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Okay, if I may,
a little personal story: yours truly has been attending Burning Man
since 1997. The first year, as with many I'm sure, I was pretty
excited, but really I had no idea what to expect. (I packed
rollerblades, for pete's sake.) Connected with a great theme camp
(Motel 666). Time of my life. My sophomore burn-year, having had
such a great first experience, I was so excited to get there I
thought I'd plotz. That was also the first year I volunteered, which
was supremely fulfilling, so in '99 I was jumping up and down to
go...in 2000, I was hired full time by the Project, and by the time
August 2001 rolled around, I was anticipating Burning Man like a
sleepless kid hovering over a plate of cookies she wouldn't DARE eat
herself, waiting for Santa. Every year, the anticipation is
different. Some years it's more palpable, and other years, more
matter of fact. Expectations are dangerous things, and I try not to
have them, but anticipation is something you can't really help when
it wells up in you...
Well, here's my 2005 confession: I
haven't anticipated a Burning Man like this one in nine years of
attendance.
I decided the other day that all this talk about
how "Burning Man was better when..." and "which Burning Man was the
best one" is malarkey of the highest form. The best Burning Man?
It's the one I still have to look forward to.
This week: new
stuff on the website like Personal Use Video forms, some tips on
health and grey water disposal...plus photos from the BRAF day of
Art in the Park here in SF. A tip on that sparkly dust in all your
night photos at the event, and more art previews...and a great Jury
Duty story from a fellow burner.
Participating in Black Rock
City *IS* a gift - there's no need to buy anything to give away when
you can give of yourself and everyone walks away happy. PARTICIPATE
has about a gazillion ways you can plug in. Plus, a handful of
events for prepping for the playa...and then, back to work with us
all - because, dear reader, it's 29 days until the Man burns.
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BLACK ROCK CITY NEWS
What's New at Burningman.com
Burning Through Jury Duty
Pics: Black Rock Art Foundation Art Carnival in SF w/David
Best's Temple
Another One Lights The Dust
Spotlight on the
2005 Grant Projects: Mobile Art
PARTICIPATE!
Artist
Assistance Program, On Playa
Participate In The Thick Of It All:
The Center Camp Cafe
Wrangle Beneath The Man
Click Here To
Live On The Esplanade
Burning Band Returns
48 Hour Film
Project In Brc
10 Hour Film Project In Brc
Firepod Needs
Music
Hydraulic Robot Needs A Lift
Playatech Update
Neck
Sculpture
Make Your Own Pee Funnel
EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS
Make Masks in SF, Aug 13
Box Dog Bikes Open House August 9th
Viking Youth in Chicago Aug 6
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NEW ON BURNINGMAN.COM!! - personal use video, and more!
What's new at Burningman.com?
PERSONAL USE AGREEMENT
ONLINE
The 2005 Personal Use Agreement is available now for
download. ALL videocameras in BRC must be registered in one form or
another - and if you're NOT going to broadcast your footage or do
anything but show it to family and a few friends, whatchoo need is a
Personal Use Agreement. You can pick these up and fill them out at
Greeters, Playa Info, or the two Ranger outposts in BRC - but if
you'd like to get a jump, you can fill this one out to BRING IT WITH
YOU to Burning Man and turn it in at Greeters all filled-out and
ready to go. What that means is you should NOT mail this to us, fax
it to us, or anything-else-it to us before the event. You must
present it IN PERSON at the above listed locations to receive a
camera tag before you have permission to film.
To repeat:
don't mail it, don't fax it. Bring it to BRC. OK. Here be the link:
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/video_cameras.html
CENSUS! GETCHER RED HOT CENSUS HEEEAH!
Just added to
the Afterburn report at
http://afterburn.burningman.com/
we have the 2004 CENSUS information! Whether you filled out
one of these little buddies or not, it's interesting information to
see what BRC is made of!
http://afterburn.burningman.com/04/census/census_index.html
(Don't forget to stop by in 2005 and fill one out - the
Countess and the rest of the Census team will be Censusing in Center
Camp again this year. Stand up and be counted!)
