Rod Benson Gets A Taste Of Burning Man — Tastes Like Starburst

Recently, a group of Burning Man partygoers got lost en route to the Black Rock Desert.  And who do you think found them other than our very own Rod Benson?

I was down in SoCal with my boys Mike Fey (UCLA ’06) and John “Legend” Fieweger for the “6 Man” volleyball festival. We had our fun for a couple days down in Manhattan Beach then it was time to head back up to Malibu to Mike’s spot to chill.

While we were heading back to Mike’s house, he got a call. He relayed the news to me that there would be a party crackin at his spot when we got there. I was hyped to see the big house party, but he informed me that he didnt know any of the people. In fact, he didn’t know anybody who knew these people. He did know that the people throwing the party were not like us…

He explained to me that a large part of the property is rented out for events since its a big property deep within the hills of Malibu. He stressed that this particular party, which he had been told would be over the day before, was actually being held by “Burning Man” people.

Rod was nonplussed by the whole thing. He had to wiki search Burning Man to even understand what it meant. Apparently, the transition from a volleyball festival to a Burning Man festival is not exactly what you’d call seamless.

Strange people were doing strange things all over the property. There were dudes dressed up like Ninja Geiden, women hoola hooping around their necks, multiple DJ’s spinning trippy acid music, and random Yanni look-a-like’s running around preying and being naked. Honestly I was quite frightened.

In his typical fashion, Rod quickly found a way to take random Yanni look-alikes and make lemonade.

So hours later, after the fear subsided, we were on our way to get some food. We had heard through the grapevine that one of the people there was named “Starburst.” It quickly became a quick mission of ours to discover who it was.

It didn’t take long to discover Starburst. I saw a woman standing by the rock bed. I yelled the name Starburst and she turned around. I then whipped out my camera and asked her some questions. You’re about to see that video.

Check out the people who pass by and REALLY check out the Asian dude and what he says. It’s downright epic.

Note to that Asian dude, maybe your friend isn’t lost. Maybe he just knows that the really Burning Man is in Nevada in two weeks.

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