Burning Man set on fire early

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, August 28, 2007 9:25 AM |
Scott Beale says: "The Burning Man sculpture was set on fire early Tuesday morning, either by arson or accident. I've been tracking the story as it develops." Link
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#1 posted by rAMPANTiDIOCY , August 28, 2007 9:30 AM

link is broken - sends to wikipedia entry on HTTP

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#2 posted by knowles Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 9:31 AM

your link is broken.

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#3 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:31 AM

you don't need to set on fire things that aleady burning, right? :)

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#4 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:31 AM

The link has a malformed URL.. Just thought you should know.

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#5 posted by calanan Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 9:33 AM

*psst* bad link

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#6 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:35 AM

*psst* just remove the extra "html//"

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#7 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:35 AM

@Rampantidiocy -- no, that's your browser trying to guess what you want. The link actually justs sends you into the abyss (there are two "http"s) are the beginning.

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#8 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:36 AM

just remove the garbage from the front of the url.
http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/

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#13 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:41 AM

Premature Combustion!

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#15 posted by Eduardo Padoan Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 9:46 AM

I need to visit the US one day.
"Pleasure or Business?"
"Burning Man."

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#17 posted by Mark Frauenfelder Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 9:48 AM

Thanks. I fixed the link.

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#18 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:53 AM

Cool your jets, peeps; there's just an extra 'http//'. Do you know how to use a cursor and a backspace key?

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#19 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:54 AM

From the BMan website:
At approximately 2:58 local time, 8/28/07, a fire ignited the Burning Man figure and the center Green Man Pavilion at the Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada.

Black Rock City Emergency Services Department units responded from Stations Three, Five, and Nine and put the fire out within approximately 23 minutes. There were no reported injuries. The Man is still standing, and an assesment is underway to determine the structural integrity of The Man and the Green Man Pavillion. The event will continue as scheduled.

An arson investigation is currently under way, and is ongoing. There is no confirmed cause of ignition at this time.

No further information is available at this time. More information will be released tomorrow morning after the investigation can safely be concluded.

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#22 posted by Pope Guilty , August 28, 2007 10:09 AM

Man, imagine reporting it to the cops.

"Officer, they set fire to the Burning Man!"

"They burned the... burning thing?"

"The Man! It was burned!"

"Er... isn't that what you wanted?"

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#23 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 10:23 AM

The Man exists in their hearts.

At the last minute you could build a tiny man out of Dixie cups and marshmallows -- and the inner emotions of the playa throng would invest it with just as much significance.

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#24 posted by Droogy , August 28, 2007 10:39 AM

Why do I find this endlessly amusing?

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#25 posted by Droogy , August 28, 2007 10:40 AM

Why do I find this endlessly amusing?

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#26 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 10:42 AM

ive never heard of someone getting arrested at BM. wow

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#27 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 10:46 AM

OH MY GOD!!!

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#28 posted by Dillenger69 Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 10:47 AM

Priceless.
Premature burnination.

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#29 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 10:51 AM

Interesting. Will there be a new man made for burning?

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#30 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 10:58 AM

probably some old-school burner mad at the way Burning Man has been going lately.

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#31 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 11:19 AM

I can't believe this finally happened! Several years ago, someone showed me a pack of matches that had BURN THE MAN EARLY printed on the cover. I thought it would be a great idea, to provide and alternate end to an "alternative" festival!

As is said, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him."

http://www.ordinarymind.com/koan_killing.html


It looks like they are going to scrap the one they have and build a new one. That is the sort of thinking that get my fires burning, so to speak. I'm really interested in seeing what they come up with.


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#32 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 11:29 AM

I wonder if this is in any way connected to the fact that BMORG invited green businesses on-site to demo their wares. Is this the first example of "terrorism" at BM, or just one of the many random acts of art vandalism?

John

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#33 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 11:31 AM

Burn, hippies! Die of dehydration and exposure!

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#34 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 11:36 AM

Burnination???

How about 'incineration'?


Sic Transit Mundis

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#35 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 11:37 AM

Strongbad would be pleased...

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#36 posted by mellowknees Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 11:49 AM

omg premature burination...ROFL.

Is it horrible of me to find the whole thing funny...?

