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For sale. One Burning Man. Slightly charred. [Craigslist]


Burning Man 2008 tickets now on sale! The show takes place in the middle of the desert from August 25 to September 1 and this year's theme is "American Dream." [Laughing Squid]


Burning Man's copyright Nazis

PAUL BOUTIN — Burning Man, the Bay Area's annual alt.credibility event for geeks, has gone from "radical self-expression" to self-litigation. Founders Larry Harvey and Michael Mikel each want sole ownership of the name. Third founder John...


"To try to sabotage him is completely wrong. We wait all year long. This is an adult's Christmas party." — Burning Man attendee Erica, on the attempted arson of the statue of The Man, the totem burnt in the Nevada desert at the end of the...


Burning Man statue burns -- a bit too early

BLACK ROCK CITY — The entire point of Burning Man is, I'll remind the uninitiated, is to gather together in the desert to torch a giant wooden statue called, yes, The Man. But that's supposed to happen this weekend. It's 3 in the morning on...


Paul Addis, the accused arsonist of this year's Burning Man, has been arrested again on arson charges. This time, Addis was caught on the steps of San Francisco's Grace Cathedral carrying small explosives. His next court date, for the Burning Man...


The Man burns tonight

BLACK ROCK CITY — Actual conversation, overheard at the Porta-Potties:"So what'd you do last night?" "I took some unknown hallucinogen from a guy I didn't know." (shakes head sadly, as if in shame) "How was it?" "Fucking awesome."The Man...


Burning Man arsonist has exceptionally large balls

Paul Addis, the man accused of setting fire to The Man, the totemic woodenstatue at the center of Burning Man, has a history of pulling pranks in the Nevada arts festival. Insiders believe that Addis was responsible for a 1997 prank in which giant...


Scott Beale commits LOLson

Laughing Squid blogger Scott Beale has exploited the LOLcats meme to mock Paul Addis, the would-be arsonist who tried to burn down The Man, the wooden statue at the center of the Burning Man arts festival in Nevada. Inevitable. Brilliant. Wish I'd...


Valley denizens descend on Black Rock City

It's time for the annual bacchanal of burning fossil fuel and using drugs known as Burning Man. According to a tipster, "Google has a total of five big-rig hospitality trucks camped out at Burning Man for the Google elite and some other Valley...


The Valley begins its party to warm up the planet

Ladies and gentlemen, rev up your RVs, pack your SUVs full, gas up your private jets, and start making your way to Black Rock City, the site in Nevada for Burning Man, the annual art festival and orgy of self-indulgence. The most hardcore of...