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Volume 18, Issue #29 | July 22, 2014 
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ROUND-UP OF BURNING MAN WRITINGS:
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It's juuuuust around the corner, people! Can you smell it yet? The dust? The bacon (vegan or otherwise)? The simmering edge of excitement tinged with panic (mild or otherwise)? Yep, it's that time of year again.
Speaking of which, if you purchased Burning Man tickets this year, they're in the process of being sent out as we speak. Be patient, it takes a while to stuff all those envelopes, and for the postal service to work its magic. But it's happening!
Take a look at all we have to offer in this edition of the Jackrabbit Speaks, and buckle up for our upcoming preparation editions ... we've got one coming later this week about transportation, followed by bikes, local towns and more. This is us, helping you.
Yep, it's a lot. It's been likened to a deluge, in fact. But hey, there's just that much to tell you. Nobody said Burning Man was easy, folks! Well, maybe your buddy did, but he was wrong. Way wrong.
The Man burns in 39 days! (That's less than 40.)
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Tragedy at Utah’s Element 11 Regional Burn
We are very saddened to report that a person lost his life at the recent Element 11 Arts Festival in Grantsville, Utah. Element 11 is part of the Burning Man Regional Network, a group of organizations officially affiliated with Burning Man.
This is obviously a terribly difficult and sad event for the global Burning Man community, the dedicated organizers of Element 11, and most especially for those who witnessed it. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family and the Utah Burner community.
Read more on the Burning Blog.
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STEP Update
Here’s a quick update on the state of the STEP … the Secure Ticket Exchange Program.
Good news! The system is working! Over 2,500 tickets have been sold back through STEP, snapped up by eager Burners yearning for the playa.
Right around now lots of folks start deciding – for real – if they are or are not going to the playa this year. This means we expect a lot of tickets to change hands in the next few weeks. If you have an unneeded ticket to sell, get it into STEP (through your Burner Profile) before Friday, July 25 at 12pm (noon) PDT … that’s the deadline for submissions.
If you’re still looking for a ticket, we encourage you to exhaust all of your options. The best way, we’ve found, is to beat the bushes and shake the trees in your Burner community. Friday, July 25 is the last day ticket offer links will be sent out through STEP. Links are good for 72 hours from the time they are sent.
Keep at it, don’t lose faith, and we hope to see you on the playa!
More info on our ticket page and in our help desk. Still have a question? Email Ticket Support.
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Get Your Tickets for the Burner Express!
Burner Express tickets are sellling like water in the desert, because studies (intensive studies, trust us) have shown it just might be the easiest and cheapest way to get to Burning Man!
We started Burner Express in 2013 to alleviate traffic on the roads to and from Black Rock City, and the feedback from riders reads like a bucket of puppies. Smiling puppies. With big brown eyes.
Get your tickets now, before they sell out!
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So You Want to Fly Your Drone at Burning Man?
In response to the growing popularity of remote controlled aircraft, helicopters and multicopters (aka UAV or drones), Burning Man has formed a new team: Remote Control Black Rock City (RCBRC) under the Black Rock City Municipal Airport management, and updated its guidelines for registering, and the terms and conditions for flying RC aircraft in Black Rock City.
Like mutant vehicles, BRC regulates all RC aircraft and requires that they be operated responsibly, and are subject to restricted fly zones and other rules of operation. The goal is to streamline the registration process, have all RC pilots be familiar with flying in the city, and make it all around safer for all Burning Man participants.
Get all the details here.
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Scaling Infrastructure: Lessons Learned in a Pizza Oven
Heather White has an informative post about how the Burning Man Project is scaling, over on the blog:
"If you’ve created art or built a theme camp at Burning Man, you know that it’s all about trial, error, complex planning and a fair amount of flying by the seat of your pants. In 2006, my camp, Random Pizza Experience (RPE), was placed on the Esplanade for the first time. For two years, we’d been cooking homemade pizzas in camp and making random deliveries across the playa.
