Preparation
Burning Man Survival Guide
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival
REQUIRED READING- The desert is a place worlds away from that to which most of us are accustomed, and is governed by physical laws that cannot be ignored. You are responsible for your own survival, safety, and comfort. Read this Survival Guide carefully and make sure EVERYONE in your group reads it as well.
by
Cooky (MI Regional Contact)
Burning Man Packing Lists for the uber-prepared
Created by Cynthia Jones
Burning Man Relationship Advice
by
Black Rock Widow
Relationship advice from a "Black Rock Widow" – What to do when the one you love
goes to Burning Man and you stay home…
The Newbie Experience
by
PlayaQ"
If this is your first time attending Burning Man, we've got extra information
just for you. The most
important piece of advice for any newbie is to make sure before you get to the
desert that you are
attending this event because YOU want to, not because your friend, lover, or Mom
are asking you
to attend. Burning Man can be hot, cold, dusty, nasty, tough, and beautiful.
Please know that
you are going because YOU want to; that knowledge can help you survive the tough
parts.
Essential Pack List for Burning Man
by
Boperella (Chicago Regional Contact)
Definately make it into a game, have fun with it, most likely, you'll bring too
much stuff. But that's ok! It's Burning Man. If you forgot it at home, ask your
neighbor.
Burning Man Tips: Help for the Porta-Potty Shy
http://michaelbluejay.com/burningman/
Most people attending the annual Burning Man event have no problem using the porta-potties. And in fact, in recent years the porta-potty situation at BM has improved dramatically, with more plentiful and cleaner porta-potties. But what about those of us who suffer from various phobias?
Heloise of the Playa
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/heloise.html
Compiled by Miz Jewelz
By now you've probably gathered that this Burning Man thing isn't as easy as it looks. So many things to bring, remember and purchase. How's a body to cope with all this intense preparation?
Preparation
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/
Getting ready for Burning Man is half the fun. Preparing for building, creating art projects, and getting funky gear together is a blast, as we all know. The more logistical side of preparing for the event can be just as creative, but there's a lot of information to familiarize yourself with first. Our Survival Guide is new each year, and is mandatory reading for every Burning Man participant. We also have a world of recommended reading that will help make your Burning Man experience the best it can be. Make like a Scout ... be prepared!
Sound/Music
Burning Man Sound
A place where you can download an hour of sound from Burning Man 2003. This work contains dialog, music, art sounds, etc.; anything with an audio signature that communicates something or tells a short audio story about being at Burning Man.
http://thesoundsofburningman.org/
David Caddell - Podcasts
I am a DJ spinning deep house, techno, soul, funk, disco and everything in
between. I am originally from the Detroit area, but now live in Steamboat
Springs. I also play guitar and drone instruments to create meditation music.
Both styles are available for download from my podcast.
http://lipstainbroadcast.podomatic.com
Shouting ~Fire
Shouting Fire is a year-round platform for sound and vision that engages and amplifies the ethos of Black Rock City. Art, politics, and activism. ...
BMIR
Burning Man Radio - 94.5 FM on the playa - LISTEN NOW!
Playa Tunes
Other Handy Resources
Beyond Black Rock – The Movie
http://www.beyondblackrock.com/
BEYOND BLACK ROCK goes behind the scenes of a social revolution to explore the philosophy that fuels it, the social contract that drives it, and the transcendent experience that makes it a worldwide cultural force. Granted unprecedented access to the inner workings of the Burning Man organization, the filmmakers spent 18 months with the founders, organizers, artists and participants to document the full complexity and diversity of the Burning Man community. But, true to its title, the film goes beyond the city they raise in the desert - revealing the Burning Man's plans to bring its unique culture to the rest of the world. BEYOND BLACK ROCK tells, for the first time ever, the real story of Burning Man - from the inside out.
Burning Beach
http://www.burningbeach.com/BMrecipes/index.html
I'm not much into preparing haute cuisine on the Playa, much less cleaning up after
myself. Given the responses we've received, most folks feel the same. So how do
Burners eat hearty and well on the Playa?
