so whos planning on going to Burning Man this year?!!

:dablackpearl:
i'd go if 300 dollars fell from the sky and landed in my pocket.
i want to volunteer though. or scam my way in. mostly always wanted go to take photos but ya can take photos anywhere so hmphh. maybe we can all build some giant burning man art structure and cram together in it then bust out....!:cheers:
 
its simple
BM is to privileged yuppie spiritual types
as cochella is to
privledged yuppie indie types
 
Linda/Ziggy said:
HA HA HA
Anyone spare $300 for a ticket to hang out with a bunch of privileged hipsters in the desert.
It used to be FREE!
Come to the Rainbow Gather in Washington !!!

Linda/Ziggy
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My feelings exactly. It was hard enough for me to come up with $20 for the Vegas Deathfest--I set that aside back in October. $300 for a party is going to define the type of people that go there automatically. That's why it's mostly silicon valley types that attend. And I just don't see how this can be some kind of environmental event considering the enormous amounts of diesel fuel that make it possible. Even biodiesel is an extremely resource intensive substance whose production has contributed to the decimation of forests in Malaysia. The whole thing sounds kind of obscene but what really gets me is when people dress that up as spiritual and new age because this is just fake. Why not just go to Vegas and spend money in the casinos? Is there really all that much of a difference?

I like the Rainbow Gathering a lot more because it attracts people who are about living in relative simplicity. Plus there is more of a unified theme, the prayer for peace, that gives the event a focus instead of turning it into drugs + sex and then trying to slap a superficial spiritual label on top of it. Burning Man was probably awesome when it first started but nothing about what I've heard about BM recently makes me want to attend. If I got a free ticket I would still be on the fence. LOL
 
To clarify: I'm sure there are a lot of sincere and spiritual people who attend the event, but I don't think these qualities define the event as a whole.
 
venusinpisces said:
To clarify: I'm sure there are a lot of sincere and spiritual people who attend the event, but I don't think these qualities define the event as a whole.
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agreed. personally for me i'm one to try and experience whatever i can in life when i am able to, especially because every experience for me that i am willing to go through, aware that it can go as shitty as possible or the opposite of shit and be awesome, idk i tend to look for art and creativity in everything,thats what fuels me- art.... even an event like burning man where i can understand everyone who's posted their points of view and i respect those views. do what you want stick to what you believe/want and respect opposing views, well only if you get that respect back.... wrote a little more than planned sorry if went on too long..... cheers
 
please in my humble opinion I try to remember that I'm from a tribe that's "invisible" . After years on and off the road I still remain invisible. No matter if I'm carrying a backpack walking along a busy highway. I don't need to pay for "being" anything except food and clothes. ( cigarettes, beer, tequila ) don't count, that's a requirement. All of you out there know this feeling. So I seek people that are the same as I am. It's tough because we really don't see each other passing by. My path is already guided by the spirits of my native people the appalachee indian. I walk where thay have and chose to wander into other tribes spirits and they guide me without saying a word but with a emotion that follows alongside me. I'm the old school hitch hiker. the old ones who have seen what you sometimes seek. the old face in the crowd that says hello without a word being said. the one who travels at night without fear of the darkness. ..dogs on the edge of civilization
 
i got a $100 scholarship ticket that i'm sort of saving up for and would pay for at the gate. i just had to answer some essay questions as to why i should get a reduced rate ticket on their website. took them about three weeks to review all the apps, but i'm in i guess. i'll be camping with my freak bike friends.
 
personnaly i wouldnt miss out on an experience just because there is going to be ppl with money and shit. becuase personally i want to go for the art aspect, and i wont let any person with money or thats a " rich hipster" ruin my expierience. i might have to deal with them but at least ill get out of it what i came for. shouldnt let other ppl ruin things for you.
 
most of the rich hipster kids are the artists
theres just something about the oooooo i want to self medicate and express the furthest reaches of my miiiiind that yells out
"I HAVE NO CARE IN THE WORLD TRALALALA PAINT PAINT PAINT LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME"
this comedian has a pretty cool song bout the situation
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Alright, so here's to being the voice of reason:

Yeah, there are a shitload of yuppie heading to the Burn. I've never been, can't really comment on the experience. That being said, I know a chick in one of Dameon's pictures.

All y'all who would avoid the festival because there are rich folks there...Well, that's your choice. Here's a little fuck you to your narrow-minded, intolerant asses. You've lost all right to complain when those same yuppies look at you and say shit like "dirty street rats". It's a two way street.

If you can't afford it, sux, but there are other ways in. Boycotting it because of the cash, fine. I'm not going because I don't wanna spend $300 on tix, but I could easily have either volunteered or tried to get a discount ticket.
 
I avoid rich people because rich people say and do stupid shit in large that is im sure not all the time but I dont need to see a bunch of people with no care in the world because they get to go back home to beverly hills right after flaunting off the outrageous clothing they bought online and all the drugs they were able to afford on daddys visa. Its a culture that we's be better without. Mindless self indulgence and no not the band. I love when im called a dirty w/e anything that puts some dividing line between me and the ugz wearing gucci posing mindless careless culture they come from. Not to say that dirty street kids cant be the same way its just in this particular situation it happens to be a mass of rich kids and not a mass pf drunx punx.
 
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