DOUBLE RAINBOW EDITION WWW.BLACKROCKBEACON.ORG 6:30 & CENTER CAMP VOLUME VI, NUMBER II TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010 Slow Start escape from metropolis At BRC By Mrs. Lucky & Mitch

Black Rock City got off to a slow start for many Burn- ers arriving as the Gate offi- cially opened Monday. Par- adoxically, it opened early.

Citizens rolled into Me- tropolis six hours ahead of schedule. “We opened the Gate at 6 p.m. for the citi- zens of Gerlach,” said the Beast of Media Mecca. “We didn’t announce it, we just let it happen.” Still, traffic was backed up as much as five hours for those hitting Gerlach around 12:30 a.m. Some citizens said they 2000: Temple of the Mind by David Best and Jack Haye 2001: Temple of Memory by David Best and Jack Haye had been stopped after turn- 2002: Temple of Joy by David Best ing off the public highway 2003: Temple of Honor by David Best OMYG Mark, Mitch. Main Photo By Brandon Hartley by law enforcement officers 2004: Temple of Stars by David Best and the Temple Crew 2005: Temple of Dreams by Mark Grieve and the Temple Crew for minor infractions. The Placebo (2005), Photos of previous temples : DzM (2000), Dr. 2006: Temple of Hope by Mark Grieve and the Temple Crew Beast said the practice was 2007: Temple of Forgiveness by David Best and Tim Dawson “not new” and that authori- 2008: Basura Sagrada by Shrine, Tucker and the Basura Sagrada Collaboratory ties had observed vehicles 2009: Fire of Fires by David Umlas, Marrilee Ratcliffe, Community Art Makers 2010: Temple of Flux, Jess Hobbs entering the city in previous years, usually looking for infractions related to open alcohol containers within reach of drivers. He speculated a car acci- dent might have contributed to the backup. That might have been Brian, a first-time Burner, who is considering adopting By Suzanne Zalev People used to live in Anders had not initially He had recently lost his job enue Service. Days before canyons and caves, Hobbs planned to build this year’s when a friend suggested he the building crew was sched- Man Who Looses Wheel If you need a break from said, and gradually, cities temple, but Burning Man attend a meeting. Krawitz uled to depart for the Playa, as his Playa name. At 3 the hectic pace of city life developed and people organizers approached them, said he loves building things PayPal froze the group’s ac- a.m. on Monday, Brian’s in Metropolis, look for the moved into them. When Hobbs said. and decided to volunteer, but count, saying it would not 1993 Dodge Ram 250, hav- three-story-high dunes on people are in the concrete, Members of various still had no interest in going release the funds until the ing come from Green Val- the far side of the Man. built-up environment, they groups helped with the proj- to Burning Man. After work- IRS formally granted non- ley, Wyoming, down the Along the 12:00 axis, the sometimes may want to ect, including the Flaming ing on the Temple for one profit status. PayPal backed washboard road and 300 Temple of Flux rises from reflect in a more organic Lotus Girls, sound camps, month and getting to know down a few days later and yards into the multiple lane the Playa. The five walls, structure. and the Department of Spon- the crew, he changed his released the funds. portion of the gate, had a which resemble dunes, cre- Hobbs said several sourc- taneous Combustion, Hobbs mind. tire roll off to a soft land- ate two chambers inside, es inspired the designers: said. “It was almost like the ing in the dust. His vehicle as well as several smaller geological formations, goth- About 300 volunteers universe pointed me here,” Temple Haiku Review blocked traffic until “a guy caves. ic architecture, and monu- have worked on the project, he said. from Colorado pulled a Three fireplaces resemble ments. Light is a big element Hobbs said. Temple organizers are in Temple of Flux built floor jack from his hatch- fissures in the earth. The of the installation. One of those volunteers, the process of establishing organic reflection cave back.” temple also contains small “You will be submerged in Brian Krawitz, had known the Flux Foundation, a non- no smoking inside niches for memorials, said this,” Hobbs said. about Burning Man for