Burning Man 2006

August 21, 2006 2:22 AM

Burning Man 2006
posted by redteam to MetaFilter Gatherings at 2:22 AM (38 comments total)

I looked and couldn't find one for this year.

Wednesday evening, 8pm, in the cafe. In front of the bar, right in the middle. I'll be holding up a MeFi sign.

Please wear pants.

Who's coming?
posted by redteam at 2:26 AM on August 21, 2006

And?
posted by Rhomboid at 2:26 AM on August 21, 2006

And what? Are you thinking about shirtcocking at the meeting?
posted by redteam at 2:33 AM on August 21, 2006

"Please wear pants. Who's coming?"

Spandex, by any chance?
posted by mischief at 2:40 AM on August 21, 2006

Giant space nuns excremedimanifesting mesquite roasted molten nougat gnomes cgnosticly.
posted by loquacious at 2:40 AM on August 21, 2006

My "and" was confusion that there was no [more inside] at the time I loaded the thread...
posted by Rhomboid at 2:43 AM on August 21, 2006

posted by Second Account For Making Jokey Comments at 4:11 AM on August 21, 2006

Please wear pants.

Well, screw it then, I'm staying home.
posted by jonmc at 6:34 AM on August 21, 2006

He didn't say that the pants had to be leg-based. Some sort of pants-hat should fit his criteria.
posted by blue_beetle at 6:44 AM on August 21, 2006

oh, here we go again.
posted by crunchland at 6:51 AM on August 21, 2006

blue beetle: me at Burning Man is right up there with Howard Stern getting honored at a NOW meeting, so the question is academic at best.
posted by jonmc at 6:52 AM on August 21, 2006

*baits hippies*
posted by cortex at 7:35 AM on August 21, 2006

What jonmc said.

/Flings underpants out window for good measure
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:01 AM on August 21, 2006

me at Burning Man is right up there with Howard Stern getting honored at a NOW meeting, so the question is academic at best.

That is so not true, jonmc. If it weren't for your repeated protestations online, I wouldn't have been surprised at all to run into you on the playa, and neither your tastes nor your lifestyle nor your personality are at all atypical of someone who would go.
posted by bingo at 8:12 AM on August 21, 2006

bingo: don't get me wrong, if BM is what floats someone's boat, more power to them. And I'm sure the tastes/opinions/lifestyles of that crew and myself do intersect at certain points, but, still, it really ain't my bag. I'm a city creature of the great indoors, and I'd miss my records and TV too much.
posted by jonmc at 8:17 AM on August 21, 2006

How many times a year does this thing happen? I swear we just had a post about Burning Man not too long ago. It feels like they just need to make a permanent hippie commune out there instead of always building and removing.
posted by dios at 9:05 AM on August 21, 2006

*baits hippies*

Here we go again indeed. The only thing more tiresome and repetitive than Burning Man itself are its lame detractors trotting into this thread each year to sprinkle poop on the parade. It's enough to make me want to start crying "squares!"

I'll be out there, with pants on, again this year.

I can't guarantee appearance at any exact time and place though. Especially as my gf will be arriving at just about this exact time and need some orientation, etc.

When you say in front of the bar, do you mean the coffee counter, inside?
posted by scarabic at 9:16 AM on August 21, 2006

Can't go. I have poukamisophallophobia.
posted by found missing at 9:42 AM on August 21, 2006

My little man burns when I pee. Anybody wanna party?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:59 AM on August 21, 2006

* drops trou in outrage.
posted by boo_radley at 10:06 AM on August 21, 2006

It feels like they just need to make a permanent hippie commune out there instead of always building and removing.

Tell me more about how you feel, swami.
posted by prostyle at 10:09 AM on August 21, 2006

If scarabic's wearing pants, I'm not going.
posted by graventy at 10:16 AM on August 21, 2006

posted by Tenuki at 10:17 AM on August 21, 2006

if BM is what floats someone's boat, more power to them

giggle
posted by thirteenkiller at 10:25 AM on August 21, 2006

Hey, Tenuki, that's mine!

