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yeah, it was pretty fucking awesome. |
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hahaha sweet. we had a burning man party on account of not being able to attend. any interesting shenanigans to report? |
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xltronic U.S.A. meetup 2010, burning man? |
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I might come to that. |
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i already have plans to go for 2010 |
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what do u.s.a. authorities do at people when they arrive to an airport? |
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there bitches so i believe. i'd like to go to burning man very much, but on account of me having been a silly boy in the past i dont think the u.s peoples will let me in. |
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how do you put out a burning man? Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â with raining man |
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come in thru mexico? mohamed; ive never travelled overseas. its probably strict but thousands do it a day i guess... |
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burning man, what's that? |
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sounds creepy |
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hi gingaling/cygnus yes i think so, but there's a lot of diversity i'm not referring to particular episodes since i don't know any, i've only heard that once landed, they hold you with some kind of declaration/questionnaire that takes hours to fill, and that there are psyco questions on it |
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hmmm... shennanigans.... encountered an art structure which vibrated at a continuously changing frequency. a harmonium player, a digeridoo player, and a tuvan throat singer each came it an jammed along with the frequency. leaned against a stack of subwoofers on four hits of acid and told the universe i no longer needed anything from it. ate sushi off of topless ladies with perfect tiny tits. gave a recently out-of-the-closet boy his first kiss (just a peck, for a menthol cigarette while on some of the best molly i've ever had) got frightfully scared of the enormous crowd at infected mushroom (same night) and instead watched the show from a 50 foot platform next to a flamethrower. more? |
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maggots |
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i'm going for sure next year even if i know i'll die there |
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you bastard!!! ahh i read a magazine article on burning man back in 1999 when i was a nipper and its been on my mind ever since! mo, when ur in transit to the states you have to fill out a 'green card' or something like, basically if your clear of any convictions etc you should be fine. Ive been told people just lie and get away with it each, but ive also heard of people gettin pulled up and made to pay for their ticket home befor theyve even got thru US customs and theyve only had minor drugs offences. cygnus if I came in thru mexico I'd then have to jump the border, and be on the run as an illegal thru the states, hang out at a crazy festival and then break back into mexico or canada to get home. If money was no object and i could afford to bail myself out its an adventure I'd be up for doin. but unfortunately, i got a feeling i'll never set foot in the land of the free.... |
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that sounds fucking nuts man, i want to come next time, i have just spent th last hour watching youtube videos |
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i've got that feeling too |
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reminds me of the sandpits in second life, but it's real life!! |
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ging: that makes me pretty mad. i wish it was easy since you just want to come and hang out. definitely try and come and consider all possibilities larn: yeah. it makes me think of second life or xavier: renegade angel. have you seen that show? |
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yeah haha, i have heard of that, weird shit... have you been to this Burning man thing cyg? |
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not gone yet. i found out about it 2 years ago and have fear of going. it's in the middle of the desert in nevada and i hate hot weather (middle of nowhere!) going next year for sure though for the experience,, im feeling drawn to do it even though im scared. definitely seems like some xltronic members should come too and contextually it'd be a great place for us to meet up! music, art,survival. who's down? |
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is it like other festivals? do you have to pay? or do you just rock up and contribute something? I don't like the heat either, i think taking acid would be a bit too much for me though, maybe some mushrooms |
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survival? |
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mohamed we have to go to this thing man, we could go as ninjas with glowing eyes |
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yes it woul be great, but difficult to achieve things are changing very quicky these days |
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burning man is a pretty serious endeavor. yes, you do pay for a ticket, which can range anywhere from $140 for student/low income tickets to $360 at the door. but you also have to ensure you bring all your own water, food, shelter, and anything else you think you'll need to survive in the desert for a week. but it blows other festies away. for example coachella is a $360 ticket for three days, of which you only get to attend for a maximum of 12 hours per day. burning man is a week long, and it literally never stops. you just have to get used to sleeping with the sun up in a boiling hot tent with three or four rave camps going on around you. it's the ultimate mashup affair and one of my favorite activities is going around trying to guess all the different tracks you're hearing at any given time. acid is by far the best bm drug, well next to copious amounts of ganja. that and having ungodly amounts of nitrous for getting through dust storms. i couldn't imagine doing mushrooms there - i am far too likely to panic and suddenly require things that aren't, well, so fucking insane and potentially overwhelming. but all of that is secondary to the pure pleasure you can experience here, drug-induced or not. it's a purely hedonistic society, one in which judgment is the last thing one may pass (one of the first being gas) and you really learn what it means to be a human being. no 9-5 bullshit, no hang ups about having not enough money, it's a truly unique place which is built just for you to have a fucking great time. |
