if you're in town this weekend... our camp's been throwing parties for years and Decoms for the past 2. We're pretty extraordinary because of where we rock out, who attends and what we do. Although I have fun at other events I genuinely feel like ours take us back to the playa. We are sans money, sa...

GOD FORBID PEOPLE TAKE RESPONSABILITY FOR THEMSELVES!

i've gotten hurt doing some dumb shit in my day. i don't pass the buck when the world doesn't stop for me.

wipe your own ass, dude.

i didn't go this year. saving my monies and my time for a european adventure this winter. i built South Rock and a dozen friends came. we spread out over a MASSIVE lakebed in southern california. had different areas and themes and games and bikes. we drank, danced, did drugs, had sex, drove 50 MPH i...

I don't think you could have handled the situation any better. Thank you for a first-hand account of what happened. I am impressed by your strength.

i breathe in and i exhale. it's just some dumb theme. let it go, jared, let it go. our camp doesn't have to be the theme of the bm llc. breathe in, breathe out. we're seen dumber themes. and take solace that we at least had a pretty kick ass time in South Rock in the Mojave this past weekend and mig...

suicide boiles down to: pain outweighs coping mechanisms. and when that happens it can be very difficult to think logically. before you judge someone please follow the link below. if you have ever considered suicide please follow the link below. http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/ who knows. maybe he w...

SOUTH ROCK INFO AND DIRECTIONS! I bought Avocado-flavored Honey at the Farmer’s Market today. I went to Yoga last night. I twisted my ankle in a mosh pit Tuesday at a Gypsy punk show. All week long I’ve been smiling at strangers and building up the nerve to bring my own glass to the bars in my n...

haha magiNcal

We'll think of you all in Birmingham Burning the Ham from South Rock here in Southern California. Happy Burn!

...and apply glitter, in South Rock. I scouted the location today. It's a long drive but the roads are flat and hard and the directions are simple. It is a magincal place. Volcanic rocks paint mountains south of our lakebed black and pepper its edges where rain drains onto them from surrounding bush...

Drums will beat in the north, horns will honk in the south, and the warm summer wind will sweep over us from all directions humming, whispering into our eager ears:

“Burn, burn, burn!â€

Me neither and not without a heavy heart. But me and 15 or so friends are celebrating in Southern California during Labor Day Weekend. If you are in California, Nevada or Arizona and want to celebrate with us from a very secluded place, very far, among fellow Burners then contact me and I will give ...

so 2 years ago we ditched the concept of messy, instable coolers in favor of schlepping out a refridgerator. we've never had a dome before, but this year it's been suggested. we'd use it for a kitchen and a multipurose room aka afternoon naps. i like the idea of a dome because it seems easier to kee...

freakin darn concord is so not near me.

how much does a deep cell battery weigh?

it's almost worth the roadtrip.

or at least it's a great excuse for a roadtrip.

My camp has grown too big for its britches. We need a space to store our sets / infrastructure / car. Ideally a place with electricity. Day and weekend access to work / build things. We'd have only 1 keyholder. Occasional access to a faucet would be nice but not absolutely necessary. NOT picky about...

so our camp just had an AMAZING decom last weekend. we have a special place on public land that we simply adore and has always treated us well. we practice LNT methods and ideology. we bring art installations. we are inclusive and wonderful and fun and blah blah blah. we are also ALWAYS nervous abou...

our shower was amazing. 4 walls, made of wood, solar powered "on" switch, had better pressure and drainage than our shower in los angeles. holy shit having an actual structure to shower in made bodywashing faster, more efficient (i got most of my showers done with less thana gallon!) and i felt REAL...

I'm thinking of incorporating our camp, making it a 501c3 non-profit that raises money for our art projects and gives grants to charities that our campmates have volunteered at or have been involved in.

Thoughts?

Advice?

yeahhhhhh you're right.

it'd be a bad idea.

a bad idea that i'd totally still be a part of. "BM moved to Mexico" would be met with me saying "I guess we're going to Mexico this August"

if the permit has a cap, there's a cap. concerts and other festivals sell out. i hope burning man never reaches maximum capacity. but it will eventually happen. can you imagine if 80 years from now it's still happening? for a 100th anniversary, would you expect anything less than a hundred thousand ...

this year a newbie in our camp volunteered at the cafe. i didn't want to taint her experience by voicing my opinions about center cafe. i was very supportive. said "awesome, i hope you have a great time!" me and some of my campmates went to go visit her at the end of the shift. i was shocked when we...

my vote goes to radical self reliance. having created and managed a theme camp myself, i can't imagine asking braf or bmorg for a grant to do our thing. no way. like, what? figuring out how we're going to execute our plans with the resources we have is half the fun. planning fundraisers, painting t-...

my stomach is killing me i'm so excited!!!!

do come by. do. do!

formerly of jurupa.

i just posted in another IE-burner's thread about my theme camp's upcoming party in LA and how there's a few folks from norco, grand terrace, fontana and riverside who are coming out.

we'd love to see ya.

-jared

http://www.kathanika.com

this is half shameless plug, but fully sincere! my name is jared and my theme camp is having a fundraising party this weekend at my place in LA. you should come. we've got campmates in fontana, norco, riverside and grand terrace who are coming out for it. i grew up in the IE; our camp's first year s...

we got dancers
we got drummers
we got funk
we got soul
we got pinatas
we got fun stuff lined the heck up and i

cannot

wait!

every year i find out that a good half dozen or so of my participants (i work at AIDS Marathon) go to burning man and we allllways swear we'll meet up to run and/or hang out. being that i'm sober this year, the idea of getting my running in at burning man seems a thousand times more likely. heck, be...

it's around the corner and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

KATHANIKA FUNDRAISER SAT. JULY 15TH, LOS ANGELES Celebrate the 5th Anniversary of our theme camp KATHANIKA! (Home of Storytime Shisha: lazy afternoons spent sharing and listening to whimsical stories in a smokey oasis in the shade!) We're having a Bazaar-Themed day party in Silverlake! FOOD, DRINKS...

hello everyone, Kathanika is back at it for our 5th year =) we host Storytime Shisha, typically an afternoon event. in 2006 we will be having sessions in the evening and we'd like to use 4 overhead projectors to help with that! we're looking for very cheap or free hand-me-downs: overhead projectors,...