Rum-Hamilton at Burning Man

At my camp, Friendgasm, we like to hold a variety of events that have no relationship to each other other than that they're fun. 

Last year (2017), a campmate - Ran - and I spontaneously decided Wednesday morning that we'd play the Hamilton soundtrack later that day. Because we're also big fans of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, and because the mighty Rum Ham is an object of desire and worship to all of Friendgasm, serving rum and calling the event Rum-Hamilton seemed appropriate. ​ He wrote some shit on a whiteboard advertising it, and put it by Arctica, and 15-20 people showed up for what proved to be a really good time. 

(You can tap the image to go to the video, or click on the link below.)

This year, we put the event in the event guide, and a lot more people showed up! Not too shabby for a backstreet camp. The below video is about 20 minutes long, and if you're not either a big Hamilton fan or someone who was there, it's probably waaaay too long to hold your interest. That said, multiple people told me after or later that it was their favorite thing they did at Burning Man all week, which made me pretty happy!

Couldn't host it on YouTube, Facebook, or other usual suspects because the rights holder for the Hamilton music is quite strict, and upon trying, I was blocked from using those, so I'm just sharing it from my google drive.

You're also going to have to trust that I'm linking you to a video here, and not something that will give your device a virus. I may be Dr. Yes, but I say no to viruses!

Link to Rum-Hamilton video.

It'll play in 720p. You might want to switch it to 1080p. If you want to view it in all its 4k glory, you'll have to download all 6.6 gigs of it and watch that way.

​Favorite moments:
​5:22 – Hamilton’s duel against Lee.
 
5:46 – Hercules Mulligan incoming!
 
7:36 – Crowd starts going crazy in Battle of Yorktown.
 
14:57 – Washington dies, crowdsurfs.
 
19:42 – Hamilton’s son dies – big group circle with arms around each other.
 
22:16 – people start eating dead Hamilton’s red vine entrails.

We're going to do this again next year, so if you loved it or missed it, don't throw away your shot and you'll be back. You will be helpless before its sonic glory, and you will be satisfied, because, wait for it.... we just happen to be in the greatest city in the motherfucking world. You'll be in the dome where it happens, right in the eye of the hurricane, and while it may be quiet uptown, it sure as shit isn't going to be quiet at Rum-Hamilton 2019!

Rum Ham!

Your obedient servant,
--Dr. Yes