the crucible in oakland, california is hosting its amazing fundraiser & fire ballet for 2008 titled Firebird (a more intense take on stravinsky’s firebird)! it looks fantastic! tickets generally sell out. performances on Wednesday April 16th & Thursday April 17th are $55 and the gala performances on Friday April 18th and Saturday 19th are $150 (though saturday’s show is now waitlist only) . it’s a great way to support a non-profit, the arts, an amazing creative community, and see a great performance! here’s a link to the event flyer. see you there!
meet my new hero. his name is paul addis. tuesday morning at 2:45am-ish he set the burning man effigy on fire (4 days before the scheduled burn) and was arrested and charged with arson. gotta love the irony! and great mugshot picture too! i think it’s officially time to form a new festival of radical self-expression. extensive coverage over at laughing squid. you can contribute to paul’s bail money fund over at freepauladdis.com. i picked a hell of a year to skip out.
i had an amazing time at burning man this year. please peruse & browse the giantmonster burning man 2006 photos up on flickr now. despite while on the road to black rock city getting a text that my website went down (thanks ethos for the headsup!), my truck’s transmission dying way outside of sacramento, waiting 3+ hours to rent a minivan, and arriving much later than expected to the playa, i am fortunate and lucky. it was an absolutely great year! 2006 had the best evening weather i’ve experienced (yes, better than 2002), great music, and great art too! i really only wish i took more photos (i took much less than in previousyears). luckily there’s 538 incredible pics in the a burning man 2006 flickr set by !HabitForming to make up for it. and plentymore too. and much love to the tea temple crew this year!
UPDATE:
wanna see 200 lbs (roughly 90 kilograms) of gasoline exploding? yes? okay! then watch the clip below. i filmed the explosion footage on friday, september 1st, 2006 at burning man. the video has no sound, so please fill in with your own sound effects, if you please.
the crucible in oakland, california is hosting its amazing fundraiser & fire ballet for 2008 titled Firebird (a more intense take on stravinsky’s firebird)! it looks fantastic! tickets generally sell out. performances on Wednesday April 16th & Thursday April 17th are $55 and the gala performances on Friday April 18th and Saturday 19th are $150 (though saturday’s show is now waitlist only) . it’s a great way to support a non-profit, the arts, an amazing creative community, and see a great performance! here’s a link to the event flyer. see you there!