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#37 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 11:58 AM

Oh noes! They be burninating our mans!

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#38 posted by mralistair , August 28, 2007 12:13 PM

they had a similar problem at last year's wickerman festival. where they burn a large wickerman
http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickerman_Festival

fortunately scotland is a little more damp than the desert and it didn't catch light

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#40 posted by Thorzdad Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 12:15 PM

~~ Is it horrible of me to find the whole thing funny...? ~~

Not at all. It's really quite hilarious.

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#41 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 12:35 PM

Wait they put out the fire. Why? So they can burn it all over again later this week? WOW! Ironicish

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#42 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 1:01 PM

At one point, this would have really been considered another type of art by those who attend. It's always been about chaos, unpredictability and randomness--and about playing off each-others art to make something greater.

Now people are just going to whine because some might have missed the big event. Probably something about concession sales dropping or the like.

The fact that people are so bent out of shape by this really indicates something about the current state of the event.

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#43 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 1:17 PM

Hurray! Burn it! BURN!

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#44 posted by Marc Hedlund Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 1:19 PM

This Chronicle article says Paul Addis of San Francisco was arrested in connection to the burning:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/28/BA2ARQRFI.DTL

This older article says that Paul Addis has been linked from Boing Boing before:

http://earlstirling.com/blog/?p=52

(Includes picture.) Not sure if they're the same guy, but the gonzoduke.com domain linked from that post is registered in Oakland, CA, so it's possible.

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#45 posted by JohnKruksLoveChild Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 1:38 PM

Having him burn for the lunar eclipse seems somehow very appropriate in a pagan celebration kind of way.

Burnt Man approves.

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#46 posted by MhD Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 1:39 PM

Nice registration system... brought me right where I left off...

So, let's see... where was I? Oh yes - this topic is so ripe for many wasted amused hours. Heaven!

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#47 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 3:41 PM

This is great! It's also a sad commentary on how far Burning Man has fallen: from a genuinely transgressive crossroads of unauthorized art and behavior, to something intentionally planned as a full-scale recreation of San Francisco's SOMA district (oh, the irony of that name), complete with clubs playing incessant house/techno and art galleries competing for grants from BMORG.

Setting up an authority to require "authorization" or "permits" to make or burn art has completely destroyed what made Burning Man great in the first place.

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#49 posted by codswallower Author Profile Page, August 28, 2007 4:27 PM

Death to "Earning Man"

Long live Burning Man!!

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#50 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 4:59 PM

Now THIS is a good example of 'counterculture'. Paul Addis rocks.

Now go plan next year's release-of-steam, you pseudo-hippie, hedge fund managers! Don't forget the rent-a-cops!

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#51 posted by Droogy , August 28, 2007 5:21 PM

Burn hippies? Good idea! that way you don't have to build a new man. Plus you'd be culling an over abundent population and improving the air quality of BRC.

I hear hippies are a source of various noxious emissions.

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#52 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 6:51 PM

what a joke. arresting someone for "ruining" this Burning Man (TM) thing? isn't this what this hippie festival bs is all about? self expression and defying society's irrational expectations? why must the burning man burn at the end? whatever.

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#54 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:23 PM

This pleases me. I'm in agreement w/ post #52.

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#55 posted by Jennifer Emick Author Profile Page, August 29, 2007 6:38 AM

Not very original..they've been doing that to the julbok for years.

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#56 posted by Anonymous , August 29, 2007 2:26 PM

I don't know quite how to feel about this, but it's not humor.

Even with what BM has become there are still an abundance of great people who go there and feel comfortable to be FREE to express themselves without being ridiculed.

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#57 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden/Moderator Author Profile Page, August 29, 2007 7:51 PM

What's with all the random ill-wishing? I don't see any hippies in here saying "Die in misery, anonymous blog-commenters!" It lacks parity.

Msg. 34: Sure, burnination, as in Trogdor the Burninator. It's a perfectly cromulent word. If you want something noteworthy, try msg. #41's "ironicish".

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#58 posted by Anonymous , August 30, 2007 12:52 AM

that's the first dilly I've read from our moderator and I'd like to say to her "I like you will you be my friend?"

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