David Bowie's Ashes at the Temple + Video Tribute

[DrYes]

TL;DR: What the subject says. His daughter placed some of them there, reportedly.

http://www.burn.life/david-bowies-ashes ... g-man.html

Also made a video tribute to Bowie using my footage from this year, set to Space Oddity. It's linked on the page, or you can watch it here:

[rye knot]

Thanks for sharing. An Original Burner indeed. For people like me, freaks growing up in cultural backwaters, he was our beautiful, deviant saint. Blackstar, what a way to leave the room!

[FlyingMonkey]

Thanks DrYes, Great work.

I really liked David Bowie & wish I could have been there this year. I don't know if he ever went to the Playa but I suspect he would have enjoyed it.

[DrYes]

Thanks DrYes, Great work.

I really liked David Bowie & wish I could have been there this year. I don't know if he ever went to the Playa but I suspect he would have enjoyed it.

Thank you!

I'm pretty sure he never went, but I certainly agree.

[trilobyte]

As expected, this story was completely and utterly untrue. I'm not sure if the people who participated in the on-playa event were in on the hoax or were duped by a prankster, or if those who publicized the story actually cared about verifying the facts or not. Sensationalism and a desire to drive traffic has made a lot of blogs and news outlets open to posting shady info and slacking when it comes to fact-checking, but this one was pretty easy to confirm as fake.

Both Bowie's estate and his son Duncan were pretty forthcoming and straightforward in saying no (either when asked privately or in public posts). Further, while David dabbled a bit with catholicism decades ago, he was a buddhist and had no known godchildren (no surprise, since godparents are mostly a christianity thing).

I can understand that people would want to believe it's true, he was an amazing artists beloved by many in the community, and the idea that he might like or feel some connection to a thing that we like and feel a connection for is comforting, somehow. And hey, last year some of Timothy Leary's ashes came to Burning Man, so why not David Bowie this year? Wanting something to be true doesn't make it true, it's a shame that blogs and media outlets care less about getting it right than they do driving traffic.

[vargaso]

I was mostly bummed people were making a big deal about it, whether it was true or not. I love Bowie, but I hate how celebrity culture has seeped into Burning Man. It's the fucking opposite of the point of the event, in my opinion.

[Jackass]

More playa lore, rumors and truisms... Happens every year.

[Token]

So you are saying Daft Punk didn't play out by the trash fence this year?

[Captain Goddammit]

Of course they did.
Daft Punk is the new Playa Chicken.