Burning Man
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- sea_sea0
live feed. looks crappy right now, but hey it's a peek.
- Niceyuekit
- havent been since 06, i suppose there are tons of rules now, seems like a pretty slick operation now...robotron3k
- yurimon1
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/…
Qbn defectives, please Confirm this
Undercover FBI agents spy on Burning Man festival to prevent 'terrorism' and test out new 'intelligence collection' technology
- um, that would be drones flying high above checking out naked people riding bikes.robotron3k
- mk ultras bleep bleepWeyland
- i'm an FBI agent and can confirm that burning man is entirely composed of other FBI agents. don't go.scarabin
- Krassy8
- I like this oneKrassy
- So beautiful. Been following it it since it was being built in Ukraine. Love it.sea_sea
- Do they light it on firegilgamush
- No. The two children in the center light up in the dark.sea_sea
- See: Stuff that white people donecromation
- dopealiastime
- seems like Bman is running it's course. not many people seem to excited about it this year...robotron3k
- that was a really cool piece. there was some great work out there this yearscarabin
- always liked the large format sculptural element of this whole scene, the whole counter culture aspect seems tedious though, guess i must be too mainstreamgilgamush
- it's not so much counter-culture as it is pro-culturescarabin
- whoosh, that went right over my headgilgamush
- the whole no money no clothes no inhibitions thing seems pretty counter culturegilgamush
- you're right, it's over your headscarabin
- yea i just said that. anyways, wonder where this ends up afterwards it it's not getting burntgilgamush
- sometimes they find permanent homes in different cities. reno and sf have several and i've seen some appear at other festivalsscarabin
- the rest are what you'd imagine; private collections, storage on nearby BM land or destruction to avoid having to pay for shipping it back homescarabin
- good shitgilgamush
- sea_sea2
Anyone want to share their experiences? Would love to hear about them. And has anyone seen spike? I think he's still processing. :)
- sea_sea4
666 cause evil dream. ;)
- \m/chukkaphob
- whoascarabin
- https://scontent.fsn…sea_sea
- the reason why I didn't go this year (see the estimated milage) http://i.imgur.com/r…Krassy
- *mileageKrassy
- scarabin1
i'm still not baseline so this is gonna ramble a bit.
this was a solid year. i saw only one gnat, which had passed out in my whiskey, but did endure dust storms the likes of which i hadn't seen in 6 years. found out my placement grants access to free electricity so i brought a water cooler so i have ice water on hand at all times and an air conditioner which i used to keep my van cool for naps during the day. little luxuries like that make a big difference out there.
i enjoyed cruising around on my trike until it finally fell apart but as it did i learned how to make my next one better (i'm designing a new one from the ground up using a better welder/materials). also managed to break my homemade LED controller. still haven't investigated how but fortunately had replacements ready. the playa will eat all your gear for breakfast and you may never know how. i somehow managed to get through it without breaking my notebook or projector though...
lately my experience has turned toward more of an artist/managerial role than a participatory one as i grow and continue to develop my camp, which had 23 members this year.
now i'm having to think about things like how to get rid of dorky freeloaders who have been "grandfathered in" to our camp by virtue of simply being present with us every year, how to fund some bigger projects i have in mind (do i start charging dues in exchange for our prime location and access to power? host fundraiser parties in the desert somewhere? do a kickstarter?)
i hung out with bliznutty a couple times. he's a cool dude who adapted to the place really quickly. wish i had spent more time with the guy but i always seemed to be coming up on something or couldn't find him at his camp.
i hosted a couple live shows (beatmakers, not just DJs) accompanied by projected visuals, threw a bunch of parties, flogged some people on our giant flaming steel bondage heart, learned how to crack a whip, unveiled our new chakra shot machine, "head box", suspension rack and some other kinky shit, gave out a couple hundred stickers, met up with some old friends and made some new ones.
i never really take any photos but when they start appearing from my friends i'll post a couple :)
- bliznutty0
it was my first burn. it lasted roughly 10 days, including travel, and costed a serious amount of money and time spent preparing for it.
but it was all worth it, just for that unique sensation of absolute freedom combined with a radical sense of inclusion into everything that was going on everywhere I would go.
it was like a giant circus and i was a part of it. the people were the top elite in the world in terms of having a really good, balanced head on their shoulders. each very unique, creative, conscious, and friendly. the camps were all super fun and inviting. a limitless DIY creative energy backed up with an unprecedented attitude that anything can be built, there are no limitations. it's overwhelmingly WOW!!
by day two, I felt like I was literally living in a dream, among the best dreams I've ever had. i kept referring to it as heaven of sort - with fire and dust storms.
if I happened to be on my own during the day, I would essentially bike around from friend to friend's camp and hang out with them (including scarabin who is ultra cool btw). black rock city is so big i couldn't even see all my friends or even see half of it. getting from one camp to another, well let's just say there are many distractions! I ended up partying at many different camps meeting new people - there really is nothing quite like it. if I weren't doing this, I was riding my bike around the playa and viewing art, or helping out around my camp, or going out with friends to parties and burns, or taking care of myself (cleaning, eating, changing, hydrating, indulging in whip-its).