NEW TIPS
A little preplanning can do wonders for your health and
safety in BRC:
http://burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/health_safety.html
...plus, people everywhere are talking about it so much,
you'd think it was one of the most important parts of building your
camp...because it is! So, whatcha gonna do with your greywater?
Didja know that we can't just dump it on the ground?
http://burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/grey_water.html
ALL THIS, plus new images of klowns, beautiful klowns? Be
still my heart.
http://www.burningman.com/
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WE LOVE THIS STORY..."Burning through Jury Duty"
The
story below comes from a soon-to-be 2nd year burner.
Date:
Wed, 27 Jul 2005
Well, as a law-abiding citizen of the
United States and a resident of Alameda County, I was summoned to
report for jury duty today.
I drove down to Hayward Superior
Court, and after waiting for quite some time, walked into the court
room of Judge Harbin-Forte and sat with a bunch of my fellow
citizens. I looked up at the dates posted and noted with dismay that
the trial won't start until August 8th, and jury deliberations won't
begin until August 29th. The judge intoned that it was our "duty" to
serve on a jury if called upon, we were expected to "sacrifice", and
that exemptions would not be easily granted. When the court clerk
asked who wanted to file for a postponement due to "hardship", 80%
of the hands in the room went up. Mine did too, but I was not
holding my breath.
After all, I can't claim economic
hardship because my employer will pay my regular salary while I sit
on a jury. And I didn't think that going to Burning Man would be
reason enough to relieve me of my civic responsibility.
Another wait ensued, then we were called back into the court
room. The judge read each of our names out loud and told us whether
we were granted an exemption or not. My name was among the group of
us who all claimed to have trips scheduled during the trial dates. I
was surprised that she even considered travel to be a legitimate
excuse. She told us that she wanted to see "proof" of our upcoming
travel - which did not mean we were to purchase some tickets
tonight. We were supposed to come back to court tomorrow to show her
the proof. One woman said she had her airline e-ticket with her. I
thought, what the hell, I have my Burning Man ticket with me, I can
show her that and see what happens! The bailiff collected our
"proof" to hand to the judge. She looked at the other woman's
computer printout and promptly excused her. Then she looked at that
iridescent purple and green ticket and said out loud, "Who handed
this Burning Man ticket to me?" Some in the court room chuckled. I
raised my hand meekly and she looked at me for a long minute. She
asked for my name, turned the ticket over in her hand and examined
it for another minute. She then commented "I have half a mind to not
let you go to this Burning Man thing so I can go myself..." I
quipped, "You should go." She smiled and said, "You're excused."
My smile turned into outright laughter as I exited the court
room.
Who would have thunk that the Man was going to be
mightier than the Judge?!
-Jenny
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BLACK ROCK ART FOUNDATION CARNIVALin SF w/David Best's
Temple
Cameragirl's pictures from the Black Rock Art
Foundation (http://blackrockarts.org/) Art
Carnival on No Spectators Day in San Francisco.
Rock!
http://www.bohemianmasquerade.com/braf_community/art_carnival.html
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ANOTHER ONE LIGHTS THE DUST
Brad Templeton writes:
"Here's a handy tip about something that has confused many a night
photographer at Burning Man...
You take a shot at night with
a flash on the Playa. When you look at it, it's full of giant bright
speckles. What are they?
This happens when there is a fine
dust in the air, which is common on the Playa. Your flash is
brightly illuminating the dust particles right in front of your
lens, which are also close to your flash. They are so close to the
flash they overpower things. You can also get the same result in fog
or rain.
Solution: Avoid flash if there's dust. If you can
rest the camera on a solid object and your subject is still, try
that. Or get an off camera flash. Even a little off camera can help,
if your camera has a flash shoe or flash cord jack. For most models
of camera, you can get a flash shoe extension cord that lets you
hold the flash 2' away from the camera, or in some cases an infrared
transmitter. This is well worth it. Aside from getting rid of the
dust problem, you will no longer have red eye and your photos will
have a much more interesting light. Ever wonder why those pro
photographers always have the flash on a big stick? People no longer
look light deer in headlights, their faces have shadow and
definition. If your camera has a flash shoe on top, give this a
try!"
