August 2011
'Burning Man' Founders Mum on Payout as Festival... →
The weeklong festival, which began Monday, attracts tens of thousands of people to a makeshift desert city at which participants provide all the art, entertainment, food, and water, based largely on a barter system. Some regulars, known as “burners,” have expressed misgivings over a lack of financial transparency by the company.
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Growing Pains for Burning Man Festival -... →
How much money has the festival made over the years? Its organizers don’t disclose revenue figures on a year-by-year basis. Burners know little about the finances behind the event they work so hard to create, and that bothers some of them.
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Heavy traffic seen in region due to Burning Man -... →
California Highway Patrol is seeing a surge in nighttime traffic in the Alturas area, with drivers from around the West heading down Highway 139 en route to the Burning Man festival in northwest Nevada.
CHP spokesman Tyler Fromening said the Alturas office is “seeing tremendous amounts” of traffic, especially during the hours of darkness and overnight.” However, it’s...
WatchHistory of the Burning Man Festival Video – 5min.com
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Live: Burning Man Webcast
Burning Man: Lessons From the Desert - FORBES
As I’m in the midst of preparing for my yearly pilgrimage to Black Rock Desert, the location of Burning Man, the annual art/music/alternative culture gathering in the Nevada Desert that takes place the week prior to Labor Day, I start to get a lot of questions from both my team here at gyro and from many of my clients on what it is and why do I go.
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Marvels: Where True Creativity Comes From -... →
I’ll bet $450—the going price for a ticket on eBay—that the coming Burning Man rave in the Nevada desert is not on your to-do list. It’s not on mine either. (I like bathing.) But 50,000 souls are headed there on Monday. For the first time in 25 years, this festival of self-expression, self-reliance and (supposedly) “de-commodification” has sold out.
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How to Speak to Law Enforcement at Burning Man -...
Law Enforcement at Burning Man - Know Your Rights
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WatchTruth, Beauty & Burning Man: Interview with Marco Cochrane (by Matador Network)
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Take Flat Smiley to Burning Man 2011
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The Flat Smiley Project is collaborative new media project and community building activity for Burning Man 2011. Flat Smiley invites participants to befriend him and take him along on your travels to Black Rock City. Flat Smiley’s message is: “No Burner left behind!” Using Flat Smiley is like sending a postcard from the playa for many burners who are not able to attend...
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Black Rock Beacon Remembers Rod Garrett - Burning...
An appreciation piece for Rod Garrett is slated for the Tuesday or Wednesday edition of the Black Rock Beacon. If you knew Rod and want to share memories come to Center Camp on Monday at 1:30pm or message Mitch on Tribe.
Photo: John Curley
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Some fashion tips for all you "Burners" going out... →
If there’s any sign that festival fashion trends are going mass-market, it’s that Burning Man, the ultimate outlier festival, has now provided inspiration for this summer’s TopShop makeup line. Burning Man is merely the next event in a series of festivals to undergo large-store treatment — think of LF stores’ guide to Coachella, or endless fashion blog posts about...
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At The Helm of Burning Man - WSJ.com →
Dennis Nishi spoke with founder Larry Harvey about how he became the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Burning Man. Edited excerpts follow.
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Reverend Billy at Burning Man 2011 →
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The Rev will once again be hosting a radio show on BMIR during this year’s Burning Man festival. Tune in at the link below at 9:30am PDT starting Monday, August 29th. You can also follow Rev across the desert with the Twitter hashtag #Burnalujah.
Full of Fire 2010 Burning Man video
WatchBurning Man 2010 ::: The Mystic Adventure (by Jett Green)
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Burning Man Pic o'the Day
Source: Photoboof
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Burning Man Playa Condition Report 2011 «... →
Playa Report 2011.
Black Rock City, NV (CN) – I have received several accounts of the state of the playa surface from my well fed dusty moles in DPW.
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“I do take exception with your demand for more social media from the...”
– Is Burning Man Anti-Social Media?
Doug Broussard’s Counterpoint : Zennie Abraham : City Brights
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“The Burning Man Terms and Conditions are terribly anti-social media, and...”
– Is Burning Man Anti Social-Media? : Zennie Abraham : City Brights
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The Burning Man | Worthy Christian News |... →
This is a Christian news article from over 10 years ago that describes “The Burning Man” from a conservative religious perspective. What is noteworthy are the readers comments. It begins like this:
For the past ten years earth-worshipping pagans have migrated from Canada, Brazil, Germany, Russia, and 25 other countries, to an isolated corner of Black Rock Desert in Nevada, where a...
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WatchA Burning Man Trifecta (by Rich Van Every): “In anticipation of our gathering on the Black Rock City Playa…this is a gift to you.”
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Burning Man Pic o'the Day
The smiley face image from 1996. This was the only picture ever taken, from the 10 seconds the neon was lit before it was, um, censored
As featured on the cover of Piss Clear. Piss Clear has been anthologized and is a must-read for anybody coming to the Burn for the first time. Buy a copy here, from the authors: http://pissclear.org/
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