TV Free Burning Man has some pretty amazing stuff.
There are 3 videos as of today - The building of Burning Man, The Theme - "The Future - Hope and Fear", and Modes of Transportation.
150 to 200 folks show up around the first of August to start building the infrastructure of the city (fuel depot, center camp main tent and coffee shop, ice store, fences, street lamps and markers...etc.) They are a diverse group, coming from all over the U.S. with a variety of skill sets - heavy equipment operators, welders, baristas, bartenders, carpenters, computer programmers...artists - you name it. The group includes retirees, which is hopeful for me.
There is an interview with Larry Harvey, founder of Burning Man, who decides the theme. It's also hopeful for me since he's from my generation. This year the Man is connected to a polling booth where people can push a button for "hope" or for "fear". A WiFi network connects the polling machine to the Man and causes him to rise (hope) or sink (fear) after the sun goes down.
Modes of transportation include a 1920 Case steam-driven tractor,
a day-bed powered by a 250 Kawasaki 4 wheeler, cupcakes, dinosaurs, spaceships, a locomotive called the Bipolar Express, a propane powered front porch swing and various huge party-on-wheel vehicles.
They also show the flower that reaches hundreds of feet into the sky, and looks really cool at night....some one playing a keyboard/fire equipped vehicle, and a guy who rode his bicycle to Black Rock City from San Francisco.
It's cool to be able to look at the videos. If you have digital cable you can watch a live cam.
