War at Burning Man, Part V: flame throwers, footrubs, and photographs!
No one at Monticello or BMIR slept much that night – and neither did I. I woke up with the ...Read More
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War at Burning Man, part IV: idiots are weapons, too!
The voice on the radio was excited -- almost orgasmic. “Okay, people, the rumor has been confirmed – Bassnector will ...Read More
War at Burning Man, part III: It’s not really torture if it’s funny!
I dropped by BMIR in the morning. The sight of Monticello’s flag on their transmitter had made them serious about ...Read More
War at Burning Man! Part II: The Empire Strikes Twice
Author’s Note: The following is an account of the events of The War of the Rites, an epic conflict ...Read More
War at Burning Man! Part I: Cannons, and Artillery, and Blood
At approximately 10:30 p.m. on the night of Monday, Aug. 29, the double-decker art boat “Dodo” drove up before BMIR, ...Read More
Burning Man is not “like Occupy Wall Street.”
I’ve heard Occupy Wall Street described as being “like Burning Man” several times now. Sometimes that’s just by the jackasses ...Read More
There’s a reason so many Burning Man friendships don’t work out anywhere else
Yep – it’s that time again. Dammit. I hate that time. You’ve shaken the dust off, caught up on sleep, ...Read More
Could Burning Man be one more failed social experiment? Oh hell yes.
Aren’t you just like (INSERT HISTORICAL MOVEMENT HERE) and won’t you fail just like they did? ...Read More
Lost Thoughts
She said she’d stepped out of the RV because her camp-mates were having a big argument on their way into ...Read More
Hypocrites on Wheels
I’d like to think that a radical social movement could run a successful bike share program. Burning Man 2011 has ...Read More