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Sziasztok! I am a virgin to the Burning Man experience, but just purchased the ticket, so IT'S ON!! I am very stoked and very fortunate to have met some faithful burners who turned me on to the whole thing...so here we go! I'm ready for the adventure! [color=green][/color] :mrgreen:
"We're all mad here."
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UberRandom
- Posts: 17
- Joined: Fri May 19, 2006 9:43 pm
- Location: Gold Coast, Australia
G'day everyone.
My name is Tom and I'm a burnaholic. 2005 was my first year and I've been addicted ever since!
I'll definately be seeing you all again on playa in 2006 (and every year thereafter) for the rest of my life. What can I say....burningman is a life changing experience!
Let me try to sum up my 2005 burningman experience in a few words....spectacular displays of creativity, unconditional acts of kindness and generosity, dust, absolute and total freedom, 24-7 playtime, friendships with total strangers and uber-random bizarreness!
You guys all rock!
My name is Tom and I'm a burnaholic. 2005 was my first year and I've been addicted ever since!
I'll definately be seeing you all again on playa in 2006 (and every year thereafter) for the rest of my life. What can I say....burningman is a life changing experience!
Let me try to sum up my 2005 burningman experience in a few words....spectacular displays of creativity, unconditional acts of kindness and generosity, dust, absolute and total freedom, 24-7 playtime, friendships with total strangers and uber-random bizarreness!
You guys all rock!
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wildilocks
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- Joined: Sat May 06, 2006 5:17 am
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Wow, lookit all the Aussies! *waves*
Mystic, I do know that some countries do screen for people they see as potential street performers, which could cause you to have some hassle with entry as fire poi etc are definitely street performer territory [juggling clubs are the most dangerous to bring though - or were - they may not know what the fire poi are, but then in explaining they might get even more concerned, I don't know!] - I have no idea about the terrorist angle. I haven't been o/s for 8 years but used to travel very regularly, and while I was dreadlocked and hippie looking back then, I was very careful with appearance for flights. You might be fine bringing things through but it might cause you hassle if they think you're there to work illegally. YMMV.mystic wrote: Do you think the airlines will allow me to bring my fire poi and stick or do you think I’ll have to buy new ones. I don’t want them to think I’m a terrorist.
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thisisthatwhichis
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- Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:18 pm
- Location: Reno, NV
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Disco Patrick
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- Joined: Tue May 23, 2006 9:35 am
I'm Disco Patrick and BM06 will be my first burn. It's gonna be a really exciting time for me - my first visit to the States and meeting a penfriend for the first time in a 7 year online relationship.
I'm a bicycle messenger, a DJ and a music techie from London UK.
We're looking for people to camp with. I'm looking for a few DJ gigs too. And just looking out for any advice to aid survival on the playa.
I got the Burning Man Journal in the post yesterday morning and got very excited indeed :mrgreen:
I'm a bicycle messenger, a DJ and a music techie from London UK.
We're looking for people to camp with. I'm looking for a few DJ gigs too. And just looking out for any advice to aid survival on the playa.
I got the Burning Man Journal in the post yesterday morning and got very excited indeed :mrgreen:
wazzup
New to the list.....first big burn this year
maybe you met me at the FireArts Expo last week?
...or maybe at Toast!, the AZ regional this year.
Anyway.......
........wazzzup.
yardZ
a.k.a. greg
maybe you met me at the FireArts Expo last week?
...or maybe at Toast!, the AZ regional this year.
Anyway.......
........wazzzup.
yardZ
a.k.a. greg
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crimesaucer
- Posts: 8
- Joined: Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:27 pm
- Location: traveler
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It's official...
I have purchased my 2006 Burningman ticket and can't wait to have fun in the desert. I went alone last year and didn't meet to many people like when I went in 1999, so if anybody feels like meeting a cool freak, you can contact me through this site or from one of my links below. Also, please check out my web page if you like independent hip hop, jungle, house, funk, and punk.
MFDOOM, bad brains, Anti-Pop-Consortium, Dinosaur Jr, Nirvana, Prefuse73, DJSPOOKY, Felix da Housecat, A Perfect Circle, Detroit Grand Pubahs, Aesop Rock, Quasimoto, KOOL KEITH, De La Soul, Slum Villa', Bootsy Collins...and many more.
MFDOOM, bad brains, Anti-Pop-Consortium, Dinosaur Jr, Nirvana, Prefuse73, DJSPOOKY, Felix da Housecat, A Perfect Circle, Detroit Grand Pubahs, Aesop Rock, Quasimoto, KOOL KEITH, De La Soul, Slum Villa', Bootsy Collins...and many more.