years profit arts organization. Its Dancing in the Mud Jess Hobbs, one of the lead Hobbs and co-designers but had no interest in going. status as a nonprofit is pend- by Durgy designers. P.K. Kimelman and Rebecca The Temple changed that. ing with the Internal Rev- Black Rock Scouts Spark Future Burners By rednikki be spotted following at the least 18 fun items on the earned,” she says. “It teaches posted at both Playa Info and heels of a Black Rock Rang- schedule during Burning them to be thoughtful and to at Kidsville Center Camp, “If we don’t teach the next er, helping the DPW or even Man. Activities include appreciate their experiences.” Judes says, “so people can generation of Burners how writing an article for this “special events, field trips, Participating Burning just come check it out, see to be good Burners, what’s fine publication. Scouts can volunteer activities and Man camps and organiza- what’s on the schedule and going to happen?” asks be identified on the Playa by ‘playacational’ events,” tions such as the Black Rock show up for whatever they Kidsville’s Judes. “They’re their orange bandannas and says Judes. Children will Rangers are “stoked” about like.” About 30 children are going to show up when sashes decorated with the learn playa skills and the ten the badges, says Judes. expected at each event. they’re in college and be ass- “Black Rock Scouts” badge. principles of Burning Man. “They wanted to know if Playa parents, take note: holes.” That’s why she’s set The badge was designed by At each activity, Scouts can they got a patch too,” Judes “field trips” does not equal up the Black Rock Scouts, Judes and her son Dexter, earn merit badges to deco- laughed. “Of course they do! “free babysitting.” Black Photo by Taymar currently in its first summer who has been a Burner since rate their sashes. They’re scout leaders!” Rock Scouts rules state that After heavy rains Monday, Me- – to teach child Burners how he was 16 months old. The merit badges, Judes The Black Rock Scouts “all kids must be a accom- tropolis was treated to a vibrant to be good citizens of Black The Black Rock Scouts says, are better for kids than are based in Kidsville, but panied by a parent or playa- rainbow and some radical soggy Rock City. program, open to any child “a big plastic toy that will any child on the Playa can guardian” and “unsupervised exppression. Black Rock Scouts may in Black Rock City, has at be MOOP” because they’re participate. Most Scouts are kids will be reported to Black not just handed to Scouts. between the ages of 6 and 10. Rock Rangers as lost.” Black Rock City Population, as of 12:00 P.M. Monday: 16,487 “It’s something that will be There is a schedule of events All great art is born Porktoid: Pigs lack sweat glands, thus they of the Metropolis. must have access to water or mud to cool ~Ezra Pound Black Rock BEacon themselves during hot weather.

Howeird’s cause a refusal gets radioed Aeolian Pyrophonic Hall and Whispering Wall out to another five cops and Positively Playa iniquitous intimidations are By Mrs. Lucky the project than Andy Ken- initiated - permission was nedy. Kennedy, longtime I know what you’re think- given and the dog sniffed How do you tune a fire friend of J’neva and shape- ing: “Did I kill that jackrabbit out a small tin of weed and organ? It can be tricky, ac- note singing colleague of that ran out in front of me on $500 citation was issued to cording to Capra J’neva, Holdt, is heading to Black Hwy 447 last night?” If you a single dad on a small bud- who leads the Aeolian Pyro- Rock City for the first time felt a thump, then sadly the get. Our event is turning phonic Hall and Whispering this year. His brother, the answer is yes. If you are read- into a government cash cow. Wall project. That mytho- late Tom Kennedy, was a ing this, then you passed the Maybe we should say Fuck logical mouthful is the offi- pioneering art-car artist and first test of Burnerdom - SUR- It and move to a different cial name for a lacy, arched creator, with Flash Hopkins, VIVAL. If you felt a lump in state? Is a retrograde Mer- creation at 1:30, between of The Whale for The Float- your throat you passed the cury to blame you ask? Ah- the Man and the Temple. ing World