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2003 Black Rock Gazette – Sunday SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2003 THE EXODUS EDITION #52 VOL. XII POPULATION 30,381 Burner Killed The Man’s Home Is His Temple In Art Car By How Weird from near-whiteout conditions at the base with What would you expect the construction a thick coat of playa dust in his moustache and supervisor of the Man to be doing five days hair. After putting some volunteers to work, Accident before the Burn? Building a carport, of course. we talked in the Temple’s underbelly near the By Suzanne mysterious locked red door which contains When I caught up with Spiral, he was kneel- A 21-year-old woman died in an art car either Larry’s secret stash or the laser, depend- ing toward the Man on top of his camp car- ing on who’s talking. accident early Saturday morning, Pershing port. “Yeah, we came up and built him the County Sheriff Ron Skinner said. week of July 4th, so after we put him up last Andy, who co-managed construction of the Katharine Lampman, who was part of the weekend, we were pretty much done.” His lighthouse last year, has a core crew of15 plus camp operating the art car, was getting off the crew is one part of the well-oiled machine that 10 to 15 volunteers. “It was hard figuring out vehicle towing the flatbed trailer when she readies the Man for the Burn. the manpower needed for the pedestal this year. Our initial estimate, of twice last year’s, tripped, fell and was run over by the trailer, Spiral first helped build the Man in1996, Skinner said. He could not specify the camp nor Photo by Punkski was a little under.” They finished Tuesday when it was still constructed in South San night. the art car. Lampman was from Belmont, Calif. Francisco, and didn’t even get out to Black Explosives for the Matchstick Man The platform on the towing vehicle was Rock. This year Spiral will have an almost He and assistant manager Big Daddy, who probably 18 to 20 inches high, he said, and the clear view of the burn from his brand new car- emphasizes this was a team effort: She-Batt, also looks after the neon, used two miles of trailer, which contained a couch, was probably port. Marco, Dr Glowire, Pogo, Fireman Dale, 2x4’s and two miles of 2x6’s for the base plus rolls of muslin for the exterior. about 12 to 16 feet long. Working with Spiral were Builder Ben, who Quiet Girl and others. “We did a test pull of The cause of death has yet to be determined, did the Torso, and She-Batt, lead assistants for the arms on Saturday and it all went well.” “My crew think I am really serious, so they but Skinner said being run over likely con- the Man’s construction. According to Ben, the Unlike the old days, The Man is no longer try to lighten things up with practical jokes, tributed.“Typically, people don’t die from Man weighs 2,275 pounds; his body is coated lowered before the event to add the sparklers. but it works both ways. I tell them it burned falling over,” he said. with wax and his head is lined with silk. Each That would stress the Great Temple base too too fast last year and so we need to put up dry- much. wall to hold it back for an hour.” The accident occurred around 2:30 a.m. just year the crew signs the Man’s wooden heart, southeast of the Temple of Honor. but this year the Man has an electro-flashing “My job is nothing compared with what Few see the details of their work, but Andy heart, so they signed the spine. By tradition, Rave Boy Walter is doing out their on the tells the crew nothing is impossible. The car was moving when she fell, but speed crew who injure themselves drip their blood Playa. That guy rules.” “Whenever anyone asks what is critical, I tell wasn’t a factor in Lampman’s death, Skinner onto the wood. Construction Manager for the Man’s Great them: the crew. They built it. They are phe- said. It’s not likely she died instantly, since nomenal. So are the entire DPW.” medical staff attempted to revive her, he said. Filled with praise for the entire crew, Ben Temple, Rave Boy Walter, aka Andy, appeared “It was a tragic accident. Accidents are avoidable, though,” Skinner said. Jewelz of the Department of Mutant Vehicles said there are 549 licensed art cars Avert the Breath of Death Share a Ride this year. Not all are approved for night use. By Ember could have faced a $500 fine, an inconvenient trip to a federal court, and in extreme cases a to Reno Last year, on Sunday, Desirée from Reno By Bayou knew she was facing doom in the fumes: two criminal record. young men had unloaded a couch from their The community burn platforms are there for As you exodus Sunday, you’ll see a truck and were hauling it to a burn platform burns of clean wood, not for dumping trash crowd of Burners near the Greeters’ station. just upwind of her. into. This year, volunteers will be monitoring They’re among the 300-odd citizens who Burning furniture (other than plain wood) in platforms through the departure period, got here last weekend through the Reno the Black Rock desert is unacceptable and deflecting or reporting dump burning. The Burning Man Hostel ride-share program: a illegal. Desirée, an air quality specialist, knew Rangers will be doing the same, and BLM steady stream of BRC-bound vehicles stop- Walter from Portland asks: there would soon be a poisonous plume of vehicles will be cruising the playa ping to offer a lift from the Sparks home of Fred Hagemeister, “Hageymon.” I usually stay in pretty good shape, but on formaldehyde, dioxins, and carbon monoxide You can report dumpers to Rangers or the the playa I tend to sit around, eat and get heading across the playa, causing breathing BLM, if you don’t care to confront a dumper Now Hageymon asks your help in return- fat. Do you have any tips? distress and possible permanent injury to any- directly. Desirée had a camera, and used it; if ing these Burners to his house or the Reno- one breathing nearby. She decided to talk you have a photo or just a license plate, that’s The Playa Chicken responds: Sparks airport. Many are international, and with them, and eventually persuaded them to enough to get BLM law officers started. at least one is an American soldier returning Walter (or should I call your Walnut, in haul the couch away, either back home or to a The gnarly crew at DPW don’t like extra to his post in Korea. reference to your walnut-sized brain?), I want landfill. cleanup work, and they’ve confirmed that you to do a little experiment for me. First, So, as you pack, see if you can make seat- She did a big favor for people downwind, they’ll be creatively pissed at anyone they ing for one more Burner with not much lug- find a piece of rebar. This shouldn’t be diffi- and maybe also for the two guys. The BLM catch burning couches or overloading the burn gage, and give the gift of transportation cult, even for a lunkhead like yourself; just takes toxic burning seriously — a ban is writ- platforms. from the Greeters outpost. go over to your neighbor’s camp and yank a ten into Burning Man’s permit — and the guys piece out of the ground. Next, I want you to firmly grasp the rebar and plunge into your left eye. Then do it again, and again and again! If the pain becomes unbearable, Electric Kool-Aid Burning Man switch to your right eye, but by all means By harpo h: What was your initial visit here like? by-night sort of way, with no advertising, just keep plunging! If the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Tests - the CG/MG: This is my third. At my first word of mouth, and they cost $1 to get into. They Next, I want you to stumble over to the multimedia, LSD-inspired events of the mid- descent onto the playa in 2001 I recall my were a psychedelic free-for-all, lasting from 1965 Med Tent and tell the Docs that it really hurts 1960s - hadn’t eventually been packaged by absolute exhilaration, gratitude, and excite- until the middle of 1966, when we fled over the border to Mexico to escape federal prosecution, when you stick the rebar in your eye. Do you rock promoters into a for-profit product, they ment. It was like experiencing the best birth- what we thought was an impending federal drag- think they’re going to just give you some eye would have evolved into Burning Man. That’s day present ever, to be feeling this in a cre- net. They attracted only 200-300 people, and drops and send you on your way? No, the opinion of Carolyn Garcia a.k.a. Mountain ative space out of the commerce zone. were a brief but glorious series of events in the they’re going to tell you to STOP DOING Girl (CG/MG), a friend of Merry Prankster Commerce is not the rationale for this place LA and SF Bay Areas. IT. They’ll probably also kick you in the leader Ken Kesey, sound engineer for the acid and space.
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