Jeeves, land the jet a minute. I'm not getting a good wifi signal. Not sure if it was missed getting away from what was actually said further back up in the topic, but this is not about virgin bashing. Bear with me a minute, but here's a scenario: You're manager of a team of 20 people. At the beginn...

X) BM culture is somewhat chaotic, fluid, and adapts to the times and people. Although not perfect, the experience is unique and like absolutely no other on the planet. Y) The event is well run, open and bringing out more good than bad in people but could also be seen as "Controlled Fun" by and lar...

Interesting stuff, Major. What about the word "Twerk" or "Twerking"? Thanks for all of the input again. Good discussion going here. I believe that there's a fundamental difference of viewpoint here I'll test the waters on. Let me know which phrase you agree with more: X) BM culture is somewhat chaot...

Oh really?? So 2nd year aren't contributing to the demise of the culture. Again, you think you were lucky getting a ticket where 5, 8, and 12 year people weren't? Debatable. I'm sorry you take offense to any of this, but hear me out. Of the hundreds of people we talked to during the week, a HANDFUL ...

Well, I received the e-mail of the JRS the other day which I ignore most of the time, but sure enough they have in there a link asking for comments/suggestions about the event open until Oct. 15. I submitted the above 3 short and sweet suggestions so we'll see. Also, I submitted the term "Turner" to...

On a more optimistic note, I heard tell of a group of megaphone owners who went around asking people to question their questionable choices in attire - eg. asking the girl in the headdress what tribe she is from. Ha-ha! I love it. I bit my tongue several times, but by the end of the week I started ...

This is getting away from what was said. This isn't about bashing virgins (regardless of age) and it never was. My point is that it's the environment that BM currently is and keeps changing and I (me) don't think it's for the better. With the vast majority of attendees being newbies every year (agai...

Thanks everyone. I'm glad to see the general consensus of experience helps preserve and develop the event. In no defense of the super rich or those they bring them along, let's call them "Turners" (hey, I just coined that term, you heard it here first! :) ) there have been other forms of stuff like ...

Some notes from this year and a look back at the 11 times I've attended since the year 2000. Things have changed fairly dramatically the last 4 or 5 years from the previous 10. To an observer of pictures, video clips, etc. Burning Man doesn’t “look” much different since the late 1990s since the stre...

I just really don't understand. I've seen all the preaching for years about keeping ticket costs low and I've never believed it, but now it's interesting to see some actual numbers about this whole grey area of staged ticket prices, etc. http://burners.me/2014/05/09/the-great-bmorg-cash-out-of-2010-...

Simon of the Playa wrote:Wrong.

I never thought of Simon Garfunkel as a "dumb fuck." Always seemed like a pretty intelligent guy to me.

because of the ginormous clusterfuck that would occur at the gate... duh. Duh yourself. How is this any different than the bottleneck that occurs on Exodus? Open more will-call ticket booths. You're saying then that the huge scalper market SHOULD exist for this reason? And thousands upon thousands ...

At no point did pre-registration ever promise or even imply any kind of guarantee to be able to buy tickets. The purpose of pre-registering is a countermeasure against pro scalpers and their automated bots. It does a pretty good job, too - by comparison with your typical hot ticket event (where as ...

It's not a guide towards something that the world should follow to make a better place either. "Welcome home," I fucking hate when people say that shit. My home has a hot tub and is safe for my youngest to run around and not get dosed by some stupid granola shooting everyone with a water gun because...

Not going this year, but anyhoo have fun.

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I have one to add, the guys who ran the 'Petting Zoo' by 2:00 and whatever. I arrived on Sunday night the 29th. Monday morning I saw these guys making the rounds with a little red wagon in tow and a bullhorn. I didn't really know what they wanted at the time but found out the next day. EVERY single ...

You still have room for a couple of people coming up from Louisiana? I'll be driving in late Saturday the 28th or early Sunday the 29th, will you be set up by then? Happy to lend a hand, my wife will be joining me a few days later.

Well guys, wanted to give some feedback on the whole Serato experience. I got completely hooked on it before heading out to the playa, there is a whole new world of MP3s to me now. BTW, I tried CDs at one point in time and didn't dig the whole button/paddle wheel thing. Anyhoo, practiced exactly twi...

A big Up for Ellipsis and the Reno/Sacramento/Washington crew! Thanks for putting in on guys and thanks for letting us camp with you. I spun Friday night on the art car from 9-Midnight, loads of fun but very challenging. I was using a Serato MP3 setup with vinyl, everything was fine until we actuall...

This was exactly what the doctor ordered, an original theme that wasn't post-apocalyptic, Mad Max, Pippy Long Stocking, Middle Eastern, survivalist, alcohol bar based theme camp. I'm so glad to see this. We almost rode by, doing one of those, "they'll be there later" things. Well, I'm glad we didn't...

A laptop is just not the same....you are a DJ, not ane engineer ;-) Actually I am an engineer, at work anyway. :wink: Richie Hawtin shows up with two Ipods, it doesn't make him any less of a DJ now does it? Thanks for all the advice guys, I wasn't trying to start anything, just trying to get into t...

I'm considering buying a setup and want opinions of how well they work on the playa. Good? Bad? The dust and vinyl don't mix well, but you can at least keep going, unless a large wettish clump lands on it. The needle most of the time just pushes it out of the way, I couldn't hear much of a differenc...

You need to see Wall-e if you haven't already, this is exactly what the future looks like in the film. The President of the world is the CEO of a ultra-mega store called Buy N' Large. They have to evacuate Earth because nothing will grow any longer, then people float around in space on a ship where ...

Look for Blue Bar on the playa. (Look up exact location at Playa Info) In fact, it'll be there for anyone who also feels like bartending for awhile. It's a little mini bar...blink and you might miss it.. As far as the Writer's group, I'll be there daily(usually!) around 4 for Happy Hour time. Any H...

All good points, well, most of them anyways. Our form of government is one of the oldest in existence, arguably started to protect some whig wearing Virginian landowners, but since it's been going on this long...it ain't all bad. I was born in Chicago, I live in the 'L' shaped state, I'm pretty sure...

Where, when?

It wasn't the lights, but the dust. I had a line of folks looking at Venus and Mercury during the day, the Moon and Jupiter in the evening. Once the moon got below about 30 degrees it was almost impossible to see with the scope, even though it was quite visible to the eye. I stayed near my camp, si...

I am Proud to be an American. There is no country on earth as diverse as ours. Yes, we have stains from our forefathers, but we have learned from them - unlike other countries. We still have the right to effect change and VOTE! There aren't too many countries out there that would give YOU the luxur...

I don't know about this whole "default world" thing, this is to say that if you rebooted everything, like a computer, rebooted the country/planet that it would default to BM. I don't think so. I wouldn't want to live this way ALL the time my whole life. A week or two a year is plenty. Understand tha...