The Sky’s the Limit – Burning Man in Delta’s in-flight magazine
In the comments on our recent piece about Burning Man being featured in Town and Country, Burner KP mentioned that the party also made it into Delta Sky magazine. Sure enough: Filed under: General...
View ArticleLonging for the next evolutionary step
This video is an interesting look at Burning Man and the evolution of consciousness. Author Darrin Drda is a practitioner of Engaged Buddhism who has worked with the Dalai Lama, here is the blurb from...
View ArticleNaughty, naughty Krug
[Updated 5/16/12 9pm - Oli from Zoo camp has spoken in their defense, analysis at the end] Our recent post “Look daaahling, a Sparkle Pony” has been very popular, and seems to have stirred up a...
View ArticleJump around! Freerunning/Parkour at Burning Man
I’ve been a fan of Parkour from the first time I saw it, and was particularly fascinated to learn about how it’s not just jumping off shit, it’s making the world a better place. Some Parkour-capable...
View ArticleA floating Burning Man on the Sacramento Delta
Ephemerisle is a Burning Man inspired event on the Sacramento River, this year from June 6-10. A number of floating platforms are constructed, with art attached. Need to cool off, or take a leak? Just...
View ArticleBurners Respond to Krug Clean-up Controversy (updates)
[Updates 5/18/2012, 5/19/12 added further comments from Oli, Bob Stahl, and links to PR analysis, Bloomberg, Bummer Hummer, hate sites; 5/20/12 added Absolut video, directors comments that video is not...
View ArticleBurning Man 2011 Art Cars
This video features an epic concours d’elegance of Mutant Vehicles of all shapes and sizes from last year’s Burn. Cruisy music too, it’s growing on me… Filed under: Art Cars Tagged: 2011, art cars,...
View ArticleTrojan Horse documentary
A new documentary comes out this month about the Trojan Horse, one of the star attractions of 2011′s Rites of Passage. Black Rock Horse, directed by Todd Darling. The film documents the misadventures...
View ArticleHome, home on the Black Rock Range
This video took me home. Thanks KJ and Stefan Spins, I thought this was better than the Dr Seuss one. Almost makes me want to go out and spend $1050 for a ticket… Filed under: Burner Stories Tagged:...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Krug party back story from Evil Pippi
(some other Evil Pippi) Thanks to Evil Pippi, who just spared some time out of her busy day to give Burners.Me an interview. We gleaned some new information on the facts behind the Naughty Krug affair:...
View ArticleBurning Man Off-Playa: Commonwealth Club interviews Larry Harvey
Burning Man’s founder Larry Harvey speaks to the Commonwealth Club in 2011. This is a fascinating and thought-provoking interview. The interviewer knows how to offer the tiniest possible amount of...
View ArticleFeeling fit? Run a 50k Ultramarathon at Burning Man
This year will see the Third Burning Man Ultramarathon. Participants run 50km around a course. The race begins at 5am on Wednesday, August 29th. Last year there were about 60 participants, all in race...
View ArticleAfter Bliss, comes Truth and Beauty
After yesterday’s rare transit of Venus, we thought it would be good to highlight the work of an artist who supports the divine goddess energy. Bay Area sculptor Marco Cochrane created the amazing...
View ArticleStanford University lecture on Burning Man and its ties to Google
Burner culture is certainly becoming bigger, better, badder, and broader. Burner Fred Turner, a cultural and literary historian and software engineer, gives us a lecture on what the Burning Man...
View ArticleBurning Man from the air – a quadricopter’s eye view
Here is some interesting “eye in the sky” footage from 2011′s Rites of Passage Burn, filmed by San Francisco web and video design agency ZMInteractive using a remote controlled quadricopter. It’s a...
View ArticleVirgins go to Burning Man
Here’s a video from 2011, well made by last year’s Virgins MotionPicturesIbiza on an iPhone, to get you in the mood. You will spot many of the 43 flavors of Burners here. The geeks from the USB Bus...
View ArticleThe All Seeing Eye of the Hexacopter
Thanks to French Burner Heliprod for shooting this great drone view of Burning Man 2011 Filed under: Burner Stories Tagged: 2011, city, stories, videos
View ArticleHow Rich People Do Burning Man
Gawker wrote this article after last year’s Burn – although it seems to mostly quote Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal. It’s not plagiarism if there’s attribution! Personally, I’ve seen how some...
View ArticleModern Luxury: “RIP Burning Man (1986-2011)”
I remember what a shock to the Burner Eco-System it was when Town and Country magazine did a piece on Burning Man’s Krug-swilling society set. My how time flies! Now, not even a mere year later,...
View ArticleSmithsonian: “Cities, Bridges, and Burning Man Don’t Build Themselves”
photo from the Life Cube Burning Man is so old skool, it’s in the Museum. The Smithsonian Museum that is. They’ve just published an article entitled “Cities, Bridges and Burning Man Don’t Build...
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