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Can Gods Die?
by Whatsblem the Pro Photo: Sarah Taylor El Pulpo Mecanico, the steampunk art car in the form of an enormous cephalopod that first wowed us all at Burning Man 2011, is reportedly headed for the scrap...
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RUN, IT IS RISEN! A Burning Man Easter Story
by Whatsblem the Pro On Good Friday, we reported that art car favorite El Pulpo Mecanico would be scrapped. Three days later on Easter Sunday, El Pulpo artist/designer Duane Flatmo commented on that...
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Your Own Art Car? Wunder’s Rockbox on the Auction Block
by Whatsblem the Pro Photo: wwardlaw Derek Wunder has been going to Burning Man every year for the last thirteen years; he’s going to miss 2013 because he’s got a baby on the way, due the week of the...
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The Octorapture Draws Nigh
by Whatsblem the Pro When Duane Flatmo, the artist behind EL PULPO MECANICO, made public the plans to scrap his great beast of a mechanical flame-juggling octopus on Good Friday of this year,...
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Highway Update!
by Whatsblem the Pro NV State Route 447 in June of this year — PHOTO: Ralph Minnitte A lot of burners have been worried about the condition of Nevada State Route 447 since the recent heavy rains washed...
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I-80 Alert! Sinkhole in Truckee Forces Lane Closures
by Whatsblem the Pro Expect delays on I-80 through Truckee – PHOTO: Samuel Gonzalez/KCRA Caltrans reports that a sinkhole has developed in the center median on Interstate 80 in the Truckee area, near...
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Kentucky Fried Camp’s Packed U-Haul Stolen in the East Bay
by Whatsblem the Pro The missing truck bears this design, #107 in U-Haul’s “Venture Across America” series Kentucky Fried Camp, a group of mostly Kentuckians and San Franciscans originally from...
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Know Your Enemy
by Whatsblem the Pro They say that knowledge is power, and that you should keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. For your empowerment, Burners.me presents the specific rules in use on the...
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Strange Festival
The latest installment in the commodification and appropriation of our culture: Acura’s commercial for their 2016 MDX. This one is longer but without sound: Diddy did it first: In 2006 Lexus created...
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