in 2002. The du- second - you are a caring per- hhhhh - forget about it and Dubbed “The Portal” by Photo by Buzz els between that fiery blow- son. Welcome Home. have a great BURN. its Oregon-based crew, this holed, bus-boned Moby We are are already hearing It takes a few days to is a multifaceted piece: a fire quence often found in nature propane fuel tank. Dick and La Contessa, a gal- first hand stories of strong- switch to Playa time - easy organ, wind harp, interac- and conspiracy stories (think I spoke with J’neva by leon on wheels, are the stuff arm BLM Ranger tactics. does it out there - be nice to tive audio installation, and “The Da Vinci Code”). phone after a successful of legend. Perhaps because Curt was stopped right after each other! memorial to art-car artist Inside The Portal you’ll weekend work session a Black Rock City was his big the Greeter’s gate for a tail On a brighter note - I am and influential Burner Tom find the wind harps, 4 to 10 month before Black Rock. brother’s turf, Andy Kenne- light out and even though he loving the cooler weather Kennedy. feet tall, strung with fishing She was tired but buoyant. dy didn’t make it to Burning was told he was free to go, - great for Camp setup and Air, fire, sound, and soul, lines and guitar strings, with One of the eight arches had Man until this year. this was quickly followed erections (in my dreams.) - that’s a tall order for second- sound boards crafted from been raised in the rented Tom Kennedy died on by “I’d like your permission may the blue bird of love fly time Burner J’neva. Her first the thin skins of hollow-core warehouse space near the Easter Sunday 2009 while to search your car with my up your nose and the blue- artistic contribution, in 2007, doors. The instruments were Falcon Arts Community in body surfing near the Cliff dog.” Long story short - be- noses find inner peace! involved crawling across the constructed in the Columbia Portland. At 17 feet tall and House in San Francisco. Playa, collared and growl- Gorge studios of artists 30 feet wide, it “looks re- Andy is here this year with ing. “People thought I was Circle the below words in the Theodore Holdt and Sara ally big in the warehouse,” his 16-year-old son Ray, on PCP,” she said. grid. The unused letters can be Mapelli. J’neva told me. “But it will grieving and celebrating his The Portal is perhaps more by Durgy arranged to spell out the name Outside, organ pipes flank it look like a blip on the lost brother. aesthetically accessible. It of a theme-related figure. the sides like audio artillery. Playa.” Mark Clark, a key The Portland Stilt Workers looks like a giant milkweed “To tune a fire organ, you cut player in the 2008 Temple, Project performs at Aeolian pod, with eight full and 16 ESPLANADE FLORENCE little sections off the pipes,” Basura Sagrada, lent his ex- Pyrophonic Hall on Wednes- half arches, clad in cardboard ATHENS GUANGZHOU J’neva explained. They’re pertise to the construction. day night at 10 p.m. The scavenged from Portland ap- BAGHDAD HANOI tuning toward minor and He’s one of the 30 core crew Hall burns on Friday after a pliance stores. J’neva em- BACON ISTANBUL diminished minor chords, members who “really own performance of stilted crea- ployed a Fibonacci sequence CAIRO JAKARTA but the actual notes vary this project,” J’neva said. tures, some with wings. in the design, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, DETROIT KYOTO with the pressure in the No one is more invested in DUST RINGROAD 13, 21…, a mathematical se- EDINBURGH Working on the Portal By Brandon Hartley for an afternoon siesta be- tween 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. and I arrived on the Playa for a sunset dinner break. We a week before the Gate then toiled into the night with The Pickle Joint at Ring opened. With little to do a blazing sound system that Road and 2:30 offers Black other than lay about in the cranked out everything from Rock City diners a mix of unforgiving Nevada sun, I DJ Shadow to Bollywood pickle fiction and pickle opted to volunteer for an art music. fact. The proprietors of the crew led by Portland artist My ignorance got me into modest World War II-era Capra J’neva and her part- trouble on a few