alanab 0 #1 December 4, 2004 it has sparked my interest a long time ago when i saw some photos of this festival. i wanted to see if anyone here has been and what they thought of it. tell me stories, experiences, show pics, etc if you have been. i am really interested in it and want to see what other people have thought. i have only spoken to one person who went from my school and she said shes going back every year. thanks in advance also if you havent been but you know someone who has gone, i wanna know what they said too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #2 December 4, 2004 I went several years ago. Last I heard, it had changed quite a bit. Including some people complaining they were not getting cell phone signals... I think it has become institutionalized. But I can't really talk, as I haven't been there for a while. I don't remember everything I did there (), but it was a blast! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ematteo 0 #3 December 4, 2004 Check out Shane and Ava's site: http://www.burningsky.org/ Good people, and a well-organized camp (with skydiving, of course). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuffit 0 #4 December 4, 2004 I saw it near Red Mountian a few years ago close to an off roading spot that we always go to. It was on a big lakebed. We rode past all of these weird dressed people that seemed to just be wandering around aimlessly. I dont really know what the point of it was. We just stirred up some dust and left. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #5 December 4, 2004 Neato!!! <==(word of the day) Check out the Human Man. That was shot by yours truly :) If you haven't gone, I'd say go next time if you can. It's a place that one cannot describe.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #6 December 4, 2004 I definitely have to go there... I need to something inside me tells me I have to go there. I also want to have this attachment tattoed on my back. The signification I see in it is important to me yes, I am drunk... very...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antifnsocial 0 #7 December 4, 2004 I have long been fascinated with it too. I want to go badly at least once. Please feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #8 December 4, 2004 I found that it might have been a cool event at one time, but it pretty much blows fat goats now.....---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #9 December 4, 2004 Bingo! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #10 December 4, 2004 99.. ran into this guy there... he's an interesting character and strangely enough made me think alot about the direction i was going... it has changed alot... Halcyon does some great overveiws of every year...if your thinking of going i recommend checking out his site...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #11 December 4, 2004 MMMMMMMMMMmmmm....Alana running around naked in the desert........MMMMMMMmmmmm. Wait........what was the question? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #12 December 4, 2004 holy shit, the girl i was talking about is in some of his pics from this year plus 2 others from my school that i didnt know went! looks like a kick ass time. i have to get there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mickknutson 0 #14 December 4, 2004 Go to http://www.MickKnutson.com and go to my image gallery. I have about 2,000 images from the past 2 years attending BM. We are hooked and will be going every year from now on. 2005 will be year #3 for us. I will also be spinning at The Deep End Camp, and hopefully some other camps as well. 24 Hour a day Dance Music! Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!! Quoteit has sparked my interest a long time ago when i saw some photos of this festival. i wanted to see if anyone here has been and what they thought of it. tell me stories, experiences, show pics, etc if you have been. i am really interested in it and want to see what other people have thought. i have only spoken to one person who went from my school and she said shes going back every year. thanks in advance also if you havent been but you know someone who has gone, i wanna know what they said too!Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #15 December 4, 2004 nice pics! i did see pics of a guy i met in rantoul this year... i think his name is randy great guy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #16 December 5, 2004 QuoteI went several years ago. Last I heard, it had changed quite a bit. Including some people complaining they were not getting cell phone signals... Reminds me of the first time I saw a cell phone at a Dead show. What a buzz kill that was. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
debonair 0 #17 December 5, 2004 If you are going to Eloy for the Xmas Boogie, track down Bryan Burke. He's a very active and imaginative participant of the burning man activities. AZChallenger JFTC99/02 GOFAST300 STILLUV4WAY "It's nothing 1000 jumps won't cure..." - Jeff Gorlick, Seattle Sky Divers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #18 December 6, 2004 I've always wanted to go! Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #19 December 6, 2004 Funny how something that used to be all about shunning social mores and getting away from the real world is now an "event" that all the cool kids go to where every other person has some kind of camera or cell phone. Funny how people will actually pay $200+ to go out in the middle of the desert. Last I checked, wondering around in the desert only required stupidity, not money. hehe. "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #20 December 6, 2004 There's still the Rainbow Gathering. By its very nature it cannot be commercialized or exploited. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bryanburke 10 #21 December 6, 2004 I've been to Burning Man five of the last six years. All but one of those was with skydiving friends. (We were too disorganized to get a plane in 2000.) From a loose bunch of northern California jumpers with a Turbo 206 in 1999 we have gone to a multi-national group of about 40 jumpers with a cool King Air. Check out www.burningsky.org for details on the skydiving group. It's a cool group of skydivers that anyone can join but we don't take walk-ins! www.burningman.com has info on the general aspects of the event. It is an amazing place. Yeah, there are more people every year and many of them are just gapers and posers coming to join the party. Yeah, it gets more expensive every year - the general admission, not the price of getting the plane there. However, there remains a substantial population of very creative people and even though some will say the glory days of Burning Man are passed, it is still worth a trip. After taking last year off to get some perspective, I'm planning a new skydiving art project for BM 2005 and am already getting psyched. If you will be out at Eloy any time this winter look me up; I can show you some videos and give you detailed info. Or, send me an e-mail via "manifest at skydiveaz dot com" and they will pass it on to me. Bryan Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #22 December 6, 2004 I've wanted to go since day one, but I think the novelty has worn off and it's no fun. "Nobody goes there anymore - it's too crowded!" -- Rodney Dangerfield. Desert Blast is the one I wanna go to... mh . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fireflytx 0 #23 December 6, 2004 I was going to go this past year but the only way I was gong to go is if I got to spin fire under the burning of the man, but you needed a group and a choreographed sketch, which I thought was ridiculous. I would think just getting your groove on and feeling the vibe would be what you want to do at Burningman not some staged already planned out fire spinning. I always have more fun with an unchoreographed routine with other spinners than with something so planned out that you take out the groove I think Burningman is about"Well behaved women rarely make history" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ducky 0 #24 December 6, 2004 I have some friends who go each year, most are artist. They have uttered words of it growing, but losing it's mystique. kinda like Woodstaock was cool in '69, and sucked ass in '99. The popularity of it may kill it. I aslo get the vibe that it's a lil more in depth than just a big desert party with supersize artwork as some people perceive it. None the less here is a link to my buddies bad-ass sculpture/statement from 2003. http://www.templeofgravity.com kwakSometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