Burning Man:
Voyage in Utopia - Documentary
An immersion into a journey towards a new world.
http://www.freerunpictures.com/en/burningman/accueil_first.htm
A friend of the Temple Crew, Laurent Le Gall, has made a wonderful video
document of the event with a large focus on the temple.
Every year, tens of thousands of participants migrate to the
vacant heart of the wild west to celebrate this stupefying event by creating an
ephemeral town, Black Rock City. The Black rock desert, Nevada State, will be
the decor of the festival. Without a doubt the experience will be extreme in
this lost world. huge heat, desert storms, no shade, no shops. Everybody must
survive by themselves by bringing their own food and hopefully their good
spirit. These "burners" mix their urban culture with a certain type of
improvised tribalism. According to Larry Harvey, the principals are simple.
Radical self expression and creation are absolute. No money here. All is based
on a gift economy ! At Burning Man you will not find any fast food or
advertising for beer.
The purpose of this documentary, through our extraordinary
voyage, is to analyze the conventions, commitments and syndromes of this event
became a movement. Burning Man is a schizophrenic testimony of an American
society where liberty, tolerance and individualism often live side by side with
competition, totalitarianism and commodification. It will illuminate for us the
hidden face of "the man who burns".
Eco-Save RV Holding Tank Enzymes
http://www.prudentpeddler.com/
Eco-Save is an effective, non-chemical ecologically safe, bacteria-
enzyme based product for treating and deodorizing RV and Marine
holding tanks and has a shelf-life of over 100 years. It can be used
for your other septic, sewer, vault, portable toilets and cleaning
needs. The manufacturer has been around for over 14 years and has
proven results.
Fur Exchange
http://community.livejournal.com/furxchange/
Here is a fledgling blog community to help you find the fur of your dreams.
Piss Clear
From 1995 to 2007, the alternative newspaper PISS CLEAR was a fixture at Nevada's annual Burning Man arts festival, its cheeky name deriving from the Black Rock Desert's #1 survival tip: "drink enough water so that you piss clear." Edited, designed, and published by Adrian Roberts, PISS CLEAR was a fixture at Burning Man, with a daily circulation of 10,000 per issue. Here, you will find PDFs of every issue of PISS CLEAR ever published, along with a gallery of covers, plenty of fake ads, and HTML archives of most of our articles from 1995 - 2003.
Playa Tech - Rapidly
Deployable Lifestyles
A Planet-Friendly Alternative To IKEA
http://www.playatech.com/
Playatech is pleased to offer Black Rock City's most advanced state-of-the-art, low-tech, planet-friendly camp furnishings for the radically self-reliant. The pieces all slot together for instant assembly using no metal fasteners, disassemble flat for easy transport, and are easy to make yourself.
Most designs fit back into their original 4x8 plywood sheet shapes like puzzles, enabling the entire Five Elements Pavilion Ensemble shown on this page to ship in a minivan! That's a super-custom Glimmer Bar, a Playafix Kitchen, 2 Playa Pews, 3 Playa Love Seats, a Ploset, some Plenches, two Teensy Tables, and an 8x12 chill space - with enough room left to carry the 20x30 tent and all the fur too!
Eliminating IKEA from the playa is our strategic goal, and all our other competitors are centuries obsolete. Only Playatech offers a complete line of DIY period furniture for the 21st Century burner. So go to the lumber yard, pick yourself up some plywood sheets, and get to work! Then get that your new furniture is a canvas for whatever decorative art you can imagine. And find out why it is so GREEN compared to anything you'll find at IKEA.
Playatech is a shareware-supported enterprise, so if you build any of our unique ploducts, PLEASE donate the requested royalty of $5/sheet to Black Rock Arts Foundation before you download the plans. Otherwise you will wish you did on the playa, where we'll look at you funny if you walk up with money in your hand. We'll even make it easy for you with a money-back guarantee! And do follow "Leave No Trace" principles when building, decorating, enjoying, and incinerating anything!
Go build a Playa Love Seat or any of our other fine furniture now. You'll be glad you did!