Black Rock Desert

"Burn Wall Street": Otto von Danger Politicizes His Art

Get High With Mutaytor Today, Even if Burning Man Is Months Away

​Listen to this while high: Mutaytor's Unconditional Love (The Westerfield Sessions). ​Behind the buzz: Though born in Nevada's Black Rock desert at Burning Man and world-HQ'd in an obscure Los Angeles warehouse, Mutaytor is San Franciscan almost by default. L.A.'s Burning Man scene is sexy ... More >>

Burning Man Ends, and S.F. Supervisor Eric Mar Returns Home

Eric Mar isn't the first S.F. supe to go to Burning Man. But he was the first to go to Mars. ​The smoke is rising from Burning Man, and its participants are straggling back into town. Hardware store workers, lawyers, and architects are heading back to so-called "real life." And, if you live in the ... More >>

Burning Man 2010: A Freakishly Cold Fish Barrel for Cops?

Taymar Richard Gillmore​"Hell," as P.B. Shelley wanly admitted, "is a city very much like London," but it's hard to imagine this simile gaining much traction at this year's Burning Man. The theme for the 2010 installment of the gigantic annual art party held in the Nevada desert was "Metropolis: ... More >>

Burnt Man

One of the founders of Burning Man is suing and makes a case for opening up the cultish event to more subversive fun

Don't be a Hallo-weenie -- consult our guide to this weekend's scariest rock!

One of the founders of Burning Man is suing and makes a case for opening up the cultish event to more subversive fun

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, September 28, 2005

The Politics of Burning Man

Burning Man and the Republican convention coincide. Where's a good progressive to go?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Burning Man and the Republican convention coincide. Where's a good progressive to go?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Burning Man and the Republican convention coincide. Where's a good progressive to go?

The Wizard of Ass Has Spoken!

Hal Robins - erudite comic of the absurd, underground cartoonist of note,co-host of the world's strangest radio program, early member of the Church of the SubGenius - has a new hit with the "Ask Dr. Hal Show." But he really could use a paying gig. Really

Summer Events a Go Go!

What to do, all summer long

Burning Spin

Organizers of the Burning Man festival pull out all the stops to control the press -- and it's a good thing they do

Festivals/Fairs

Organizers of the Burning Man festival pull out all the stops to control the press -- and it's a good thing they do

Magnificent Obsession

For 40 years, Craig Breedlove has sacrificed everything in pursuit of speed. Now all he needs is $1.5 million to build a car that will do 800 mph. Is that too much to ask?

The Man Who Came to Dinner

For 40 years, Craig Breedlove has sacrificed everything in pursuit of speed. Now all he needs is $1.5 million to build a car that will do 800 mph. Is that too much to ask?

In Heaven There Is No Beer

Polkacide is San Francisco's longest-running musical in-joke

Burning Desire

Polkacide is San Francisco's longest-running musical in-joke

The One ... the Only ... Circus Redickuless

Chicken John takes chaos, dysfunction, and the Stupidest Show on Earth from San Francisco to Boise

Riff Raff

Chicken John takes chaos, dysfunction, and the Stupidest Show on Earth from San Francisco to Boise

Riff Raff

Chicken John takes chaos, dysfunction, and the Stupidest Show on Earth from San Francisco to Boise

Samples

Chicken John takes chaos, dysfunction, and the Stupidest Show on Earth from San Francisco to Boise

Hunka Hunka Burning Wood

A spark-by-spark description of this year's Burning Man

Night+Day

A spark-by-spark description of this year's Burning Man