Today's video is from Martin Darbyshir (aka HYPERBREED®) a digital media artist. He shared with BURNcast this video saying:"Given the chance, I like to immerse myself in rich digital media content creation, manipulation, collaboration, production & post-production. The main goal of my work is, (and always has been) to bring attention to the talented artists and individuals around me whose work

BURNcast.TV receives a lot of video submissions from participants like you but this one really takes the cake. It's so ebullient, it reminds me of what first drew me to Burning Man in the first place. This video was was submitted by Rob (no-playa name) who said:"This is a video that is SO GOOD. I'm Rob from Camp Pendant--best little camp that you most likely never heard of. This video is from Nick

Earlier this week I featured a video that was shot at Burning Man on an iPhone. Today I'm sharing a video I took the day after the Man burned in '09. Let me set this up: some members of the community (drink!) embraced the idea of cellphone connectivity on the playa while others did not. My friend Flaux was one who did not. Prior to turning on my video camera she had just expressed her opinion about

Burning Man 2009 from Glenn Robert Lym on Vimeo.This week on BURNcast.TV we'll be covering the topic of "Cellphones @ Burning Man" which was percolating as a rumor for many months leading up to the event at last year's burn. In fact, come early August '09, the BM blog posted that coverage was available in Gerlach. John Curley wrote: "Isn’t that weird? You can check your email; you can get calls,

This weekend if you're in Los Angeles the Mystikal Misfits camp has got it goin' on.COLLECTION! A Mystikal Misfits Camp Fun-raiser PartyHelp the Misfits bring the magic back to Black Rock City in 2010. The video featured above is when the camp reprezented at Los Angeles Decom last year.Saturday, May 8th, 9:00 pm - 5:00 amMission:Control ~ Culver Cityemail maryckirmo@gmail.com for directions$15 donation

Ohhhhh happy day! It is with great pleasure to welcome to our world this community's newest member: the lovely Miss Luna Adele. DRINK!Luna was born May 5, 2010, at 12:19 am and weighed in at a healthy 5 pounds 11.7 ounces and 19 inches long (that's 2.59 kg and 48.26 cm for those of you outside the US).Luna's father Juddles has been a frequent guest on BURNcast. In an email announcing her arrival he

This recording is from Rhino, one of the lead moderators on the Burning Man Tribe who submitted this report about Interfuse, the Midwest Regional Burn. Below are some photos from his Flickr album.Thanks so much for your participation, Rhino! xoxo

Greg "The Philospher" Tropea of BRCPO has gone to the eternal playa having succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 59. He got his moniker because he was a professor of philosophy at Cal State University, Chico. A memorial is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 10 in the Bell Memorial Union at Chico State. When asked just a few days before his passing if he was scared to die Tropea responded, "No, I'm

This video was sent to me from Kevage, one of my campmates from 2009. I think (although I'm not 100% sure) he shot the footage from his cellphone. If you've got a video or slideshow to share, by all means bring it.

Over the weekend at the Mad Mad May Day Burner Bazaar I met up with some folks in the community (drink!) who had nothing but love, love, love for Danger Ranger. Get better soon, dude!

Paul AddisIt's been a pretty active week in the Burning Man community (drink!). With stories about Danger Ranger's accident, Mark Pincus Zynga/Tribe scandal and my involvement with the Mad Mad May Day Burner Bazaar event), somehow THEE story of the weekend almost got buried so I'm here to recover it.After serving almost two years in Nevada State prison for destruction of property charges when he torched