The Man at 40
Forty years ago on the solstice, the first Burning Man event took place in San Francisco. Only a handful of people alive today remember that evening on Baker Beach, and ...Read More
War at Burning Man! Part I: Cannons, and Artillery, and Blood
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
Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Gospel Choir Occupy Wall Street
[Editor's Note: It's been interesting to watch the Occupy Wall Street movement take shape and gain momentum. Along with many ...Read More
Burning Man is not “like Occupy Wall Street.”
I’ve heard Occupy Wall Street described as being “like Burning Man” several times now. Sometimes that’s just by the jackasses ...Read More
Could Burning Man be one more failed social experiment? Oh hell yes.
Aren’t you just like (INSERT HISTORICAL MOVEMENT HERE) and won’t you fail just like they did? ...Read More
Hypocrites on Wheels
I’d like to think that a radical social movement could run a successful bike share program. Burning Man 2011 has ...Read More
Burning Man is for Amateurs
Here’s what I’ve been thinking about when I hear that sound camps are scrambling to find tickets for a bunch ...Read More
Burning Man’s Culture gets spit on by scarcity: what do we do after we’ve run out of tickets?
Has someone hit you up for tickets yet? Man … this is brutal. I’ve been getting slammed with requests all ...Read More
Protect our playa culture: Art Vikings Want YOU!
I saw the eBay auction, and I dreamt of Vikings on the playa. Art Vikings, who sail across ...Read More
The “Gift Economy” isn’t an economy at all, but that’s no excuse for your terrible, terrible gift
Thoughts on gifting at Burning Man. ...Read More