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I suppose that's a fair enough price considering it's a 7 day event, you would need a allot of water and food though, did it stay hot at night, or did the temperature drop? after seeing the videos on youtube, i knew i would have to experienced it for myself, i like the idea of just expressing yourself anyway you want without judgment, i really dig that allot man, cus where i live it's fucking dull looks way better than anything i have ever seen before |
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once the sun goes down, it get's a little bit cooler, but since that also marks the time when you go from wandering checking out art to dancing your face off at any one of the amazing sound camps (the do lab [la] & el circo [sf]'s simpler times theme camp had one of the most incredible sound systems i have ever heard) you really don't notice. from around 5-7 am or so it does get quite cold, and it ends up being the optimal time for sleep, although the more hXc of us go past that (i saw the sun rise every day but two). yeah, the price is good, but you end up spending far more on supplies for the week. you just gotta keep buying up things gradually as the year goes on and remember to tell yourself that after all the cash you're spending on food for the next week you won't be touching your bank account that entire period. but, as one quickly learns, any dollar amount is straight up worth it to be a temporary resident of the coolest city on earth. me and a couple friends are even considering quitting our jobs next summer and becoming part of the black rock city department of public works (dpw). they are the people who are out in the desert two months before hand, building the infrastructure of the city, as well as the man himself. seriously fucking hardcore folks. to my public photo album on fb. it's mostly just pics of me and my friends, not the art, but it can give you a lil peek. the camera really doesn't come out often, it would almost feel odd taking photos of the art - it's so contained within the experience, trying to bring it outside of burning man almost feels incomplete. dust-punk 4 lyfe. |
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thanks for that info very intriguing indeed, I will take a look at the photos |
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gosh darn the united states!!! theres also a festival in spain called 'know-where' which is much along the same ethos, from what ive gathered. I have a friend who goes out each year, maybe i'll hit that as a trial for getting to BM oneday. i'm with cygnus hot weather aint my friend. did you see many ginger people there heddphukkerr? |
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what festival in spain is that? |
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burning man inspired held in spain. |
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at last year's sonar they were giving away small backpacks with the monegros desert festival logo printed on them, i took one but i always wandered what it was about, thanks for that! |
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no worries. i'm a thinking that this is gonna be a very viable option for me to be attending next year. i'm almost a little excited for it already :) |
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great! im definetly going and performing next year! moh: its not related at all with monegros, thats just a techno festival full of hot and sand... |
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i love techno festivals full of hot and sand! |
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yeah yeah, my buddy who told me bout it is part of a theme camp so hopefully i'll be able to jump on the back of that! what sorta performance u have in mind? |
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what i dont understand is why you have to pay a ticket... |
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yh i was thinking that too. |
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we should create the xltronic friendship space! :D the easier thing would be an electronic-acid session, but id like to make something more interesting and original, dunno what, but still lots of time to think about it! |
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a more collaborative musical project, or something with nude people and lots of paint :P |
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yeah man, the xltronic acid rant room, a space where people can come and listen to some fahcids and rant about how shit the whole world and everything in it except for themselves is! |
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where are you from,ginga? |
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afterburn tomorrow night @ 1015 folsom in sf! akira kiteshi, tipper, gemmy, mary anne hobbs, nosaj thing, eskmo, laura, marty party, mimosa, tons more. fucking siiiiiick line up! |
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photo 42/43 haha good |
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from a town nr birmingham but call Exeter home. reside in inverness at present and for the forseeable future. i'm liking the sound of naked people and paint... hmmm this xlnowheretronic idea could work... would need some plannig tho to get rig etc to spain, but hell the more of a challege to greater the rewards |
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oh hey, it's that time of year again! while it's not likely, i figured i'd ask - any xltronicans getting dusty this year? |
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i wish. |
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