Scarabic: yes, in front of the coffee counter.

Cafe's coffee counter, 8pm look for the MeFi sign!
Cafe's coffee counter, 8pm look for the MeFi sign!
Cafe's coffee counter, 8pm look for the MeFi sign!

(does that even work?)
posted by redteam at 10:50 AM on August 21, 2006

I'm going to be there, at 5:30 and chance, running around covered in fake blood with a chainless gas chainsaw, screaming bloody murder freaking the hell out of a couple hippies, that is, untill the deathguild shows up.

Man, those guys freak me out. What with their mad-max homemade rollercoaster, complete with deathmetal-rockabilly strippers wielding flame-throwers.

ps. Burningman is only operation desert snuggle, if you want it to be.
posted by Freen at 11:14 AM on August 21, 2006

deathmetal-rockabilly strippers

Not that you can see her in the photo, but this fine caged lady really dropped my jaw in 04. I generally don't go in for strippers and never knew they could:

1) actually be cute, not all silicon and makeup
2) be good dancers, not just titty shakers
3) perform with true enjoyment and socks-off-knocking verve
4) show their goods for all of 2 seconds and still be the sexiest damn thing you've ever seen

I stood corrected - that is until I fell over.

BTW - if you clicked that link you have no business pooping. Damn spectators.
posted by scarabic at 11:34 AM on August 21, 2006

Dont forget your googles and dust masks.
posted by hortense at 11:39 AM on August 21, 2006

Now I'm gonna hafta arrive pantsless just to defy the rules.
posted by telstar at 5:20 PM on August 21, 2006

The Post Office Pants Cannon is designed to radically curtail your so-called right to go pantless.

For every hippy-dippy out there, you'll find a grumpy engineer.

I go for the grumpy engineer types, personally.
posted by scarabic at 6:11 PM on August 21, 2006

I had to sell my ticket this year because it turned out that I need to be moving out of my place at the end of August, and there was no way for me to fit the logistics of this year's burn with my moving schedule. Take lots of pictures for me, everyone!
posted by DaShiv at 6:15 PM on August 21, 2006

I thought you weren't allowed to take any photos?
posted by RufusW at 7:39 PM on August 21, 2006

Well, I haven't been to Burning Man since it left the beach, 'cuz that playa stuff sounds kinda yucky, and I need an ocean nearby. (Pants were pretty much optional even back in the day...) You kids get off my beach! Oh, wait...

Anyway, have fun!
posted by trip and a half at 8:05 PM on August 21, 2006

Awww, wish I could go. I'm coming some year, I am!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:10 PM on August 21, 2006 [1 favorite]

Odinsdream and I were there in 2004; we were hoping to meet some internet celebrities and participate in a project or two. Alas, we found no one. But we also tended to stay around our little camp at 6 o'clock and Sedna after the incident with the furries. Tonight, we stumbled upon this post and started debating whether or not we'd actaully go again. I kind of miss it, actually.
posted by sara is disenchanted at 10:08 PM on August 21, 2006

I like a grumpy engineer with couple of giant Tesla coils.

Oh, and RufusW, you can take pictures, you just have to ask permission of your subjects first. See here for plenty.
posted by tula at 12:58 AM on August 22, 2006

I thought you weren't allowed to take any photos?

There's never been any prohibition on photos that I'm aware of. There is, however, a tighter control on video. BM requires all video-capable equipment, including your little AVI-capable pocket digicam, to be registered and tagged. They like to have some record of who was shooting video, in case there ever is any unauthorized news story on the event, or, god forbid, another "Girls Gone Wild @ Burning Man" video. They sue like motherfuckers for that stuff ever since MTV came in and did a report on the sly. Is it a 100% effective and enforceable policy? Not so much. But announcing this policy to all incoming visitors helps create an accountability paper trail should it be needed later.
posted by scarabic at 8:13 PM on August 22, 2006

I was on "arriving girlfriend watch" during this time, so I missed you guys. Had a great week and hope you did too!
posted by scarabic at 11:56 AM on September 4, 2006