From the maker of Piss Clear comes the BRC Weekly, Black Rock City's independent newsweekly. As Burning Man's premiere lifestyle & culture rag, the BRC Weekly features funny articles, snarky editorials, and its infamous Out/In Lists and Playa Lingo. Each year, editor Adriana Roberts, and her crack team of writers and contributors, provide the citizens of BRC an entertaining read for their trips to the porta-potty.

     

2023 - Issue 14

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• LAST ISSUE EVER:
6 Reasons I'm Breaking Up With Burning Man by Adriana

• So long and thanks
for all the drugs

• Black Rock City's hot air & climate change

• All the ways the
BRC Weekly destroyed Burning Man Project

 

Issue 14 - 2023

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• Don't leave fun for fun, don't get raped, & 7 other don'ts & hot takes

• How to publish you own playa newspaper in 16 easy steps

• Trauma dumping in the Temple

• Drink Water comic

• Our last ever Out/In List & Lingo... for now

 
     

2022 - Issue 13

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• 3 years later, 3 big changes: Center Camp cafe coffee concessions cancelled, convenience camps curbed, Covid concerns carefully (carelessly) considered

• Time to terminate tired Tutu Tuesday tradition

• Last year's Renegade Burn was better

Issue 13 - 2022

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• Bring shitty art!

• 1999 vs. 2022

• Art appreciation tips

• Shirtcocking: Not all heroes wear pants

• BRC airport not just for aviators

• Out/In List & Lingo & more!

     

2021 - Issue 12

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• Handle your shit.
Literally.
Don't fuck it up.

• Burning Man:
The Musical –
burning showtunes!

 

Issue 12 - 2021

• Finally sturmfrei – what does that mean?

• Buck predicts:
Zone Trip 666:
Bad Day at Black Rock?

• Best Out/In List ever!

• And of course,
Playa Lingo

     

2020 - Issue 11

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• Burning Man is cancelled

• Trolling the
so-called Multiverse

• The playa prepared me for the pandemic

• How will they burn at a virtual Burning Man?

• OVRheard in BRCvr

Issue 11 - 2020

• 12 reasons why virtual Burning Man is better than the real thing

• The Zoom generation: 10 fashion tips for the Coronapocalypse

• It's all Buck's fault that Burning Man is taking a year off

• Out/In List

• Playa Lingo

• and more!

     

2019 - Issue 10

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• Medical alert: Should an out-of-touch & out-of-state corporation really be running Rampart, the Burning Man hospital?

• 10 years of "cultural course correcting"

• BRC: The pinnacle of pointlessness

• Burning Man Bingo!

Issue 10 - 2019

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• Burning Man needs a year off

• Your gift is garbage

• Placement is coming, look busy!

• 10 gifts that don't suck

• Out/In List

• Playa Lingo

• Overheard in BRC

     

2018 - Issue 9

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• Remembering Larry Harvey

• The illusion of interactivity

• Why you should take a Burning Man "gap year"

• Overheard in BRC

Issue 9 - 2018

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• How not to die at Burning Man

• Ask a playa sexpert

• Top 10 Instagram spots in BRC

• 8 reasons to not plan & show up last minute

• Out/In List &
Playa Lingo

     

2017 - Issue 8

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• The six types of people who will ruin Burning Man just by being here

• My 25th Burn!

• No really, Burning Man is over, I swear

Top 5 sex & drugs tips for the playa

• Overheard in BRC

Issue 8 - 2017

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• There goes the Gayborhood!

• How to get laid at Burning Man

• Temple of dead trees?

• Megaphone 101: The art of the bullhorn

• Out/In List & Lingo

     

2016 - Issue 7

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• How Burning Man is going to destroy your relationship – and and what you can at least try to do about it

• Should you camp with your ex and your new significant other?

• You are a shitty DJ

• Top 5 reasons you should let me DJ on your art carl

Issue 7 - 2016

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• Fuck you and the fundraiser your rode in on

• Coffee for 70,000?

• Make Burning Man Great Again!

• Out/In List & Lingo

• Overheard at Burning Man

• Crossword puzzle!

     

2015 - Issue 6

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• Let's bitch about Burning Man! A aural history of BRC

• Our best issue ever! (We say that every year)

• BLM works to create a police state in BRC

• Not all bitching is equal

• Pinder the Panda Bear comic

Issue 6 - 2015

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• Open letter to "big-name DJs playing at Burning Man

• The return of the Playa Drug Guide

• Sex appeal = playa currency

• Mobility Camp maven gets props

• Out/In List & Lingo

     

2014 - Issue 5

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• Behind the music: What makes the large-scale sound camps tick, boom, & go oontz oontz

• Burning Man 3.0, or When did Burning Man get so douchey?

• Your Black Rock
bitch-slap reality check

• Pinder the Panda Bear comic

Issue 5 - 2014

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• 10 Principles of Earning Man

• Babies: the new playa accessory?

• BRC Lost & Found

• Pooping: You're doing it wrong

• Out/In List & Lingo

     

2013 - Issue 4

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• Are you hot enough to get on my art car?

• Welcome home, bitches!

• You, personally, are ruining Burning Man

• Self-rely on this

• Burning Man nerd traits vs. Coachella nerd traits

Issue 4 - 2013

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• How I learned to stop worrying and just trust Larry

• Next year, I'm totally building an art car

• Hypocritical Tits

• How to dress like a sparkle pony

• Out/In List & Lingo

     

2012 - Issue 3

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• Best. Burn. Ever?

• Newbies: You are soooo fucked

• To heck with it all

• Why create when you can panhandle?

• Anatomy of an energy efficient theme camp

• Porta-potty roulette

Issue 3 - 2012

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• BRC to hit 100,000 people by 2017?

• My 6-year-old kid is having way more fun here than you

• Reboot the Burn?

• Out/In List & Lingo

• Girls' Guide to Pervs of the Playa

     

2011 - Issue 2

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• VIP in BRC

• Don't hate the playa, hate the game

• The Tickepocalypse Tango

• Stop the
dubstep already!

• Yeah, I'm a
fucking elistist

• Comics

Issue 2 - 2011

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• The Borg's
"Rite of Passage"

• 30 Types of Burners

• 5 more Principles

• "Big-name DJs"
didn't get tickets

• Out/In List & Lingo

• How you will get hurt

 

2010 - Issue 1

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• Metropolis In Flux

• And... we're back!

• You've already
paid your dues

• Gifting is a
spectator sport

• Hoverers &
playa miracles

• Comics

Issue 1 - 2010

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• Best Drug Guide Ever

• Slow the fuck down

• Your BRC soundtrack

• Getting playasexual

• Out/In List & Lingo

• BRC infographics

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