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- Wed May 31, 2006 10:45 pm
- Forum: Stories
- Topic: Riase your hand if you did NOT pee on the playa this year
- Replies: 69
- Views: 23202
I am seriously considering obtaining a case of TravelJohns and passing them out on the playa to people who I catch trying to pee on the ground. TravelJohns are these canny li'l contraptions I discovered at the I-80 truck stop in Iowa that are suitable for both major types of genitalia. They have an ...
- Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:17 pm
- Forum: Q & A Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Throw Me Something, Mister!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1571
My band, Environmental Encroachment, is playing 2 -- count 'em -- 2 gigs tonight: one at a restaurant that serves Southwestern-style cuisine, Flo, and one at the Mercury Cafe just up the street. Any & every Chicago Burner, if they're not at the Mucca Pazza gig, should come out to the Mercury Cafe an...
- Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:26 pm
- Forum: Q & A Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Helping a possible first-timer with checkered past
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4772
Hey all... Thank you for your advice so far -- it all seems pretty sound to me. My latest letter to him is still a work-in-progress. I did mention to him that the scene may be overwhelming to him in my last missive. I am still going to caution him, even dissuade him. He will be getting to BRC on his...
- Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:59 am
- Forum: Philosophical Center
- Topic: Give me a word... just ONE word...
- Replies: 5797
- Views: 600429
- Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:12 am
- Forum: Q & A Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Helping a possible first-timer with checkered past
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4772
Helping a possible first-timer with checkered past
Hi all... I have been corresponding with a friend of mine. He is currently a guest of the state of Oregon in one of its many fine correctional facilities, to be released in the early summer of this year after a 7-year sentence (he allegedly threw a brick at a cop during a demonstration). He is quite...
- Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:21 am
- Forum: 2006 Art & Performance
- Topic: Slow Dance Camp -- a proposal
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3079
Slow Dance Camp -- a proposal
There seems to be enough techno-rave music happening in BRC -- not that that's altogether a bad thing. However, I have an idea that I may or may not use for this year's festival: Slow Dance Camp. All night SDC would play romantic slow-dance music of all genres (Big Band to the latest slo-jamz), and ...
- Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:58 am
- Forum: 2006 Art & Performance
- Topic: Will the music be playing? will the kids be swaying?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8161
Music... Did you say music? Black Rock City has perhaps the highest amount per capita of roving marching bands of any city on the planet. The one I'm involved with, Chicago-based Environmental Encroachment, put on some raging performances throughout the festival. We are also somewhat affiliated with...
- Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:58 pm
- Forum: Q & A Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Chemical composition of playa dust?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13600
I am less concerned with the extremophiles (microbes that withstand harsh conditions such as on the playa or -- for a more dramatic example -- alongside the volcanic vents at the bottom of the ocean) than with E. Coli, S. epidermidis, S. aureus and the plethora of more common wee beasties that can g...
- Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:37 pm
- Forum: Q & A Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Chemical composition of playa dust?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13600
Ho-lee shiznit... That's a pretty detailed analysis. The table was somewhat helpful to give me an idea of what makes playa dust caustic. The following is my interpretation of the data... Oxides of Group I and II alkali earth metals such as lime (calcium oxide), potash (potassium oxide), magnesium an...
- Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:10 pm
- Forum: Q & A Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Chemical composition of playa dust?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13600
Chemical composition of playa dust?
Does anyone know the basic chemical composition of playa dust? What is the predominant alkaline molecule(s) present? I ask this because I have an idea for a no-rinse, alcohol- and detergent-free disinfectant washing solution formulated to neutralize excess alkalinity and be a potential cure for/prop...
- Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:08 pm
- Forum: Food & Drink
- Topic: Lemonade Recipe?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5791
Two words: simple syrup. Purchase a ready-made quantity from a bar supply place, -or- make it yourself before trekking out to the playa. It's just equal amounts of sugar & water heated to form, well, syrup. Let cool then store in an ideal container. Vigorously shake or stir lemon juice and simple sy...