Comments on: The Neon Smiley Face at Burning Man 1996 http://laughingsquid.com/the-neon-smiley-face-at-burning-man-1996/ an online resource for art, culture and technology Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Miller http://laughingsquid.com/the-neon-smiley-face-at-burning-man-1996/comment-page-1/#comment-294575 Dan Miller Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:47:39 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-neon-smiley-face-at-burning-man-1996/#comment-294575 Hi Scott, Since I was named in this story of the smiley face prank, I feel compelled to add a bit of my perspective. The prank was disappointingly flawed because the neon behind the rice paper face could be plainly seen in the light of the day (not as planned that it would only be seen when mysteriously flickered on at random moments at night). Another correction is that we lowered the man to remove the smiley face, I did not remove it via climbing. I think a more interesting twist on the look of the man was in '99, when the mans head was stolen and we put a goofy easter island paper-mache head on him for a few days. It was run on the cover of the Reno weekly. Hi Scott,

Since I was named in this story of the smiley face prank, I feel compelled to add a bit of my perspective.

The prank was disappointingly flawed because the neon behind the rice paper face could be plainly seen in the light of the day (not as planned that it would only be seen when mysteriously flickered on at random moments at night).

Another correction is that we lowered the man to remove the smiley face, I did not remove it via climbing.

I think a more interesting twist on the look of the man was in ’99, when the mans head was stolen and we put a goofy easter island paper-mache head on him for a few days. It was run on the cover of the Reno weekly.

]]> By: Danger Angel http://laughingsquid.com/the-neon-smiley-face-at-burning-man-1996/comment-page-1/#comment-279765 Danger Angel Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:32:41 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-neon-smiley-face-at-burning-man-1996/#comment-279765 I'm pretty amused by the uproar on the BM tribe calling for Paul Addis' head. It's as if people have zero sense of humor about it, and they cite "safety" as their main reason for being pissed off. Since when is BM "safe"? Why are these people so freaked out about safety? Seems like the only crowd control there was in 95 was Dezso Molnar getting as close to the crowd as he could in the jet car. Talk about unsafe. Sheesh... I have no idea what festival these people think they are at.... I’m pretty amused by the uproar on the BM tribe calling for Paul Addis’ head. It’s as if people have zero sense of humor about it, and they cite “safety” as their main reason for being pissed off.

Since when is BM “safe”? Why are these people so freaked out about safety?

Seems like the only crowd control there was in 95 was Dezso Molnar getting as close to the crowd as he could in the jet car. Talk about unsafe. Sheesh… I have no idea what festival these people think they are at….

]]> By: Scott Beale http://laughingsquid.com/the-neon-smiley-face-at-burning-man-1996/comment-page-1/#comment-277872 Scott Beale Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:41:16 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-neon-smiley-face-at-burning-man-1996/#comment-277872 Hey Kal, I just posted what was sent to me verbatim. I didn't notice that they referenced People Hater. I went ahead and removed it to avoid any confusion in the future. Hey Kal, I just posted what was sent to me verbatim. I didn’t notice that they referenced People Hater. I went ahead and removed it to avoid any confusion in the future.

]]> By: kal http://laughingsquid.com/the-neon-smiley-face-at-burning-man-1996/comment-page-1/#comment-277703 kal Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:43:24 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-neon-smiley-face-at-burning-man-1996/#comment-277703 fyi: it was SEEMEN who orchestrated the HELCO preformance, with a LOT of help from so many people, Flynn Mauthe and Christian Ristow to name 2 primary conspirators. People hater have never attended BM. Fo Mo see here: http://www.monkeyview.net/id/4/solo_shows/burningman/index.vhtml http://www.monkeyview.net/id/4/solo_shows/burningman/fire_smile.vhtml fyi:
it was SEEMEN who orchestrated the HELCO preformance, with a LOT of help from so many people, Flynn Mauthe and Christian Ristow to name 2 primary conspirators.
People hater have never attended BM.
Fo Mo see here:
http://www.monkeyview.net/id/4/solo_shows/burningman/index.vhtml
http://www.monkeyview.net/id/4/solo_shows/burningman/fire_smile.vhtml

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