Recorded at the 2011 Burning Man Summit in San Francisco, California, by Wisconsin Regional Contact Eric Griswold. Posted by Wisconsin Regional Contact Marilyn Besasie.

This interview was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on July 19, 2011.

Thank you all for being my family. On to the next thing. I'll always be around, all you have to do is look for me. Peace. Micheal R. Steffy "JarJar" 06.19.58 - 07.18.11 Gone Home

Mike Pettengill's art project entitled "Guillow's Kit" is a comprehensive installation complete with plans, box and model of a WWII Japanese Mitsubishi Zero fighter aircraft at a full scale. The box and the plans will be printed using the technology employed in the printing of billboards. The vinyl plans will be staked throughly to the surface of the dry lake bed at the Burning Man and the box artwork

Click to embiggen imageNo, this is not spam and it's not a joke. If you really want these tickets, you're going to have to find the auction on eBay yerself.And if you're interested, I have some prime real estate on Esplanade to sell ya. In the tony area of 6:01-6:03, right next to First Camp! Leave a comment or DM me!UPDATE: This auction item is sold.

We're b-a-a-a-ck after an extended interruption to our Blogger service which prevented us from uploading anything since July 12. We're sorry about that. But we'll be back this Tutu-Tuesday with something new.Until then, here's a video from 2007 by CelebrateBig who writes: Travel to Burning Man, through theme camps, day sights, and night experiences. Art installations, performances, art cars, Crude

At Burning Man 2010, photographer Eric Schwabel suited up and showed up on the playa in what he calls the "Human Light Suit" and with his camera in hand photographed members of the community (drink!) as evidenced in this video.This year, Schwabel wants to reprise his experience only he wants to go bigger. He figures $18,000 will be plenty enough to upgrade the Human Light Suit so he's launched a Kickstarter

BURNBABYBURN from Steve Payne on Vimeo.A few weeks ago we featured a Kickstarter documentary project entitled "Unusual Perspectives" by Burner and Los Angeles filmmaker Paynie. More about the project here.While "Unusual Perspectives" promises to be a worthwhile venture, a decade ago Paynie produced "Burn Baby Burn" another Burning Man documentary that earned him some pretty epic burn cred. Today