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2005 GRANT PROJECTS: MOBILE ART
This is the fifth in a series of six articles focusing on
our funded installations. You can view all 31 projects at http://www.burningman.com/installations/05_art_grant.html.
Funded art installations are not necessarily fixed in one
place; in fact, we'd like to see more examples of mobile art not
powered by fossil fuels, but by people. To this end we have funded
four projects that will be traveling the playa via participants'
energy, and one that stretches the boundaries of 'mobile' art via
the use of batteries.
Star Wheel by Paul Cesewski http://www.burningman.com/installations/05_art_grant.html#star_wheel
Wheels turn within wheels to propel us through an uncertain
cosmos. Star Wheel is a mobile interactive sculpture composed of two
wheels. The inner wheel represents our daily routines. The outer
wheel reflects our larger life's path. We point Star Wheel in a
direction and work together to make it roll. The inner wheel is a
Bicycle Ferris Wheel. People push pedals to make the inner wheel
turn. Riders swing in carriages around and over a central axle. The
Ferris Wheel rides in the hub of the outer wheel. The hub of the
outer wheel has spokes that connect to the rim like a bicycle wheel.
When the Ferris Wheel spins the whole sculpture rolls. Star Wheel
will transcend themes this year and be included in the Carnival of
Consciousness. Energies that move the wheel come from the
participants that pedal it. The result is that the wheel takes on
the personalities of the riders. For some the ride is smooth, for
others jarring, and sometimes people flip over. Typically more can
be learned from watching a person riding the wheel than could be
learned from a half hour conversation with them. People reveal their
nature unintentionally through their actions.
Star Wheel
produces a multitude of sounds. The tubes of Star wheel have
bearings, bolts, and slugs of metal inside. With each rotation the
tubes ring and chatter. Riders listen to unique rhythms as they turn
through space.
People are the heart of Star Wheel. No fuels
are needed to make it roll. EL wire will light the wheel at
night.The batteries will be charged by a solar array. Fun is a
universal language. The spirit of off the grid thinking is best said
without language. The best thrills are the ones we give ourselves.
This message will ride on a wave of inclusion. Take a spin on Star
Wheel.
Bike with 2 Brains by Jason Olshefsky
http://jasondoesitall.com/bikewith2brains
The Bike With 2 Brains is a vehicle that needs two people to
ride it. If both riders can work exactly together, they can use it
to ride across the playa. However, it does not forgive differences
and will quickly spin out of control. The steering, while not
immediately obvious, is easy to figure out, and riders need to
communicate how to synchronize their actions. If they come to
agreement, they are rewarded with comfortable travel, but until
then, they can only go in circles.
Lawnmower Man by Kevin
Walsh & Jeri Countryman
http://www.mechnique.com/
In previous years, we'd explored the limits of mobile art as
transportation. The Robot Rickshaw could walk only marginally faster
that we could, and thus was not as much about transportation as it
was about giving the Burning Man community something to look at and
think about. This year we've gone one step further. LawnMowerMan is
an example of mobile art that has nothing to do with transportation.
He is not a vehicle as much as he is a participant himself. He is no
longer a mode of getting from Point A to Point B as he is a message
that mobile art need not transport participants as it needs to
engage them. LawnMowerMan is completely autonomous. There is no
Wizard of Oz behind the curtain. He acts based on strict rules of
logic, but his reactions are anything but logical. We encourage you
to find LawnMowerMan roaming around and consider him as a truly
alternative form of mobile art on the playa.
BRC Rickshaw
Fleet by Jay Bain http://www.burningman.com/installations/05_art_grant.html#brc_rickshaw
The BRC Rickshaw Fleet is both a mobile, civic art project
involving multiple camps and an experiential opportunity for
participants to give and receive the gift of spontaneous, gracious,
human-powered transport. Each of the five tandem-bike rickshaws in
the fleet will be uniquely decorated by camps and artists including
the Lost Penguins, Asylum Village, the Deep End and more. On the
playa, rickshaws will be driven by elicensed' drivers in shifts who
will pick out walking Burners and help them get to where they're
heading! The project is meant to serve as an experimental,
pedal-powered 'virtual taxi fleet' - a gift to the citizens of BRC.
