Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive (Probably not a) Public Service Announcement – Prepare for the Weather! August 14, 2012 By Caveat Magister This is the second in a series of PSA's for playa radio station BMIR that emerged out of too much ...Read More
Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive (Possibly a) Public Service Announcement – Leave No Trace! August 10, 2012 By Caveat Magister The other week a high ranking member of BMIR's staff got very drunk at my place. "Caveat!" he said, "You ...Read More
The Ten Principles You got your Burning Man in my Activism! You got your Activism in my Burning Man! August 6, 2012 By Caveat Magister You can complain about hippies and sunburns anywhere, but only at Burning Man can you say how much you hate ...Read More
The Ten Principles All the World’s a Stage – and Burners are hecklers July 14, 2012 By Caveat Magister What do Burning Man and Stand-up Comedy have in common? Hecklers. Hecklers in the default world share certain values with ...Read More
Serious Stuff What do you do at Burning Man, anyway? June 27, 2012 By Caveat Magister The most common question I get from people who are never going to go to Burning Man is “So … ...Read More
Tales from the Playa It’s okay to be miserable at Burning Man June 15, 2012 By Caveat Magister Caveat Magister pays a visit to Black Rock City's Bureau of Needless Bureaucracy. ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man Is Not a “Music Festival,” or Even a “Festival” May 31, 2012 By Caveat Magister It’s amazing what people don’t know about Burning Man. Exhibit A: this past weekend I was visiting some friends of ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man inspires creativity because it gets past “art” May 17, 2012 By Caveat Magister I heard this story from a woman I met over the weekend, who lives in Hollywood. One of the many ...Read More
BRC News Thanks for everything, AG! May 8, 2012 By Caveat Magister The other week Burning Man’s San Francisco office held a goodbye party for Andie Grace – Action Girl! – who ...Read More
Survive and Thrive The kids (at Burning Man) are all right April 24, 2012 By Caveat Magister It’s strangely easy to be judgmental about the way other people raise their kids. The idea that a young person ...Read More