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”

• KarmaDharma Radio with Suzanne — Series on “Feeding Each Other” begins with scientist & community organizer, Matt Atwood

  
  The Family Yak — Authority: 112
  Feeding Each Other.  Parts 1 & 2 In Part 1 — Suzanne  Toro and guest Matt Atwood dive into a deep conversation surrounding the power of Native Americans and the community that is created around food. In Part 2 – Suzanne and Matt continue their conversation about the power of Native Americans ...
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• Burning Man Obama: Chinese Sculpture Portrays Obama’s Impact

  
  The Admonition — Authority: 138
  Somehow I’m thinking if an opponent of Obama had created a sculpture of him and set it on fire there would be hell to pay. A chinese artist named Liu Bolin has created a sculpture of the President entitled “Burning Man Obama”. It supposedly depicts Obama’s impact on the world. Yeah, I’d say he’s set ...
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• Burning Man Festival 2009

  
  The Indie Travel Podcast — Authority: 421
  Click here to view the embedded video. See the sights, sounds and sensations of Burning Man Festival 2009. Includes the man burning. Burning Man Festival 2009 is happily produced by The Indie Travel Podcast , proud winners of Lonely Planets "Best Podcast 2009" -- Check out our free podcast in iTunes , free ...
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• “BURNING MAN”

  
  RIGHT BRAIN THERAPY — Authority: 113
  more about " Burning Man Festival ", posted with vodpod Source: Burning Man Burning Man is an annual event held in the Black Rock Desert, in Northern Nevada. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening. The event is described by many participants as an experiment ...
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• Kris Allen’s Live Like We’re Dying video reminds me of…

  
  Top Idol — Authority: 500
  This afternoon, I finally got around to watching Kris Allen’s Live Like We’re Dying video, which debuted on PopEater yesterday . (Hey, I’ve been busy.) So when Kris Allen’s name is illuminated in big neon lights at the beginning of the video, this is the first thing I thought of — and please get ...
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• Trilobite Car From Burning Man

  
  mental_floss Blog — Authority: 707
  The car in the video, based on the prehistoric trilobite creature, is known as its Latin name, the “Sarriugarteis (Odontochile) trilobiteis,” or the Electrobite. It was made by the same people that made the famed snail car for the Burning Man Festival. They say the internal workings are based a wheelchair, but ...
  6 days ago

• The Electrobite Olenoides or just A Trilobite Vehicle

  
  Art Car Central — Authority: 108
  Trilobite Vehicle in the day time Trilobite Vehicle with the lights on via Its been way over a month since my last art car entry, but I am back and ready to tackle and art car a day maybe two just catch up. What better way to get back in the game than with The Electrobite Olenoides, a wonderful metal ...
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• Archival News Video of The San Francisco Cacophony Society (1990-91)

  
  Laughing Squid — Authority: 734
  Kevin Evans tipped us off to a wondeful archival video of The San Francisco Cacophony Society on news segment called “Eccentric Avenues” produced 1990-91. The video features many of our friends including M2 , Louise Jarmilowicz , Winston Smith , John Law and the late Dave Warren , including footage of ...
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• Berry Wins Smofcon Scholarship

  
  File 770 — Authority: 135
  Veteran conrunner Kirsten M. Berry is the recipient of a $500 scholarship from San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. ( SFSFC ) to attend SMOFCon 27 in Austin TX over the weekend of December 4-6, 2009. Besides a great deal of experience working Bay Area conventions, Berry has been a member of the Advisory ...
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• The Burning Man Festival

  
  Uphaa.com — Authority: 525
  Hardcore burners spend months, if not all year, planning, scheming, building and sewing for the Black Rock City’s art cars, art installations, and elaborate camps. No related posts.
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• Poetry: Lord Ganesh Wants to Travel

  
  art predator — Authority: 427
  NOTE: This post will have photo illustrations in a few hours, I promise!Lord Ganesh wanted to travel. You don’tsay no to Lord Ganesh. I said of course.First he wanted to go to Burning Man.At the start of his birthday celebrationa few days after the new moon in AugustI made Him into clay.  To travel toBurning [...]
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• Adam Lambert Breaks Up With Drake LaBry

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 596
  For Your Entertainment’s Adam Lambert broke up with his boyfriend, Drake LaBry.“They’re still friends, and it’s totally mutual,” a source said. “They will still talk and see each other.”“Adam is crazy busy right now getting the album done and squeezing in rehearsals.”“They both felt this moment is ...
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• Gone!!!

  
  The Secondlife Newspaper — Authority: 427
  The last day of the Burning Life when the artists took their builds, or burned them, many gathered at the Yokohama Burning Marching Band in Washoe for a farewell presentation.  Then they burned the stage. Several burning parties took place on several sims ,but during the burning the builders were already ...
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• Weed, Mullets, Bath Houses and Burning Man: Nights’ Greatest Hits

  
  Matador Nights — Authority: 494
  sheet Photo: anniewong Now 1.5 years old, Nights is already walking and headed towards our terrible twos. Let’s hope that soon we’ll be able to use the potty by ourselves. Here’s a look back at our most-viewed pieces to date. 1. The 12 Coolest Art Instillations In The History Of Burning Man ...
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• Not one, not two, but FIVE rocket girls

  
  The Original Rocket Dungeon — Authority: 435
  Unfortunately, no embedding, no download, no borrowing.  So, go here if interested.
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• soma time lapse!

  
  Flaming Lotus Girls — Authority: 103
  thanks to two of the lotus girls’ very own, sooz cammack and george schaller , we’ve got an amazing time laspe of soma from the desert this year from construction to deconstruction and everything in between. watch it while listening to your favorite soundtrack. just about anything will do…my personal ...
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• Burning Man Story- Launching a Cabbage Patch Kid from a cannon through a flame thrower!

  
  CouchSurfer shares his Couchsurfing adventures, couchsurfing photos, and couchsurfing videos — Authority: 126
  This normal for Burning Man Everyone always asks me about Burning Man.  It’s a whole other world.  Here’s a glimpse into a normal moment at Burning Man.  You wake up (if you’ve gone to sleep), you wonder where the giant cannon that was next to your tent has gone.  There’s the usual people biking by in ...
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• Victoriana, Bewitching Party, CNN Meet and Wetherbys

  
  Janey's place in Second Life — Authority: 112
  There has been lots going on and I have been doing a great deal of writing, it’s things that grab me so it’s been enjoyable.  Hibiscus has rented her own place in the Victoriana sim.  It’s just around the corner from friend Boye Jervil’s  wonderful gallery so she has a good neighbour.  I went over to have ...
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• Adam Lambert ‘For Your Entertainment’ Cover Revealed! (Photos)

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 596
  American Idol alum, Adam Lambert is ready for his debut album to hit shelves and well, all of those Lambert fans are going nuts waiting!  For Your Entertainment will be released on November 24th but if you can’t wait, watch Adam’s Time For Miracles video here.Today Adam Lambert released the cover art (above) for ...
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• Burning Man Isn’t The Only Thing on Fire: Temple BurningLife

  
  Second Life Update — Authority: 433
  Burning Man isn’t the only thing on fire in Second Life Burning Life 2009 . In the below video we see about 10 minutes of a temple burning. The video is about 10 minutes long. Burn baby burn. The virtual structure actually burns down to nothing. And then everyone dances. Check it out below. Burning ...
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