Burning Man would not still be happening today (for better or worse) if not for Larry. Hell, it probably wouldn't have made it past the 90s. RIP and thanks.

2007 was my first year, so I missed out on a lot of the early days stuff, but at least for my first 3 years there was no widespread internet access. As with all other aspects of life on Earth, goddamn smartphones drastically changed the event.

Now Federal and local authorities may ask for more staff, comms, surveillance and whatnot, but I doubt it will be physical barriers and the likes. Token I really hope you're right. I didn't care for that fence around the temple. Fingers crossed. The fence was a knee-jerk situational thing. Needed a...

Meat Hunter wrote:Rest In Peace - Tom Petty....

Saw him in Sacramento just over a month ago, he and the band sounded great. Very sad.

Well us Leos are known for being a bit aggressive. Must be something about the month of August. It's in the stars, baby!!

maladroit wrote:They could just have a Man unplugging ceremony.

HAHA!!

I know why and that was just from casual reading about the event. And you're doing a presentation on it? I'll never understand people taking the time to create a thread on an internet message board basically asking "can you Google this for me." For fuck's sake, man!

The Man and Temple burns are over. The yahoos have ruined something once again. Time to make something else the centerpiece of the event. What would happen if the BMORG staged a Man burn and nobody came? It would be beautiful.

Or, you know, leave before the Man burn. For chrissakes, if you've seen one you've seen 'em all. It's a shitshow at this point, with hedge fund art cars jockeying for which can be the most ostentatious and annoying eye- ear-sore, and wasted yahoos stumbling around like it's Bourbon St on Mardi Gras....

Perpetual Burn wrote:I see one Burner... the rest are politicians...

Yeeaahh maaaaannn...

Oh my fucking Dog, not this tired thing. It's burning man. Do whatever the fuck you want. That's what is done there. Wanna parade naked with your dick in a taco, done and done. Wanna be a rabbi for a day - fucking far out. Need to be Jesus on a cross for a day - there's a place for that too. Wanna ...

Bear Pope's No-TP Really Prepared Survivor Camp. You shall from henceforth be known as the Groom of the Stool The Groom of the Stool (formally styled: "Groom of the King's Close Stool") was the most intimate of an English monarch's courtiers, responsible for assisting the king in excretio...

Or come to Sacramento, some cool work spaces up here without (yet) the stupid cost of living of the Bay Area. Also, 2 hours closer to BRC.

Make Burning Man Hard Again? Camping isn't hard, though! I haven't quite figured out why Burning Man is supposed to have been so hard - beyond bringing a art car or building something massive. It's really just a camping trip in the desert - child's play, really. Yeah I agree. If you camp, then Burn...

I liked the gate guy I had. He was making jokes and being real nice. Gave him a couple beers before I left. I've had nothing but good interactions with the gate crew. I've had nothing but tiresome interactions with DPW. Not bad, just kind of tiresome in an eyerolling kind of way. "Hey, we can'...

Yeah I agree the OP is making too much of this relatively minor interaction. That said, I avoid DPW like the plague. Most entitled bunch out there. Yeah yeah, you VOLUNTEERED to help build out BRC and it gets hot out there. So fucking what? Go tell it to a full-time roofer and see what that gets you.

Token wrote:
Wouldn't it be grand if there were 64 theme camps (32 each ring, Esplanade and A), limited number of mutant vehicles (and I mean a lot less), and no fucking villages, just open camping and a main ticket sale with no privileged class?

Fucking Utopia I tell you.

Fuck yes.

I didn't go this year, but I can think of another person who'd better qualify as the fuckwit of the year, and possibly the entire history of the burn.

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Funny and uncharitable. I'm conflicted, ha.

RIP Sam Shepard. Great writer, actor and damn handsome man.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html

I'm not as anti-airport as Chowski, I'm aware of its history and know that there are lots of good people volunteering there. But, let's be honest, the BMORG is using the airport as a shuttle for the wealthy and "influencers." I realize that part of the reason they hype the airport is due t...

We are still kicking ourselves for leaving before the Crude Awakenings burn (2007). That was the only year we left right before the Man burn, because we were stupid and thought we didn't "need" to see it. Now we stay until early Tues... My first year, couldn't believe how hot it was and w...

Something that really surprises me about the email leads from the DNC that presumably threw the election towards Mr. Trump is that nobody from the Democratic side is denying them or that they ever took place. If the emails to and from John Podesta actually did call Bernie Sanders "...that mise...

Never thought I would say it, but sometimes I long for the days of Reagan or Nixon. At the time I hated them with a passion . Now they seem pretty tame. yeah I see that as pretty pervasive with the "left". If you don't agree, you are evil and they hate you. The right tends to eyeroll, poi...

Comey don't play that.

You're bad at ingratiating yourself to people. If you're truly not a troll, just take a deep breath and stop trying so hard.

First off, welcome to Eplaya. Second off, you stole a bike during your first burn. You, sir, are a fucking asshole and we need less of you at Burning Man. Just so I'm clear, what number year can we steal bikes without being an asshole? :twisted: Ha. Well, none. If Larry Harvey stole a bike at this ...

Mr Perpetual Burn, You have gotten off track from BM principles and are going down a Robin Hood sinkhole. BM does not need snowflake Robin Hoods. Volunteer with a bike camp or the BORG itself to get a different perspective and really contribute. Why? Because what happens with bikes is much more com...

I have to think he's trolling at this point.

So, if I wait till Tuesday it's ok... unless someone disagrees with that... or I can take it to a porta potty station... but that's still MOOP... or take it to Yelllow Camp... but that's still thievery... That's the Tuesday AFTER the temple burn, meaning almost everyone has left. During the event p...