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Burning Man

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Michael Marin "Burning Man" Trial Under Way -- Judge Kicks New Times Out of Court

    As we write this, the attorneys litigating the arson case of State of Arizona v. Michael Marin are presenting their opening statements to a Maricopa County jury in downtown Phoenix. We planned on blogging about the opposing sides' hope to show in their efforts to win a conviction of the so-called "B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    `Burning Man' Michael Marin Arson Trial To Start Next Week

    Remember the quirky case of onetime Wall Street broker, Yale Law School-educated attorney, art collector and man about town Michael Marin, who was accused in 2009 of criminally torching his Biltmore Estates mansion? The highly publicized case perhaps was most notable for how Marin said he h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Coachella: What The Hell Is That Giant Flower?

    See also: Best of Coachella: Sunday, April 15 See also: Top 10 Awkward Dance Moves at Coachella (GIFs) By Gabrielle Canon Coachella-goers arrived to the festival Sunday to find a giant 100 foot tall lotus flower on the grounds near the Gobi tent. Trippy! The crazy thing was that the flower swoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Local Burning Man Fanatics React to Ticketing Fiasco, Make Plans for Alternate Events

    ​When Tempe artist Ian Wender learned he didn't land tickets to this year's Burning Man this year, he started to fume."I got really, really angry when I found out I wasn't getting tickets," says Wender. The painter and photographer is a Burning Man regular who's gone to the annual arts and cultura ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2012

    Art Cars: American Folk Art You Can't Hang on the Wall

    ​When Tempe artist Ian Wender learned he didn't land tickets to this year's Burning Man this year, he started to fume."I got really, really angry when I found out I wasn't getting tickets," says Wender. The painter and photographer is a Burning Man regular who's gone to the annual arts and cultura ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    September 8 In Blogs: Postville Immigration Raid, Goddess Temple, Anthrax, Latte Art, and Susan Brock

    ​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Burning Times

    ​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    May 11 In Blogs: Russell Pearce, Craig Citizen, Fatboy Slim, Four Peaks, and Meghan McCain

    ​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Ringing in the New Year Over the Weekend

    ​New Year's Eve in Scottsdale Scottsdale's Old Town was celebration central as New Year's revelers flocked to the White House, Axis-Radius, The Firehouse, and various other nightspots to fete Auld Lang Syne...see photos ​Epic Red Cup Massive Psycho Circus The freaks and geeks of Warsaw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2010

    Toubab Krewe at Compound Grill Last Night

    Martin CizmarToubab Krewe on stage at Compound Grill in Phoenix.​Toubab KreweCompound GrillSaturday December 4, 2010Here's something amazing that pretty well sums up the vibe at Saturday night's Toubab Krewe show at Compound Grill: They let the chicks bring in their hula hoops and, dammit, they us ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 3, 2010

    Flame Game

    Martin CizmarToubab Krewe on stage at Compound Grill in Phoenix.​Toubab KreweCompound GrillSaturday December 4, 2010Here's something amazing that pretty well sums up the vibe at Saturday night's Toubab Krewe show at Compound Grill: They let the chicks bring in their hula hoops and, dammit, they us ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    The 7 Coolest Entries At This Weekend's Idiotarod Race

    The participants of the annual Idiotarod depart from in front of the Bikini Lounge.​As that old maudlin saying goes, it's not the destination but the journey that's important. Just ask the participants in the Idiotarod race from this past Saturday. The ultra-colorful annual event, which is put on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Status Of "Burning Man" Michael Marin's Criminal Case? The Flame's on Low

    We've been getting an unusual number of calls and e-mails from folks wanting to know the status of the felony arson case against Michael Marin, the fascinating, if troubled, fellow we wrote about last summer in "Burning Man." ​Readers may recall the story: Marin's a mountain climber ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 17, 2009