Mystic natural.
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spectabillis
- Posts: 3527
- Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:07 pm
- Burning Since: 2022
- Location: black rock city
welcome cs.
just a heads up, sometimes there is some backlash here against dj's for a few reasons... ravers over-running the event, people wanting some quiet when surrounded by sound camps, the loss of art... etc. my only words of advice are to not take it personally and listen to what people are talking about - the dance scene still has an important place and if you stick it out you are likely to find yours.
just a heads up, sometimes there is some backlash here against dj's for a few reasons... ravers over-running the event, people wanting some quiet when surrounded by sound camps, the loss of art... etc. my only words of advice are to not take it personally and listen to what people are talking about - the dance scene still has an important place and if you stick it out you are likely to find yours.
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spectabillis
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- Location: black rock city
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crimesaucer
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to spectabillis
Well...all I can say about that is that in 1999 when I went to my first Burningman, the amount of dj.s and the quality of the records that they were spinning were so good that it made me really depressed when I went in 2005 and saw what I perceived as a far less artistic environment for both music and art.
In 1999 I found areas of dance culture all over the B.R.C. that weren't just trance and loud repetitive techno.
In 1999 I also was in a constant amazement of the various art installations and one of my favorite things in 1999 was the piano opera about the junkie. The robot opera was pretty cool too, but the piano opera was incredible. Also seeing some really abstract breakdancers at AWD was fatt. Another good memory of mine about 1999 was that right after the burn, as a group of us were walking back to a new friends tent to drink some champagne, we passed a parked car out in the dark of the middle of the circle and there was this band with their amps blaring out of the trunk of this old 70's Chevy nova and they sounded like Buckethead from Praxis, and a little bit like TOOL, and they were just playing loud as fuck to nobody but the fire in the distance. It was one of those things that made Burningman so damn real and magical.
Last year I never really found a spot that made me feel the magic like 1999. I did enjoy sitting on the pirate ship listening to banjo and washboard bluegrass.
I'm thinking that part of my problem was that in 1999 I was prepared, I had a bike to ride, goggles for the sand storms, a friends van to sleep in, food, beer, wine, a bottle of champaign, other fun things, and a few friends to wander around with. In 2005, I just was living in Virginia (near D.C.) and just freaked out and had to go to Burningman. So I rode a greyhound bus to Reno, bought a box of food, water, and wine, and hitchhiked out of Reno from a place I was told was a ride share spot from some people I had met on the bus, and then I roughed it alone for 7 days with no tent, no shade, no bike, and I didn't really meet anyone. Some neighbors were cool and loaned me an umbrella for shade and another camp lent me some water after I ran out. The harshness of the dessert dirt blistered my feet real bad so it was difficult to walk and impossible to dance. I still had fun though, in my own way. I really enjoyed the center camp and drank many a chai latte. I liked watching all of the performances on the stage. And like two or three days latter in SF I got to see Saul Williams in Golden Gate park so it was overall a good experience.
In 2005 I actually was so burned out by roughing it everyday that I usually went back to my sleeping bag and box of food, and probably feel asleep before any of the really fun night time activities happened, so I can't really compare the two Burningmans very accurately. My difference was that in 1999 I was out all night every night and saw the sun rise every morning. I found cool spots to chill like the petting zoo and watched gigantic surf movies at 4:00 in the morning. I found many fun places to dance and chill and was all over the place. And almost every where I wandered in the dessert I could see the sparks flying off of Dr. Mega Volt in the distance.
And when it comes to music I had a really good time at the Decompression 2003 in SF. I had been living in NYC and had missed the actual Burningman 2003 which I had tried to get to. I had hitchhiked all the way from New York and it took me a lot longer to get back to San Francisco then I had thought it would.
So this year I have got my ticket on will call, and am about to try living in the L.A. area for my first time this June. I have been given a beat up old Honda Accord so I shouldn't have a problem getting to BRC. And I hope to have a bike to get around on.
I hope I find my scene, and I hope the Art is better. I wish I could do something myself, but my money and time is very limited at the moment. I did have an idea though, you see, I'm a chef for 15 years now and I had this idea that if I have the time and money when living in L.A., I'll try to make a nice wooden table anchored down so it won't fly away, with two anchored down chairs. And on the table will be two attached plates with attached covers and underneath them I'll have a home made Sterno heated steam table underneath both plates to keep the covered plates warm. And every evening when I make myself something for dinner, I could make two more plates of food for anyone who might wander up to the dinner table in the middle of the dessert and they could sit and eat a plate of whatever I made for dinner for myself, and they could sit and enjoy a meal or only take a few bites and leave some for the next person that finds the dinner table. I figured I could do this since I'm so poor and it might be a nice gesture, I guess I could also leave my camp address on the table if anyone wanted to meet the culinary chef. At the end of the event I could burn the table and chairs and keep the home made Sterno heated steam table for next year.
