Friday, July 15, 2005

Pyrobar, Fan Speakers and Fire in the Streets

On Wednesday, July 13, Fishbon Event Lab deviants had a special visit from the Clan Destino Pyrocar. Several lab operatives lead double lives as undercover agents for Santa Barbara Burning Man Theme Camp, Clan Destino. In their alter egos, they toil to transfer Lab technologies to vehicles that roam the Playa at the annual festival in Northwest Nevada. The Pyrocar dispenses libations to the thirsty multitudes at the Black Rock City event. This year it sports a spring mounted, interactive propane attraction we're calling Spring Snakes. When special ropes are pulled, the snakes gyrate wildly, spouting flames and mesmerising viewers. Later in the evening another attempt was made to test the Personal Flame Thrower. With the help of an eleven year old junior agent, the Lab found that non dairy creamer pulverized in a blender, blown into a blast of air from colleagues at street level and ignited with a propane torch, provided an extremely satisfactory spectacle. In a break in the action, the fan speakers were perfected and found to be most excellent with the addition of microphone feedback.

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