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Volume 18, Issue #18 | March 20, 2014 
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ROUND-UP OF BURNING MAN WRITINGS:
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A small crew of Burning Man staffers had a very successful sojourn to South by Southwest Interactive last week, and boy howdy was it a busy trip! We hosted a panel, workshop, and two Burner meet-ups, allowing us the opportunity to share Burner principles and practices with the masses. We love us some SXSW, expecially examining the parallels between our events. We'll have a recap of what we got up to in a future JRS. (On a side note, we were saddened by the tragic events that transpired later in the week - our hearts go out to those affected.)
In other news, we've got a jobby job available at Burning Man HQ, working with this Rabbit and the rest of the Communications Team. Think you've got the chops? Bring it! See below for details.
On a sad note, we've learned that one of the people on board the missing Malaysian plane was a Burner ... our thoughts go out to his friends and family.
The Man burns in 180 days!
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Job Opening: Communications Program Associate
Position Available: Program Associate, Communications Department
Location: San Francisco, CA
JOB SUMMARY
This role will provide administrative and interdepartmental support for the Communications Department in Burning Man’s San Francisco office, and on playa in Nevada before and during the event. Work involves numerous internal and external contacts, complex non-routine tasks and administrative support of department processes and procedures. Duties include scheduling, booking travel, drafting correspondence, archiving, prepping presentations, digital filing, maintaining databases and project management. Judgment, professionalism and initiative must be exercised in answering and interpreting verbal and written communications and projects.
This is a full-time, regular position eligible for benefits. For comprehensive details on the duties and essential functions of this role and a list of qualifications, please view the complete job listing here.
** Please submit resume and cover letter by 10:00AM PST on March 31st, using this link.
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Remembrance Plaque of Names of Burners Lost: 2013-2014
"Each year since 1996, an anonymous Burner has created a plaque to commemorate members of our community who have passed away the previous year. This tradition honors those who have participated in creating Burning Man and affected our Burning experiences. This is a call out to you, our community, to please let us know of any Burners lost in the last year whose names you feel should be added to this year's Remembrance Plaque.
Please send only their name, exactly as you would like to see it appear, to this address.
(**please DO NOT HIT REPLY to this newsletter to submit a name.)
Submissions must be received by July 20th to be included on this year's plaque. Submissions after the 20th will be added to next year's plaque.
Look for the completed plaque at the base of the Man. (Important note: the plaque is displayed at the Man Base, not the Temple, where more elaborate and personal memorials are created by participants.)
May their spirits move on to the eternal playa! "
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The 2013 Black Rock Yearbook is Here! Are You in it?
We've always loved this project. Doug writes:
"What is the Black Rock Yearbook? Every year since 2007, we have been shooting your Burning Man Yearbook photo. In 2013, over 1000 citizens of Black Rock City stopped by our camp to get a yearbook photo taken while in their playa finest. It's a wonderful time capsule of 2013 playa.
Download the PDF here.
Connect on Facebook."
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Radical Inclusion: That's So Gay?
As part of the 10 Principles blog series, Jessica "The Hun" Reeder talks about a sensitive subject related to the principle of Radical Inclusion. We welcome you to add your thoughts to the discussion. Here's an excerpt:
"Usually, when I think about Radical Inclusion, I think about the way we judge other Burners for doing it wrong in various ways: Too much oontz oontz or a preponderance of yarn dreads…wearing cargo shorts instead of hot pants…watching the event through the window of an RV…marching around screaming CHIIIRRRRRRRP when other people are trying to sleep. There are a million ways to do Burning Man, and just about any way you choose to do it, somebody’s going to have a problem with it.
But recently, my perception of the Radical Inclusion debate shifted, when I realized that we as a community might have an inclusion problem on a much more basic level."
Read the whole post.
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Tips on Running a Successful Bar at Burning Man
Spanky's Wine Bar is one of the longest-running and well-respected camps running a rockin' bar at Burning Man -- they do it right. Their proprietor, Admiral Painjoy, has put together this fantastic list of tips for running a successful bar at Burning Man. Hell, we learned stuff! If you or yours are gonna run a bar, this is well worth a read.
As they say: "Your heart may belong to The Man ... but your ASS belongs to Spanky's."