This project is also an effort to promote an explosion of art
bike culture at Burning Man! Check out the fleet at the first BRC
Art Bike Rally on Thursday afternoon, Center Camp, 5pm n all Burning
Bikers are welcome to join this rally as it circumnavigates the
city. Art bike enthusiasts can also get and share info from the
Burning Bikes community at http://pedalplaya.tribe.net/.
The BRC Rickshaw Fleet is also looking for volunteer drivers
and collaborators! For more info on the project, visit
http://brc-rickshaw-fleet.tribe.net/
or email Jay directly at jay@spiraltime.com. Burners with a
special need for a pre-scheduled rickshaw ride should contact Jay
with their request as well -- persons with disabilities, elders,
kids, families and special event participants are an integral part
of this art project's mission!
"Think of bicycles as
rideable art that can just about save the world." ~ Grant Petersen
Tower of Memory by David Best http://www.burningman.com/installations/05_art_grant.html#tower
This year David, who is taking a break from temple-building,
will bring us a 35' mobile tower, made of filigreed steel, which
contains three fire pits. By night the Tower will be pushed around
the playa by participants, its fires visible through the openings in
the metal. The Tower, like David's Temples, has a rich, complex
surface, ornate and visually compelling.
Only a fraction of
the art installations on the playa are funded. See other 2005
projects here:
http://www.burningman.com/installations/05_art_theme.html
http://www.burningman.com/installations/05_art_playa.html
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ARTIST ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ON PLAYA - Get Involved
From the "not all gifts can fit in your pocket" files, a
gift you can give on the playa:
From Monday-Friday, between
10-11:00am, folks who want to help an artist build his/her art
installation can stop by the ARTery, located in Center Camp. We'll
have an 'Artist Depot' sign to designate where volunteers should
hang out.
Artists in need of help can stop by during that
hour to meet up with volunteers. Both artists and volunteers can
also post notes regarding their need or availability.
This
'Artist Assistance Program' is being promoted by the ARTery
department. However, we will not actively facilitate artists and
volunteers during the event. If you want more info pre-playa, please
send an email to Debbie at myidyllwild@yahoo.com. Thanks!
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PARTICIPATE IN THE THICK OF IT ALL: THE CENTER CAMP CAFE
Are you coming to Black Rock City for the first time this
year?
This is your chance to participate in the absolute
coolest coffee shop in the world, the Center Camp Cafe. It's perfect
place to get acquainted with the city, meet its residents, and get
your groove on. Whether you've slung coffee for years or never
touched an espresso machine in your life, there's a place for YOU
behind the counters. We love cashiers, barristas, runners,
beautifiers, and more. In the cafe you will get to work in the shade
and serve cool drinks to the strange and wonderful citizens of Black
Rock City. Come hang with us in the coffee shop! If you have any
questions about what it's like to work in the Cafe, contact
witchy@burningman.com for more info. If you want to jump right in,
you can visit our volunteer questionnaire at http://www.burningman.com/participate/questionnaire.html
and tell us a bit about yourself.
Come be a part of the
most amazing cafe in the world!!
AND If you're a returning
volunteer, and you've already filled out the questionnaire, you can
contact tisha2@burningman.com, our lovely & inspiring volunteer
tendress & schedulatrix, to sign up for your preferred shifts.
Please send specific shift preferences; jobs, days, and times...
We're open 24 hours a day and we have 4 hour shifts (the perfect
playa-length for a shift) that start at 7, 11, & 3--both AM
& PM...
See you on the Playa!
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WRANGLE BENEATH THE MAN
Attention! The Burning Man
Funhouse needs you! Below the the Man will be 40+ rooms in three
levels, two stages, placed within an epic maze, filled with art
designed to entice, provoke and confuse the citizens of Black Rock
City. The funhouse wranglers will assist, goad, conscript, befuddle
and amuse participants, while clarifing the art installations,
providing (mis)directions and simply keeping an eye on things.
