Is there such a thing as Al Qaeda Rap?

I call double agent!

Burning Man is closed.

Shit, did webbery make the transition? I always looked forward to the annual Burning Man posts.

You got to see a lot of cool stuff and not have to smell any of it.

I've just sent him a message about it on his site's contact form.

Does it matter? Isn't it just a bunch of rich tech cunts from silicon valley gentrifying the whole scene now?

So you're going? Lol

Seriously, I think people have said that since the second year it happened.

That the tech elite were gentrifying Burning Man? Really? Even before the move from Baker Beach to the desert? I think it's only been the last few years that people have been saying that in earnest.

It used to be better when (Tm)

Seriously though, I've heard that complaint for at least ten years ("too mainstream" blah blah)

Yeah but there is legitimacy to that complaint now.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/fashion/at-burning-man-the-tech-elite-one-up-one-another.html?_r=0

Wow. Ah well, that's the cycle of life. Doesn't matter though, the template has now been thoroughly proven. Smaller burns are popping up all over the world. Not to mention other great parties that aren't really in the burning man genre. You can't stop the signal Mal!

Ya, but they are gentrifying all of SF- so I fancy Burningman is just a microcosm of that
As for Burningman, it was always just a different version of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zozobra

But the real question is why is Black Rock City, LLC is allowing closed off camps and companies like the Key Group to offer "Burning Man Concierge Services".

It seems Nick Bilton's "rules":

let’s go over the rules of Burning Man: You bring your own place to sleep (often a tent), food to eat (often ramen noodles) and the strangest clothing possible for the week (often not much). There is no Internet or cell reception. While drugs are technically illegal, they are easier to find than candy on Halloween. And as for money, with the exception of coffee and ice, you cannot buy anything at the festival. Selling things to people is also a strict no-no. Instead, Burners (as they are called) simply give things away. What’s yours is mine. And that often means everything from a meal to saliva.

Are not, in fact, the "rules" according to Black Rock City LLC.

BUt again... like I said, this is just a microcosm of whats happening in all of the Bay Area- especially SF. Which is fine, but SF's culture will change as it gentrifies...

Personally I feel that Silicon valley did well because people were able to fuck around in their garage and create great/original/interesting/useless things... and for better or worse that spirit is what's being gentrified out of SF.

I suppose that just means it will collect somewhere else, but there ya go.

I listen to This Week in Tech, which is a panel show that often hosts some pretty wealthy silicon valley types. A while back, angel investor Kevin Rose (of Digg notoriety) was on complaining like a rich little shit about how there were protestors outside his house. Apparently, he was being used as a figurehead for the type of people making the bay area's cost of living skyrocket. It really pissed me off that the panel had no sympathy/empathy for these people, as they were talked about like they were loser bums with nothing better to do with their time. It was also annoying that these tech elites were saying how it really isn't their fault at all, that the reasons for people losing their homes were beyond their control. Fuck that. Sure, the resistance to new housing permits is part of the problem, but rich tech entrepreneurs with their overvalued startups need to fess up to their desire to live there being the reason for the increased demand->increased cost of living.

Also, I think a disproportionate amount of those people are on some mental illness spectrum. The way they talk, they lack empathy and are completely out of touch with other humans.

Sociopathy is unfortunately a frequent trait of successful "entrepreneurs".

It's what shareholders crave!

If only the solution was as simple as giving them more electrolytes.

Isn't this the notoriety they're after?

First Castro isn't allowed to play pro baseball and now this guy's failed rap career has consequences.

When will we learn that frustrated athletes and artists need to be put down?

Don't forget that old Austrian guy.

Rupert Murdoch? Yeah, he probably tried and failed at something and then turned to evil.

Some people
Are probably
Just born
evil
Though

I suspect eventually, this asshole will be eating a Hellfire missile. It can't be soon enough.

Yeah, fuck this dickhead.

Never mind the society/ circumstances that created this monster.

Lets all go hunt Isis. Nobody seems to care about why every generation births a radical element, ready to kill all westerners.

Focus on this asshole. Go ahead.