Safety teams who patrol the Black Rock desert sands during Burning Man use two-way radios to coordinate. SomaFM.com's Rusty Hodge was recently reviewing some radio scanner audio from an earlier year's edition of the annual festival, and came accross two truly awesome clips. They are here:
(1) MP3 LINK.
Excerpt: "Can you confirm the large, cataclysmic flames and smoke as being an art project?"
(2) MP3 LINK.
Excerpt: "We are not here to keep people from being stupid. Once they are stupid, we will pick up the pieces."
Next time someone asks you to explain Burning Man, roll your eyes, keep your mouth shut, and click these links.
Image: (by me, in 2003). Dirty naked hippies being hosed off next to a giant Spanish Galleon. Hey, guess where I took this photo.
See also this NYT story: Link to "Burning Man Spreads Its Flame" (Thanks, Wayne Correia)
Speaking of SomaFM, their annual holiday music streams are now live! The 128k MP3 stream is here. The 56k MP3 stream is here. And for you modem users, the 24k MP3 stream is here. Also, the recent song playing info is here.
Reader comment: Fingertips says,
Great plug for the excellent SomaFM, but why not mention the support page where you can donate to keep their excellent stations on the air? They even give you a cool T-Shirt if you donate $50 or more!
