Dr Helix wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:14 pm

Soooooo.............is it still out there?

HOW DARE YOU! Stop oppressing the billionaire EDM zone VIP dance party with simple, direct questions.

We saw it on Saturday or Sunday night during pre-event build, and our two bravest, fittest, dumbest straight boys climbed it. They came down pretty quickly with reports of doors opening and tires spinning. But damn, that piece was epic. The closest to old BM I’ve seen in few years.

And sadly, the limits of many people’s dreams begin and end with a sound system blaring shitty EDM. And Coachella feathers.

Well that’ll teach you.

I went the first year. It was yet another Ibiza-style EDM club. Boring. The second year it was unbearably more of the same. I didn’t bother this year. Burning Man is a place where you can conceive of, build, and destroy absolutely anything you can imagine, but more and more, people can only imagine ...

In other EDM news:

Shitting on the playa behind Mayan Warrior is the new pissing on the playa behind Robot Heart. Best music festival ever!

If I can’t Instagram live feed my dancing on Robot Heart, I will have wasted all this money on my feather headdress! The world needs to know how awesome I am RIGHT NOW! Please, god, somebody pay attention to me.

To find the EDM Default Celebrity DJ MainStage Zone (brought to you by MasterCard), simply follow the trail of feathers, sequins, glitter, discarded bicycles, and playa poop!

Ecothrift - an enormous and cheap thrift store off highway 99 on florin. Thrift town - almost as large, two locations. Google it. Prevues at 24th and K. Large selection of awesome vintage things, blinkers, hats, accessories. Pricier, and a bit boring and predictable (furry stuff, steampunk) but a on...

I’ve never heard of a seven person RV, but if it’s just you and three other people, a total of four strangers might not fill the grey water tank until Tuesday, assuming none of you are women who “need” to wash their hair or hands. So that’s a good start.

Just ran across a facespace post by a virgin who needs a ride from Oregon. He has been hired by BRTA to work as a paid chef, feeding the volunteers who ensure that Paris Hilton can fly in for an amazeballs befeathered Instagram post on her way back from Ibiza. A word of advice to those Commodificati...

Lots of decent food is available shelf-stable. Canned soups and chilis, canned fruit, beef jerky, crackers and peanut butter, canned or pouch tuna, nuts, granola, dried fruits. You dont need to spend a lot to get shelf stable food.

Problem solved: adult diapers.

Good for you, flint. Some people are going to question your wisdom in taking this all on, but burning man only exists because people make it happen. People like you! At least you’re not another EDM DJ-chaser begging for an RV share. Good luck. Read a lot. Plan more. Something will fail. Roll with it.

Here’s my advice: don’t go. Specifically, do not go with s woman who must be flown in and then demand sto live in an RV. She will not like it and she will make sure you don’t like it either. If you are able to convince her to stay home, then come by yourself in your truck with a tent and have the ti...

I believe what you are looking for is called a “Commodification Camp”. There are many to choose from. You pay them money, and in return, they take care of all your Radical self-Reliance needs. You can go simple, with a camp that provides a basic kitchen for your use, or ultra deluxe, with any of the...

I am NOT going to lead camp this year. I have turned over the reins to the next generation. That means I will not be the one unpacking the trailer, washing the kitchen supplies, buying propane and generator gas and garbage bags and zip ties and rope. I will not be the one buying new carports and des...

For my eighth burn, I am going to live in my brand new used Class A RV instead of a tent. Seven tent burns was enough.

Who uses glitter at Burning Man? Loose glitter is clearly on the "no" list. I've run a camp for close to a decade now, and we don't see any glitter ever. Perhaps it is the Rave Zombies with whom I do not associate? If that is the case, all we need to do is convince BMORG to stop giving premium place...

More important than using the van as a bedroom is using the van as a windblock. There is a published map which details the predominant wind direction and sunrise. My advice is, know this generally in advance of arrival. When you get there, park the vehicle to block the wind, then set the tent up in ...

$29.98. Life is worth $29.98.

Burning Man isn't about "love" and "spirituality" and "Manifesting Intentionality and Vegan Kale Yoga Prayer Hands". You're thinking of That Hippie Bullshit Music Festival you went to last summer. Burning Man is about building big art and blowing it up in the desert and creating impossible experienc...

DJs and Segways.

We had a lurker come through our camp at 7:30 and C asking for drugs, as we shooed him away. He came back a few days later, and we quickly passed the word that he was a narc, so no one interacted with him. One other night, my husband and I were clearly, visibly intoxicated at the Tree of Tenere when...

I saw one of Paris Hilton's entourage sneak off with it. But that's what happens when you fly in.

You can't! EVER! It is going on your Permanent Record!!!! Muaaahaaahaaa!!!!

I have another great idea! YOU spend a year fundraising and planning, applying for placement, wrangling camp members and dues, budgeting and building. Then buy or rent a sound system, a stage, a generator, shade, seating, and ground cover. Bring it, pay for the fuel, set it up, tend it all week, tak...

Sorry I can't help out, but here's my advice: don't let it stop you. Rent a car or get a Bus ticket, buy a tent, rig some shade, bring some water and some baby wipes and a few granola bars, and have a great burn! You don't need someone else to take you to Burning Man. You can just show up!

If you're bringing all the equipment, why do you need someone else's sound system, generator, and fuel?

On the way home: "For departures after the Man burns, allow yourself some extra time to get to the BxB Depot(6:15 and J street): there will be fewer landmarks to guide you at that point. Arrive at the depot one (1) hour before your scheduled departure to allow time to check in, load your luggage and...