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11 Alternatives to Burning Man
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Let's just categorize this under "Round-Up of Not Burning Man Writings" ... or something. We heart our friends at Fest300, who do great work covering festival culture [Editor's Note: Burning Man is not a festival in the traditional sense ... it's an event.]. They write:
"Ever since Burning Man first sold out in 2011, there has been a scarcity mentality around tickets. Although the governing body of the festival has tried to mitigate scalping and push for a higher attendee limit, the reality is that as the event’s popularity continues to grow, some of us simply won’t get to go to Burning Man. So what's a would-be Burner to do?
Well, there are several alternatives to 'That Thing In The Desert.' Some (Nowhere, AfrikaBurn) are Regional events, officially recognized by Burning Man. Others (Secret Garden Party, What the Festival) were inspired by their founders’ trips to the desert. Considering the Individual Ticket Sale was over in 45 minutes this year, you may want to put some of these 11 festivals on a back ... burner."
(Har! Back burner! See what they did there?)
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Delightful Faces of Early Birds and Night Owls
There's just something about that look you get in your eye, standing at the Temple at sunrise.
Christof Teuscher sends us this photo gallery of beautiful and unique portraits of participants taken by the dawn's early light at the Temple of Whollyness, 2013.
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Music: Deep Playa Wonderings
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Love this, and we very much look forward to stumbling across Mr. Blink playing in the deep playa someday. He writes:
"I would like to share my performance art project that was recorded last year at Burning Man 2013, 'Deep Playa Wonderings'. This was my ninth year at Burning Man and I've been performing percussion and trumpet through out the years in various venues. The year before I co-composed music for a Fire troop audition tape. It was a fun process. I ended up loading it to my SoundCloud page and gave out the link as playa gifts in 2012.
After the success of that project I wanted to try a different spin on it. I've always been a fan of wandering in the deep playa and the musical encounters have been highlights of my Burn. I decided I would go out each night to the deep playa and perform improvised music at different art installations. My gift back to the audience would be gifting that actual song to them post-playa through my SoundCloud page.
So the project became 'Deep Playa Wonderings'. I hope to continue gifting of this playa artifact to the Burner community."
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Black Rock Wine Cellar/Vineyards: All Things Wine!
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"Are you a wine lover looking for an awesome place to camp? Are you interested in volunteering at The Black Rock Wine Cellar/Vineyards with some of your many vino related talents – say, host a wine tasting perhaps? Or maybe you need to store a precious bottle or two in our wine storage facility?
We want to spread our love of All Things Wine and we need passionate individuals (like you!) to make it happen. Take a look below and, if you’re interested, sign up here.
Opportunities include to participate include:
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Camp with us (Access to all the good vino? Yes, please!)
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Host tastings (you meet THE best people!)
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Assist/Barback during tastings (to help keep our spazzy-selves organized)
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Staff the cellar (Log in and check out wines. 1 hour shifts. Easy-breezy stuff)
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Contribute decor (wooden barrel; large wine related wall art; wine glasses; carpet, linoleum, or dare I say … Parkay or wood flooring for our tasting room … you get the gist)
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Contribute wine (YES, we accept Charles Shaw)
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Store your wine (in our fabulous, refrigerated, subterranean wine cellar, of course)
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Transport wine to playa
Here is the link to our Facebook page."
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Playapops Burning Man Symphony Now Has a Blog
Classical music afficionados! We told you about the Playapops Burning Man symphony in the last JRS, and now Pigtails has a blog with recorded music, information and sign-up details. Cuz this is 2014 and it's the internet, and that's what you do. You make a blog.
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Call For Senior Burners To Be Interview Candidates
Bookfairy Katy writes:
"Each year as a journalist I come to Burning Man with a question. The answers become my published story. After careful observation, when dust allows, I want to ask senior Burners WHY there are so many more elder (over 60) men than women at Burning Man? Yes, I know the whole crowd is more male than female according to the Census. Is it that guys started coming at Baker Beach and never stopped? Lotsa old computer geeks that love flaming objects? Elder women don't want to get down and dirty?
As one of those senior women that does come where are the gray haired sisters I'd love to see? I'm camping in the Mobility Camp/Dimension of Accessibility usually at Center Circle and 6:30. Come find me and share opinions."
