Date: May 16th 2012

Thursday, May 17th, the Chez Poulet is proud to screen Dust and Illusion, frechies Burning Man movie starring John Law and that other guy. And me. And you, probably.

Now that none of you can go to Burning Man because tickets are only given to people who are cooler then you, lets skip down memory lane to a time when Burning Man was OURS. Lets remember that BM never 'tipped'. It never experienced "unrestricted growth". It was understand, years ago.

Now, it's complex. Because we are the people of the underdog. And BM is now the man. Read this:

http://blog.burningman.com/2012/05/tenprinciples/how-not-to-burn-commodifying-burning-man/

A company threw an event at BM. Made a mess. Broke the 'rules'. Didn't "Get it". But read that. And tell me that you kinda are torn as to why it's funny. Because the Champaine company are clueless twits, or because the Kool Aide drinkers think their precious event is a flawless jewel that shines with no light...

Me, I can't help but thinking that the Champaine company paid their money and the profit Larry and his band of theiving hucksters made off the tickets they bought was more then enough to cover a pick up truck's worth of garbage. Times 500. Lets say they bought 100 tickets. That's $40K or so. Some fees, some toilets, some art... there is still a shit ton of money left over. A 40 yard dumpster costs like $600 out there. The mess they left might have been a yard. Maybe. $20 bucks in garbage. Cry me a river.

Like no one leaves garbage. Like the event site isn't messy. Like we don't consume products. Like we don't use BM to promote our own schtick. Our own clothing lines. Our art brands. Our cult of personalitys. Our twitter feeds. Our blogs. Our bands. Our careers as scultpers for other events. And on and on and on. Like BM doesn't profit millions a year. Like they aren't selling the event RIGHT NOW to a non-profit they are setting up to continue to bilk us for cash while they go away (which will NEVER happen).

It's complicated. And the only person talking about this fascinating topic is Steve Jones, the guy from the Gaurdian. And he's a raver. Ya can't trust ravers. All that glitter...

Anyway it's a super fascingating topic. Come see the movie. it's also the second to last time you will have to see the cover art from the Book of the Is before it goes away.

It's $10. Doors at 8, film at 9. 3359 Cesar Chavez @ Mission

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