    We've been getting an unusual number of calls and e-mails from folks wanting to know the status of the felony arson case against Michael Marin, the fascinating, if troubled, fellow we wrote about last summer in "Burning Man." ​Readers may recall the story: Marin's a mountain climber ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Twestival and Richard Cheese Over the Weekend

    ​Twestival Local Phoenix Raises Money for St. Mary's Food Bank Last night, local twitter-users gathered at the Aloft Hotel in Tempe to socialize, try great food from local businesses as donate money to St. Mary's Food Bank during Twestival Local Phoenix. Twestival started as a Twitter-based me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Price Of `Burning Man' Michael Marin's Picasso Etchings Wildly Exaggerated

    Our most recent cover story on local philanthropist/real-estate player/art collector and, now, accused arsonist Michael Marin elicited a bunch of E-mails and calls, many of them rabid (see example of typical commenter in photo below). ​Readers seemed to be incensed by Mr. Marin's al ... More >>

  • News

    August 27, 2009

    Burning Man: An Attorney Says He Escaped His Blazing Home Using Scuba Gear; Now He’s Charged with Arson

    Our most recent cover story on local philanthropist/real-estate player/art collector and, now, accused arsonist Michael Marin elicited a bunch of E-mails and calls, many of them rabid (see example of typical commenter in photo below). ​Readers seemed to be incensed by Mr. Marin's al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Party Crasher: The Epic Red Cup Massive NYE Extravaganza

    A trophy thingy was set up in front of the DJ area at the Epic Red Cup Massive NYE Extravaganza. Click here for more pictures from the event. New Year's Eve was a busy night for the Party Crasher. This sultan of celebration had more than a dozen destinations on his shortlist, including hanging with ... More >>

  • Music

    June 12, 2008

    Lee Burridge

    A trophy thingy was set up in front of the DJ area at the Epic Red Cup Massive NYE Extravaganza. Click here for more pictures from the event. New Year's Eve was a busy night for the Party Crasher. This sultan of celebration had more than a dozen destinations on his shortlist, including hanging with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    “You can’t fight this ass”: Johnette Napolitano at Hilton Garden Inn

    A trophy thingy was set up in front of the DJ area at the Epic Red Cup Massive NYE Extravaganza. Click here for more pictures from the event. New Year's Eve was a busy night for the Party Crasher. This sultan of celebration had more than a dozen destinations on his shortlist, including hanging with ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 31, 2007

    Amblin' Man

    The "topical pop" creations of a bass-playing adventurer

  • Music

    March 22, 2007

    A Case of the Tuesdays

    School night, schmool night

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2005

    The White Stuff

    Ski bums seek Higher Ground

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2005

    This Year's Models

    Fast cars & chicks at Cricket

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Illusions of Grandeur

    He's done with art. Now Bill Tonnesen wants to build a Holocaust memorial in Phoenix

  • Music

    December 30, 2004

    Dance, Dance Revolution

    This was the year electronic dance music got its head -- and its ass -- out of the past

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2004

    Dalai House

    Kick off the weekend with Tibetan culture at fundraiser

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2004

    Cubed Logic

    Burning Man gets boxed in

  • Music

    May 8, 2003

    Scenes From Nowhere

    A Coachella diary from that other desert to the left

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Where there's smoke, there's ire

    Letters from the week of July 4, 2002

  • Music

    November 15, 2001

    Bellrays de Jour

    California's amphetamine punk-soul revue wants to knock some sense into America

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    Perry Farrell

    Song Yet to Be Sung (Virgin Records)

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2000

    Complex Messiah

    Song Yet to Be Sung (Virgin Records)

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Black Rock or Combust

    Afterthoughts on the 1999 Burning Man Festival, from a four-year veteran

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    Phone Alone

    In the middle of nowhere, Godfrey Daniels gets calls from everywhere

  • Culture

    September 11, 1997

    Burn the Man!

    Playing with fire at the 1997 Burning Man festival

  • News

    September 12, 1996

    Freaks in the Desert

    Strange days and fiery nights at the 1996 Burning Man Festival

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