Building BRC, Serious Stuff Remembering Cowboy Carl: The Other Man in the Hat March 1, 2023 By Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet “People think the life of a cowboy is some sort of Wild Bill shoot-em-up wrangler type. But a real cowboy finds himself sitting in a saddle for weeks on end ...Read More
Serious Stuff In defense of academia, and why it’s good for Burning Man March 15, 2013 By Caveat Magister I view academia as the most open minded institution humanity has yet created rivaling even the open mindedness of Burning ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man is a story field March 9, 2013 By Jon Mitchell What makes it Burning Man isn't the objects, their positions, or our positions in relation to them. It's the fields ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man should treat “Academia” the way it does “Commercialization” February 26, 2013 By Caveat Magister UPDATED AT BOTTOM The academics have come to Burning Man. They’re through the gates. They’ve always been here, actually: but ...Read More
Serious Stuff Why does Burning Man have no literary culture? January 22, 2013 By Caveat Magister John Curley once wrote that many of the world’s greatest photographers come from around the globe specifically to take ...Read More
Serious Stuff Thoughts about being an asshole at Burning Man January 14, 2013 By Caveat Magister After I read the paper Moze wrote about the development of the Temple and what it means, my first thought ...Read More
Serious Stuff Cargo Cult is a daring – and dangerous – theme. Get it right. December 14, 2012 By Caveat Magister I belong to a large but informal group of Burners whose unofficial motto is: “Fuck the theme.” We came to ...Read More
Serious Stuff How many theme camps can dance on the head of a Burning Man ticket? November 19, 2012 By Caveat Magister Have you come up with a theory about how Burning Man should handle ticket sales yet? ...Read More
Serious Stuff Does Burning Man have a favorite economist? October 31, 2012 By Caveat Magister A recent discussion I was having about the future of Burning Man raised the question: “is it really part of ...Read More
Serious Stuff Predicting Burning Man’s future … in headlines October 17, 2012 By Caveat Magister The title of Adam Rothstein’s essay about the Burning Man experience is “Burning Man is Grey.” You and I might ...Read More