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Kevin D · Post by **Kevin D** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:16 pm

*pokes the forum with a pointy stick to see if it twitches*

Hello from the capital of the podunk redneck state of South Carolina!

I'm Kevin D. I've read about/heard of burning man for a few years now, and what I've heard has been very appealing.

I'm a red headed left handed step-child preacher's kid (woo! I'm a minority!) that typically feels a little out of place since I want to bleed creative in a world that doesn't seem to quite understand that... thus, I'm often overly repressed, ponder about trying to create or find my own "tribe", don't get to dispense or receive nearly as many orgasms as I feel I should, and feel like most of my art, music, and poetry is largely ignored.

The idea of surviving in the desert for a week with a bunch of strangers sounds appealing. I've been wanting to travel more and I like "traditional" camping fine, so the luxury of porta-potties would be nifty.

I think part of the reason I'd like to experience it is so I could have a better idea of how to go about recreating positive and open expression in communities I live in and/or want to create (if that makes any sense).

So, right now, the big hurdle is trying to get the money together before the tickets run out. I didn't realize how expensive tickets would be, and having my hours massively cut this month means I'll have to wait a bit on purchasing them :(

Ummm. Not sure what else I should say. I like tacos, dancing naked, hearing good yodeling, drawing and then having sex with attractive young women, poetry, trying to positively change the world, warm fuzzy things that don't try to gnaw me to death, and other stuff.

I guess I'll go ahead and do other things now.

Live, love, and be well ^.^

Post by **Elderberry** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:29 pm

Hey there, welcome to eplaya.

Maybe you can take a tip from my avatar regarding not being able to get as many orgasms as you would like! LOL Sorry, just couldn't resist.
JK

Post by **Sham** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:36 pm

Welcome to the forum, but more importantly, Welcome to Burning Man! By the sound of things, you will fit in just fine. You will find that BM is a perfect place for dancing naked if the music or scene moves you. You may be the only person bare assed, but it will actually be appropriate!
The ticket prices start at $210 and go up in increments. The tickets max out in price at $300 and last year they did not end the sales of tickets, but you were required to get them at the will call window if you bought them late. I would strongly suggest that you sell blood or do whatever is required to buy your ticket.
I always love how apprehensive first timers are and then they turn to raving lunatics after attending the first time.
There is lots of information on this forum, and you must read the first timers guide several times.
Again---WELCOME!

klondike_bar · Post by **klondike_bar** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:05 pm

Shambala wrote: I always love how apprehensive first timers are and then they turn to raving lunatics after attending the first time.
Again---WELCOME!

the playa makes you a lunatic
the eplaya makes you snarky

i highly suggest ivesting in a blindfold and earplugs if you wish to remain sane. :p

Post by **Sham** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:15 pm

Holy shit! This explains why I am going through life a snarky lunatic. Maybe I should skip Burning Man this year?

mercury_988 · Post by **mercury_988** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:57 am

the damage may have already been done...

klondike_bar · Post by **klondike_bar** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:44 am

mercury_988 wrote:the damage may have already been done...

theres still time for an emergency enema involving rum, high levels of LSD, and a glowstick.

by the time you wake up, youll think it was all a horrific drunken dream.

mercury_988 · Post by **mercury_988** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:52 am

that sounds like it could be kinda fun....

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:24 pm

I for one have noticed a scarcity of "fine yodeling" officiandos and appreciate your presence here. Do you have any leads on who the hottest recorded yodelers are? It's a musical genre I have a woeful lack of knowledge about. seriously. It makes me smile to think of a happy answer to the oontz oontz overdose I've experienced a time or two on the playa.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:12 pm

klondike_bar wrote:
mercury_988 wrote:the damage may have already been done...
theres still time for an emergency enema involving rum, high levels of LSD, and a glowstick.

by the time you wake up, youll think it was all a horrific drunken dream.

Or Artemis can just hook you up with a nice bag o'java. Worked wonders for me

Now when I fart I smell mocha and get that warm jittery feeling all over

Kevin D, welcome to eplaya. No need to poke us with sticks, we're quite lively without having to resort to that. Be content with the fact that you have received your formal welcome from jkisha, after that, everything will just fall into place

Pay heed to what you find in eplaya, for it is here that you will learn that the only food you will need is PBR and Bacon, what brand of vacuum cleaner works best on the playa, and how to create amazing sculptures from playa dust and Shea Butter. Oh, and I bet you didn't know that goop poops

Now hang on brother, have your Papa say a few prayers for you, and cinch that duct tape down tight, it's a pretty crazy ride. Hope you've had your shots

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:30 pm

Elorrum wrote:I for one have noticed a scarcity of "fine yodeling" officiandos and appreciate your presence here. Do you have any leads on who the hottest recorded yodelers are? It's a musical genre I have a woeful lack of knowledge about. seriously. It makes me smile to think of a happy answer to the oontz oontz overdose I've experienced a time or two on the playa.

http://www.wfmu.org/~bart/yodel.html
http://www.bobwills.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills
http://www.texasplayboys.net/Biographie ... llsbio.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodeling
http://www.yodelcourse.com/
http://www.onlineradiostations.com/musi ... pitch.html

I've heard himalayan throat singing and I think it has elements of yodeling.

Some think it started as a means of communication from a distance and I think this is true.
It was still in use in woods in the southeast not too long ago.
Yodeling adopted in music in this country certainly has elements brought from other countries.
The southern battle cry was certainly partly yodeling, at least, although no one knows exactly what it was at this point, in spite of many written attempts to describe it.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:55 pm

Wow, thanks Gyre. I'll certainly try to get some mp3 files on hand. I'm working on my sound system, am getting some flat panel "exciters" and a passive sub, to go along with a nice little 12V t-amp. The exciters are little drivers that stick on to anything and make a speaker out of that material. I will be trying them out on foam core boards and plastic corougated cardboard type material. they'll pack into my little car nice and flat, and supposedly they are really good for vocal reproduction. Yodeling will be a good testing range for that. I also have some re-conditioned drive in speakers, and am working on some single driver designs. I'm sort of working through a speaker phase right now. I'm not so much into volume anymore... but everyone needs to try out all dials on ten (or eleven) from time to time.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:44 pm

Sounds like an interesting approach to speakers.
Let us know how it works.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:33 am

o_o is a sharp stick?

My Daddy called it something else...