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This just in from Will Chase at BManUpdate:

Slightly better, if longer, video at Online Adventure.

Krank-Boom-Clank is a new industrial alternative arts collective in Santa Rosa, building “Kinetic Conveyances of Whimsy”. The four builders, David Farish, Dan Kirby, Skye Barnett, and Clifford Hill, just completed their gorgeous new site.

K-B-C have been seen about lately with their large, 4-wheeled “Hennepin Crawler” at Burning Man 2008 and The Great Handcar Regatta 2008, among other local events.

GALLERY
Plenty of photos of their creations and attended events are recounted in the Gallery.

AVAILABLE FOR HIRE
They’re looking to release their kinetic creations to more public and private events.

WORKSHOP
A collaboration with the well-known Fou Fou Ha! burlesque clown dance troupe out of San Francisco is in the works too.

My good pal Mark Nichols (who is an amazing musician and composer heard lately with Choklit’s band Baby Seal Club) is co-producing with Erik Davis a live theater production of their insane “A Burning Opera — How to Survive the Apocalypse“!

Here’s a juicy 15 minute sample featuring a number of musicians including the infamous Mark Growden:

Come experience “How to Survive the Apocalypse” - Premiering Jan. 16 & 17 at Stage Werx (533 Sutter, San Francisco.) Shows Fri 1/16 @ 8:00pm and 10:30 pm; Sat. 1/17 @ 8:00 pm. Tickets are $15 in advance from Brown Paper tickets beginning 12/15; $20 at the door. The event is all-volunteer. All proceeds for the event will be donated to Intersection for the Arts.

“How to Survive the Apocalypse” is a Burning Man-inspired theatrical freak-out that combines rock opera, vaudeville, and a Dionysian revival show that is just as inspired and terrified by current events as you are. Part mutant mystery play, part crash-course in proactive future culture, the evening combines millennialist rants and sexy burlesque with select scenes and songs from the “Burning Opera,” an ambitious and ferociously inventive rock musical scored by Mark Nichols, with libretto by counterculture writer Erik Davis.

21 Days of Black Rock City

What: Exhibit of time lapse and more than 130 juried, large-format photographic prints of Burning Man.
When: May 30 to Aug. 3. Viewing hours are 1 to 5:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Where: Marin French Cheese Company, 7500 Red Hill Road.
Admission: Free.
Information: www.reichek.org

“The idea for this exhibit came about many years ago when I was hunting for a legitimate excuse for getting into the Burning Man event early,” said Joshua Reichek, president of the exhibit’s sponsor, Creators Equity Foundation. “I had to come up with a project that would be interesting enough for folks to be willing to give up a slot for someone like me to come in. I decided to do a time lapse of the city being built out of the existing desert, through the event and its dismantling. The first frame is of empty desert, the next frames show the city growing and then finally disappearing. The first and last frames are the same.”

The result is the centerpiece of the exhibit, a 180-degree panoramic-view time-lapse of the rise, weeklong event and dissipation of Black Rock City — the Burning Man gathering, presented on three 50 inch, high-resolution plasma displays.

The time-lapse project consists of thousands of high-resolution sequenced images taken over a 21-day period by three cameras arranged in a 180-degree view of the Black Rock Desert of Nevada and captures Black Rock City from start to finish, all in a 40-minute program, synchronized and set to music.

Mercury News relays this story that “Homouroboros” by Peter Hudson has landed in San Jose for the 01SJ: “a global festival of art on the edge”.

Sunday, September 28, 2008 — Santa Rosa, CA

Erasmus P. Kitty Presents: The Great West End and Railroad Square Handcar Regatta and Exposition of Mechanical Wonders!

A SPLENDID CELEBRATION OF ART, SCIENCE AND INGENUITY, FOR THE DELIGHT AND EDIFICATION OF ALL WHO ATTEND.

A SPECTACLE FOR BOTH YOUNG AND OLD!