It's just a thought...
In 1999 I found areas of dance culture all over the B.R.C. that weren't just trance and loud repetitive techno.
In 1999 I also was in a constant amazement of the various art installations and one of my favorite things in 1999 was the piano opera about the junkie. The robot opera was pretty cool too, but the piano opera was incredible. Also seeing some really abstract breakdancers at AWD was fatt. Another good memory of mine about 1999 was that right after the burn, as a group of us were walking back to a new friends tent to drink some champagne, we passed a parked car out in the dark of the middle of the circle and there was this band with their amps blaring out of the trunk of this old 70's Chevy nova and they sounded like Buckethead from Praxis, and a little bit like TOOL, and they were just playing loud as fuck to nobody but the fire in the distance. It was one of those things that made Burningman so damn real and magical.
Last year I never really found a spot that made me feel the magic like 1999. I did enjoy sitting on the pirate ship listening to banjo and washboard bluegrass.
I'm thinking that part of my problem was that in 1999 I was prepared, I had a bike to ride, goggles for the sand storms, a friends van to sleep in, food, beer, wine, a bottle of champaign, other fun things, and a few friends to wander around with. In 2005, I just was living in Virginia (near D.C.) and just freaked out and had to go to Burningman. So I rode a greyhound bus to Reno, bought a box of food, water, and wine, and hitchhiked out of Reno from a place I was told was a ride share spot from some people I had met on the bus, and then I roughed it alone for 7 days with no tent, no shade, no bike, and I didn't really meet anyone. Some neighbors were cool and loaned me an umbrella for shade and another camp lent me some water after I ran out. The harshness of the dessert dirt blistered my feet real bad so it was difficult to walk and impossible to dance. I still had fun though, in my own way. I really enjoyed the center camp and drank many a chai latte. I liked watching all of the performances on the stage. And like two or three days latter in SF I got to see Saul Williams in Golden Gate park so it was overall a good experience.
In 2005 I actually was so burned out by roughing it everyday that I usually went back to my sleeping bag and box of food, and probably feel asleep before any of the really fun night time activities happened, so I can't really compare the two Burningmans very accurately. My difference was that in 1999 I was out all night every night and saw the sun rise every morning. I found cool spots to chill like the petting zoo and watched gigantic surf movies at 4:00 in the morning. I found many fun places to dance and chill and was all over the place. And almost every where I wandered in the dessert I could see the sparks flying off of Dr. Mega Volt in the distance.
And when it comes to music I had a really good time at the Decompression 2003 in SF. I had been living in NYC and had missed the actual Burningman 2003 which I had tried to get to. I had hitchhiked all the way from New York and it took me a lot longer to get back to San Francisco then I had thought it would.
So this year I have got my ticket on will call, and am about to try living in the L.A. area for my first time this June. I have been given a beat up old Honda Accord so I shouldn't have a problem getting to BRC. And I hope to have a bike to get around on.
I hope I find my scene, and I hope the Art is better. I wish I could do something myself, but my money and time is very limited at the moment. I did have an idea though, you see, I'm a chef for 15 years now and I had this idea that if I have the time and money when living in L.A., I'll try to make a nice wooden table anchored down so it won't fly away, with two anchored down chairs. And on the table will be two attached plates with attached covers and underneath them I'll have a home made Sterno heated steam table underneath both plates to keep the covered plates warm. And every evening when I make myself something for dinner, I could make two more plates of food for anyone who might wander up to the dinner table in the middle of the dessert and they could sit and eat a plate of whatever I made for dinner for myself, and they could sit and enjoy a meal or only take a few bites and leave some for the next person that finds the dinner table. I figured I could do this since I'm so poor and it might be a nice gesture, I guess I could also leave my camp address on the table if anyone wanted to meet the culinary chef. At the end of the event I could burn the table and chairs and keep the home made Sterno heated steam table for next year.
It's just a thought...
Mystic natural.
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crimesaucer
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a new thought
I thought about my above post and I didn't want to come off negative, I literally had my life changed for the better during Burningman 1999, and I love the whole lifestyle, and have since I first was introduced to it in San Francisco of 1998.
My point to first timers is to make sure you come prepared with everything to make your first Burningman a life changing experience.
Participation is definitely the way to go, last year I was more of a voyeur of sorts.
