You've heard the rumors. Now's your chance to check out the craziness that is Burning Man! Each year, thousands flock to the deserts of Nevada, to create Black Rock City, a no-holds-barred party metropolis! That's right, anything goes in this arid, hard rock habitat! No running water and no inhibitions, Burning Man is not for the faint of heart. Is this the Party of the Year, a modern day Sodom and

BURNcast in conjunction with Firegroove is giving away FREE Fire Eating Class or a 3 Class Groove Pass in your choice of poi, hoop or staff.All you have to do to win is comment on the BURNcast Events Blog because divaDanielle loves to hear from you! Be sure to mention which prize you want and make sure to leave your contact info.First come first serve! Be the first to comment and you could be a winning

Moose has provided some important information regarding Sunshine Allthetime's memorial service as follows:Here it is, guys: (her family will not be arranging anything, so this is arranged by her '08 campmates)Community Memorial Gathering for Claudia Blankenzee (AKA Sunshine)Sunday, June 7th5-10 PMDockwelier State Beachwww.beachcalifornia.com/dockw.htmlorhttp://beaches.co.la.ca.us/bandH/Beaches/Dockweiler.htmWe

Hey Kiddies!This week on the BURNcast Events VLOG - divaD's magical hat, shady ladies, FREE Fire workshop GIVE AWAY, party in SF w/ FREE TIX to Burning Man, Bass Ritual (Geminis in for FREE) and French Burners party Day & Night! PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE!xodivaDIf you have an event, you'd like to plug through BURNcast, fill out the form here.Upcoming EventsMore of BURNcast's events

The Lightning Temple is a 45' tall interactive art installation incorporating a nest of audio modulated Tesla coils as speakers. In this episode we meet up with Wizwonka, one of the project's visionary creators. Filmed 23 May 2009 in Malibu, CA.Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v)Tags: burning, man, black, rock, city, burncast, podcast, lightning, temple, maker, faire

Dust Storms & Rainbows : Burning Man 2007 from moontroll on Vimeo.A short video depicting the extreme dust storms and lovely double rainbow at Burning Man 2007, set to music recorded on the open playa from Disorient and Bassnectar. This video features the Boogie Universal crew and our Boogie Pyramid camp at 9:00 & Esplanade.Most film clips and photos by moontroll of Bellingham, Washington.

Hey L.A. Burners!Come meet me and divaDanielle as we celebrate Memorial Day weekend this Saturday at Red Lightning, a fundraiser for Shamballah, Green Society and Lightning Temple.Visit the website www.redlightning.org where you can find more details on our village for Black Rock City 2009.Get your tickets here.Love & Rockets,DaBomb

Hey Party People!This is our weekly list of events happening by and for Burners! If you are in LA, we wanna give a special shout out to Red Lightning, the benefit for Lightning Temple, Shamballah and Red Lightning. Check out all the info on their fundraiser down below on the event calender!! It's not to be missed and for a good cause!xodivaDIf you have an event, you'd like to plug through BURNcast,

Two years ago today Doll Parts spent the day unable to get out of bed because of a wicked headache. She was admitted to the California Pacific Medical Center for a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. During a cerebral angiography neuroradiologists discovered a second aneurysm. She was told "Your brain is bleeding."Members of the Burner community reached out to her by leaving a voice message for

It was quite a shock to discover last night on Tribe that we lost another member of our community to suicide. Her playa name was Sunshine Allthetime and she was a huge supporter of BURNcast. The details are sketchy but there is a discussion on Tribe that may shed more information as the conversation unfolds.

The above is a nice podcast from a fellow burner Belinda who does a show called "Disturbed Paranormal" on BlogTalk radio. Here she speaks with Dr. Placebo from the Bureau of Erotic Discourse.It's a worth running a repeat featuring another fabulous member of the B.E.D.:BURNcast #052 - Get into B.E.D. with Gigi de L'AmourIn this episode, Quin and I speak to Gigi de L’Amour of the Bureau of Erotic

French Burners Mini Burning Man: 30 Mai 2009PROGRAMME14H-18H : ATELIERS- Body Art (body painting,…)- Ultra Pop Photography- Foot massage- Cours de massage Thaï- Costume Design & Creation- Création de tenues lumineuses avec du el wire et des LED- Cours de jonglage avec des bolas- Initiation au Mix- Nowhere & Burning Man 200918H-21H : APERO - BARBECUEA 18h, nous prendrons tranquillement l’apéro.

