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Not all of the vehicles present at last week's Burning Man Art Conference and Business Workshop were RV campers inhabited by radical CEOs. Some of the things-on-wheels that people drove around the desert were actually quite artistic and inspired! This fire-shooting steampunk octopus, complete with moving arms and eyes that pop out, is one such example. Needs a few additional safety features, but it's still probably safer than a Pinto. More »
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28-year-old model/actress/singer Rosemary Vandenbroucke was arrested Monday after crashing a rented motor home into the Reno arch and fled the scene. Surprise! Police had earlier arrested her on ecstasy possession. Double surprise!! She was returning from Burning Man. More »
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When you're eating wind-blown sand in the scorching Nevada desert, what do you want to do? Why, listen to some techno in a grimy tent billowing from your friends' digestive gases, that's what! More »
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I headed over to West Oakland last night, to check out the Boiler Bar May Day Party, featuring a slew of art cars and a few of the contestants from the Escape From Berkeley race. More »
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Want to check out the Golden Mean, a fire-belching Volkswagen Beetle-based giant snail that seats six and packs an 800-watt sound system inside its shell? With snake charming to boot? Head to Oakland tonight! More »
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After his team's Volvo Amazon took the Index Of Effluency trophy at the 24 Hours of LeMons South, Mechimike was ready to tow a vintage trailer 2,600 miles to the Nevada desert and set up the "third most badass camp" at Burning Man 2008. I've been sort of on the fence about attending BM for, jeez, a couple of decades now (art= good, naked self-congratulatory software engineers on acid= bad), but the incredible Telephone Beetle above- which was driven across the country- has sold me: I'll be there next year! Make the jump, check out the gallery, but first take the time to read Mechimike's account- you'll be glad you did. More »
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Last Saturday we wandered down to metro Detroit's progressive little berg of Ferndale for the Green Cruise, an anti-Woodward Dream Cruise, billed as a gasoline-free alternative to the Big Event. We were hoping for electric cars and grease-burners, but it turned out to be mostly just a big bicycle parade — with one marked exception. Dubbed "The Dogsled" by the father-and-son duo who engineered and built it (each of whom refers to the other as "Dog"), the Dogsled is actually destined to roam the playa at Burning Man. More »
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Craftsman and metalworker extraordinaer MOLTENSTEELMAN debuted his 23-foot long and 12,000-lb. mechanical spider walker at Burning Man and I have to admit, this is the kind of machine that gives me nightmares. It is an eight footed walker that is powered by a 454 Chevy V8.
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