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Your Own Art Car? Wunder’s Rockbox on the Auction Block
by Whatsblem the Pro Photo: wwardlaw Derek Wunder has been going to Burning Man every year for the last thirteen years; he’s going to miss 2013 because he’s got a baby on the way, due the week of the...
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Spring: In the Air, and on FIRE
by Whatsblem the Pro Mr. President, we must not allow a trebuchet gap! Have you ever wanted to set something on fire and fling it straight to Hell with a trebuchet, then set the trebuchet on fire and...
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Cosmo Says You’re in a Cult for Losers
by Whatsblem the Pro Cosmo: Too irrelevant to make fun of since the ’70s (Image: Harvard Lampoon) Anna Breslaw, writing about sorority life for Cosmopolitan: “Greek life lost me when, as a freshman,...
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9 Ways to Die at Burning Man
by Whatsblem the Pro The Craig Nielson Memorial Intersection at Burning Man – Photo: Danger Ranger The motto “keep Burning Man potentially fatal” is more than just humor; it’s a reflection of the fact...
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A Matter of Control
by Whatsblem the Pro The International Arts Megacrew is a crew of builders that has earned a massive amount of respect from the citizens of Black Rock City, in particular with the success of their very...
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2013 Honorarium Art Projects Announced
An “honorarium” means that your art project was selected to receive some funding from Burning Man. The list of projects this year looks exciting, and many are tied in to the Cargo Cult theme. According...
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Swimming in Air with the Bones of God
by Whatsblem the Pro Ichthyosaur skull — Image: The Pier Crew Jerry Snyder’s enthusiasm is infectious. His face breaks out in moonbeams as we hit the high points of the Pier Crew’s project for Burning...
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Destroy the Temple, Save the Village
by Whatsblem the Pro Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch NZ – Photo: David Wethey/NSPA/AP A crew of volunteers in Christchurch, New Zealand, including five professional engineers and a...
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Why I Love Zombie Movies
by Whatsblem the Pro The Other White Meat — Image: Whatsblem the Pro Zombies. The shambling, hungry dead. The initially-tiny cult phenomenon that was George Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD has been...
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The Poor Man’s Burning Man: Part One
by Whatsblem the Pro People have some pretty crazy ideas regarding what Burning Man is all about. Even hardcore burners have a difficult time agreeing just what it is we’re all doing out there, unless...
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HOWTO: Make Your Own Smoke Bombs at Home!
by Whatsblem the Pro While it’s an amazingly bad idea to fool around with making your own fireworks in general if you don’t happen to have a knowledgeable qualified pyrotechnician on hand, there are...
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My Kid Shirtcocked Your Honor Student
by Whatsblem the Pro BRC: The happiest place on Earth? We’ve written about children at Burning Man before, and asked our readers to vote in a poll at the end of that article. The debate and discussion...
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THE POOR MAN’S BURNING MAN 2: The Glamorous Life of a Model
by Whatsblem the Pro Houston, we have a Whatsblem. [Whatsblem the Pro is embedded in the International Arts Megacrew for the building of THE CONTROL TOWER, a sixty-foot “cargo cult” version of an FAA...
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Agents of Chaos, Assemble!
by Whatsblem the Pro You are not authorized to read this book The Cacophony Society is a venerable but obscure institution that can lay claim to being the very origins of Burning Man, art cars,...
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Burning ‘Bob’: Cacophony, Burning Man, and the Church of the SubGenius
by Whatsblem the Pro The Holy Seal of the Church of the SubGenius — Image: CotSG As our regular readers will recall, Whatsblem the Pro attended the shenanigans at the Castro Theater in San Francisco...
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Burn All Year! Burning Man Regionals Update
by Whatsblem the Pro For a lot of people, Burning Man is a once-a-year thing. They spend more or less time getting ready for and/or recovering from their trip to the desert, but it’s still essentially...
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Bleed Pretty For Me: Al Ridenour and the Art of Bleeding
by Whatsblem the Pro Al Ridenour resting comfortably — Photo: Art of Bleeding As our regular readers will recall, Whatsblem the Pro attended the shenanigans at the Castro Theater in San Francisco,...
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The Poor Man’s Burning Man 3: ELECTRIC BAMBOOGALOO
by Whatsblem the Pro Architect Ken Rose and IAM volunteers hard at work [Whatsblem the Pro is embedded in the International Arts Megacrew for the building of THE CONTROL TOWER, a sixty-foot “cargo...
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The Octorapture Draws Nigh
by Whatsblem the Pro When Duane Flatmo, the artist behind EL PULPO MECANICO, made public the plans to scrap his great beast of a mechanical flame-juggling octopus on Good Friday of this year,...
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Possibly the Coolest Art I’ve Ever Seen
Thanks to Burner Map maestro Micah Daigle for sharing this one. look for this projected on all kinds of surfaces at Burning Man Artist Michael Shainblum says: When I first started Mirror City, I wanted...
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