Serious Stuff Remembering the Solstice Burn That Started it All June 21, 2022 By Kirsten Weisenburger “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer.” —Dylan Thomas, The force that through the ...Read More
Serious Stuff The Places We’ll Go January 11, 2012 By John "Halcyon" Styn We’ve gone viral! Teddy Saunder’s beautiful Dr. Seuss video is the first Burning Man media to truly catch fire. With ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Is Burning Man a “White People Thing?” January 4, 2012 By Caveat Magister A close friend of mine was asking me about Burning Man. She’s a black woman from Brooklyn. “Nope,” she said ...Read More
Serious Stuff A little confidence December 9, 2011 By Caveat Magister Something about the bright lights of the Christmas season always pushes Burning Man right out of my head. In a ...Read More
Serious Stuff, Shenanigans Is there too much positive energy at Burning Man? November 9, 2011 By Caveat Magister Your sensibilities are not protected: Burning Man is designed in such a way as to almost guarantee that something is ...Read More
Shenanigans, Tales from the Playa War at Burning Man, Part V: flame throwers, footrubs, and photographs! October 24, 2011 By Caveat Magister No one at Monticello or BMIR slept much that night – and neither did I. I woke up with the ...Read More
Shenanigans, Tales from the Playa War at Burning Man, part IV: idiots are weapons, too! October 21, 2011 By Caveat Magister The voice on the radio was excited -- almost orgasmic. “Okay, people, the rumor has been confirmed – Bassnector will ...Read More
Shenanigans, Tales from the Playa War at Burning Man, part III: It’s not really torture if it’s funny! October 20, 2011 By Caveat Magister I dropped by BMIR in the morning. The sight of Monticello’s flag on their transmitter had made them serious about ...Read More
Shenanigans, Tales from the Playa War at Burning Man! Part II: The Empire Strikes Twice October 19, 2011 By Caveat Magister Author’s Note: The following is an account of the events of The War of the Rites, an epic conflict ...Read More
Shenanigans, Tales from the Playa War at Burning Man! Part I: Cannons, and Artillery, and Blood October 18, 2011 By Caveat Magister 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