Burning Man is a Police State | 13 Must Follow Rules: What you must know is that Burning Man is a VERY SOPHISTICATED POLICE STATE, EXTENSIVELY PATROLLED and MONITORED by State and Federal Officers. They literally motor by your camp every twenty minutes looking for someone ‘anyone’ to bust. Not to mention Camp Spies in costume and Special Operations sporting night vision goggles and underage shills. And their interest is simple – they’re dying to give you a citation. They could care less about what you’re doing, what they’re […] Mota Bota | August 22, 2022 58 Comments
What is Burning Man? It’s August, and that means it’s time for Burning Man. The annual event (although due to covid-19, this is the first event in three years) where tens of thousands of free-spirited adventurous people make the pilgrimage out to the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada for the week-long event. For some of you, this brings an instant smile to your face, […] Jesse Cassidy | August 16, 2022 16 Comments
Burning Man Canceled For Second Year Running | Will Return in 2022 Burning Man organizers announced yesterday that the festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert will not go ahead for the second year running. Burning Man brings in $60 million each year to the local economy, according to Burning Man’s own economic analysis. 2020 was the first time since the festival began in 1986 that it has had to be canceled. Burning Man […] SnowBrains | April 28, 2021 2 Comments
Burning Man Canceled for First Time EVER | Spirit of the Event Will Continue in the ‘Multiverse’ Burning Man organizers announced Friday that the festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert will not go ahead this year in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Burning Man brings in $60 million each year to the local economy, according to Burning Man’s own economic analysis. It is the first time since the festival began in 1986 that it […] SnowBrains | April 14, 2020 0 Comments
58-Arrests @ Burning Man This Year… | Sexual Assault, Assault w/ Deadly Weapon, Drugs, More Contrary to popular belief that there is no law enforcement at Black Rock City in the Nevada desert, this year’s Burning Man, which came to an end yesterday, resulted in 58 arrests. This is a marked increase on last year’s 43 and the same as the 58 in 2017. Every year tens of thousands of people travel to the Black Rock […] SnowBrains | September 3, 2019 0 Comments
Man Dies After Running Into the Flames of the Burning Man Statue at Burning Man Festival, NV Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen is reporting that 41-year-old Aaron Joel Mitchell ran through 2 levels of human-chains of security officers and into the flames of a 40-foot-tall burning effigy (the burning man) at 10:30pm on Saturday night at the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, NV. Allen reports that firefighters rescued Mitchell who was air evacuated to UC […] Fire Firebrains | September 3, 2017 0 Comments
Burning Man Uncovered… | “Spark” a Burning Man Story Spark is a new documentary about Burning Man that is currently screening in select theaters in the U.S. Here’s a synopsis offered by Spark Pictures Production: “Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy […] Sara K | September 4, 2013 2 Comments
Burning Man’s 2013 Theme = “Cargo Cult” | What Does It Mean? On Sunday evening in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, gates officially opened, kicking off the 2013 Burning Man event. And with the Man burning in less than 5 days, we thought we would explore this years art theme which plays an integral part in what Burning Man is. Every year Burning Man has a new and unique art theme in […] Jesse Cassidy | August 27, 2013 4 Comments
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