Black Rock City | Burning Man Journal

The Gifts of Time: Somewhere Between Work and Magic

May 29, 2026 By Jane Lyons

New-ish to Burning Man? Black Rock City is built and managed by every person who comes to the event — that means YOU! Read on to meet Black Rock City ...Read More

Building BRC

Coyote Nose Volume #1, Issue #02

February 3, 2003 By Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet

IN WHICH Coyote examines the finest of the DPW's finer points ... Mechanically separated chicken. Yup, if one should closely ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

What Goes Around…

February 2, 2003 By Tales From the Playa

By the time you feel it, it will be too late. ...Read More

Building BRC

Coyote Nose Volume #1, Issue #01

January 24, 2003 By Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet

(Yaaaawn, streeeetch) Good morning, everyone! I'm a slumbery coyote in January, and I'm just now rubbing the Christmas crud from ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

Experience

December 18, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

It was such a mind-blowing experience in personal survival against the harsh environment and the cushion each one of us ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

A Pastor on the Playa? Why I Go to Burning Man

November 23, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

I've noticed a thread on the ePlaya recently... one where people are swapping stories about what they tell non-Burners about ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

6 AM

October 8, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

I'm sitting on the edge of the fountain in front of center camp, watching night slowly turn to day. ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

Cracks in the Darkness

October 5, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

Nobody really knows how cold the desert floor really is. ...Read More

Building BRC

Days of Our Dusty Lives 3 – Keep on Moopin’, Don’t Stop

September 21, 2002 By Summer Burkes

When everything gets loaded off the playa and micro-cleanup begins, almost everyone on the ranch ceases whatever it was they ...Read More

Building BRC

Days of Our Dusty Lives 2 – Deep People Working

September 15, 2002 By Summer Burkes

Out here, conversations instantly go deep and stay deep. ...Read More