it was epic beyond belief. some highlights were: 1)having a martini w/ friends on the trash fence in the deep playa at a makeshift french martini bar at like 4am. 2)a big art car stopping, handing me a microphone, and making me do karaoke for everyone to hall & oates maneater. 3) dancing in dust storms (as well as hilariouslyl drinking, eating, and breathing dust like it doesn't exist) 4)the millions of spankings i recieved from everyone 5)all of the new friends i met and partied with 6) the magic that occurred each moment i was there- including the last night when an amazing girl came into my life and we spent an entire night together and we both think we are in love, we've been talking since.
in conclusion, it's definitely not for everybody, but it is definitely for me. it's really hard to explain so don't worry about it, besides.. Bugs!!!
- Krassy0
- add an extra 7 hours and that was what we did. non-stop, taking shifts, it was brutal. not to mention the 4-8hr exodus getting thru gatebliznutty
- you can do the drive to reno in one day. spend the night there. the drive from reno to burning man is only 2-3 hours more the next dayscarabin
- that's what i do, i'm coming up from a couple hours north of youscarabin
- I was never fazed by the distance/time; this post has to do with the actual exact distance of 666 miles ;-)chukkaphob
- yeah, maybe they missed the 666 cause it's too smallKrassy
- oh. derp, i didn't even see that!scarabin
- scarabin0
finally dumped my camera's memory card and found a video from 2014. typical night at the camp i built
- scarabin2
^
- robotron3k0
- < fyi, just the pre-register not the purchase of the tickets, that is on the 23rd!robotron3k
- imbecile2
pre-sale
"approximately 5,000 ticket at $990 each, and 500 Leonardo da Vinci Art Tickets at $1,200 each"directed group sale
"25,000 tickets available at $390 each and approximately 13,000 vehicle passes available at $80 each"main sale
"30,000 tickets at $390 each, and approximately 10,000 vehicle passes available at $80 each"leonardo davinci art tickets
"500 tickets at $1,200 each"omg sale
"1,000 tickets at $390 each, and approximately 1,500 vehicle passes available at $80 each"-
((5000*$990) + (500*$1,200)) + ((25,000*$390) + (13,000*$80)) + ((30,000*$390) + (10,000*$80)) + (500*$1,200) + ((1000*$390) + (1,500*$80)) =
29.95 million US$
- I remember buying my 1st ticket for $150 in 1999, ppl in SF told me not to tell anyone, because it had a real stigma and could also hurt my rep in the ad worldrobotron3k
- ^lolz.robotron3k
- about $32.4 million in 2014, it spent more than $30 million the same year, according to its 2014 tax documents.imbecile
- Hippies gotta eatfadein11
- http://journal.burni…scarabin
- for the record before my comment causes a Scarabin inferno... I was joking, it's a truly unique and cool event.fadein11
- Well I'm guessing the hike is for the clean up, insurance, a lot of medical response people.pango
- Burning Man founders sold festival for $276K - http://www.rgj.com/s…imbecile
- that's a lot of hummusscarabin
- Probably costs $5-$10 million to build and promote the event. At least.Hayoth
- ^ not to promote - it promotes itself.fadein11
- dbloc1
The 1st Burning Man
- dbloc0
is it pretty much "Anything Goes" at Burning Man? I've see the vids.
- https://burners.me/2…imbecile
- nudity is fine, public fucking is not, drugs are illegal so do it in your tentscarabin
- bars are all free but will card youscarabin
- awesome.dbloc
- they are taking cash now at center camp correct?robotron3k
- they sell cheap coffee at center camp, yeah. since 2002 i believe? it's given away free at other places, it's just for people that have to have theirscarabin
- transaction fix before they figure out how to "do" black rock cityscarabin
- if you're naked where does one keep their id?kona
- some tape a photocopy to their cupscarabin
- capn_ron1
Just registered for my ticket today. If I can get a ticket i'll go this year, if not I'll try Cuba or something else. I miss being on the playa wandering around meeting people.
- chukkaphob2
- woo girl with red cup makes it to bman....robotron3k
- i could never get tickets this year, anyone have any luck??robotron3k
- no luck here either. it's tough out there to get them.capn_ron
- Nope. No ticket here either. :(sea_sea
- interesting how BM will never ever be the same now, you just really can't go in a group yearly any longer. And you def can't be poor...robotron3k
- < so much yesbliznutty
- you won't believe the amount of yes there is at BM now, especially for the exceptionally beautiful and wealthy people from around the worldrobotron3k
- i've got mine. i'm building a stage right now for my campscarabin
- ^ did you get yours because you were doing an installation?robotron3k
- yeah. i got early entry passes for building shit and a certain number of guaranteed tickets. (still had to pay)scarabin
- @scarabin what's the name of your camp?Krassy
- illuminusscarabin
- we're at 6/rod's roadscarabin
- I need this.oey
- bliznutty3
leaving for Apo right now! can't freakin' wait!!