The
story behind the
Burning Fan Soundscapes
soundtrack album
"Anyone may be
a part of [name of event]. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites
exist for participation in our community... [Name of event] is radically
inclusive, and its meaning is potentially accessible to anyone."
- Guiding Principles of [Name of Event]
"Burning Fan Soundscapes was to have been my way of participating
in the celebration. It was meant as a gift to an ongoing event that has
always seemed cinematic in scope yet as intimate as the molecules that
vibrate to form sound. Now, after the legal-beagle stuff they pulled,
I stand by the music only."
- John Scott G (The G-Man)
P.S. My parents and I were on Baker Beach in 1986 when Larry Harvey and Jerry James led the first burn. A group of 20 people quickly became 40 as the flames licked the sky. We were too far away to be called participants, but we were affected by it all the same. Whether the ceremony is held at Baker Beach or on the Playa in Nevada, I have been there in spirit many times. But no longer.