Now, not even a mere year later,...
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Topsy turvy world: Neon bank logos, OK; Angel suit, NO ?
Some Burners can’t understand why I would criticize the giant Bank of America advertisement Burn Wall Street. Well, while all that has been going on, other Burners are also giving it hard to Ka, the...
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Move Your Body to the Beat
The most popular post we’ve written, by far, was the Music of Burning Man 2012. So I think it’s safe to say, Burners like music.It can be a long way from Deep Playa without an art car, so why not take...
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A _________ of Burners?
Thanks to Burner Enki from Vienna, Austria for posing this question on Facebook: What do you call a [collective noun] of Burners? PlayaSkool, Fertility 2.0 Some ideas so far: cacophony misdemeanor...
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Help us Alpha Test New Site
Burning Man have changed their privacy policy, and are asking Burners to create Burner Profiles in order to apply for tickets. The data is owned by the multi-entity hydra which is the various Burning...
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Burnal Equinox 2013 is Coming!
by Whatsblem the Pro The Machine – Photo by Douglas Hope Hooper Burnal Equinox is coming up once again on Saturday, March 2nd, halfway between Burning Man 2012 and Burning Man 2013. There will be...
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Burning Man Fashion 2013: Manish Arora’s Indian Burn
by Whatsblem the Pro Photo: Ramesh Sharma A major five-day fashion show in India last week featured a much-ballyhooed grand finale: designer Manish Arora’s latest line, inspired by his visit to Burning...
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Cosmo Says You’re in a Cult for Losers
by Whatsblem the Pro Cosmo: Too irrelevant to make fun of since the ’70s (Image: Harvard Lampoon) Anna Breslaw, writing about sorority life for Cosmopolitan: “Greek life lost me when, as a freshman, I...
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Google Burners Call For Free Experimentation Zones
The link between Google and Burning Man is long and rich. They famously used the Burning Man logo on the Google home page, and in fact the concept of the Google logo changing evolved out of the Burning...
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The Spark of Controversy
You might have heard a lot of the hype about the new documentary about Burning Man, Spark. It’s screening tonight in Reno at 7:30, then playing to 1400 people in Washington DC, heading to New York...
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The Fishy Smell of Corporate Excess
Whatsblem the Pro recently published a very interesting discussion with Official Burning Man blogger (Burning Man Official Blogger? Burning Man Blog Official?) Caveat Magister. One aspect of the...
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What to Wear, What to Wear?
Wondering about all the fabulous outfits you’re going to need, for a week in the desert heat, a week in the cool desert nights, and a week in the freezing desert early mornings? That’s really three...
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