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Date:         Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:42:08 -0600
Reply-To:     don spence <dspence@OANET.COM>
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From:         don spence <dspence@OANET.COM>
Subject:      Burning Man
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I fear the end is nigh for Burning Man. 35,000 this year, who knows what will happen next year. I live in Edmonton AB Canada. Many many hundreds miles form the desert and yet, for several days the front page of the local newspaper (Edmonton Journal) was filled with feature articles on the goings on at Burning Man. One day featured a large colour photo of the BM shower, a naked woman running behind the water truck as it sprayed for dust control. If this kind of coverage was repeated in other cities on this continent you can bet the yahoos will be trekking to BM next year. The articles were syndicated so surely ran across Canada at least.

As one of the writers pointed out: " The underground is not deep. From basement conception to unprecedented genius to sales rack at Wal-Mart, it takes about five years for North America to commodify and devour any meaningful artifact of its counterculture. "

Too bad. > > > Burning MAn? 35,000 people living to a new set of rules that weren't > there 5 > years ago. no thanks.


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