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Category Archives: Wanderings
Worshiping the Cargo Cult: The (de?)Commodification of Burning Man Marches On
Black Rock City – Watched thousands of pagans, actual & momentary, roiling wildly counterclockwise around the collapsed symbol. Alone amidst thousands beneath the smoggy sky the decision was made to be there again before any real time for consideration.
Posted in Burnination, Electrocution, I was there, Wanderings
Tagged 'merica, bike thieves, black rock city, broken trust, burnination, burning man, champagne, circle of regional effigies, CORE, electronica, fire, impermanence, live, lub, ludum et refugium, musick, osiris, pdx, portland, radical, self reliance, survival, treehouse, womps
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Montréal, Lachine & Igloofest ft. Vilify, Mimosa & Foreign Beggars
Montréal – Made a run at the border to see what would happen. A polite officer who did her job & a few hours later found Rue Sainte-Catherine bustling through the short lived January sunshine. Disposable camera purchased with recently … Continue reading
Posted in Electrocution, Festivals, Muzak, Wanderings
Tagged border patrol out of control, canadia, drunk french kids, everything, foreign beggars, igloofest, live, madness, mimosa, montreal, musick, muzak, Orifice Vulgatron, parc rené-lévesque, public art, the failure of america, uhhmerica, vilify, womps
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The Jill & Julia Show in Flashlight at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts
Lake Placid – While the snow arrived in force Saturday evening dozens attended the Lake Placid Center for the Arts first free show. Expressing a desire to make art more accessible regardless of socioeconomics, the program began with a short … Continue reading
Ludum et Refugium: Treehousing Portland’s CORE Amidst a Cargo Cult
Portlanding – Play & refuge, two of the main things keeping humanity interested in the rest of it. Visible everywhere one looks, much of our real expression and true creation lies in these. As one transitional being journeyed west through snow, … Continue reading
Posted in Burnination, I was there, Wanderings
Tagged 'merica, black rock city, burnination, burning man, community, CORE, impermanence, live, ludum et refugium, moopie's house, pdx, portland, regional effigy, rose city, self reliance
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Fertility 2.0 Burning In The Dust )°(
Black Rock City – Holes. Nothing but holes. For day after day. Adirondack cow pastures before company asset reassignment brought a Comfortless Inn on the Delaware and the misery that is New Jersey. Shimmering 2,500 miles past the sunset, a … Continue reading
Posted in Burnination, Electrocution, I was there, Wanderings
Tagged black rock city, black rock syndicate, burning man, dj brett rubin, dust, fertility 2.0, musick, osiris, ride share, self reliance, strangers, survival, wasteland, whoaman, womps
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Identity Fest Deafens Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia
Illadelphia – Cloud spotted sunshine beckoned southward. A $40 ticket from craigslist and a rare day off coincided in a parking garage adjacent to the Delaware River Sunday afternoon. Street parking problematic, paying for rented space saved worry while vouching … Continue reading
Posted in Electrocution, Muzak, Wanderings
Tagged arty, audrey napoleon, dance, dubstepticon, edm, excision, identity festival, illadelphia, le castle vania, live, musick, penn's landing, womps
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Lakes of Fire – Michigan Was On Fire When We Got There )°(
Lucky Lake Campground – Whilst the enigmatic culture swirling about Black Rock Desert’s Burning Man continues confounding outsiders, denizens of America’s Great Lakes gathered to share and celebrate the event’s ideals at a venue closer to home. Driving through the … Continue reading
Posted in Burnination, Electrocution, Hydrofracking, I was there, Wanderings
Tagged 2012, burngineering, burning man, freakeasy, horizontal hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracking, impermanence, it was on fire when we got here, lakes of fire, musick, old northwest, regional burn, secret gentlemen's club
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Searching Out the Abandoned Quarry at Clark Reservation
An old Iroquois trail appropriated and expanded by westward looking Americans as the 19th century began, the Old Seneca Turnpike runs along Syracuse’s southern border. Following State Route 173 east out of Onondaga Hollow toward the former farming villages beyond, … Continue reading
Posted in I was there, Wanderings
Tagged clark reservation, degradation, exploration, man, quarry, wanderlust
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