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, The Ten Principles Am I a “Burner?” November 6, 2019 By Caveat Magister I’ve recently been traveling around the U.S. talking to people in open forums about Burning Man’s philosophy and culture, and ...Read More
Shenanigans The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 3 — How to Be a Warbringer October 4, 2019 By Caveat Magister Burning Man is hard. The best things about Burning Man are fucking hard. War is no exception. And, like the ...Read More
Shenanigans The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 2 — What is it Good For? September 20, 2019 By Caveat Magister Running a successful war at Burning Man is extremely difficult — and what it means for a war to be ...Read More
Shenanigans The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 1 — Report from the Front Lines September 16, 2019 By Caveat Magister To the extent that people know me on playa, they know me as “Caveat,” of course. But since 2011, the ...Read More
Rhymes with Burning Man, Serious Stuff Decompression Challenge September 16, 2019 By John "Halcyon" Styn Yeah, Decompression is real. But don't stew in upset at how the Default World is not like Black Rock City. ...Read More
Shenanigans Why “Hotmessday” is the Meme We Need — and How it Came to Be September 10, 2019 By Caveat Magister I'd heard this story before, but now it has a sticker, so it's a real thing Years ago, "Hot Damn," ...Read More
Serious Stuff Consider Your Impact: Perspective from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe August 23, 2019 By Will Chase As part of our Consider Your Impact series, we hear directly from people affected by Burners passing through local communities ...Read More
Serious Stuff Oh, No! The Influencers Are Coming! But It’s What Happens if We Win That’s Interesting August 22, 2019 By Caveat Magister As someone with a long interest in the question of “Who’s ruining Burning Man now?”, I’d like to take a ...Read More
Serious Stuff Answering the Million Dollar Question: Where Do I Take My Trash After Burning Man? August 22, 2019 By Will Chase So now it's Monday. Time to leave Black Rock City. And here comes the hard part. I mean, it's been ...Read More