Live-blogging the Burning Man. See earlier post about the occult nature of this ritual, which has been well demonstrated by the video and audio feed of it tonight.
[8/30/14 9:50pm ] The Giant is taking a long time to burn. Strangely, his face is not visible at all. The Burning headless Man is made all the eerier by Isis-related events on the outside world. Not that the Ancient Babylonian mysteries could have anything to do with the other events going on in Babylon right now. Right?
This it what they are doing. This is what they are broadcasting to the world, with words and music and fire – so the words are kind of important.
First, the Luminferrous lamplighters bring the flame (photos from justburnus via Facebook, from earlier burns):
The LUMINFERROUS is lit at 8pm on the playa by Crimson Rose, officially marking the beginning of the man burn festivities.
When The Man’s torso initially lit up, a face did appear. My photo’s not that great, but maybe you can see it too.
When the music ended, a quote was played. 17577 were watching with me on the live stream “Behold a white horse” – they are quoting the Book of Revelation.
“When the Man comes around”, was the song that then played. Johnny Cash. “It’s Alpha and Omega‘s kingdom come”.
The audio broadcast switched back to the book of Revelation again
And I looked, and behold a pale horse;
And his name that sat on him was Death.
And Hell followed with him.
They just had to get that in there, didn’t they. Hell. They’re always bringing it up.
The verse from the Bible’s Book of Revelations, its prophecy section, that they quote actually says:
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
– King James Bible “Authorized Version”, Cambridge Edition
“I don’t want to set the world on fire. I just want to start a flame in your heart”, sings the next jazzy song.
What sounds like Nine Inch Nails or Tool.
And then the feed goes dark. “I am become death, destroyer of worlds”. Which is actually:
I am all-powerful Time which destroys all things, and I have come here to slay these men. Even if thou doest not fight, all the warriors facing thee shall die.
And now we have Joy Division. I love Joy Division. The name of the song is “Dead Souls”
The Man is still Burning, the entire structure is still in place and slowly burning. The stream audience has dropped in half already.
Someone take these dreams away
That point me to another day
A duel of personalities
They stretch all true realities
That keep calling me
They keep calling me
Keep on calling me
They keep calling me
Where figures from the past stand tall
And mocking voices ring the hall
Imperialistic house of prayer
Conquistadors who took their share
That keep calling me
They keep calling me
Read more: Joy Division – Dead Souls Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Now someone is shooting it with a laser. Perhpas trying to help light the face.
Pearl Jam
can’t find a Better Man…perhaps that’s why he’s not Burning much and looks kinda unimaginative this year.
[10:21pm] Now it looks like the Eiffel tower. Looks like some art cars are leaving
When’s Free Bird coming on?
In the meantime, check out the latest Rap News:
[10:31] I’ve had time to watch that brilliant Rap News episode twice. The Man is still not really Burning. Just a big pile of headless dead wood. Bits art starting to fall, so hopefully something soo.
Black Sabbath is playing: Iron Man
When he travelled time
For the future of Mankind
[10:35] Burning Man burns…”coming soon”
[10:37] They’ve put a clock on the feed now…what does that mean? This is a bit like watching paint dry right now. It was better when the lasers were on it.
[10:45] so strange to see a clock, when Burning Man is supposed to be about no clocks. Is there something scheduled for 11:11 maybe?
Commenters online have suggested that if they could get the Moon landing stream right, in 1968, with the Google brains trust on hand htey might have been able to get the stream and audio a little better for the 7000 or so viewers who are still hanging in there online.
[10:50] If I had to sum up last year’s Man and Burn, it would be “spectacular”. This one: “G-Rated”.
The Man was pronounced burned at 10:50pm.
Exodus has now officially opened, follow us on @burnersdotme because @burningman and @bmantraffic haven’t been updated for days. BMIR is playing “Blow the man down”, pirate drinking songs.
Here’s the man finally falling:
There’s 3836 people on the stream now.
[0:56am] 8/31/14
the song now is “we all die young” – thrash rock. Kind of inappropriate given the terrible tragedy that just happened.
2408 on the stream.
[0:58am] Snoop and Dre – that’s more like it!
Thanks to Masha for these screen caps:
[Update 9/1/14 10:16am] Justburnus has pointed out that the first 3 photos are his, posted to Facebook. He took them at previous burns.
I’m watching it live on the UStream feed, listening to it live on the radio stream, reading about it on social media, and blogging about it as it happens. If “live-blogging” is not the right word for this then please suggest some alternatives.
