Burning Man

Burning Man is an annual art festival and social experiment that takes place in the Black Rock Desert in northwest Nevada. First dreamed up in 1986, the Burning Man festival has become an internationally-recognized phenomenon: one week a year, tens of thousands of "burners" (including some well-known bloggers) descend upon the desert, creating a massive, art-centric city known as Black Rock City.

The influence of Burning Man extends deep into the art world, and it is well-known in creative and liberal circles. Despite a general distrust of the event by many groups who disapprove of the casual drug use, nudity and promiscuity practiced by some members, the Burning Man organization continues to grow and spread its culture of participation, gifting, and radical tolerance. Further bucking any negative reputation, the event maintains a "Leave No Trace" ethic, taking place on protected federal land, and committing to leave the grounds spotless after its post-event playa restoration phase.

You can find a multitude of blog posts tagged "burning man" directly after the end of each event (roughly the first week of September). But related posts, and fantastic photos, are posted daily by participants who, almost without exception, can't wait to get back to the playa for next year's event.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Burning Man”

• holding down the power button

  
  intellectual properties — Authority: 125
  ">have you tried turning it off and on again? i need a reset button.  i realized a while ago, that for 2004-2008, i had a weeklong rebooting procedure that took place in the middle of the desert where i drank a gallon of water every day and ate very little and rode my bike for miles and danced for hours every ...
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• GAY OR STRAIGHT?: BLACKBOX REPUBLIC ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION

  
  Daily Marauder — Authority: 118
  GAY OR STRAIGHT?: BLACKBOX REPUBLIC ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION “Bisexuality doubles your chances of a date on a Saturday night.” – Woody Allen Blackbox Republic , a private network for dating and friendships, launched today with a focus on ...
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• Erik Davis on the Neotribal Festival Circuit

  
  The Teleomorph — Authority: 125
  Superb writing in this excerpt from the introduction to the Tribal Revival photo-book.Highly recommended!“At that moment I knew, with almost unbearable conviction, that this exact moment had occurred before, that it echoed back through a thousand years of a thousand dusty stomps, and that all festivals were really ...
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• Ozomatli Headlines SF’s Sea of Dreams NYE

  
  art predator — Authority: 128
  How will you ring in 2010?If you can make it to the SF Bay Area, consider join all the freaky fun Burner/ Lightening in a Bottle types attending SEA OF DREAMS NYE 2010THURSDAY – 12/31/09 NEW YEAR’S EVE8PM-4:30AM 18+ Admitted/ (no ins & outs) |||| BUY TICKETS HERE!Costumes More than Encouraged – Come Dressed ...
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• The Tree Spire in Reno

  
  Burning Blog — Authority: 103
  Please join us for the dedication of Tree Spire     a permanent instrallation Thursday, December 10th at 12:30 pm.  A gift to the families and citizens that enjoy Whitaker Park Burning Man 2007 Funded by Burning Man and exhibited in Black Rock City 2007, “Tree Spire” was the first project created by the ...
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• The Steampunk Tree House Finds a Permanent Home at Dogfish Head Brewery

  
  Laughing Squid — Authority: 667
  The Steampunk Tree House , an incredible 25,000 pound interactive art installation by Sean Orlando and Kinetic Steam Works that debuted at Burning Man 2007 , has found a permanent home at the Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, DE. Here’s more info . Amazing art meets amazing beer, what a great combo. This ...
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• Dynamite Entertainment Acquires Dabel Brothers Publishing

  
  Hypergeek — Authority: 148
  Dynamite Entertainment announced today that they have signed a comprehensive agreement with Dabel Brothers Publishing to transition all of their titles to the Dynamite brand. Dabel Brothers was originally founded in 2000 by four brothers, Ernest, Les, Pascal and David Dabel as Roaring Studios . Initially ...
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• Burn the Art, Not the Duck

  
  Ann Tracy's — Authority: 115
  I think it was the 2nd time that I went to the Burning Man Festival out in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada (north of Reno) that I saw a beautiful, huge, balsa-wood duck.  It was as big as a car, or maybe bigger.  And I think that someone sat inside it and drove it around. This was back in 1997 I do believe.  At ...
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• Blast Off! Building The Raygun Gothic Rocketship