We were unprepared for the impact of thousands of Burners flowing through our camp on the Esplanade. We were asked questions small and large all day. Why do you make the dough from scratch? Is this pizza the right size? May I give you a kiss? Why aren’t you open?"
Read more on the Burning Blog.
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Korea Burn: Welcome Home
Duke Stewart has a nice report from Korea Burn, which just wrapped up:
"'So drained yet still positive. Need more.' The only real thought taken down during the madness that weekend. But it wasn’t necessarily chaotic even if 'more' arrived just as I hoped."
He figured out what to say about Korea Burn eventually. Read more on Duke Stewart's blog.
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An Emotional Survival Guide to Burning Man
This post is from last year, but it's surely worth revisiting right around now:
"After all my physical and mental prep, I realized I’d done no emotional prep. The Burning Man Survival Guide is the organizational compass for clarifying Burning Man’s 10 principles, the 18 things we must bring, and the 8 things we can’t bring. Arguably, no better citizen’s guide exists on the planet. And yet, this cultural compass didn’t properly guide me to the 'true north' inside.
This Emotional Survival Guide is as much for the virgin Burner as it is for the veteran."
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New Photo Book of Playa Art: Get the Presale Price
Visit your favorite playa art from the comfort of home! CocoCabana writes:
"Burning Man: Art on Fire is about to be published, a hardcover volume with 200+ photos featuring some of the best of Burning Man art of the past decade. Each artwork is described in detail, supported by interviews with the artists describing the spirit of the piece, the process of creation and installation, and how it was received in Black Rock City.
A rollicking introduction by Will Chase, a foreward by Larry Harvey, and an Artist's Statement from Leo Villareal complement photos by Sidney Erthal and Scott London and text by Jennifer Raiser. Available at the presale price of $25 before August 1 on Amazon and for $35 after August 1 at fine booksellers everywhere.
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Kostume Kult Needs Costumes for Playa Gifting
Sometimes your dusty duffel bag full of polka dot things just doesn't have what you need to be playa fabulous. Kostume Kult is there for you. Costume Jim writes:
"Every year Kostume Kult gifts 2000+ pounds of costumes donated by costume shops, manufacturers, theater groups and Burners Like You who wish to recycle their lesser-used costumes and freaky fashions. But this year we've had a domino effect of bad news from our biggest donors and are now scrambling hard and need your help!
Please consider gathering a box or three and shipping them to our Pennsylvania sorting location or, if you are really sure you can get them there, bring it to us on-playa (@ Esplanade near 3:30). We can recycle adult costumes and colorful fashion items but cannot use regular clothes, shoes or handheld accessories."
Please email Michelle to tell us what you got and to arrange shipping. WE LOVE YOU!"
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Burnalists Wanted for Black Rock Beacon
Burnalists. Feh. We're beside ourselves for never having thought of that before. Also, porktoids! Ali Baba writes:
"The Black Rock Beacon newspaper will be back for our TENTH year as the playa's independent near-daily! We'll be at 1:15 Inner Circle again, publishing current news, art reviews, lifestyle pieces, and porktoids. We need volunteers to keep up our 5 editions / week! Interested? Follow the links:
Newspaper distribution
Other volunteer opportunities
Job descriptions
We welcome donations of all sizes, and they're tax-deductible in the USA! To get involved, join "blackrockbeacon" at Yahoo groups."
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Electronic Awakening Film Looking for Camps to Host Screenings
Maya of the Playa writes:
"The filmmakers of Electronic Awakening are looking for Burning Man camps that would like to host a film screening.
Electronic Awakening is an ethnographic Documentary film which investigates the spirituality of the Electronic Dance Music Culture. The film features dozens of experts, visionaries, and published authors who explore the premise that Electronic Music is spiritual technology that allows access to higher states of consciousness.
Check out the trailer on YouTube and email Maya at Keyframe Cinema if you're interested in hosting a screening at your camp."
