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Another Digital Spectacle Unfolds: No, Not Today's Apple Event–It's Burning Man 2010!

BoomTown has never set foot in the dusty dustfest in the desert that is Burning Man, due to the lack of a Four Seasons in the vicinity.

Thank goodness, then, for the live stream of the annual event–direct from Black Rock City–which runs from August 30 to September 6.

You can see it below and also on Burning Man’s Web site.

This year’s art theme at the always-innovative user-generated cultural festival, which has a big dollop of digital, is: Metropolis.

As Burning Man notes:

“Great cities are organic, spontaneous, heterogeneous, and untidy hubs of social interaction. At Burning Man 2010, we will inspect the daily course of city life and the future prospect of civilization.”

Indeed! So next year I am definitely going and building a luxury hotel from scratch with the help of my Twitter followers!

Until then, have fun, Joanne–because I will be watching the live-stream video from UStream whilst getting a mani-pedi:



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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I5F7RH7NMWNIGOETHQZZJBFU2U joanneb

    Kara come on show up! coordinates are 3:15 /Edinbourgh

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I5F7RH7NMWNIGOETHQZZJBFU2U joanneb

    Kara – get your night lite and teddy bear and lets go..I have granola bars…and a google map.

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