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“It’s Fiery. Whatever mate.”…Burners feature in new Taco Bell Commercial
One of the principles of Burning Man is Decommodification. One of the principles of the advertising industry is riding on cool trends. The two seem to be coming together now, in this could-be-Burning...
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How I Got F*cked By Burning Man
Leah Lamb has just written a fantastic piece about Burning Man over at the Huffington Post. Great story, although it seems to me that she didn’t stay for the Temple Burn, I think she would really have...
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Black Hawk Down! Supreme Commander of NATO Visits Burning Man
For some reason, the celebrity factor at Burning Man this year is generating more interest than in previous years. We’ve already covered the Facebook founders/Winklevi hug-fest, and the...
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General Principles
by Whatsblem the Pro General Wesley Clark (retired) – PHOTO: R.D. Ward The news spread far and wide: John Perry Barlow, of Grateful Dead and Electronic Frontier Foundation fame, tweeted to the world...
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Feather Ban Lifted?
So says a store called “Screaming Mimis” in New York, where Wall Street Executives have been slapping down their Black Amexes for $1500 purchases of kilts, goggles, head-dresses and vintage-looking...
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PBS Newshour Starring Burning Man
The mainstream mainlining of Burning Man continues. Now the party has made it to PBS Newshour as a feature story. That’s right Burners, the government who cancelled Fleet Week due to “sequestration”...
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Burning Man Changing the World, One Pizza Shop at a Time
Burning Man has had a profound effect on the life of one Dallas-based pizza provider, and if he succeeds in his vision, it will change the lives of his customers too. The Dallas Observer reports:...
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Burners Versus The Man
Last week we posted some aerial photos of Burning Man. The post was not very popular, being viewed only about 1300 times in total – most other posts here get ten times more views than that in a day....
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Crime Shenanigans 2013
We don’t have all the information at hand yet, which is interesting. Usually it’s published by now, which makes us wonder if the news is not so great for the cops – like, we increased our population,...
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Burning Man on TMZ and PNN
It’s the place to be seen for celebrities these days Also, Burners.Me made it to Peace News Now. Burning Man coverage starts at 1:50 Filed under: General Tagged: 2013, city, complaints, cops, event,...
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Burner Artist Wins Nobel Prize
Burners sure are competent and amazing people. One of them has just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, for work he did as a 20-year old undergrad in the 70′s on using computers to simulate...
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The Legend of Giant the Jack-Killer
by Whatsblem the Pro Chicken John Rinaldi — PHOTO: Chris Stewart People talk a lot about translating their Burning Man experiences to their lives outside Black Rock City, but given the breathtaking...
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Drone Bombardment Develops
Award-winning technology journalist Susan Karlin has written an excellent, in-depth article for Fast Co Create on drone use at Burning Man – something that is becoming increasingly popular, making some...
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Those Who Cannot Remember the Past. . .
by Whatsblem the Pro Controversy over photography, film-making, advertising, and commerce at Burning Man is both constant in the burner community, and nothing new. A whole playbook of common arguments...
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. . .Are Condemned to Repeat It
by Whatsblem the Pro A nice civilized chat — IMAGE: Mount & Blade Ah, the sugary cloy of kool-aid. We tend to get a lot of comments when we criticize the corporation that runs Burning Man, and our...
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BREAKING: Burning Man Reaches Deal with Pershing County
Last year, Burning Man sued Pershing County, objecting to their proposed increase in fees. At the time, the fear was that costs could skyrocket from $180,000 to half a million or more. Pershing County...
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Michelle’s Mane Man is a Bang Busting Burner
It’s a slow day for news in the Burning Man world. Or maybe it’s just that I’m on island time over here in the tropical paradise of Kauai. The Daily Mail steps once more into the breach to entertain...
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Pssst, Hey Kid. . . the First One’s Free
by Whatsblem the Pro They even have digital Ex-Lax — IMAGE: Oda-Dik Los Angeles television station KTLA ran a news item this week giving parents everywhere something new to worry about: that their...
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Heavy on the ‘Ween’
by Whatsblem the Pro Stay out of Riyadh, Halcyon! Two Saudi Arabian men were arrested yesterday by the mutawa – officers of the Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice – in...
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“Absurd, Illegal, Mealy-Mouthed”: More on Judge’s Ruling on Burning...
My earlier post was hastily sent out from my iPhone, please forgive an initial spelling mistake, I hope you somehow managed to survive your day anyway. Sounds like sparks were flying in the Sparks...
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