Tiffa Novoa 1975-2007 Costume Designer, Performance Artist. 
It's always about change. Burning Man is (some would say has been) going corporate. America's biggest counterculture jamboree is also a $10 million business. Now, Business 2.0 reports, it's trying to leverage its brand -- and save the planet -- by (gasp!) inviting corporate participants. 
The Asheville-based Applied Visualization Lab is premiering its climate and visualization expertise on the global stage at the 5th International Symposium on Digital Earth in Berkeley, CA, June 5 - 9, 2007. 
T R A N S F O R M U S 
Know Your Burns - They are all LNT (leave no trace) events and are organized in the spirit of Burning Man, conforming to the 10 Principles made famous by that big daddy of events.
"With the Burning Man art festival in the Nevada desert starting Monday, a group of San Francisco scientists is busy calculating how much the event contributes to global warming."
"Encouraged by the resurgence of the green movement, the scientists are taking a hard look at all those sacred flaming temples, gas-powered scooters shaped like cupcakes, and hundreds of rumbling RVs that converge for a week on the dry Black Rock Desert lakebed." link
THE UNDERGROUND PRESS
I was a faithful Speckled Bird reader. We bought these most of the time from people on street corners in Atlanta; on the corner of 14th St, where all the other freaks hung out. As surely as you'd see a Bird vendor around there, you'd also see someone selling flowers for a small fee to wear in your hair or wherever. And you knew who was selling "what" "where". And someone was in a doorway playing guitar; a few bumming spare change passing by. All waiting for the next musical, sexual, or pharmaceutical experience. 
Receiving The Last Whole Earth Catalog was a spiritual experience. Sort of a hippie Sears catalog and was one of the very few books we had at Peace Tree (a lakeside commune in Tennessee) when we first began. It was all about survival, metaphysics, learning to grow organic, live natural, how to build a shelter-- how to build or make just about anything. Stewart Brand (Burning Man) was the founder. We've still got one around the house someplace. Overheard on tv: "Gwyneth Paltrow is resting comfortably after giving birth to her new baby Moses. Except for the burning bush." (rim shot) Syntax points us toa free Boards Of Canada's Dayvan Cowboy download.
2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. May 4 release date. Pre-order from Amazon.
Psygarden
I like my men like I like my coffee. Ground up and in the freezer.
Michael Hussar is a fun and twisted artist I don't get to see enough of. Another image you may recognize here. Just who landed the dream job that determines that Julian Casablancas' DNA isn't worth as much as Michael Stipe's? Lunch, anyone? Artist Natalie Dee's review of those ribbons you see displayed on cars. More Firefox Fun - How about Pimpzilla theme for your Firefox? Subtle, thy name is NOT Pimpzilla. Know Your BurnsIf evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.
Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I will show you some fucktard who can't get his pants off.
RNC Schedule
Scenes from Berlin's Love Parade. You know they're having a blast. San Francisco has been working to have their own Love Parade for 3 years now and on Oct 2 will finally have one. "Teresa Heinz Kerry is a breath of fresh air, so why are the media choking on it? According to the chattering class, Heinz Kerry is - and I quote - "too outspoken," "too opinionated..." "In other words, she's an unconventional straight shooter. The horror!" Could you imagine Laura Bush disagreeing with her husband? Arianna also tells it like it is. Link Burning Man and the Republican convention coincide. Where's a good progressive to go? John Perry Barlow has a good idea. Link
Speaking of vulvas, I found The Velvet Vulva while visiting Kelly @ Spell Bound. Vulva. Certainly not one of my favorite words, but appears to be the synchronicity of the week. Establishing a Center to Remember Woodstock - For years there has only been a small marker where the stage stood. There will be an amphitheater and museum opening in two years. LinkTRANSFORMUS - The Southeast Regional Burn. July 30 - Aug 1, Deerfields, NC. Be There. Great. Something else I'll have to check out. Southeast's version of Burning Man.Bush stimulating economy with magic dildo.
THE UNDERGROUND PRESS
I was a faithful Speckled Bird reader. We bought these most of the time from people on street corners in Atlanta; on the corner of 14th St, where all the other freaks hung out. As surely as you'd see a Bird vendor around there, you'd also see someone selling flowers for a small fee to wear in your hair or wherever. And you knew who was selling "what" "where". And someone was in a doorway playing guitar; a few bumming spare change passing by. All waiting for the next musical, sexual, or pharmaceutical experience. 
Receiving The Last Whole Earth Catalog was a spiritual experience. Sort of a hippie Sears catalog and was one of the very few books we had at Peace Tree (a lakeside commune in Tennessee) when we first began. It was all about survival, metaphysics, learning to grow organic, live natural, how to build a shelter-- how to build or make just about anything. Stewart Brand (Burning Man) was the founder. We've still got one around the house someplace.
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