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Looking At Utopia With Stars In Our Eyes
If you’ve wondered why this blog appears to have gone quiet in the last week, it’s because I’m travelling on a trip that has taken me from the White House to Miami’s Winter Electronic Music Conference...
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The Stand of No Stand
As we enter the 5th month of the year, BMOrg are managing to be strangely silent, while at the same time being all over the news. The “Burning Man Organizer Throws Bundy Fest” story has been picked up...
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Get Your Playa Wear Here
For San Francisco Burners, there are a couple of sales coming up this weekend featuring Playa-ready outfits. If you’ve never been to a Burning Man trunk show before, I highly recommend it. There’s a...
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Private Concierge Service [Updates]
Once again, an idea originally introduced to this community as an amusing farce, has now become an established money-making service. The Burning Man concierge is here. From BurningmanVIP.net: Burning...
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Playa Update: Some Cars Coming In, Trash is the New Fashion
Watching the UStream feed, it looks like the gate may be open again for people who have been waiting there all day. There are vehicles are coming in. If we get an official announcement we will let you...
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Silk Road Move Over, a New Bazaar Is In Town
WIRED magazine has a report on Agora, the new online drug bazaar “marketplace of anything”. It is based on Agorism, a philosophy that a free, stateless society can be achieved via disruptive market...
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It’s the Art, Stupid
It seems that, behind every weary merchant visiting the oasis with a caravan of treasures to gift, is a team of Sherpas to wipe their ass. According to the New York Times, the rich people of Burning...
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Get Your Burning Man Merchandise
Image: Nathan Proudlove/Flickr (Creative Commons) [Update 12/7/14 10:35am] This post has been restored because some are trying to tie it into the online smear campaign against me. It’s back here now...
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Burning Man Influencing The World [Update]
We are everywhere! Here we have the latest fashion from the 2015 Grammy Awards. Clearly Burner-inspired… Image: icdyk.com Joy Villa, a model/actress and recording artist, took her cue from Burning...
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Basic Burning Man Bitch
The Bold Italic has a hilarious look at the “Basic Bitches of the Bay“. Although San Francisco in and of itself is a vibrant and unique city that fosters eccentricity, you will still see those who fall...
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Playa Wear Trunk Shows Coming Up
If you’re in San Francisco, whether you’re going to Burning Man or not you might want to check these shows out. Always a fun crowd, and you’re supporting your fellow Burner fashion artists. Lorelei...
View ArticleFeathers 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...
View ArticleInstant 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,...
View ArticleIt’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...
View ArticleHow-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:...
View ArticleThe 2440-LED Light Suit
Look out for this Burner on the Playa – pretty much the opposite of a darktard.
View ArticleWhere 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...
View ArticleSurviving 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 …...
View ArticleModern 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,...
View ArticleTopsy 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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