Burning Man 1999


Carpet Skeleton sez: Choose the
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"Creativity Burns Bright in the Desert" Chicago Tribune, 1999

Jilarella continues work, as evil stepcampers Jon and Karen rest up for the Ball

Some guy with an accordian welcomes us to hell

Raver kids check in, but they don't check out

Burning Man: an interpretive dance

Eric performs the rarely used side-heimlich maneuver after Allison chokes on Tasty-Bites(r)

It's some random guy! Possibly Brick!….

It's a random tent! Possibly Brick's!

Building thunderdome

No, I asked for a sub sandwich!

The Cutsie twins go hunting for diabetics

No, I asked for a sub sandwich!

Big bird, in that alternate universe, where he's even more evil

In the glow of super Dan

Big canvas, not on fire

Big canvas, being set on fire

See that guy? He's got a chicken!

See that car? It's got a lighthouse!!

Slowly the hypno-rays from the evil glowing sky orb drained Camp Elsewhere of all energy, leaving the playa ripe for invasion by the Sun People

Never such wackiness in car form!

Dan, in repose

Thems gots stilts

Eric's corpse is laid out on playa before burial

Gratuitous porn

jD, following his horrifying death when the Eddie Bauer SUV suffered a flat, returns to Earth as a walking tarp-covered ghost

jD enjoys learning, as Karen describes the difference between sky and ground

"Feel like makin' birds (duh-duh-dum, duh-duh dum) feel like makin' birds (duh-duh-dum, duh-duh dum) feel like making birds with yooooouuu…."

Ham and legs!

Allison finds splinters amusing

Jim's a gerbil!

Eric's a rat!

Patrick finds artistic inspiration

The hottest attraction at burning man, with Disneyland length lines: SpacePortlet Mountain!

Think these guys know each other?

Carpet Thing craves food!

The "running man" takes a fall

Cool on fire, just plain disturbing when out

The neighbor's shade structure is on fire! Eventually!

It's a small lawsuit after all

Steph, shaking her head at yet another ill advised nearby train track orgy

Steve needs hugs

Sue Glover, fire goddess

Swoooon!

Playa Gothic: Tammy and Todd

Playa Gothic 2: Jillian and Damon

Kill me now

Heave!

Woman with sousaphone on unicycle. Just because.

That wicker chair car thing

Willieeee!!! (That means dust devil, I think...)

Foam bug got back

Foam bug, you stop that! That's for the train tracks!

Awww, wouldn't it be fun to rip this thing into little pieces, cackling like mad pixies the whole time?

How many must die for art?

Are you my mommy?

Lookin' for love

The carpet beetle forages for food

Are you my headless mommy?

Nice shower!

Nice stilts!

Deathmatch, 1999

Larry Harvey with carpet reporter!

Leave no trace. Feel free to leave lots of charred Earth, though….