Shifts needing volunteers run from Monday afternoon, 'til Friday
11pm. Email our master wrangler Dylan at
funhouse-wranglers@burningman.com . to learn more and sign up!
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CLICK HERE TO LIVE ON THE ESPLANADE
The Playground,
formerly conGLOMerate, makes final call for campers and for
Interactive Art projects.
Last year we were The GLOM, home
of the 40' Chairway-to-heaven elevator, the gASSo full-service ass
station (remember the Spank-o-matic?), the BASS (Big Ass Shade
Structure) and the bar it contained, and lots of other cool stuff.
This year we're back with the same toys, plus a couple of
new surprises, as The Playground. On the Esplanade at 3:30, adjacent
to and sharing resources with our sister camp, The Q. More info at
http://www.playaplayground.com/.
CALL FOR CAMPERS: Do you want to be part of a high-intensity
kick-ass camp that puts on a great show and has a hell of a lot of
fun? Are you ready to contribute to that energy and excitement? If
so, we've got room for about 6 more residents.
We have high
standards for Playground residents -- you must have exceptional
moral standards and a 3.8 GPA, ...no, not really, but you do need to
be someone who wants to participate and carry your load in a
high-intensity Esplanade theme camp. You need to have an outgoing
personality who can work well with other people in a busy
environment. It helps to be creative, or at least be able to get
along with others who are very creative, and construction skills are
especially welcome. You must be someone who gets immense
satisfaction from seeing the fun you will bring to the thousands of
guests who will visit our high-traffic camp. And YOU need to be a
fun person.
CALL FOR ART: Together with The Q, we have 550
feet of registered Theme Camp frontage, and a small amount on our
3:30 and Amnesia sides can be made available for the right projects.
Do you have some great interactive art that's looking for a home and
fits with what The Playground or The Q is doing? Do you want the
exposure that will come as part of a high-traffic Esplanade theme
camp? If so, let us know. There may still be time to get you in, and
24/7 power is available if needed.
CONTACT:
Major-D@PlayaPlayground.com
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BURNING BAND RETURNS
The Burning Band is the oldest
marching band on the Playa, and we're still looking for talented
musicians or close facsimiles. If you've mastered an instrument (a
kazoo or Tupperware drum qualify), or at least have thought it might
be fun to learn, we probably have a place for you.
New this
year, we have a self-powered traveling music box in which to play.
It will carry us around on the Playa, and the gazebo it carries will
turn if anyone drops a can in the slot. Less marching, more music,
and free beer!
This year The Playground is our home camp,
though you can be in the band and camp anywhere. Still, camping at
The Playground AND being in the band -- killer combination.
More info at: http://www.burningband.com/
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48 HOUR FILM PROJECT IN BRC
For the first time ever,
the 48 Hour Film Project is coming to Black Rock City! In two wild
and sleepless days, you can make a movie--write, shoot, edit, and
score it--on the playa!
The films will be made between 5pm
August 31st and 5pm September 1st. They will be screened at
Automatic Subconscious (6:30 and Esplanade) the evening they are
complete, on September 1st at 9pm.
Come! Participate! Make a
movie!
More info at:
http://www.48hourfilm.com/brc
Some ways to be involved:
1. FORM A TEAM. If you
want to lead a bunch of people in creating a movie, great! Send an
email to ben@48hourfilm.com with your name, address, phone number, a
description of your film experience, and a description of your
Burning Man experience. If we don't have enough interested teams,
the project won't happen, so let us know soon! Registration fees
will be waived for the Black Rock City 48 Hour Film Project.
2. JOIN A TEAM. We will need many folks other than team
leaders to make these movies happen. If you want to participate but
do not want to lead a team, then join our yahoo group ( http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/48hourfilm-blackrockcity
)
and post an ad. Or just show up at the kickoff and find a team
there.
3. WATCH THE MOVIES. The movies will be showing a
scant four hours after their completion at Automatic Subconscious,
the big cube at 6:30 and Esplanade. The show will begin at 9pm. Come
and check out what playa filmmakers have made!
