Opinion | Burning Man Journal

Meet Santa Zero, the Cacophonist (and Burner) Who Started SantaCon

December 20, 2022 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Burning Man culture is filled with secret instigators who show up time and time again to help make astonishing things happen. Our eyes may wander to the shiny humans who ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Burning Book Club – preface – “Atheism isn’t as easy as it looks”

May 26, 2014 By Caveat Magister

Read more about Book Club and the book we're reading. According to the 2013 Blackrock City Census, 73% of Burning ...Read More

Serious Stuff

A Little Heavy Reading …

May 7, 2014 By Caveat Magister

ANNOUNCEMENT: AT THE MIDDLE OF THIS POST, I SUGGEST STARTING A BOOK CLUB THROUGH THE BURNING BLOG. IF THAT MIGHT ...Read More

Shenanigans

The Burning Man Minute for April 25, 2014

April 25, 2014 By Caveat Magister

Burning Man is happening around the world, at the speed of fire, with the strength of a hundred DJs! Here ...Read More

Serious Stuff

It’s a new era. The Future of Burning Man belongs to …

April 18, 2014 By Caveat Magister

If I tell you that “Western Culture” is dying, will I seem alarmist? If I say that it is our ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Celebrating the goddamn slackers among us

April 7, 2014 By Caveat Magister

I had a great time attending the last two Global Leadership Conferences, hobnobbing among some amazing people who are out ...Read More

Shenanigans

Larry Harvey Appears on “Between Two Ferns”

April 1, 2014 By Will Chase

Following on his recent interview with Charlie Rose, Burning Man co-Founder Larry Harvey sat down with Zach Galifianakis on "Between ...Read More

BRC News, Shenanigans

BURNING MAN FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2014 MUSIC LINEUP

April 1, 2014 By Caveat Magister

For Immediate Release San Francisco, California – April 1, 2014 (Burning Man) – The Burning Man Project today announced the ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Burning Man is not a Meritocracy

January 2, 2014 By Caveat Magister

Burning Man as a cultural force is getting more interesting, not less, as it gets more mainstream attention and access ...Read More

Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

Crowdfunding Art Conundrum: is money “participation” in any meaningful sense?

December 9, 2013 By Caveat Magister

The closest I’ve ever come to “crowdfunding” something was asking a room to tip generously. But I’m told that web ...Read More