burning man is the poor man’s bohemian grove?
i really think i’m on to something here.
1) both are in summer (bohemian grove in July / burning man in early September)
2) both start with “b” (think about it!)
3) both are camp-outs, in the middle of nowhere.
4) both worship a giant effigy ( Dull Care the 45-foot owl / the 40-foot-at-least Burning Man)
5) both have a ceremony where they burn stuff ( the cremation of care / see above)
6) both have a certain amount of nude hi-jinks,
7) both use a half-assed pagan exuse (druid costumes / ‘tribal, dude!’)
and
8) both have an unparallelled level of self-congratulation among the members.
anybody that’s been to both, email me and compare.
July 8th, 2006 at 4:07 am
How can they both have unparallelled levels of self-congratulation? If they both have it, then it’s parallelled.
Just being a pedant…
July 9th, 2006 at 5:35 am
My dad went to Bohemian Grove one year, as a guest. I gather lots of dry martinis and fine cigars were involved. He’s a very old man with a bad hip, so I doubt he was offered much in the way of nude hijinks or other pagan paraphernalia. He might’ve burned stuff, though.
July 22nd, 2006 at 12:36 am
I’ve always suspected that Bohemian Grove was massively overhyped. That’s not to say that there isn’t a REAL party for the ultra-rich and powerful that’s all about neopagan sex with taut young Ganymedes; I just suspect that party is the one that we don’t know about.
July 30th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
I bet Mickey Hart and Phil Lesh have been to both. Double Assholes.
August 5th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Goddamnit, Schultz, where the fuck did you go? Start posting again, motherfucker! Serve me!
August 8th, 2006 at 9:44 am
sabishii desu
August 8th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
did you start another secret web-blog somewhere? come-on Man, post something new
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August 10th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
According to his MIXI page, he’s back in Japan after getting a work visa from a mysterious company. And apparently this mysterious company has yet to tell him what sort of work he’ll be doing.
Wonder if this means we’ll be reading his NOVA DAMAGE REPORT sometime soon.
August 11th, 2006 at 9:55 am
I feel betrayed and un-entertained(yup).
August 12th, 2006 at 6:36 am
Why didnt he tell us where he was moving?
August 13th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
But in the last post he said he was moving. I’m thinkin’ that the last post was a heads up and this is his “final” post for awhile.
August 28th, 2006 at 3:16 am
So, guys, how do you think Schultz died?
August 28th, 2006 at 10:53 am
I hope for a big 20-page moving back to japan story update complete with fun pictures. Like in the old days, remember those fun travel stories? ;_;
September 3rd, 2006 at 11:50 am
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September 10th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
Yeah where did he go? I miss him being in japan
September 11th, 2006 at 2:21 am
Man am I late to the game or what, I just started reading his stuff after i returned from Japan, and now he isnt posting. shit…
Someone Mentioned that he got a job with a nondiscript company in Nihon, this can be a good or bad thing. Some Japanese companies will hire people without telling them exact details of their work environment but make them sign a contract before hire. Basically the person who gets hired can sometimes get fucked over.
I think it would be cool if he was doing a JET thing then bloging about that. Does anyone know if he has a bachelor’s degree? If so then that is a deffinate possibility as that is a near gaurenteed way to get a job in Japan as a foreigner.
September 14th, 2006 at 10:42 am
I think “a while” is up Steve, where ever you are better write or blog or else. The mobs have spoken!
September 15th, 2006 at 7:51 am
Maybe he’s like Tinkerbell and we all have to clap to bring him back to life. Clapclap clapclap clap
September 16th, 2006 at 8:11 am
It was nice knowing him.
September 17th, 2006 at 11:50 pm
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Rated Aaaaaarrrrrr!
September 18th, 2006 at 1:20 pm
He’s alive! I emailed him and he replied, but 2 days after i emailed oO
September 19th, 2006 at 10:27 am
…and we’re also bored with all the empty promissed propagandas from the pharmaceutical conglomerates representatives since they have taken over your BBS TDR.
September 22nd, 2006 at 1:38 pm
when you surf the internet, do you ever feel you need
A) a casino
B) tablets for your illness
C) software
D) meet a woman from your area
E) a new watch ?
Spammers should start opening up new markets. People have needs they have not taken in account yet.
When i surf the internet i want something good to eat and fast. A good snack if you may. Sometimes i want socks in my feet and sometimes a friend to listen to my jabberish stories.
September 26th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
So to the people who talked to the Shultzzz where is the crazy bastard? What did he say?
September 27th, 2006 at 1:05 am
he wont say :/
September 28th, 2006 at 9:43 am
steve where art though?!!!
September 28th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
What? “He wont tell”?! Why woudnt he want us to know?
I bet he is in some mental hospital and still in the US…
:(
September 28th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
This is turning into a message board..
you..mr Steve come back.
September 28th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
I know, we should all make signs and try to get his attention in Akihabara to return to the forums. Ill Be on the street Yelling “DENSHA OTOKO!”… wait a minute… wrong forum
hahaha
September 29th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
I dont’ know where the American Jerk Steve is but people told me that they heard that in some offices at unknown location and usually near the copy machine corner someone yelling
Steve’s making the copy
Steeeeevo!
The Steeeevanator!
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* - please add in more to keep this “message board alive”
September 30th, 2006 at 5:33 am
I hope this doesn’t turn into outpost nine.
September 30th, 2006 at 11:22 am
Nah, there isn’t anywhere near the number of douchbags here as there is on that forum. :p
September 30th, 2006 at 8:13 pm
Did anyone check out Tokyo Damage Report? IT Says He is back!
October 1st, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Holy Moly! Are we gonna need yet another website?
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:03 pm
lol, look at the forum
http://www.ultimatedistraction.com/tdr/
October 2nd, 2006 at 5:40 pm
geez that is one hell of a forum
September 14th, 2007 at 11:32 am
The same thought occurred to me after watching this video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GHFoUZEjuNM
Both groups were formed by creatives. The Bohemian Grove group was taken over.
Many people today say that Burning Man is no longer what it was.
I think ultimately, people will always be searching for ways to make sense of the world they live in. Some find meaning in hedonism and/or identifying with a group which may keep them thought or from taking personal responsibility.