occasions. military tent will spin you ner/collaborator Mark. They Eager to help out, I found a tale of early access to the welcomed me into their fold, myself, more or less, rou- Playa, a unique irrigation Photo by Jane Tuv system, and a one-week despite my lack of construc- tinely getting in the way of mythology. Cory says many tion experience. I spent a the crew. I made the mistake accelerator that grows their cucumbers in a week. folks are turned off by the few days with them as they of standing under one arch name at first, but after a laid the walls and arches for as it was bolted together and After that, the cukes are transported into a magical, few bites, find themselves their project “The Aeolian received a shower of screws pleasantly surprised. The Pyrophonic Hall and Whis- and sawdust. subatomic converter filled with brine that pickles Pickletinis are served in pering Wall.” I rounded off my time on shot glasses and pack a lot The crew fought against the project by working on them in a single day. That is the version you get from of kick. Julia, Pickle Joint’s the elements on the Deep the massive fire organ that co-proprietor and bartender, Playa, working long hours will serve as the Hall’s cen- master-picklers and story- does not go easy on the vod- Seven arrests were report- in temperatures over 100 de- ter piece. I spent an evening tellers Cory, Julia, Roman, ka nor the Tabasco sauce, ed, all for use of marijuana grees. On top of that, J’neva lying on the Playa floor, Aaron and Jason. so prepare to leave the bar in what law enforcement of- was contending with a bad piecing together the organ This much is true; the stand buzzed, with mouth ficials considered to be pub- head cold. and fighting to connect its tasty dills at Pickle Joint are no ordinary supermar- burning. Wednesday, August 30 lic places. No jail sentences Despite the rough condi- pipes to a large, metallic Unless you hail from the tions, the crew never seemed ket pickles: they are ap- but five federal citations structure. former Soviet Union and are Johnny of the Playa Cruis- were issued for $250 each to complain. Work stopped propriately zesty and have ers and Brettt (prounounce all a powerful crunch. The accustomed to chasing your and two Pershing County poison with pickles, it’s best three Ts) Roncelli both claim fines of $50 each levied for ingredients are bought to be Mayor of Black Rock at a Whole Foods in Los to try Pickle Joint’s crunchy misdemeanors. goodness before downing a City. Brettt says he had been With great sadness, it was Angeles, where the team the unelected mayor in the also makes the brine. They fiery shot, so that you can reported that Adrian Rob- taste the combination of previous two years. Johnny erts, founder of Piss Clear, transport approximately said: “I gave a campaign 5,000 pickles to the Playa flavors in the brine: dill, had expired a month prior garlic, pepper corns, rock speech. There were 12 people in a San Francisco hospital each year and serve any- present, and I showed them where from 7,000 to 8,000 salt, Tabasco, pickle juice after complications from and various vegetables, in- my Johnny and they all agreed podiatric throat surgery. Burners. Aside from pick- I should be the mayor.” les, the gang starts pouring cluding bell peppers, that marinate up to three weeks. their own version of a dirty DPW 10 year patch recipients: martini, the Pickletini, at Add vodka to that concoc- sundown, as they get in tion, and you have yourself Quiet Erp Playground, Natcho Almanac character, and begin spin- a Pickletini. Mama, Coyote, Hazmatt, If you can read this, please come tell The Beacon what it says. We want ning their pickle-making – Jane Tuv Trailer Park Romeo, Bigger Nipples, Bobtuse, DA, Dave_x, to know whether Black Rock Hardware is sending good vibes or throwing First Light: 5:54 a.m. Bubble Gique, Taz, and Crow down the gauntlet. Dawn: 6:21a.m. the Dog. Sunset: 7:31 p.m. Twilight Ends: 7:59 p.m. Perpetrators of The Black Rock Beacon... Mitchell Martin, editor emeritus in training. Mike Durgavich, Semi-Legal Mumbo Jumbo Copyright © 2010 The Black Rock Moonrise: 10:49 p.m. doer of stuff. Angie Zmijewski, production goddess. 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