Here is an incomplete tracklist from the start of the Man Burn Broadcast:
Alabama – Fire in the Night
Meat Puppets – Lake of Fire
Van Halen – On Fire
David Starfire – Sitarfire
Marshall Tucker Band – Fire on the Mountain
Talking Heads – Burning Down the House
Beethoven – Symphony No 9
Pachelbel – Pachelbel’s Canon
Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around
(List gets a bit janky at this point, going off memory)
The Ink Spots – I Don’t Want To Set the World On Fire
Nine Inch Nails – Burn
Joy Division – Dead Souls
Ben Harper – Burn One Down
Pearl Jam – Better Man
Black Sabbath – Iron Man
Elton John – I’m Still Standing
The Smiths – How Soon Is Now
ELO – Don’t Bring Me Down
Pirates of the Caribbean – Blow The Man Down
(Missing Section from Webstream)
Tom Waits – The Piano Has Been Drinking
Porno For Pyros – Tahitian Moon
CB4 – Straight Out of Locash
Take Five – Tequila
Flavor Flav – Unga Bunga Bunga
DJDave – Whole Foods Parking Lot
Zigo – Overture No 3
Wu Tang Clan – Bring Da Ruckus
Carly Rae Jespespn – Call Me Maybe – Metal Remix
Seal – Crazy
Dada – Dizz Knee Land
The Intruders – Cowboys to Girls
Commodores – The Bump
the Clash – Straight To Hell
David Alan Coe – You Never Even Called Me By My Name
Deftones – Simple Man
the Chi Lites – Oh Girl
Bloodhound Gang – A Lap Dance is so Much Better When the Stripper is Crying
Spinal Tap – Big Bottom
Steel Dragon – We All Die Young
Dr Dre & Snoop Dog – Nuthin But A G Thang – Viceroy Remix
The Melker Project – Rich Boy meets Hall & Oates
Lemi Vice & Action Jackson – Trap My Bitch Up
Frankie Knuckles – Tears
Easy Star All-Stars – Brain Damage
Eazy-E – Gimme That Nutt
Parliament – Mothership Connection
Eazy-E – Rather Fuck You
Akinyele – Put It In Your Mouth
Silk – Freak Me
R. Kelly – Bump N Grind
Fitz & the Tantrums – Out of My League – Tepr Remix
Van Halen – Why Can’t This Be Love
Red PEters – The Closing Song
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well….. those photos arent exactly live blogged in the traditional sense….the lamplighter images in the beginning …the first three.. theyre mine…im the guy who posted those to the burning man facebook group….. but in a way, you are sort of right.
I wasnt at the burn this year, I am a lamplighter. So, to bring a bit of the routine and ritual to where I was (at home, on the internet) I posted images of what the lamplighters were doing at the time each day of the event to the burning man group on facebook…….
each day around 6-7pm playa time I’d post a lamplighter image, MAKE WAY FOR THE LAMPLIGHTERS….on the day of the man burn I posted my images from the 2010 luminferrous procession (first two images) as well as a 2011 image of Crimson lighting the big lantern…from the processional
i WAS watching the web stream, so in a way, i guess that Is live blogging…… but, those images are old..
thanks for the images. I called it live blogging because I was watching it live, and blogging about it. Using images that were appearing on social media is part of it.
The clock was on there for a little fun with the people leaving comments on the Camp Envy comment stream. Lots of lessons learned with this Burn, particularly with that gosh dang open mic. That was a bit embarrassing but we know what to do better next time.
I thought the open mic was the best part 😉 I wished they had more randoms coming in to talk about the science of collective consciousness (although they left he scientists back in camp with all their documentation). It was hysterical. The fluoride thing was great. Yes, embarrassing – or rather cringe-worthy, but funny nevertheless. The only think that irked me was the DPW sing-a-long for 2 hours and their faux hard-core BS. BMIR couldn’t kick them out of the studio because ‘day bilt da sity’…
Around 2.35 you can see the pigeons trying to escape from the man’s chest.
They need to remember to tie them in properly next year.
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PS. You definitely have this down to a science or you’re scrambling like hell… maybe it’s a little of both. Either way I love it.
Don’t forget the Shalang and the Woo Tang can be dangerous. See you on the flipside.
Loved the Blog and thanks for the replay and discography. Oh… and Burner xxx 🙂 don’t forget — its bull horns and Free Bird tomorrow night! 🙂