The Burning Alchemist

The personal blog of a geek and Burning Man convert as he unloads on the unsuspecting blogosphere and shares the things that he finds interesting as he prowls the web, covering science & technology, art and photography, things for geeks and burners, and of course we can''t possibly leave out the occasional rant.

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Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role.

— Paramahansa Yogananda
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And now, a motivational message from our kitteh life coach

The Alchemist — Tue, 08/18/2009 - 2:59am

 

F*CK YOU ... I AM CAT!

 

Thank you Xeni Jardin on Boing Boing (who got it from From Ice-Tea Man) for bringing this delightful example of cattitude to my attention.

 

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Journey to the Flames - 10 Years of Burning Man

The Alchemist — Tue, 01/12/2010 - 5:13am

JOURNEY TO THE FLAMES

A documentary covering 10 Years of Burning Man. We are trying to post as much video as we can up on our facebook page.

For one week every year, 50,000 people gather in the Black Rock desert to build a temporary city of art.

Founded as an experiment in radical self-expression, Burning Man is like no other place on earth. The ground rules are simple: no commerce, leave no trace, no spectators - participants only. You bring what you need to survive and you bring your gift of participation and art.

Black Rock City, as it is called, has everything you would expect in a real city: a post office, airport, radio stations, newspapers, police, fire and medical.

JOURNEY TO THE FLAMES was directed by Doug Jacobson, who follows a group of friends as they head off to the desert. Experience 10 years of amazing Burning Man art. Take a ride into the madness and discover a world of art, sexuality, music and fire... lots of fire.

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Burning Man - Spider vs. Big wheel drag race - Journeytotheflames.com

The Alchemist — Tue, 01/12/2010 - 3:48am

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Geek Content Warning

The Alchemist — Thu, 01/07/2010 - 8:02pm

Admin Mourning

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Definite must see - Live Action Star Blazers movie

The Alchemist — Tue, 01/05/2010 - 1:20am

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The Robotech Saga available on YouTube

The Alchemist — Wed, 12/30/2009 - 4:35am

okay, yeah I am an Anime geek.  I got hooked on this series when I was watching it on its first run in the 1980's.

Robotech

Macross Saga

Robotech Masters (aka Southern Cross)

New Generation

The Sentinels (not available in a clean show feed, only in fan ripped feeds)

and the latest, released in 2008: The Shadow Chronicles

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New Irvine Ren Faire

The Alchemist — Wed, 12/30/2009 - 12:49am

A new faire in Irvine, at Irvine Lake, near the old Crossroads Orange/Irvine faire site, comming in March

Into A New World Renaissance and Fantasy Faire

I'll try and give an event review after I've seen how it does.

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The Cat Came Back

The Alchemist — Wed, 12/16/2009 - 12:53am

I first saw this at Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation at the Museum of Modern Art in La Jolla, CA.  And it's been happily burned into my memory ever since. (yes, I do know that I'm a sick puppy)

 

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Five Powerful Questions

The Alchemist — Fri, 12/11/2009 - 5:52am

Five Poweful Questions

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

The Alchemist — Tue, 12/08/2009 - 11:56pm

A recent conversation triggered a memory of a lyric from a song that dove me a bit crazy because I could manage to remember most of that single line of the song, and I was pretty sure of who sang it, what movie it was in and part of the character's name, but not the song title or the rest of the lyrics.  It was a memory that I knew was there but was tantalizingly out of reach.  So like any good geek, I Googled it and resolve the problem.

It was "Fixing a Hole" sung by George Burns as Mr. Kite in the 1978 movie production of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  Critically panned and a financial flop, it's still a good cult classic, and one that I thought that I'd share.

 

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 1)

 

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 2)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 3)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 4)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 5)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 6)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 7)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 8)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 9)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 10)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 11)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 12)

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (part 13)

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