[Dynagroove] Burning Man 2003

[juju cabra]

gah... why do people keep having to call it a fuckin rave party?

I personally dislike that people tend to bill it as a massive rave party, 
because there's really so much more to it than just the raves that go on at 
night. It's an experiment in community, a fesival where people defy the 
elements to live their life exactly as they want to for one week in the 
desert.

There's a lot of people who like desert parties, and can afford to bring 
their shit out and throw down. I'm one of them... There are also a lot of 
people who don't dig on the electronic music scene at all, and are out there 
rockin out and tripping on whatever it is that does it for them. I did far 
more cooking than I did dancing. I went out and met the neighbors, hosted a 
dinner party, helped build a badass "take a gift/leave a gift" structure to 
encourage gifting, and campaigned for Gary Coleman in 2003. You don't do 
that during a rave.

We build a city. Our camp served as a venue for hookah smokin, belly 
dancing, a historical re-enactment with hip-hop pilgrims, and a cool 
accordian player who taught us drinking songs. We had a system, but I'd have 
to say we listened more to Herb Alpert, Ella Fitzgerald and the Beatles than 
we did to techno. I love my city, it's got something for everyone. And that 
does include ravers and people who celebrate through dance, but it's not 
limited to them, and shouldn't be described as such.

Sorry to come off as bitchy, but I had this conversation with two raver bois 
from Boise who'd decided to make the trek out to BRC this year instead of 
Ibiza and were trying to compare the two. I asked what they'd spent their 
days doing... mostly sleeping and trying to recover for the next night of 
partying.  Way to participate, guys! I mean, yes, there needs to be both 
people who throw parties as well as people who go to them... but for the 
most part, from what I've seen the *ravers* aren't really giving all that 
much back to the community.

Keep in mind that Burningman is all about participation.

Glad you took the important first step, which is survivng your first year.
Now it's up to you to take what you've learned and do something that will 
benefit the city, and not just your ass muscles. Then figure out how to 
incorporate that into your daily life. Welcome to life.



~juju

Disco Chef Extraordinaire
Kathanika 2003


>From: "Vic Esparaza" <progressivejazz at hotmail.com>
>To: dynagroove at dynagroove.com
>Subject: [Dynagroove] Burning Man 2003
>Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 20:36:26 +0000
>
>To Dynagroove,
>
>The way Burning Man has been described to me, I think old hippies in the 
>desert setting fires.  I would never have thought week long massive rave 
>party.  This festival is what I, and everyone else who can appreciate it, 
>has been searching for.  The music - cutting edge house, techno, live funk, 
>drum&bass.  The city of Black Rock (where B-Man is) is as far as the eye 
>can see, with eye candy (next level lasers and lighting) 360 degrees all 
>around!  So how can you get to point A to B without a blistering walk?  
>Just jump on an art car ! or Mutant Vehicle (cars/buses people trick out 
>into spaceships, dragons, animals, pirate ships) and get taken around the 
>open area known as the Playa.  When on the playa, you may notice giant 
>Gundam robots that stand 10 feet tall traveling in packs, or just people on 
>colorful motorcycles dragging 12 foot tall oil derricks spitting fire 20 
>feet into the air.  And as for the people, first off, everyone is giving 
>without remembering and taking without forgetting.  If you are caught using 
>"money," you will be asked to leave.  Everyone trades or simply gives.  
>There are beautiful "mad max" desert women, with booty shorts, ratted hair, 
>platforms and googles on - but dont think they are pieces of meat, they are 
>about as bad ass as any guy with firearms.   Nobody wants Burning Man to 
>end, but in the end, they burn the man, all temples (massive structures 
>people build), and all the art work built.  If anyone has any thoughts or 
>has been to this festival please reply to the dynagroove forum, we (I 
>especially) would love to hear your experience...it's time to EVOLVE
>
>-Amish
>
>ps - did Tony bite "Nightshift?"
>
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