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Michael Christian's ePOD: Eidolon Panspermia Ostentatia Duodenum
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This wild installation really needs your help to make it to the playa, and their campaign has some beautiful perks for you if you help. Also, their project description wins all kinds of awards. The team writes:
"Eidolon Panspermia Ostentatia Duodenum is a voronoi-inspired open-cell mycelial ovoid structure representing a possible matrix manifold of the panspermia transportation vesicle designed to inspire a profound sense of apophenia. In other words, ePOD is a 21 foot tall and 22 foot wide interactive steel sculpture featuring a rotating, climbable structure with a central lighting system.
We received partial funding through an Honorarium Burning Man grant but are still far short of the funds needed to complete a project as involved as this. So, to overcome large obstacles ahead and maintain our general mental health, we are seeking help from generous souls to bring this project to life fully."
Learn more and donate on the Indiegogo page.
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Support the 11:44 Pachamama Portal
This Jackrabbit draws much power from Harlan Emil Gruber's playa portals. This year's portal is a big collaboration. Awonsaihu writes:
"Harlan Emil Gruber and TransPortals, who have been building Portal installations on the Playa since 2004, have joined forces with a new collaborative project and are bringing the "11:44 Pachamama Portal" to the Playa this year.
Please go to the Indiegogo fundraiser page and make a contribution for one of the fabulous rewards, as we need your support to make this project a reality. Also see the extensive website that details the entire project."
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The MerKHANa Uncertainty Reduction Salon
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"The MerKHANa Uncertainty Reduction Salon is an upgrade of the MerKaBa portal.
In 2013 we built MerKaba, a portal of sound and image whose mission was to transport participants beyond consensus reality psycho-dramas. With your funding support, our creative genius and all sorts of technological Wing Dings, MerKaBa managed to transport multitudes of Black Rock City Hipsters well beyond the Hetero-normative membrane, through an endless array of consensus reality tunnels, into vast regions of pre-cognitive wonder.
MerKHANa is the next most obvious evolutionary step from MerKaBa. MerKHANa might be thought of as a sort of bus stop for psychonauts as they wait to embark. Or perhaps it's a waiting room, a resting spot or a salon. For 2014 with MerKHANa we are bringing back our MerKaBa dome, adding 6 new magical seats, adding 12 push-button signaling devices, upgrading our sound and lighting technology, and of course pimping out our Astral Warp Drive Engines.
Watch this short video to get the general idea."
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Toronto's mOOSeman 2014 Regional Event — July 31 - Aug 4
What: mOOSeman 2014
When: Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:00 PM (EST) - Monday, August 4, 2014 at 4:00 PM (EST)
Where: 1123 Dennison Rd, Minden Hills, ON K0M2K0, Canada
Lil'Jen writes:
"This year's mOOseman weekend is set to take place in a partly forested and open terrain area on private property near Minden, ON. Our site this year is beautiful, and will include a 30’ diameter rock formation fire pit with access to a public beach approximately 5 km or a 5 minute drive from the site with the possibility of on-site water access."
Learn more and buy tickets on the Eventbrite page and email the organizers with any questions.
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Mindburn 2014 in Austria — July 28 - Aug 3
The Austrian Burner community is getting wild. Mindburn is an unofficial gathering for now, but we wouldn't be surprised if it wound up as an official Regional Burn next time around, so get involved before it was cool! Gogo writes:
"Mindburn 2014, the Austrian Burner Week, will take place in the area of Kornberg castle close to Feldbach in the Austrian region Styria from the 28th of July to August 3rd. We invite you to this colorful festival inspired by the 10 Principles of Burning Man. It will be filled with art, celebration, music, performances, workshops, games and discourse. See the website for details or email the organizers for more information.
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We were listening to ...
... the really weird new Flaming Lips record, 7 Skies H3. Not the 24-hour version from 2011, but hopefully we'll get to that someday.
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