Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles When Is Gifting Not Gifting? April 5, 2024 By Caveat Magister Some of my least favorite experiences as a Burner are when we become victims of our own success. Often this happens when the “default world” culture takes something that we ...Read More
Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive PSA: A Burning Man Tip – Where do I find the Internet? August 21, 2012 By Caveat Magister One week to go! I'm so excited I can't feel my legs! Do you think I'll need those? One of ...Read More
Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive (An unlikely) Public Service Announcement – Meet the Theme Camps! August 20, 2012 By Caveat Magister There's no problem in this world that a good PSA can't fix - with the exceptions of genocide and erectile ...Read More
Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive (Almost Certainly Not Really A) Public Service Announcement – Cope with Traffic! August 17, 2012 By Caveat Magister Back when I got extremely drunk with a high ranking member of BMIR's leadership team, I was specifically asked to ...Read More
Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive (Probably not a) Public Service Announcement – Prepare for the Weather! August 14, 2012 By Caveat Magister This is the second in a series of PSA's for playa radio station BMIR that emerged out of too much ...Read More
Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive (Possibly a) Public Service Announcement – Leave No Trace! August 10, 2012 By Caveat Magister The other week a high ranking member of BMIR's staff got very drunk at my place. "Caveat!" he said, "You ...Read More
Serious Stuff What do you do at Burning Man, anyway? June 27, 2012 By Caveat Magister The most common question I get from people who are never going to go to Burning Man is “So … ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man Is Not a “Music Festival,” or Even a “Festival” May 31, 2012 By Caveat Magister It’s amazing what people don’t know about Burning Man. Exhibit A: this past weekend I was visiting some friends of ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man inspires creativity because it gets past “art” May 17, 2012 By Caveat Magister I heard this story from a woman I met over the weekend, who lives in Hollywood. One of the many ...Read More
Serious Stuff You can’t Burn on Facebook April 11, 2012 By Caveat Magister If you get enough burners together in a room, they will probably (A) throw a party that involves at least ...Read More