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Feb 2 2015

Mike Judge on Burning Man, Tech Culture

This segment from CNN Money is worth the 3 minutes or so of your time.

Mike Judge created the satirical show Silicon Valley, as well as Beavis and Butthead and Idiocracy. He says that people in Silicon Valley don’t quite know how to enjoy themselves…hmmmm. He hadn’t been to Burning Man when he launched his new show. Billionaire Burner Elon Musk invited him, saying at the after party “it’s like the best party in LA times a thousand”:

"How Much is Elon Musk Like Iron Man?", asked Modern Luxury

“How Much is Elon Like Iron Man?” (Modern Luxury)

“I really feel like Mike Judge has never been to Burning Man, which is Silicon Valley. If you haven’t been, you just don’t get it. You could take the craziest L.A. party and multiply it by a thousand, and it doesn’t even get fucking close to what’s in Silicon Valley. The show didn’t have any of that.”

[Source:  Re/code]

Larry Harvey shared his opinion with Techcrunch:

“You can make a lot of money and do good with it. Elon Musk has made a lot of money.”

Later episodes in Silicon Valley’s first season showed a Burning Man poster in the coder house where the main characters live and work.

Anybody know if Mike Judge made it out to Burning Man in 2014?

Aug 22 2014

Look Out for The Judge!

mike judge beavis…Mike Judge, that is. If you haven’t seen his new show Silicon Valley check it out, it’s hilarious. The show brilliantly skewers Silicon Valley and the Bay Area hipster/tech culture, while also giving you characters you can care about and a story you can get behind.

After Billionaire Burner Elon Musk told Judge he had to go to Burning Man, because “Burning Man is Silicon Valley”, the two made peace – Judge featured Burning Man posters on the walls of the “work/live space” that the show is set in.

Like me, Elon is giving Caravansary a miss. There’s good news, though, fellow Burners: Tech Crunch is reporting that part of Season 2 may see Pied Piper heading out to the Playa.

I would love to see the Beavis and Butthead and Idiocracy creator’s take on Burning Man from the viewpoint of its lovably awkward startup geeks. I wonder if there will be sherpas and shark-jumping?

 

 

Re-blogged from TechCrunch.com

HBO’s Silicon Valley Could Go To Burning Man Next Season

Mike Judge has never been to Burning Man, but that could change this year. We hear the HBO Silicon Valley creator may be going to do some research on what many believe is an essential experience for Silicon Valley insiders.

An early Tesla prototype spotted at Burning Man in 2007

One of those insiders is Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who derided Judge at the premiere of the HBO show, saying he’d never been to Burning Man and therefore didn’t really ‘get’ the real Silicon Valley. At the premier, Re/code quoted Musk as saying, “If you haven’t been, you just don’t get it. You could take the craziest L.A. party and multiply it by a thousand, and it doesn’t even get fucking close to what’s in Silicon Valley. The show didn’t have any of that.” 

We hear Musk will not be attending this year. However, Judge might be among the technorati attending the annual festival in the desert now.
What Musk said about the show could be the inspiration for a possible Silicon Valley episode as well. After winning TechCrunch’s Disrupt Battlefield, Pied Piper is probably ready to raise its Series A Round. That’s a process that could lead the founders to the playa, which is increasingly becoming a place where deals like that get done. Burning Man is now rife with tech billionaires and young startups alike. There have been reports of actual business meetings (clothing optional?) being conducted out in the desert in year’s past.
 
Here’s to hoping Dinesh Chugtai gets his freak on in a cloud of playa dust this next season.

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Well you know Erlich will be. That dude was born to burn.