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 …...
View ArticleA _________ of Burners?
Thanks to Burner Enki from Vienna, Austria for posing this question on Facebook: What do you call a [collective noun] of Burners? Some ideas so far: cacophony misdemeanor felony conflagration drove...
View ArticleHelp 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...
View ArticleBurnal Equinox 2013 is Coming!
by Whatsblem the Pro Burnal Equinox is coming up once again on Saturday, March 2nd, halfway between Burning Man 2012 and Burning Man 2013. There will be multiple celebrations of the Equinox in...
View ArticleBurning Man Fashion 2013: Manish Arora’s Indian Burn
by Whatsblem the Pro 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 Man. From the Times...
View ArticleCosmo Says You’re in a Cult for Losers
by Whatsblem the Pro Anna Breslaw, writing about sorority life for Cosmopolitan: “Greek life lost me when, as a freshman, I heard a rumor about sorority pledges having to sort Froot Loops for their...
View ArticleGoogle 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleTime to Expand Our Consciousness
SPUN OUT BY THE SCOOP! Are we actually all mutually, collectively experiencing the deja vu that I spoke of a couple of days ago? Remember when last year, Burners.Me brought you the news that the permit...
View ArticleNone Dare Call Her Bettie: Previewing the Playa at the Nevada Museum of Art
by Whatsblem the Pro The Black Rock Arts Foundation has announced that Beth “Bettie June” Scarborough, Burning Man’s Associate Director of Art Management (read: she runs the ARTery and is on the...
View ArticleBurning Man GIVEAWAY – Win a Goggle & Respirator Set from JADED MINX |...
Are you ready for the dust? Can you handle the blow? Even if you think you’ve got it covered, these goggle and respirator sets look pretty Burning Man-friendly. Maybe Burning Man will get all upset...
View ArticleSix Minutes of Pure Horror
by Whatsblem the Pro You goddamn kids, dancing on my lawn in your underpants! Why, in my day. . . We didn’t always have the Internet, you know, and the world was a lot less openly, deliciously...
View ArticleSHOP LOCAL: Twin City Surplus Has Burner Needs Covered
by Whatsblem the Pro Every year, a mighty throng of burners congregating from all over the world passes through the Gateway to Burning Man: Reno, Nevada. In their wake they leave some fifteen to...
View Article7-Ton Coyote With Out of This World Organ Coming
[Update 8/19/13 this piece has been covered by the SF Chronicle] The Sonoma News reports on a rad, giant new sculpture of a coyote by artist Bryan Tedrick – a neighbor of mine out in sunny Glen Ellen...
View ArticleBurning Man Problems
Just found this amusing site on Tumblr, dedicated to the Playa problems all Burners face. Here are some highlights:
View ArticleSkysquid’s Tips
Thanks to Burner Skysquid, firstly for hosting and facilitating so many amazing Burning Man art projects like those from Peter Hudson and Marco Cochrane in his Treasure Island warehouses; and also for...
View ArticleDisneyfication, Anyone?
This is a guest post from Burner Jill Marlene, picking up on some of our previous posts about the ever-growing divide between Burning Man (the Organization) and the artists who create the 1000+ theme...
View ArticleAppreciate the Miracles: Radical Inclusion is not Anti-Elite
Over at the official Burning Man blog, John “Halcyon” Styn has shared a post about radical inclusion. I haven’t always been a fan of his style in the past, Burning Man is not the Care Bears after all,...
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