It's great that you're making available interviews with some of the key personalities behind Burning Man. If you're accepting input on who to interview next, I'd like to hear more from Michael Michael on the future of Burning Man.

As reported last week in the JRS Vol 10, Issue 6, my wedding ring was miraculously discovered by DPW member Red Michelle on the Esplanade during cleanup. It was returned to me and is now firmly back on my finger! I now consider myself married to the Black Rock Desert and will forever cherish the ret...

Help! I've worn this ring every day for 20+ years, but on Sunday afternoon I took it off and stuck it in my pocket so that I could play drums without getting a blister. When I reached into the pocket to put it back on, it was GONE! It's a man's gold wedding band, a simple, traditional domed design. ...

How about "Intelligent Evolution"?

You may be thinking of the Pillow Fight Club. It was a big, elevated trampoline surrounded by a mesh enclosure and filled with dozens of white pillows. The fights were extremely vigorous, leaving the combatants exhausted and exhilarated. Great concept and wonderful execution!

Sounds like a serious MOOP issue. I can't imagine the DPW was too happy about those. I've thought it would be cool to try some helium balloon art, but the issue of blowing MOOP has helped me to decide against it. What were you thinking?

The inscription inside reads: LBM - JWH 8/17/85 I am my beloved's Could it really be? I've been very sad about losing this ring. As you can tell from the date, we recently celebrated our 20th anniversary. I took it off to drum on Sunday afternoon, put it in a pocket where I thought it would be safe,...

A man's simple gold, smooth-domed wedding band. Inside is the inscription: LBM - JWH 8/17/85 I am my beloved's We just celebrated our 20th anniversary and the loss of this ring will be a hole in my soul! I removed it to play drums on Sunday afternoon, putting it in a pocket where I thought it would ...

And I wonder what the Man's stand will be like this year? Will it be on top of a spaceship, like a NASA ship ready for take off, in vertical position...then when the Man burns, it'll look like BLASTOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (that would be kinda cool, but that was just all from my mind) I dunno about ...

Jane Eric wrote:Nobody appreciates my foul mouth outside of the e-playa.

Sho' we do!

Talking on the Moon
http://www.blogjam.com/neil_armstrong/

Jane Eric wrote:Nobody appreciates my foul mouth outside of the e-playa.

Sho' we do!

Talking on the Moon
http://www.blogjam.com/neil_armstrong/

Sorry the information didn't get up BEFORE the event, but the first-ever HullabalU regional burn/decompression happened on Saturday, October 11 about 4 mi outside of Lawrence, Kansas. There were about 80 people in attendance, including the Djembe Kaan drum circle, firedancers, and lots of good, good...

I'm not as happy with my pics this year as I was last year, but there are a couple of nice ones.

http://www.ku.edu/~hoopes/bm2003/

Burning Man always falls during the second week of Fall semester classes, which means I need to miss a day or two of teaching in order to attend. However, the experience provides a welcome and refreshing re-orientation to the new school year. I never tell students where I'm going since I enjoy the r...

Photos and MP3 files of the conversations that took place in the Palenque Norte camp are now online at: http://www.matrixmasters.com/pn/lectures/lectureseriesbyday.html Many thanks to Lorenzo & Marycie Hagerty, Carla Detchon, Don of Vashon and the other members of this camp for sponsoring these talk...

clandyone wrote:Are you talking about the guy on fire, on the bike?

The burning bike rider was one of the best pieces I saw this year. It was brilliant in conception and masterful in execution. I've also got just a few seconds of video. I wish I had more. It was truly a vision from Hell.

Despite the "no commerce" rhetoric, it's clear that a number of burners are making money, breaking even, or at least recouping some of their expenses by engaging in Burning Man related business activities. This includes professional photographers who sell their images (giving BMorg a 10% cut if they...

The greatest evidence that this is in operation comes when you meet a first-timer who is also a first-timer to the US. <b>People just get it</b>, regardless of their nationality or cultural conditioning, because at its heart, Burningman celebrates universal values using globalized cultural referant...

And I love those emoticons http://www.bok.net/~tristan/images/bm-emoticon.gif :) Especially Mr. Green! :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: ...

Forgive me for ranting...I'm in a melancholy state right now...maybe if I give of myself I can get enough karma back that it will pick me up again. You're doing so here on the E-Playa. That's what it's for. If what you give is mindful, honest, and filled with compassion you will get good karma in r...

So...here in the midwest where we are challenged to get anything.....is this stuff available...I'm picking up that it is yet it isn't...Someone mentioned Ouzo No 12.....I'm willing to try it if I just knew what it was that I'm looking for. You have to know someone who makes it. As to what you're lo...

Sadly, the issue of race in America is far from being a dead horse. It will be a long time before we can escape our history, even if we can pretend--for several days in a remote Nevada desert--that it doesn't really exist. I agree with tepepinda on everything but the following statement: The culture...

It's also interesting to see you categorize all the white folk as tight-asses while the people of color who would attend do not have this distinction. As if people of color go to celebrate their culture while white folk go to appropriate and create their own exclusive party time. I didn't categoriz...

I imagine some folks would be a little amused at the suggestion that there is one monolithic perspective dictated by race. When was THAT suggested? I think you're a bit naive to think that members of these groups do not experience their "race" on a regular basis in a fashion different from members ...

Yup it matters, at least to me. Of course it matters. The scene in Black Rock City is one that should be appealing to people of every gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, and genetic heritage who value radical self-expression in the context of a larger society that is becoming ever more suspic...

The Burning Man and the Golden Calf undoubtedly have a lot in common. Picture Larry Harvey emerging from a giant dust devil carrying tablets inscribed "If it didn't come from your body, don't put it in the potty", "Leave No Trace", and the like.

I will always love this event for giving tight-assed white people a good excuse to cut loose, but was anyone besides me bothered by the poverty of ethnic diversity at Burning Man? Sure, I saw a number of African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and even an American Indian couple, but the demographics o...

Here's a picture and eulogy for the pilot who died giving people free flights over BRC. http://www.shadetreeflyingclub.org/Barry.htm There is also a truly horrible story on the E-Playa under Experiences->Identify this Burner who died on the road home about a 33-year-old woman who died when her SUV r...