Welcome home
The parallel reality of Burning Man is lowly sinking in, or opening the gates. I feel I’m arriving. Whatever you need in Black Rock City (BRC), they say ‘the playa will provide’. You’ll find a missing part to your art construction, water, drinks, music, a costume, a hug, an ear to listen to you, a […] Read More
Thunder and mud
I woke up with a bad hangover this morning. And mother nature was not in a good mood either. Thanks to my earplugs, I had slept through a massive thunderstorm going down over the playa. We had rain, hail, and a number of direct lightning strikes right on the playa. The energy in the center […] Read More
Mai Tais & Sarongs
The tree house was set up, now we were ready for our first party, and our first playa gift: Free Mai Tai drinks and Sarongs for the first 100 visitors. Welcome to the Tropical Treehouse! The first guests arrived at 8 o’clock sharp, probably as much in need for a drink as we were, after […] Read More
Tropical Treehouse
Already covered in dust, we arrived on the playa and hoped to find our camp site, to start setting our stuff up as quickly as possible. The location of our camp site wasn’t clear though, so we had to wait for the arrival of one of the camp organizers to identify our lot. We waited […] Read More
Driving into Black Rock City
We left our hotel in Reno at about 9 o’clock and headed out into the Nevada desert. First on a highway, then on a smaller road that brought us the roughly 200 km north into Black Rock desert. The desert was named after – surprise! – a big black rock that marks its northern end. […] Read More
Meet Joe, the painter
Joe is one of my new friends in Seattle. His day time job is managing a project of Public Health for Seattle and King County, mainly for drug users in Seattle. They are, for example, providing clean needles for drug users, in order to prevent HIV infections, as well as social advice for those in need. It […] Read More
Haim
I don’t remember where I heard them first, but I shazamed them. Using the little app in my iPhone I found my way to Haim, somewhere along this trip around the world. I listened to a couple of songs, and then downloaded their album. Three sisters from California with guitars, making solid American pop rock music. […] Read More
Museum of flight
Or, as it should be called more appropriately: the American Museum of flight, or the Boeing Museum of flight. Either way, it’s a great place to visit on a rainy day in Seattle, just a 20 minute drive south. The main attraction to me was, of course, the famous Concorde. It’s one of only three in North America. […] Read More
GaGa’s ArtRAVE
I’m a huge Madonna fan. 52 shows and counting. So when Lady GaGa is in town, I have to go, just to compare notes. I loved her first album, and then some songs of the following ones, but I got less involved… I guess it’s a problem of over-exposure. Honestly, what can you still expect […] Read More
1000 forms of fear
Have you ever been so mesmerized by a song that you played it all day long in an endless loop? I have, many times, and yesterday was such a day, that I spent walking around Seattle in a bubble created by Sia’s new album 1000 forms of fear. I first heard of Sia when, on […] Read More