If you have
any questions, visit http://www.48hourfilm.com/brc
or send an email to ben@48hourfilm.com.
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10 HOUR FILM PROJECT IN BRC
Cinemasports is the Iron
Chef of Filmmaking. Teams have 10 hours to complete a movie with a
list of ingredients. Screening starts the 11th hour - that very
night. Everyone is invited to participate in Cinemasports at Burning
Man on Thurs, Sept 1.
For example, can teams finish a movie
before sundown that includes a flower petal, a bubble, and
extra-terrestrial life? Three-time Oscar winner Walter Murch says
about Cinemasports, "Something emerges that's not contained in any
of the films..."
Cinemasports treats the audience to a
unique cinematic experience. Art exploded from a creative pressure
cooker. A simultaneous world premiere and wrap-up party. Check out
the samples online from cities around the world.
www.cinemasports.com
Cinemasports Burning Man - Thursday,
Sept 1, 2005.
8PM SCREENING OPEN TO PUBLIC Camp Videogasm in
Snowflake Village (8:40 @ Esplanade)
9AM (Earlier that day)
Filmmakers kickoff and ingredients are announced @ Message board at
Center Camp. Ingredients will be posted on the message board
throughout the day for late starters.
* Both 48 Hour Film
Fest and Cinemasports will conform to rules for personal use of
video cameras at Burning Man.
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FIREPOD NEEDS MUSIC
Firepod, an interactive
steel fire sculpture, is looking for music to score its nightly
performances. Each evening soon after sunset fire performers and the
public are invited to perform, interact, and feel the heat from 12
giant propane fire cannons. Firepod needs:
-Drummers!
-Mobile DJs!
-Groups!
-Soloists!
Your music will
score a fire show, fire dancers, and an interactive fire experience.
Continuous, danceable music is preferred. Firepod will be active
Monday - Saturday on the playa. Direct questions to
juicebox@monozygotic.com.
http://www.flight2mars.com/firepod
thanks,
juicebox
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HYDRAULIC ROBOT NEEDS A LIFT
Camp-pain is in need of
a large truck hauler to tow up our giant hydraulic robot to Black
Rock City. It is a heavily modified Chevy Suburban. We will be
getting a 26' truck and we are willing to help haul another camp's
loot up to the city. Email me and we can talk about cost. Please
contact us if you or anyone you know could help us out. We are in
San Jose. Contact jadeassasin@gmail.com. Thanks a bunch.
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PLAYATECH UPDATE
Urgent Factory Recall Information!
Playatech regrets to announce that it is taking the
unprecedented step of announcing an urgent safety recall of all
Playatech ploducts. Please return your Playatech creation to your
nearest Playatech factory immediately to perform necessary safety
modifications.
According to Federal Aviation Administration
officials, all Playatech ploducts were appropriately designed to
resist catastrophic disintegration under normal burner loads, but
high winds may cause unsecured Playatech furniture to become
airborne. The FAA is now concerned that rapidly increasing numbers
of Playa Love Seats and other Playatech ploducts may interfere with
near-term Black Rock City Airport flight operations.
To
prevent unintended pyrotechnic population control impacts, Playatech
recommends all factories drill a large hole near the bottom of one
or both side supports on all ploducts intended for outdoor use. A
carabiner may then be used to secure your Playa Love Seat or other
fine furniture item to a hooked rebar sunk into the playa.
Thank you for sitting safely, and don't miss our giant
once-in-a-lifetime 100%-off Labor Day Desert Snuggle Sale at Burning
Silicon Collective, right behind Center Camp at 6PM and Ego. For
more information about Playatech, visit
http://www.playatech.com/
A
little participation makes the magic happen, so if you like our
stuff enough to build it, please support art no one can imagine yet
by paying it forward through our radically unique shareware royalty
program. And do leave no trace by throwing your Playatech furniture
on the Man's embers at midnight, which will make room for our
unconceived 2006 ploduct line.
