Worm Crew
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Mahdl-T/Pork:
The main instigator. He who will drive us to paradise and back
Been seen at Burning Man four years,
2005-2008. Engineer with gray hair in
his beard has been implicated in the
creation of two previous mutant vehicles:
'07 Solarus Relaxus Motivus and the
'08 Ghost of the Lady Washington.
Previously built an aerobatic airplane and frightens
small children when he flies. Wasted his childhood
reading science fiction and setting things on fire.
Martin
Montesano/
MoltenSteelMan:
Creator of the Walking Beast
Chief metal fabricator and welder for
Shai-Hulud, he enjoys mustache parties and wields a torch as if it were a paintbrush.
Baron Hardchargin:
He's the Baron of Boss
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Stormfeather:
Webmaster & Camp Imagineer
Richard-the-Black:
Camp Manifestation & Rigging
They have a dream of creating Sietch Grabrear at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert. A friendly
and entertaining gathering place, hidden from the harsh sun. Home base for the Fremen sandriders of Shai-Hulud.
What Default world? When not in Black Rock City, these two are doing their part to keep Portland weird; raiding with the Pirates of Portlandia, piloting an airship for the Rose City Steampunks, or gallivanting with the Cacophony Society Stumptown Lodge. On any given day they could be pirates, brides, Santas, faeries, wearing bunny ears, or Goodwill Hunting.
Camps: Shipwreck Corner, Hushville (2007), Burning Sam Camp & the Bomb Bay Tea Company (2008). The sTEAp Tea House (2008 - 2009) at SOAK: PDX Regional Burn and BurnOut: PDX Decompression (2008).
Ben D:
Builder and Funraiser Coordinator
Attended Burning Man since 2001. Camps: Turning Hand, (2004), Muppetville (2003-2004). Art car experience: helped build Gonzo (2004).
As Portland Regional Contact (2002-2007) created PDX's first weekend camping Decompression. Started SOAK, Portland's regional camping event, and helped create SOAK, LLC. All of that, and the man cooks and spins platters of the vinyl kind!
Anne Peterson/moopie:
Auxiliary Power Unit
Making things and making things happen keep moopie busy all year, but mostly moopie likes to dance and play dress up. Moopie operates from Watershed Industrial Arts Community Center, keeps a stock of props and fabrics to give away or lend to local artists and events, and volunteers as a Greeter at Burning Man.
BRC camp affiliations include Deep End and Tuna Guys.
Past projects include:
"Free," pink fake fur wig kiosk (2005), "A Green Death" custom mannequin and display armature (2007),
"Ming the Magnificent" and other BRCPO Freak Show shadow boxes (2008)
Signs, interactive activities and black light displays (PDX Decompression 2007 and 2008).
For 2009, moopie is an auxiliary power unit on
Shai-Hulud and MoltenSteelMan's The Walking Beast. She will be producing a fashion show at SOAK,
and is collaborating with MoltenSteelMan on a toxic dump-themed greywater evaporation system,
Little Chernobyl.
Moonbeam:
the Queen of Hearts
Dresser of mannequins, bringer of pastries and proprietor of the infamous Camp Pee-Pot. This bad girl Santa also makes appearances as a faerie, bunny, leprechaun, cowgirl in the sand geisha, or a Bene Gesserit witch.
Blair & Cap'n Mack'n:
Official Camp Musicians
The Blair-Rich Project are old hands at burning stuff and fanning the flames with harmonic convergence. Their gig has been described... "Like if Leonard Cohen was a woman and only one guy showed up for the drum circle" and as "a band that rocks, but not a rock band", and "indie-acoustic with an edge". Often spotted on the Center Camp stage and various open mics around Burning Man.
In Portlandia and the playa, the duo can be spotted in pirate garb, Santa gear, road warrior armor, etc. etc. They also lead Buddhist chanting and meditation workshops at Heebee Geebees and a local Portland temple. The Cap'n shows art at multiple galleries in Portland and Blair has recently started training as a metal-worker. They'll be experimenting with a Hexayurt this burn.
Hera:
Thread Jockey
Textile artist, costumer and sewn product designer. She who de-stills the suit, and garbs the naked sandriders. She just likes to help people dress funny.
Conch:
Sandtrout Tender
An almost-Canadian, coming to a radio near you via the airwaves of KBOO Community Radio. Internationally known for his Santa Herder exploits, as Artist-in -Residence for Shai-Hulud, Conch brings a fresh vision to the making of pictographs of sandworms and other mighty visual things.
Ben K:
Fresh Meat
Also known as an undersea gnome with a mohawk. Beware, he can wrestle worm skin, knows things about math that could scare you, and wants to turn your steam into electricity through his Tesla Bacon Converter.
Suz.icle:
More Fresh Meat
Ben K's sidekick and corporate master, dotting her integers, crossing her buns and submitting all invoices on schedule. Understand what she can do and don't attempt to relieve her of pork products.
Sam
Grillmaster
Playboy Samuari of the Playa, wearer of fuzzy chaps, distributor of blinkies to unfortunate darkwads and ace BBQ grill operator. Camps: Burning Sam Camp (2008), and Is this My Motorhome? I Left it Somewhere! (2007).
Preacher
Spotter Pilot
You may have spotted him walking the Black Rock Desert anytime in the last decade. When he's not relentlessly chewing your ear off with some religious drivel he'll be piloting the spotter ornithopter. clearing the path of the worm and keeping the citizens of Black Rock City safe from the ravenous maw of Shai-Hulud.