The Ashes of La Contessa

[freelancemalcontent]

looks beautiful as a wreck.

if you disagree, why the hell do you go to the event?

[chimpstop]

What an Outrage. What punishment did the Anti-Burning Man rancher who ignited it receive?

[freelancemalcontent]

hey lameasses, the thing was abandoned on playa. by the same tweakers that brung her.

it was a beautiful thing whose builder/owners abused her at every chance. appreciate your experiences. try to build something better, if you're so damn mad. take better care of it then those chumps.

[chimpstop]

written like a true bitter tweaker. Did you supply the flamable material that started the fire?

[freelancemalcontent]

first: it was built by tweakers. i know them (PERSONALLY), i know their stink.

second: you got to know her at burning man.

so now you're pissed that it was burnt?

... and it WAS abandoned by the artists. so why don't you blame the stupid bastards what brung her? AND THEN LEFT HER?

it's a ploy to make money for more meth.

and, um, retard: its FLAMMABLE. if you can't even spell it, don't touch it.

[chimpstop]

You make many assumptions, Monkey Man.

I only know the ship thru the Historical Record. Burning Man is an ancient Legend where I poast frome. Pardane my ymproprr usage of century 21 Ameriqan, as you are all fozzilz in my Aerah.

I AM ALWAYS WATCHING IN THE FUTURE.

I HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO OF YOUR FUNERAL. A SMALL BOX, THREE PEOPLE, A RAINY DAY.

[freelancemalcontent]

i am more MONKEY than you will ever be.

i long for satisfaction (that's called a duel, retard).

if you ever learn how to spell like a real human, lemme know

oh

my god

you aren't even talking to me!!!

i just figured it out!!

wow!!

i'll be watching for fun, nitwits!!!

[chimpstop]

Big words for a little M.A.N.

Are you YETI enough to take this to alt.slack?

Or just another buttlipped Pink Boy Malcontent Kook....that is a Kook who is Kookie about being a Malcontent.

You don't have THE STONES to take it to alt.slack.

And now we are pretty sure you are the one who torched the ship.

Our agents will be knocking on your door at 11:23 AM today. Pack your bags.

[HunterMann]

Very sad loss indeed. I was on La Contessa the night we shipwrecked on the side of the playa.

I'll always remember the image of La Contessa & the Big White Whale at sunset, sailing/swimming across the playa...

[Texas2SF]

so sad to see one of my FAV Burning Man art features destroyed.

[dalenscott]

So we have video of the blaze and there couldn't have been a lot of other people around at the time. Who is the demented bastard responsible? This is a FELONY besides being a tragety.

Dale Scott - Founder, Black Rock City Volunteer Fire Dept.

[ACelticLass67]

I agree totally!  I loved this ship and I am disgusted to see that this happened! I am deeply saddened to see this!

[Panzwayi]

Yeah, she was torched as well.

[Brochic]

Her Figure head? Was that burned as well?

[jahmariposa]

i heard the figure head was actually stolen....

[Mom2Schman]

Heartbreaking, why would anyone do something like this? She'll be missed.

[olallie]

Put me into the THunderdome with this person and my bare hands....how to love someone who did this?

[Panzwayi]

To Ba Yak Dashte Por Az Gol

[Panzwayi]

Please subscrie to my videos. There will be more in the future on this and other topics. I'll be in Iraq and Afghanistan this spring, and Sudan and Congo in the summer.

[Panzwayi]

Ahmed Zahir, an Afghan musician

[optovox]

What's the music in this video?

[Panzwayi]

Ahmed Zahir, a popular Afghan Musician

[optovox]

Thanks! What's the name of the song?

[mdmf007]

absolutely screwed up, I would like to see it rise again, rot in hell arsonist

[seventhswami]

OOOOOH I am hurt and confused and I don't know what to say! NO COMMENT!

[RootMagazine]

heartbreaking.

[mentalfloss416]

Make them walk the plank... right into DeathGuild, and let the masses sort them out.

[unclefishbits]

Shameful and sad... it isn't about burning EVERYTHING.. it is about burning what is sanctioned in reverence and celebration. Contessa was never meant for that purpose.

This is the first thing I saw on the playa that opened my eyes....

damnit.

[ropermarc]

Keel haul the bastards who did this. Lets build another

[cquinn21]

she went up in beautiful flames like the man does every year. but this is SAD! i loved la contessa!

[jeremycrandell]

Ah, but she was not a priate ship but a Spanish treasure galleon. Malicious arson is never a good way to go.

[oceanfiretribal]

Ironically a great way for a pirate ship to go, if it had to go at all! Much like the phoenix, her spirit will rise from the ashes.

[chechcal]

That's brutal, after all she went through. If she was going to burn, she should have burned at the event :(

[mrholehead]

it was her time. And what a way to go too. Better, that it got burned down than rotting in some parking lot. She went down like the man. And thats an honor.

[hyperkinetic]

Very very sad. Let's not lose sight that our art is temporary, WE are temporary.

[jennconspiracy]

Yes, but the environment is NOT temporary.  That's a really screwed up thing for anyone to do - the rubber, plastics, petroleum and chemicals in that bus and on the art car portion will no doubt have released enough crap in the environment to do some damage.

[eponai]

terrible. terrible, terrible terrible terrible. i'm gonna go cry now.

[haptotrope]

She is the reason I finally went to Burning man... I was only so lucky to see her sail in 2005. How can we help you rebuild it?

[maxxdestruction]

What a terrible thing. She was one of the most lovely pieces of art I've ever seen, and I'm very sorry to see her go.

[flecka419]

She was a beautiful vessel...

[eivujeienin]

Oh holy shit, that's terrible.