Theme Camps

pandasex · Post by **pandasex** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:02 pm

I am not making the same mistake my first year (last year) and that was not planing for which theme camps i really wanted to check out.
My Q is this
Im looking through 08 camps off of BM website how many will be returning for 09? and Does anyone have any tips for researching and planing to visiting camps?

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:20 pm

'09 camps are up on this site, but not their locations, yet.

pandasex · Post by **pandasex** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:36 pm

yeah i have been looking at the theme camp 09 forum but some lack any real description

when does the final list go up on the site? or do i wait for the map at BM gate?

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:55 pm

there is an iphone app for it, except you cant get service out there on ATT/Cingular past nixon or so.

conundrum, but not a hurdle thats impossible to overcome.

i like to play spin the playa, go to the man....spin around and around until it feels "right" then go straight....

works every time.

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:30 pm

Barbie Death Camp & Wine Bistro. Duh. Wait, you mean there are actually other theme camps out there as well? Huh, I'll be damned.

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:32 pm

Sorry, I was not specific enough. You may find all of the registered villages and theme camps listed on this website, not eplaya. The lists are here:

http://burningman.com/themecamps/09_cam ... umber.html

The locations of each have not been published yet. Most camps and villages amend their calendar descriptions once they get their locations. Some prefer to remain hidden to curb the yahoo/ fratboy factor.

Last year some kind soul put out a directory listing camp names and locations, and put it out on eplaya forum in a nice graph form by street.

At the gate you will be given a map. You will also get a who, what, where, when guide. I hope this year that camp locations will be given within the guide. A separate location guide was all but useless, because of need to cross-reference separate documents.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:35 pm

You will do what most of us do, ride your bike through the dust and discover strange bizarro whacked-out shit completely by accident, then forgot where you saw it, and finally make it back to your camp and bellow, "Guys! You wouldn't believe it! You gotta see it! Some bizarre weirdos are burning shit and fucking shit up! It's over by the blue tent...."

Live with it. It is the playa way.

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:06 pm

does anyone know whether this list is complete or will more registered theme camps be added later?

pandasex · Post by **pandasex** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:20 pm

last year i was like a rabid squirrel running through the playa....i could stay in one spot and chill because i kept feeling like i was missing something LOL...but your right no matter the planning the best places are places hidden and i understand why completely. I found one place (didnt know the name) spent 2 nights trying to find it again.
I hope since this year will be 2nd i will calm down a little :D

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:28 am

Why don't you open a playa tourist agency, find out where all the camps are and help people find them? Instead of complaining and worrying, I mean.

Token · Post by **Token** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:44 am

Guided misdirection booth. I like it.

pandasex · Post by **pandasex** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:52 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:Why don't you open a playa tourist agency, find out where all the camps are and help people find them? Instead of complaining and worrying, I mean.

oh i wasnt complaining at all

I was just asking to see how the professionals do it....and i got my answer. The desert is made to wander

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:01 am

Yepper.

Not all those that wander are lost, and all that.

dekelgolan · Post by **dekelgolan** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:13 am

So how does one find a camp in the first place? Is that just by driving around and joining a place that feels right? is there any specific etiquette for that?

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:18 am

So how does one find a camp in the first place? Is that just by driving around and joining a place that feels right? is there any specific etiquette for that?

yes, bring lots of cocaine....GOOD cocaine, and most camps will set your ass right up, no questions asked.

gaminwench · Post by **gaminwench** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:14 am

Themecamps are marked on the map, they are *most likely* fully staffed pre-playa.
Anywhere else is open camping; find a likely spot, chat up the folks already camped around, if it seems like a match-you're there.

pandasex · Post by **pandasex** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:34 pm

im still a n00b but my suggestion is come dressed to impress. Meaning creative costuming is creating a vibe people want to talk to.

i went last year NOT costumed and lets just say lesson learned

cocaine simon really??

thats expensive a whole camps worth

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:57 am

believe me panda, there is simply not enough good cocaine in the entire state of Ohio for even HALF of the needs of the motherfuckers out there.

they make george Clinton look like a tee-totaler.

Dont Fret, it's not your fault honey, you can take the girl out of Ohio, but you cant take the ohio out of the girl, not without surgery at least.

i suggest you move someplace cool, and trendy, like Des Moines.

pandasex · Post by **pandasex** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:15 am

hey number 1

im I was born and raised in Los Angeles .....so im just stuck here in Ohio

number 2 your on my facebook

I am no good in the looks department ??? i thought i was ok

YOU ARE right on the cocaine part though

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:57 am

i ONLY have eyes for my girlfriend, and do not participate in any swappage, or groupage gropage or anything of the sort, so you'll have to look elsewhere for self-affirmation and/or sex. You could be beautiful, but quite frankly, i wouldn't notice, nor do i lust in my heart, as Jimmy carter would say. I'm too old for that shit.

sorry, homey just dont play that.

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:05 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:i ONLY have eyes for my girlfriend, and do not participate in any swappage, or groupage gropage or anything of the sort, so you'll have to look elsewhere for self-affirmation and/or sex. You could be beautiful, but quite frankly, i wouldn't notice, nor do i lust in my heart, as Jimmy carter would say. I'm too old for that shit.

sorry, homey just dont play that.

looking at your current avitar, I thought you only had "ears" for your girlfriend??

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:07 am

thats me when i was furry.

artist rendition of course.

and besides, we all know how a True lady holds her 'Likker'

by the ears....

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:21 am

I thought your avitar was Van Gogh, but as I look closer, the mustache with turned up ends, I think it might have been painted by Van Gogh, but it isn't one of his self portraits, is it?

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:14 am

it was painted by a friend of mine whose last name is actually Nietsche, though she is not a frederick, for sure.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:24 am

Van Gogh was missing an ear not an eye.
That's Long John Silver of course.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:42 am

in the flesh.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:43 am

Hey Charlie, where did you get that Don Quixote art? Or was that off the LaBianca walls?

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:13 am

HEY!

i forged that fair and square.

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:18 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:in the flesh.

Ever heard of a brush.

(and there's the ring again.. the source of your powers)

mojo · Post by **mojo** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:38 am

Chewbacca (sp?) of the playa.......

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