A bike, and goggles, and a hat for the sun are worth the price of gold to someone that doesn't have them.
A comfortable shaded place to take a nap in the day time will get you through those long nights.
And make sure you try and see all of the art, cause you'll always find most of the fun things to do that way and when you look back in a few years you'll remember your experiences that relate to each art installation.
Have fun this year and I hope everyone has a mystical time.
My point to first timers is to make sure you come prepared with everything to make your first Burningman a life changing experience.
Participation is definitely the way to go, last year I was more of a voyeur of sorts.
A bike, and goggles, and a hat for the sun are worth the price of gold to someone that doesn't have them.
A comfortable shaded place to take a nap in the day time will get you through those long nights.
And make sure you try and see all of the art, cause you'll always find most of the fun things to do that way and when you look back in a few years you'll remember your experiences that relate to each art installation.
Have fun this year and I hope everyone has a mystical time.
Mystic natural.
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MorriganCrow
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2006 5:54 am
- Location: Virginia
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Hey, I'm Aja, I'm a virgin burner, I am trying to get to Black Rock City this year, and if not, next year. I am a stablehand at the moment, trying to work off my expensive riding adiction. Yes for all the Steely Dan fans out there, my name does come from that. What is the one thing when I go I have to check out?
New York regional organizations
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_ny.html
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_ny.html
I’m a bit of a fire bug, I can’t image coming to Burningman without setting something on fire. I like the idea of creating art to burn but I haven’t had anytime to read about art installations. I need to do a lot more research to survive Burningman, thanks for all the tips :)
I’ve been so busy planning for my overseas trip I haven’t even thought about this years theme of hope and fear: the future and how I’m going to contribute to the community.
I’m not used to communicating this way so my apologies to all.
Peace out
mysticc
I’ve been so busy planning for my overseas trip I haven’t even thought about this years theme of hope and fear: the future and how I’m going to contribute to the community.
I’m not used to communicating this way so my apologies to all.
Peace out
mysticc
hello all , im brandon , and 06 will be my first burn , im curently spending my life working to travel for the sake of freedom , and greater artistic expression however as a result of this , im a rather light traveller while on the go , anybody have any sugestions about how to get more out of BM while still travelling light with practically only basic suplies ?
"yea though i walk i used to fly and now we dance"
-saul williams
-saul williams
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LeChatNoir
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- Joined: Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:52 am
- Location: Louisville, Ky
Hello puzzleobox...
Welcome home!!
The folks I've known who travel light usually find a camp to hook up with prior to the burn. That way the camp can provide some infrastructure and the light traveler can provide help around camp.
Poke around this board and read the survival guides. they will give you a good idea of what you'll need and from there you can figure what you can pack yourself and what you may need to work out having brought in.
I'm not sure what you consider light travel, but now that I think about it, some folks just bring a small car packed with the basics of water, food, and a tent (plus small stuff such as sunscreen and warm nightime cloths/blankets). From there they grow out and into the city by helping others around them.
Welcome home!!
The folks I've known who travel light usually find a camp to hook up with prior to the burn. That way the camp can provide some infrastructure and the light traveler can provide help around camp.
Poke around this board and read the survival guides. they will give you a good idea of what you'll need and from there you can figure what you can pack yourself and what you may need to work out having brought in.
I'm not sure what you consider light travel, but now that I think about it, some folks just bring a small car packed with the basics of water, food, and a tent (plus small stuff such as sunscreen and warm nightime cloths/blankets). From there they grow out and into the city by helping others around them.
The New and Improved Black Cat... now with 25% more blather
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LeChatNoir
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thanks will do def. appretiate the support LeChatNoir , as i must admit , still not exactaly sure what to expect from BM , not even really sure if i should even build any expectations for the event , i have just kinda heard about it since like 99 after seeing some footage on it and have been trying to make it ever since , i recently had an opertunity to go back to europe for about 3 months and simply felt i needed to attend this year , and therefore have just made it sorta my perogative , it's nice to have an online communal support,
as i def dig the ideas of BM and am attempting to convince as many other roaming folks to follow me this year , this site/board has def helped in that venture as some are a little less likely to just take that leap of faith when your asking them to spen a week out in the desert in the elements , i havn't the slightest why but seems to be a common phenomenon , thanks again .
as i def dig the ideas of BM and am attempting to convince as many other roaming folks to follow me this year , this site/board has def helped in that venture as some are a little less likely to just take that leap of faith when your asking them to spen a week out in the desert in the elements , i havn't the slightest why but seems to be a common phenomenon , thanks again .
"yea though i walk i used to fly and now we dance"
-saul williams
-saul williams