I put a glowstick up my ass, am I a burner now, ha ha. I find all this shit talking hypocritical considering all involved. It seems people like to talk a lot of shit here on Tribe & slander. I'm fucking fed up with the childish drama & will exit Tribe with grace. I find it very disconcerting mutants behave this way knowing it only hurts all of us in the long run. I will be attending Mutant Fest next year & will be bringing with me fun freaks & music: dance, drink, smoke, fight with me or fuck off. he he

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you do a beautiful job of making people start to wonder if they even want to come to mutantfest next year.

fortunately (perhaps unfortunately for you) i'm not easily swayed by egotism.

I dont think the situation has changed much since 2005. What was true last year is still true this year.

just imagine all the waste this thread has produced in electricity, time, and energy

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Re: I'm a mutant not a burner!Today, 12:39 PM
...although it seems risky here to post an opinion which supports Burningman...

Burningman is set up the way it is for some very good reasons, its in the middle of nowhere and costs so much because otherwise people WOULD prolly starve (like some dipshit was claiming). For instance, theres no 'a' camp at Burningman because people have to have their shit together to get out there (yes, that includes money for a ticket and supplies, come on you dont have to be a millonaire you just need to be self-reliant and lemme point out that a lot of the cost of the ticket GOES TO CLEANUP), and you cant just stumble into BM being some fullblown alcoholic asshole. Although Im sure there are a few of those there, I can truthfully say that 99% of the people I meet are goodhearted, mindful beings who are <<self reliant>>...which is one of the most important aspects of survival out there.
As far as the environmental impact goes, the Burner community is aware and increasingly concerned which is why the theme this year is "The Green Man". See www.burningman.com/art_of_bur..._theme.html
BM isnt about puking on a pile of glowsticks, as someone was pointing out, obviously that person neglected to take part in one of the hundreds of workshops that go on throughout the week, or the thousands of magical connections and networking of amazing artists and activists and overall beautiful people that share their energy. This year is especially going to be special becuase people are encouraged to find and work on SOLUTIONS to our environmental crisis, and bring them not only to the playa, but out into the default culture as well. And as far as you money haters go, some solutions are going to require money...although it would be a nice pipe dream to go back to a more simplistic lifestyle with no damaging technology, its not gonna happen so some solutions will need funding in order to be implimented.
I sincerely hope the lot of you arnt like the narrow minded bungholes that made such a stir on this thread.




well that is not even rightfully a temporary Autonomous zone yo... while we are part ov the semi-permanent autonomous zone...


if you're heavy into the true autonomous-shit you wouldn't go to the burning-thing...not anymore it's either m,utant fest the canadian (mostly TGA&MTL)for the annual teknival-thing they do..........................................................................or find out about that one older one i never went to but i believe it was called sometimes bezerkus. i would want to go by myself or with even only one other person to go and look in the spring for possible potential actual locations for the forthcoming seasons/years annual mutantfestival or make a new mutantfestival ..............................................................i wouldnt go ta burningman. tho i know some members of spaz have been to it before but. i dont think they do anymore........................................................................................................................just to scout and to the autonomous mutant festival..................and to RV parks,...............................................................................................................and the burning man festival in no way was even influenced by,.,..................by burning man................okay...........it was the french and uk and european travelling 23 freak and greasy tekno freetekno people...............so there's no reason to go to there man,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,AMF is home. freetekno culture forever peace

Personally, I was amused to find a pile of vomit-covered glowsticks. It certainly encapsulated the mood of many of the people I met. They were there to party and gawk at naked chicks. I'm sure they were a minority,though theywere certainly a vocal and rowdy minority.

But I had a good time there anyway, and I would go again, except it's always the first week of the Fall semester. I just wouldn't advise anyone going to either festival to expect it to be like any other festival. AMF and Burning Man are different animals. Lately, I'm the broke and easily sunburnt kind of animal, and AMF reminds me much less of Las Vegas.

Burning Man is a fun wild party....Heavily policed, very expensive, not as free spirited as it used to be, capitalist for profit money making party. It is not the free Autonomous Zone is often portrayed as.

There is nothing wrong with people going to Burning Man though....its not any worse than spending your money on any other corporate product, like a big screne TV, or paying 100 bucks for concert. Its actually more fun than either of those things, and there is a degree of community, which makes it a worth while experience for many.

However, it is a capitalist gathering that is highly policed. I certainly wouldnt spend that much money on a party, and I also prefer the forest to the dessert.