The Handcar Regatta invites Builders, Tinkerers and Artists to create and then race a Human Powered Rail Bound Vehicle for the adoring public.

The Handcar Regatta brings Art and Science out of the galleries, studios, and smokey laboratories, out among the People, where everyone can enjoy it and participate!

The Handcar Regatta will delight the senses with Melodious Music, Daring Diversions, Rollicking Games, Delectable Comestibles, and all manner of Adventurous Entertainments!

THE HANDCAR REGATTA IS NOT TO BE MISSED!

Poosie at Tribe.net was kind enough to post a large chronological list of Regional Burn events around the globe:

2008 Events:

Kiwiburn5 - Feb. 1-4, 2008 - Whakamaru Domain, Mangakino, New Zealand
www.kiwiburn.com
newzealand@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/nz.html

FrostBurn - Feb.15-18, 2008 - Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
www.frostburnpgh.com
pittsburgh@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_pa_pts.html

Wisconsin Pre-Compression - March 22, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI
clevian.com
wisconsin@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_wi.html

BC Recompression - April 4-6, 2008 - Vancouver, BC
www.recompression.com
vancouver@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/ca_bc_van.html
PreHeat - Florida - April 18 - 20, 2008 - Florida
www.flburners.com/
www.floridapreheat.com/
info@floridapreheat.com
florida@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_fl_sw.html

InterFuse - May 1-4, 2008 - Boonville, Missouri
midwestburners.com
stlouis@burningman.com
kansas@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_mo.html
regionals.burningman.com/us_ks.html

Toast! - May 8-11, 2008 - Witch Well, Arizona
www.toast-town.org
arizona@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_az.html

Rebirth - May 15-18, 2008 - Big Island, Hawaii
www.kapilina.org
hawaii@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_hi.html

Playa del Fuego - May 22-26, 2008 - Odessa, Delaware
playadelfuego.org
washingtondc@burningman.com
baltimore@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_mddc.html

Burning Flipside - May 22-26, 2008 - Austin, Texas
www.burningflipside.com/
www.burnaustin.org
denton@burningman.com
austin@burningman.com
houston@burningman.com
dallas@burningman.com
elpaso@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_tx.html

Element 11 - May 30 - June 1, 2008 - Grantsville, Utah
element11.org
utah@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_ut.html

Critical Massive - June 2-8, 2008 - Methow Valley, Washington
www.ignitionnw.org/criticalmassive
seattle@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_wa_sea.html

Apogaea - June 5-8, 2008 - Front Range, Colorado
www.apogaea.com
denver@burningman.com
boulder@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_co.html

Scorched Nuts - June 19-22, 2008 - College Corner, Ohio
www.scorchednuts.com/
columbus@burningman.com
southernohio@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_oh.html

Dark Skies - June 19-22, 2008 - Location TBA
darkskies.vegasartists.com/
lasvegas@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_nv_lv.html

Wisconsin Compression - June 21, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI
clevian.com
wisconsin@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_wi.html

SOAK - June 27-29, 2008 - Portland, Oregon
www.burningmanportland.com
portland@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_or.html

FireFly - TBA - Vermont
fireflyartscollective.org
bostonburners.com
info@fireflyartscollectve.org
boston@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_ma_bos.html

Nowhere - July 9-13, 2008 - Zaragoza, Spain
en.goingnowhere.org/HomePage
euroburners.com
europe@burningman.com
uk@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/eu.html
regionals.burningman.com/eu_uk.html

Transformus - July 16-21, 2008 - Deerfields, in Horse Shoe, North Carolina
www.transformus.com
www.dirtysouthernburners.com
northcarolina@burningman.com
wilmington@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_nc.html

Wisconsin Decompression - Sept. 20, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI
clevian.com
wisconsin@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_wi.html

St. Louis Decomp - Sept. 26-29, 2008 - St. Louis, Missouri
www.gatewayburners.com
stlouis@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_mo_stl.html

Chicago Decomp - Sept 27, 2008 - Chicago, Illinois
www.burningmanchicago.org
chicago@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_il.html