  
  Laughing Squid — Authority: 667
  “Blast Off!” , a wonderful documentary short by Sean Donnelly about Sean Orlando and his crew building the beautiful Raygun Gothic Rocketship for Burning Man 2009 . This is a blog post from Laughing Squid , subscribe via RSS , Email , Twitter & Facebook .
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• Be Safe This Holiday Season: Electrical Safety Public Service Announcement

  
  Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome — Authority: 740
  Ever seen a giant Santa on fire? Now you have. This electrical safety warning comes to us all the way from Santa Catarina, Brazil . Remember: despite what your father may have taught you, drinking and Christmas decorating dont mix. "Russ, we checked every bulb , didnt we?" Poor Santa, I can see him now, ...
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• Be Safe This Holiday Season: Electrical Safety Public Service Announcement

  
  People Buzz — Authority: 158
  Ever seen a giant Santa on fire? Now you have. This electrical safety warning comes to us all the way from Santa Catarina, Brazil . Remember: despite what your father may have taught you, drinking and Christmas decorating dont mix. "Russ, we checked every bulb , didnt we?" Poor Santa, I can see him now, "HO, HO, HO, ...
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• Why is Breakfast Important?

  
  GenXXL — Authority: 137
  For those people who want to lose weight or maintain their lean muscle in the body, it is important to eat regularly. The most important meal of the day is breakfast and should not be scrimped either on the calories. Breakfast can include fruit, cereals, full English breakfast, or muffins, etc. Breakfast should ...
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• Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment, Um… It SUCKS

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 575
  There was way too much hype going into the release of Adam Lambert’s debut album, For Your Entertainment.  Oh wait, everything that Adam Lambert does gets WAY TOO MUCH hype.  As if all that normal hype wasn’t enough, he had to go and make us all ill with that nasty AMA performance.SEE ADAM LAMBERT’S AMA [...]
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• Rockstar Birthday Bash Benefits Salvation Army

  
  The Star Celeb — Authority: 511
  I attended Tish Roberts’ birthday party at the Hollywood Billiards in Hollywood, CA on November 14th, 2009. Ms. Roberts is a very caring and selfless woman and decided that even though it was her special day she wasn’t going to make it all about her. In addition to celebrating her birthday she also, along ...
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• Grateful for Burning Man aka Black Rock Arts Festival: Tix here now

  
  art predator — Authority: 128
  Yes you could say I’m grateful for Burning Man aka the Black Rock City Arts Festival held every year over the Labor Day weekend. I’ve been grateful for its life changing experiences since my first Burn rocked my world back in 1992. I’ve burned 17 times now.Why am I grateful for Burning Man? These galleries [...]
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• ARTumnal

  
  intellectual properties — Authority: 125
  Miss Velvet Cream Designs (Scatha) , originally uploaded by Kyle H Hailey . Tamara, Antje & I in Miss Velvet Cream designs @ the Black Rock Arts Foundation annual benefit fundraiser , 11.20.09
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• Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures

  
  The Teleomorph — Authority: 125
  New book from editor of Dancecult, Graham St. John just published:Technomad: Global Raving CounterculturesGraham is also planning to publish a book about psytrance next year.Posted in anthropology, book review, burning man, dance, electronic music, music, psytrance, society, technology
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• Best of 2009: Why Meat Katie loves Burning Man Festival

  
  TRASH MENAGERIE — Authority: 464
  Black Rock City. Photo from Crave Online. Of all the people I’ve been surprised to learn have gone to  Burning Man Festival , it’s got to be techno/tech house DJ and Lot49 label owner Meat Katie , who’s hard-edged sets that include breaks, broken beat and minimalist I only imagined stayed within the cold ...
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• Kris Allen & Adam Lambert Cover Billboard (Videos)

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 575
  This has been a huge year for Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.  Their post American Idol success has been amazing to watch.  Both of these blooming artists just had debut albums drop and the doors keep swinging open for them.SEE ADAM LAMBERT ON ‘OUT’ MAGAZINE HEREThese major talents are covering Billboard Magazine ...
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• Google Tech Talks - Mainstreaming Psychedelics: From FDA to Harvard to Burning Man

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 437
  I am a big supporter of research into hallucinogens and other psychotropic substances for therapeutic purposes. There is great potential in some of these drugs to heal a variety of issues from alcoholism to PTSD. Leave it to Google to host a cool talk like this one. ABSTRACT Presented by Rick Doblin, Ph.D., ...
  3 weeks ago

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