I just read on Hollis' family blog that she spends her days listening to her iPod!!! Read it here.This is great because as I previously posted, I'm mixing new audio podcasts episodes from recordings I made at BM 2007 for "BURNcast" and want listeners to participate by leaving voice messages for Hollis to be used in the next episode. That way she can listen on her iPod!To participate, the number to

In this episode we talk to three visitors to the BURNcast camp at Burning Man 2007 the morning after the burning of the Man and Crude Awakening. Our first guest, Lighthouse, shares many a tale about his experiences on the playa. Andie and Joe follow up with a discussion about moop. Finally, Obi Wan recounts the events of the Crude Awakening burn. Music by Pleasure Sean.Recorded 2 September 2007 in

So I'm mixing new audio podcasts episodes from recordings I made at BM 2007. Leave a message for Hollis that I can use in the next episode. Let's not forget Hollis! She's still with us and needs our love and support. Call 775-363-5861

Curious Josh is part of the team that makes up the LA Regional contacts which also include Athena Demos, Topless Deb, Ernest Belding, and Normal. In this episode Josh and I head on down to the Grilled Cheese Invitational, an event first started by members of the Burning Man camp Gigsville, to talk to some members of the community (drink!).Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v)Tags: burningman, burncast,

Burning Man 2008 from jdsvids on Vimeo.This is an excellent video from BM 2008. What's even more wonderful is the artist's transparency. When he posted this to Vimeo he also included his camera tag number: #4783. Kudos on a great job in filmmaking and respecting the community (drink!).

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Hey Party People!This week we gots tickets to PLUMP in LA. And if you're in NY we've got two tickets to Bootie tomorrow night. Watch to win and be sure to leave a comment!xoxoxdivaDIf you have an event, you'd like to plug through BURNcast, fill out the form here.Upcoming EventsMore of BURNcast's events

Long-running mashup mega-club "Bootie", (with branches in Australia, Germany, San Francisco, and beyond) is proud to host a very "special" evening of Bootie: Black Rock City in the heart of Manhattan on Friday, May 15th. Bootie's resident DJs Adrian & The Mysterious D will be joined by the Fandango Village's DJ Malderor for a one-night-only version of Burning Man's very own Bootie: Black Rock

A video submission from Psilly Psimon who writes: "Why do we go to Burning Man? There are LOTS of reasons! Here are a few from the '04 burn."If you would like to submit a video for BURNcast.tv, please click here for our guidelines.

This is the final episode in a three part series of interviews with Chicken John who has been burning since 1994. In addition to refuting insistent claims put forth by the Black Rock City LLC denying preferential treatment towards the media , Chicken John recounts one of the earliest and (until Paul Addis came along) most infamous Burning Man pranks when in 1996 (the year of the Helco theme) a neon

Here it is!! The BURNcast events Video Blog. It is one day late. Sorry! Bad Diva! Bad!If you have an event you'd like us to share, fill out the form below!xodivaDIf you have an event, you'd like to plug through BURNcast, fill out the form here.Upcoming EventsMore of BURNcast's events

This is the second episode in a three part series with Chicken John. Here he continues his discussion about his involvement with the "Swimming Cities of Serenissima" project. As we release this episode on the web, Chicken John is setting his course for summer's adventures to join New York street artist Swoon along with the entire Serenissima crew in Europe to crash the Venice Bienalle in Italy. More

Burntown suffered a heavy loss last week when Joey Huckins passed away in a tragic work related accident. Below is the obituary as featured on Placeropolis.comJoseph Lawrence Huckins12/15/1978 - 4/30/2009Joe lived life to the fullest. Joe had dreams and then he lived them as an inspiration to us all. Joe worked as a tree trimmer; a job that he dearly loved. On Thursday, April 30, in a job related

From PuzzlingEvidenceTVFamily and Art Car friends of Tom Kennedy join Bishop Joey for a few words, fireworks and tears at Ocean Beach, where we last saw our friend smile. Music is "Taxi Suite" by Rare Air. You will be loved, Tom...

Tonight starting at 6:00 pm PDT the Tom Kennedy Grand Memorial will take place at American Steel Building in Oakland, CA.BURNcast will be offering a feed of the livestream on this blog post starting at 7:20 p.m. PDT. However -- as with all things tech -- this start time is also playa time approximate technical difficulties notwithstanding. Though the information I received says the stream will starts

This Saturday is a screening of "Dust & Illusions: A History of Burning Man" in San Francisco. A portion of the proceeds go the support the Delancey Street Foundation, a residential self-help organization for former substance abusers, ex-convicts, homeless and others who have hit bottom. The other portion will go to support Tom Kennedy’s memorial service that is taking place this evening.More