Based on Dr. Seuss's final book before his death, this is a story about life's ups and downs, told by the people of Burning Man 2011.Directed by:Teddy Saunders (www.tedshots.com)Parker Howell (www.parkerhowell.com)William Walsh (www.wbwalsh.com)Produced and Edited by Teddy SaundersDigital Effects and Color by Parker HowellOriginal Score By Darius HolbertSound Mix by Tyler PayneBrought to you by:www.facebook.com/tedshots

More sad news posted by Bobzilla earlier today:Long time burner, Captain Jim Peterson of Tuna Guys is lost at sea. On 12/12 his boat capsized. The 2 other deck hands were rescued and they will be OK. The search for Capt. Petersen has been suspended by the Coast Guard.  Below is an interview as recorded of Jim by Cowboyangel at Tuna Camp in 2004.

This in from Bobzilla posted earlier today:More sad news. Mike Aquino aka Skid has passed away. Mike was the man behind K-SVERT 106.5 FM on the playa and well as a former Burning Man Regional Rep for the South Bay. He was a huge part of the Burning Man community and a big part of the Burning Man Radio family. He was a friend and will be very much missed. Please keep him, his family and his

Shrine On, a member of the Los Angeles burner community, was in a serious car accident earlier this week on Wednesday, October 5 while on his way to Joshua Tree. The details of the accident are still unclear but what we do know is that he is in the hospital and underwent surgery to repair a torn aorta which is the the main artery leading to the heart. Its a very serious operation that he made it through

Click to embiggenCheck out GeoEye‘s annual high resolution picture of Burning Man from the sky, taken on Thursday, September 1st, 2011. The image is remarkably sharp, but it's over 12MB in size so it'll take a few seconds for it to load. See if you can find your camp!The Google Earth team has turned into a KML image overlay.

KJ and Stefan Spins present their HOMEage to Burning Man 2011. Enjoy along with us!

Follow us!As viewership dropped in the days leading up to Burning Man we decided to take a break. But we'll continue our video series of Burning Man 1994-2011 here on this blog in the upcoming weeks. But for now, great content in the form of videos, photos and essays from the community (drink!) is being curated on our Tumblr blog daily (see below). Be sure to follow us there!

What should you do if you're pulled over by the police on the road to Burning Man? The above scene is an excerpt from "Busted: The Citizen’s Guide to Surviving Police Encounters" video created by FlexYourRights.org.Flex Your Rights is dedicated to providing the general public with the finest educational media available for teaching people to understand, appreciate, and assert their constitutional

Flat Smiley Template FinalThe Flat Smiley Project is collaborative new media project and community building activity for Burning Man 2011. Flat Smiley invites participants to befriend him and take him along on your travels to Black Rock City. Flat Smiley's message is: "No Burner left behind!" Using Flat Smiley is like sending a postcard from the playa for many burners who are not able to attend the

It is with a sad and heavy heart to announce the passing of Rod Garrett, Black Rock City's City Planner. Rod's duties included city planning and design, design of official structures, as well as production of illustrations and other graphics.Rod first attended the event in ’95. He says he didn’t realize then that he'd go back to Burning Man again and again, much less end up designing a city for