Starburst, of Burning Man, Enters My World...
August/06/2009 08:08 PM Filed in: Random
I was down in SoCal with my boys Mike Fey (UCLA ’06) and John “Legend” Fieweger for the “6 Man” volleyball festival. We had our fun for a couple days down in Manhattan Beach then it was time to head back up to Malibu to Mike’s spot to chill.
While we were heading back to Mike’s house, he got a call. He relayed the news to me that there would be a party crackin at his spot when we got there. I was hyped to see the big house party, but he informed me that he didnt know any of the people. In fact, he didn’t know anybody who knew these people. He did know that the people throwing the party were not like us.
It seemed a little strange that he phrased everything the way he did. Why would there be a party at his house if he didnt know any of the patrons? It didnt really make sense.
He explained to me that a large part of the property is rented out for events since its a big property deep within the hills of Malibu. He stressed that this particular party, which he had been told would be over the day before, was actually being held by “Burning Man” people. I still don’t quite understand what it means, but a quick wiki made it seem like they shouldn’t be at his house but in the desert.
I guess that the actually Burning Man event is only held once a year, but in the meantime they have gatherings at random locations and do a bunch of weird nonsense. What would be the chances that they would have one of these events at Mike Fey’s house on THE day I go to Malibu? Seemed like he was making stuff up to scare me. Then we arrived.
Strange people were doing strange things all over the property. There were dudes dressed up like Ninja Geiden, women hoola hooping around their necks, multiple DJ’s spinning trippy acid music, and random Yanni look-a-like’s running around preying and being naked. Honestly I was quite frightened.
So hours later, after the fear subsided, we were on our way to get some food. We had heard through the grapevine that one of the people there was named “Starburst.” It quickly became a quick mission of ours to discover who it was.
It didn’t take long to discover Starburst. I saw a woman standing by the rock bed. I yelled the name Starburst and she turned around. I then whipped out my camera and asked her some questions. You’re about to see that video.
Check out the people who pass by and REALLY check out the Asian dude and what he says. It’s downright epic.
While we were heading back to Mike’s house, he got a call. He relayed the news to me that there would be a party crackin at his spot when we got there. I was hyped to see the big house party, but he informed me that he didnt know any of the people. In fact, he didn’t know anybody who knew these people. He did know that the people throwing the party were not like us.
It seemed a little strange that he phrased everything the way he did. Why would there be a party at his house if he didnt know any of the patrons? It didnt really make sense.
He explained to me that a large part of the property is rented out for events since its a big property deep within the hills of Malibu. He stressed that this particular party, which he had been told would be over the day before, was actually being held by “Burning Man” people. I still don’t quite understand what it means, but a quick wiki made it seem like they shouldn’t be at his house but in the desert.
I guess that the actually Burning Man event is only held once a year, but in the meantime they have gatherings at random locations and do a bunch of weird nonsense. What would be the chances that they would have one of these events at Mike Fey’s house on THE day I go to Malibu? Seemed like he was making stuff up to scare me. Then we arrived.
Strange people were doing strange things all over the property. There were dudes dressed up like Ninja Geiden, women hoola hooping around their necks, multiple DJ’s spinning trippy acid music, and random Yanni look-a-like’s running around preying and being naked. Honestly I was quite frightened.
So hours later, after the fear subsided, we were on our way to get some food. We had heard through the grapevine that one of the people there was named “Starburst.” It quickly became a quick mission of ours to discover who it was.
It didn’t take long to discover Starburst. I saw a woman standing by the rock bed. I yelled the name Starburst and she turned around. I then whipped out my camera and asked her some questions. You’re about to see that video.
Check out the people who pass by and REALLY check out the Asian dude and what he says. It’s downright epic.
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