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Eternal Return: Peter Hudson's Latest Interactive Zoetrope!
Hudzo's back, people! And this is a good thing. He writes:
"Did you love Charon (the skeleton ferris wheel) and Homouroboros (the wild monkeys swinging)? YES! Want more, more! Well Peter Hudson and crew are at it again ...
Peter Hudson and his dedicated crew are building Eternal Return, their most dynamic, large-scale, kinetic, stroboscopic zoetrope installation yet. The concept of the Eternal Return speculates that the universe has been recurring, and will continue to recur, in a self-similar form, an infinite number of times across infinite time and space. This concept is touched upon in virtually all cultural and religious narratives.
The complexity of Eternal Return required a two-year build period, and thousands of volunteer crew work hours.
Please help us build this dream for all to enjoy by supporting our Indiegogo fundraising campaign. If you'd like to help us build please message us via our Facebook page."
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R-Evolution: Marco Cochrane's Next Mind-Blowing Sculpture
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Remember Bliss Dance? Truth Is Beauty? Sure you do. Marco Cochrane and Bliss Crew are working on yet another massive, mind-blowing sculpture -- the last of the series -- and they could use your help ... Julia writes:
"I just wanted to let everyone know that Marco Cochrane and Bliss Crew have started work on the third and final sculpture in The Bliss Project, R-Evolution. She won't be Playa ready until 2015 because these sculptures take two years to build, but we need funding throughout the process! If you loved Bliss Dance and Truth is Beauty and want to help us launch R-Evolution, please donate to our Indiegogo campaign.
As always we have great perks including bronze pendants of all three sculptures, as well as six-inch bronze desktop versions. And, everyone who donates will receive a 'Together We Stand' wristband. Even if you can't donate, please help us spread the word. For more information (and photos of course), please click the link above! Thank you for your continued support and love!!"
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Black Rock Roller Disco Night at the Church of 8 Wheels
We normally don't post local stuff, but this? This is worthy of your awareness. Black Rock Roller Disco has been a stalwart theme camp of awesome on playa for, like, ever, and David Miles Jr. (the Godfather of Sk8) is the pinnacle of bringin' it in style, always. He writes:
"Come be a part of the rolligous fever sweeping the City of San Francisco every Saturday night as the Church of 8 Wheels is now the off-playa home of the Black Rock Roller Disco theme camp at Burning Man.
Every Saturday night will be a countdown on wheels till we get to the playa in 2014. The doors open at 7PM and we roll until 10PM. We roll 4 days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday nights.
We love to get funky with the music, so be ready to have a funky good time with us. The cost to enter is $10. Skate rentals are available for $5.
The Church of 8 Wheels is located at 554 Fillmore St. @ Fell Street in San Francisco. Churches make fantastic roller rinks. We're gonna have a funky good time!!! Please come be part of the rolling congregation!!!"
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Apogaea Ticket Sales Update - Bailey, CO - June 4-8
Our good friends at Apogaea (that's Colorado's Regional Burn) write:
"On March 7, Apogaea first round tickets went on sale. The first round sold out in 25 minutes! There are two more rounds of ticket sales: March 22 and the final ticket round on May 10. For more info, check out our ticket page.
As a reminder, Apogaea is taking place in the mountains of beautiful Colorado June 4-8th, 2014. For more information, check out our website."
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A Burnal Equinox for Burners Everywhere - March 28-30
The good folks at BURN2 write:
"BURN2, your virtual Burning Man extension, is having their Burnal Equinox through the weekend of March 28 at 12:00 - March 30 until 10:00 p.m. PST. Come play with us at our Burnal Equinox. This 3D simulated experience is for Burners all over the world - those who have a good internet connection, that is. It’s easy to learn. We are an official Burning Man Regional and we do heed to the Ten Principles
that you are accustomed to. We dance and we burn stuff too. Check out to see our performers, chat with Rangers and dance with Lamplighters. This year's theme is based in the distant future. Sci-Fi fans will dig it. Check out the pics of past events and you’ll get a good sense of what it’s like to be a virtual Burner. All you need is detailed at the BURN2 website."
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