Krug Champagne summoned the wrath of many Burners (one year later!) after they staged a crass publicity stunt involving "society bloggers" at Burning Man 2011. As many of you know, Burning Man is a non-commercial event where all media must be approved via an understandably strict committee. The fancy champagne house, however, didn't bother to go though the proper channels. Which, rude. Even worse? Krug left behind a mess. The Burning Blog has all the details: more ›

Burning Man presale tickets went on sale today. Or rather: the opportunity to volunteer to possibly pay a premium on $420 early bird tickets opened up today. As in previous years, presale tickets to the dust fest are the most expensive, but under the new lottery-based ticketing system put in place this year, only 3,000 lucky Burners will get the opportunity to pay top dollar. Less fluid attendees, on the other hand, are already fretting about how the three-tiered pricing system will play out. more ›

After tickets to Burning Man's weeklong fur boots and utility belts gala sold out for the first time this year, organizers have devised a new ticketing-by-lottery scheme they hope will eliminate the first-come, first-served rush to buy tickets that burned out the festival's computer servers. In an email to the Jack Rabbit Says newsletter, reprinted on the ePlaya forums, organizers detailed the proposed lottery system: more ›

Gone are the days of the technology and currency-free oasis of drugs, dust and art both whimsical and questionable. more ›