More details on Kostume Kult & PEX present - REENTRY October 2, 2010 New York City

This is me yelling at the masses to go to the Kostume Kult & Pex Reentry party on October 2, 2010.

More details have been released..
Presale Tickets are HERE
only $15 while supplies last.

Current Line up, more to be announced soon!

Barney Iller (Rubalad)
Big Jawn (PEX)
Boris Burning Elf (Kostume Kult)
Cumba Mela
Discount (PEX)
Everyday (PEX)
Jonathan (Kostume Kult)
Lee Mayjahs (PEX)
MLE (Denver)
Neil Kurlander (Soul Mob, Baltimore)

Video Installations by LenkaDu

So many parties so little time! NYC REETRY PARTY

Coming up October 2nd is the big PEX and Kostume Kult post Burning Man re-entry party in New York City.

The theme is Returning Home. Note that this is a no-stress event where reliving the playa-vibe is the idea and costuming can be random. The dust has settled and been washed off most of your stuff. This is perfect party to get to see everyone you camped with again and of course drink and dance your butt off.

Also notable is the fact that this will be the offical after party spot for FairyCon 2010. A celebration of winged creatures frolicking all over Manhattan during the day Saturday October 2nd. For more FairyCon details click here.

The Reentry party will be held at:
Times Square Arts Center
669 8th Ave at 42nd Street
East New York, NY

Facebook Event Page

Video of Burning Man 2010 Metropolis

I finished the first edit of my Burning Man 2010 video. It captures but a small portion of the things I saw and the cool people I camped with. Please enjoy. Share with your friends. Be inspired to come to Black Rock City next year.

Please click here to view. I had trouble embedding boo :(

Soon I would like to work on a Kostume Kult video that has clips of all the fun events we do. It would be great on our site.

The Burn of my Life

It was life changing to say the least. Here you are humming along in your little world thinking you've got things pretty well figured out when something this HUGE comes and just knocks you off the rails. (In a good way of course) The Burning Man community fully embraced me and helped me find my spot among the chaos. To try to explain it to people who ask "How was your trip?" is nearly impossible. There just isn't enough time or enough descriptive words. I'm not much for hippy hugfest stuff either, but it was like all 51,000 people there would gladly pick you up with you fell off your bike and give you a hug. The playa was devoid of judgements which is such a pleasant feeling when you live in an extremely quick to judge city like NYC. For a week the only time I had to smell pee was when I was actually inside a porta-potty. haha
Anyway just a few things. I wrote everything I could possibly remember down on the 2 plane rides back, perhaps I will transcribe some portions later. It was HOT during the day. I can see why its so easy for dehydration to sneak up on you. I had a water bottle strapped around my neck thankfully and people to remind me to take a break in the shade when I looked haggard. I spent a lot of time at 8:08 & Esplanade at Kostume Kult working the crowd on the microphone/bullhorn as well as one shift inside the dome itself. Which was fun but I could garner much more attention with a microphone in my hands.
At night the playa changed dramatically and the sounds and lights would come out in full force. Also the temperature dropped suddenly. I had to layer on the clothing and I'm certainly glad I brought my poofy vest. All of my senses were overwhelmed. I enjoyed the big art sculptures and art cars with fire the most. They were powerful, dirty and dangerous in a Mad Max type way which is what always appealed to me about Burning Man. I was lucky enough to catch a few rides on some art cars. A big VW hippy bus the size of a double decker tour bus picked me up and also a ship and a small rat. I was tagged my Black Rock City Animal Control. I climbed art and got scared half way up. I walked and walked and walked on the dusty playa.
More Burning Man posts soon to follow..

Post FreaKKshow comments and pictures.

So FreaKKshow came and went. There was a ton of effort put into this party from a lot of different people. I went to the event space the day before the party and thought to myself, "How the hell are they going to pull this off?!" See photo on Right
I underestimated people who are determined to party down. Everything was built, painted, decorated, sound systemed and ready to go by Saturday. When I returned it looked great!

My crew (Erin, Jacob, Tony and I) got ready at my place in Queens then headed over to the party later in the evening. Unfortunately I thought we would be able to buy tickets at the door instead of go all the way to the bar and take the shuttle. A whole bunch of cab rides and frustration later, I understood that was not an option. I'm sure they have their legal reason, but come on. My house was closer to the party location! Whatever.
So I actually recycled a costume for this party which normally I am against but with Burning Man coming up I need to conserve money and creative resources for other costumes. I wore my feathered corset that I made for Flamingo - Halloween 2009 and my top hat which always comes in handy. I got the top hat at Build-A-Bear workshop in Albany, NY way before it was a cute Goth/Lolita thing to wear.Our group was very circusy (new word I just made up). We had a ring master, two elephant rider/tightrope walker girls and a really scary clown. When we got to the party it was pretty much in full swing. DJs blasting music outside, lots of people at the bar being served by the lovely Evolution.

We wandered over to the giant green pickle structure to meet the guys of Metropickle. Here's Jacob, Trevor and I doing a Pickle Back. Which is whiskey followed by a shot of pickle juice. It was actually very tasty if you can get through the first part! They will be on the Playa supplying salty pickle goodness to all Burners. I am definitely visiting them out there.


So we danced, enjoyed the art and performances, I got too drunk, etc. Here are a few more pictures from my camera and a link to my friend Sergio's photos which are really great and capture the feel of the event.

Party on a BOAT! This weekend August 14, 2010

Disorient a fellow NY camp is throwing a fund raising party for Burning Man this weekend and its sure to be a fun/wild event.
All of their other boat parties have sold out so this one should be a great one as well.

Go to the Facebook event page for lots of good information.

Camping... I'm not a pro.

So I did a test run of my tent last night in the living room to see if I will even be able to put it up by myself!

Success!
I guess this camping thing isn't that hard after all. I mean I have been camping before, but I could count the number of times on 1 hand. Getting the tent BACK into a bag is the hardest part anyway.