Posts about Serious Stuff

Serious opinions on serious topics from (mostly) serious people.

How I Fell Out of Love With the Latitude Society — and What Burning Man Can Learn from It

October 5, 2015 By Caveat Magister

I’ve wanted to write about a piece examining Burning Man through the lens of The Latitude Society (or vice-versa) for ...Read More

September 18, 2015 By Caveat Magister

After every Burn, there is a storm. A media storm. After 2013’s Burning Man, the big media storm was about ...Read More

September 15, 2015 By John "Halcyon" Styn

People say, “jump the shark” like it is a bad thing. Sure, it signified a time in the story arch ...Read More

August 30, 2015 By Caveat Magister

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: I would rather be writing about theme camps. I would rather be writing about the Midway. But in ...Read More

August 25, 2015 By Guest Post

by Sovamind Recently I saw someone share a video entitled “The Heart of Burning Man”, and while the video was ...Read More

August 24, 2015 By Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet

“I don’t sing about myself. I sing about life. The songs don’t belong to me, they belong to those who ...Read More

August 18, 2015 By Caveat Magister

I have a Tigger condom. A condom with a picture of the character “Tigger” on it. It was a playa ...Read More

August 12, 2015 By Caveat Magister

(This post is part of a series inspired by reading Scott Timberg’s “Culture Crash: the killing of the creative class.” ...Read More

July 28, 2015 By Caveat Magister

(This is the second post inspired by reading the introduction of Scott Timberg’s “Culture Crash: the killing of the creative ...Read More