AZ’s 7th Annual Decompression - Oct. 3-5, 2008 - Gateway Ranch, Flagstaff, Arizona
arizona@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_az.html

LA Decomp - Oct. 4, 2008 - Los Angeles, California
la@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_ca_la.html

Playa del Fuego - Oct. 9-13, 2008 - Odessa, Delaware
playadelfuego.org/
washingtondc@burningman.com
baltimore@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_mddc.html

Myschevia (TBA) - Oct. 9-13, 2008 - North Texas
ntxb.org
denton@burningman.com
austin@burningman.com
houston@burningman.com
dallas@burningman.com
elpaso@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_tx.html

SF Decompression Heat The Street Faire - Oct. 12, 2008 - San Francisco, California
www.burningman.com

Afrika Burns 2008 - Oct. 16-19 - South Africa
afrikaburns.com
southafrica@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/za.html

Fuego De Los Muertos - Oct. 17 - 19 - San Diego, California
www.fuegodiego.com
sandiego@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_ca_sd.html

Denver Decompression - October 18, 2008 - Denver, Colorado
denverburningman.com/
denver@burningman.com
regionals.burningman.com/us_co.html

Lightning in a Bottle

Music and Live Entertainment

The stages will be live and in effect starting on Friday from 3pm till midnight, and from around 10am to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. Three whole days! After midnight expect special surprises, acoustic jam sessions and other fun stuff to carry the festival through the night. And there’s no need to dash out on Monday. The gates close Tuesday at noon, so you’re free to stick around ’til then and enjoy the forest!

The gate schedule is as follows:

Thursday May 22 - Gate opens at 4pm and closes at 4am

Friday May 23 - Gate opens at 7am and closes at 2am

Saturday May 24 - Gate opens at 7am and closes at 2am

Sunday May 25 - Gate opens at 7am and closes at 8pm

Monday May 26 - No Entry.

Upon entry, all guests will be required to register and receive a wristband, which must be worn AT ALL TIMES throughout the duration of the event.

In and outs are strongly discouraged, except in the case of emergency. You don’t want to miss anything anyways, right?

Firestarter by Joel McConvey.

“JEJU-DO, SOUTH KOREA—Every year on Jeju-do, a small island off the southwest coast of South Korea, thousands of people get together and set a mountain on fire. That’s the point of the Jeju Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival, which this year fell on March 1. The idea is to celebrate the first full moon of the lunar new year (the Korean word “Daeboreum” translates as “Great Full Moon”), and to recreate the traditional annual burning of harvest grasses to exterminate harmful insects and ensure a frutiful year.

“That’s the official line, anyways. The truth is that it’s a great excuse to stage a spectacle that brings hundreds of tourists to Jeju from the Korean mainland, and to ratchet up the media attention for Korea’s tourist industry (which, while nowhere near as muscular as those of China or Southeast Asia, does a decent business among Asian travellers). And, you know, to set stuff on fire.”

Flip Your Lid! 2008 - April 17

Dust off your chapeau and embellish your noggin with your fanciest headwear for BRAF’s annual hat-tipping, head-turning, hair-raising affair. Once again we’ll be convening at supperclub san francisco, 657 Harrison Street.

Join us in tipping our hats as we proudly honor:

• * Mike Farrah, Director of Mayor Newsom’s Office of Community Services
• * REBAR, 2007 BRAF grant recipients and creators of (PARK)ing Day

Our last three events have SOLD OUT, so please get your tickets today!

Cranium
Hosted cocktail reception and VIP auction preview/mixer, featuring ample passed hors d’oeuvres, spectacular performances and a special gift.
6:30pm-2am $250.00

Noggin
Ample passed hors d’oeuvres and spectacular entertainment.
7:30pm-2am $125.00

Noodle
Join us for the after-party. Just $10 with adorned head!
After-party tickets available at the door.
11pm-2am $20.00

More info at Black Rock Arts Foundation