My Kid Shirtcocked Your Honor Student
by Whatsblem the Pro BRC: The happiest place on Earth? We’ve written about children at Burning Man before, and asked our readers to vote in a poll at the end of that article. The debate and discussion...
View Article“Near Apocalyptic” Dust Storm Shuts Down I-80 at Winnemucca
If you’ve been to a few Burning Mans you’ve probably encountered a few dust storms. Some say that it’s getting worse, either due to Climate Change, weather modification, or the environmental impact of...
View ArticleBleed Pretty For Me: Al Ridenour and the Art of Bleeding
by Whatsblem the Pro Al Ridenour resting comfortably — Photo: Art of Bleeding As our regular readers will recall, Whatsblem the Pro attended the shenanigans at the Castro Theater in San Francisco,...
View ArticleSAFETY THIRD: Sacked DPW Dispatch Manager Blows the Whistle on Safety Issues
by Whatsblem the Pro Earlier this year we reported on a spate of firings at Burning Man, including that of DPW Dispatch manager Palmer ‘Gameshow’ Parker. Technically, Gameshow wasn’t fired; the...
View Article24 Tips From Burners on Gate Safety
Burners have kicked off a timely discussion at the BurnTheMan Facebook group. Here’s the ACLU Guide to your legal rights if pulled over by a police officer who wants to search your vehicle or your...
View ArticleSafety Third Tips
BMOrg have released a series of videos with safety, survival and other tips for Burning Man. If you need instructions on potty training, how to use a dust mask or what items to add to your day pack,...
View ArticleBackstage Flare-Up at SF Decom [Update]
Fire dancers are not all warm and fuzzy. It sounds like some shit went down backstage at last weekend’s officially sanctioned Decompression party in San Francisco – an assault, or nearly one. The...
View ArticleBass Versus Burn
Students Viet Tran (L) and Seth Robertson with their invention, a sound extinguisher, at the Fairfax Campus. Photo by Alexis Glenn/Creative Services/George Mason University Two students at George Mason...
View ArticleDanceSafe, Bunk Police Shut Down in Attack on Raver Safety [Updates]
A raver surveys the MOOP left over after Electric Forest 2015. Image: MILive Strange things have been happening in the EDM Festival world over the last couple of weeks, with two different volunteer...
View ArticleWho’s Being a Dick in Scandinavia?
Whatever it takes to promote safe sex these days, in the Transhumanist Age of Artilects. Man In Giant Penis Costume Shoots Glitter Around Norway To Raise STI Awareness On Thursday, Public Health...
View ArticleBLM to Review Chocotacos, if BM Lifts Their Safety Game [Updates]
Yesterday Burning Man bigwigs and BLM bigwigs got together to discuss Chocotacogate. According to the information leaked (by BMOrg?) to Jenny Kane at the RGJ: the BLM wanted $1 million+ in extra...
View ArticleArrests, Citations Up
The new Pershing County Sheriff promised to get the arrest count up from last year, and he’s already delivered – 12 arrests and an unknown number of citations. At least one Burner has been reported...
View ArticleWhy We Burn: Jungle, Mayor of Kostume Kult
(Youth is wasted on the young, but is the playa wasted on the seasoned? Not according to Jungle. One of the most visible, Falstaffian leaders of Kostume Kult, I was honored to speak to him about Kamp...
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