Playatech - supporting asses
and the arts since a few weeks ago
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MAKE YOUR OWN PEE FUNNEL
More glory for the
Ladies' Playa Hygeine department. (By the way, y'all fellas who get
bothered by this kind of talk always make me smile, knowing you're
destined for reincarnation as a woman next time 'round.)
Zoe
writes: "No more Pee Funnel Camp, or how to make your own PFC pee
funnel:
After four years of glory the members of Pee Funnel
Camp have chosen to move on to other projects. We'd like to thank
all of our loyal customers for the last four years of putting the
fun in pee funnel. We'll be back on the playa under a different name
and purpose this year, but there are other options for ladies that
enjoy peeing easy in the potties:
1. Learn stand 'n' pee -
women don't need any (wo)manmade devices to pee while standing,
there are plenty of websites that will teach you how. Practice makes
perfect.
2. There are also many brands (1 was printed here
in the resources issue) of commercial pee funnels that work and run
from $15.00-$30.00.
3. How to make your own Pee Funnel Camp
pee funnel or Zoe's Secret Recipe:
Materials: 1 9 oz. or
larger plastic cup (sturdy but flexible polyethylene works best), 8
inches 7/16" vinyl tubing, 3/8" metal bolt, silicone glue (get the
kind that's rated best for plastics), gas stove or blowtorch,
wrench.
Use the wrench to hold the bolt while you heat it
over the blowtorch or gas stove. Melt a hole in the bottom of the
cup. Carefully squeeze the tube through the hole (should fit very
snug, not too pinched or the cup will crack, but it should hold
itself, the glue is just for backup). Coat both sides of the hole
with generous amounts of silicone glue. Let dry 24 hours.
I've had these last a day, I've had them last three years,
it's all in how much glue and how carefully you make it and how much
you respect the seal while using it. They're not environmentally
friendly in any way, but they are as easy to use as the professional
models, and much cheaper. Stand Free and Pee!"
JRS Note: Can
we at least recommend not inhaling the fumes from melting that hole?
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MAKE MASKS IN SF, AUG 13
From : The House of Masks
Location: David Dworman's house
642 5th Avenue (2 blocks
north of Golden Gate Park),
San Francisco, CA
When:
Saturday, August 13, 1:00 PM - 7:00
Contact: 614-638-7774 (cell)
Details: The House of Masks is have an PRE - Burning Man
MASK making Party/BBQ. We need help creating MASKS OF OUR ID to
decorate the Funhouse -- a crazy maze of rooms below the Man.
These masks will be hung at the Funhouse during the event
and returned to you on the playa in time for the Mask Parade on
Friday evening before the burn. We will supply all the arts &
craft needs for making, creating, masks that represent your Id!!
There will be plaster of paris for customized masks, paper mache
mask, plastic masks, paints, fabric and a whole lot more.
This will also be an afternoon BBQ. We will supply the
basics - burger, dogs, drinks. Bring what ever you like to add to
our buffet/grill. For additional information contact: jeff@carn.org.
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BOX DOG BIKES OPEN HOUSE AUGUST 9th
Box Dog Bikes is
San Francisco's favorite worker-owned used bike shop. Stop by
Tuesday, August 9th from 5-9 for a special Burning Man BYOB Get
Together.
* plan for pre- and post-playa bike maintenance
* enjoy fun music & snacks
* talk with other burners
about on-playa bike issues
* check out our great selection of
baskets and racks
* accessorize with streamers, seat covers,
horns, and more
* reserve one of our playa-apprpriate bikes for
as low as $60
* order a bike built to your specifications
Box Dog Bikes is located at 494 14th Street at Guerrero.
We're open everyday and can also be reached at 415-431-9627.
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VIKING YOUTH IN CHICAGO AUG 6
The Viking Youth Power
Hour -live recording and fundraiser
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM -
Viking Youth Power Hour live recording/Burning Man discussion (great
place for newbies to have questions answered and to meet theme
campers from Chicago area!)
11 PM- ?? Dj's, blowout, fun
Free before 10 - $5 donation after funds Radio Free Valhalla
at BMan 2005- recording podcasts daily and offering workshops on how
to create your own podcast. If you're on the playa come by and |
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