[SpaceCowboys-Announce] Hoboes: The New Pirates (AKA Space Cowboy events, mixes and messes)

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Hello Friendly Person: 

First, thanks to everyone for BoC! Best so far! Much love. 

Now, I know it's a little late into 07 to be talking about New Year's resolutions, and I generally don't even go in for those sorts of things because the only time I seem to remember them is right before the next new year starts to approach. I frantically read Gravity's Rainbow and Finnegan's Wake at the same time, then spend quality time with all the friends I hardly see because they live more than 3 blocks of my home (or worse, in the East Bay), then meditate until I'm able to slow my heart beat like a ninja, then I quit drinking (again), then I finish a novel and rewrite a couple stories, and then update the Space Cowboy blog, and then take the clothing I bought but never looked good in to Good Will, then getting my finances in order, and then finally I go on a diet and lose 10 lbs, all in one day. Resolutions are just too much pressure, IMHO, and I decided if I want to make an effort to be a better person, I'll just do it whenever the fuck I remember to do it, and so
 far that seems to be working out. Still, I do think there's room at the end of the year for some small resolutions. One year I decided to figure out what the lyrics to Interpol songs mean - "She can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad" – WTF? I'm still at a loss. The other sort of resolution I dig is the ones when people agree to ditch some cultural phenomenon that's been overplayed, like "That's how I roll", or wearing big sunglasses and bangs. This year I'd like to suggest we say goodbye to the Pirate. I know everyone loves Jack Sparrow, but the last movie was a sad sibling of the first - a Stephen Baldwin to the first's Alec Baldwin, if you will. And there's a good chance the next one could be worse – it could be Daniel. But I'm not going to pull your Pirate without giving you something in return. No, I'm suggesting an exchange. You put down the Pirate, but for 07 you get to pick up the Hobo. How's that for a trade? The Hobo is the perfect iconic figure to
 replace the Pirate – like the Pirate he's a bad dresser, like the Pirate he smells of booze and like the Pirate a Hobo is all about Freedom. But the Hobo finds his Freedom on the land, riding rails with his brother 'boes, all while hailing the Man with a one-fingered salute from here to Poughkeepsie. Stylistically, the Hobo's grunge is the natural next step after the Pirate's new wave. So next time you're waxing the tips of your mustache and slipping into your skinny, tapered jeans, take a moment to Google images of Chaplin's tramp, and think how much cooler and more comfy his baggy outfit is... 

Right, on to other business...  

XO,
8ball at spacecowboys.org

### New RIPE Event at SHINE ###

We've got a new RIPE event kicking off in February at SHINE called FRESH, where individual members of the Space Cowboys rotate ownership of the event, mixing it up with different styles and flavors each month, always keeping it fresh. 

Our first installment of FRESH: 
Friday, 2/2 

And our first curator: 
HiLife

And the theme: 
Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun (considering the date) 

DJs will be tagging, look for the opportunity to double your drinking pleasure (details w/ the bartenders), and if you come with your friend and you're dressed alike get in 2 for 1. 

DJs include Space Cowboys Ernie Trevino, Kapt'n Kirk, and 8Ball, plus Benchun from False Profit, J9 from Angels of Bass, and Bam from Evil Breaks! 
Mark your calendar's twice!

Shine @ 1337 Mission Street btwn 9th and 10th 
9PM – 2AM
www.shinesf.com 

### More Upcoming Events ###

** Friday, Jan 19 – MIGHTY BREAKS 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY 
Andrea and Murphstar say:
"We are proud to celebrate our anniversary with this city and have hand picked a lineup full of our fav DJs from all the crews that have made our mighty monthly the best breaks night in town.
Featuring Murphstar, Mancub, Melyss, Aaron Jae, Syd Gris, J9, Aaron Pope, Shissla, Lud Dub, Antonio, MoPo, and Mike Giannini

We are very sorry to announce that the Drumattic Twins are not going to be able to make it next Friday, January 19th. They will be rescheduled for February. Stay Tuned"

$5 Presales available: tinyurl.com/y6fad7
As a special treat - MIGHTY BREAKS WILL BE FREE FOR EVERY DJ that has played in 2006
Mighty @ 119 Utah St
More info - Mightybreaks.com

** Saturday, Jan 20th – DIRTY
Future Funk Squad (uk), Fine Cut Bodies (Budapest), LoBudg (Carbon Community & SOTEG), Aaron Jae, Bam, M.O.D., Athena, all of the Ambient Mafia in the 2nd room as well as Viberation doing visuals.  
Located @ 314 11th st. @ Folsom  
Presales @ www.groovetickets.com
Limited $10, then $15.  Door: $15 b4 11pm & $20 after

** Friday, March 2nd – Sunday, March 4th – SNOWFEST
It time for the Mog to make the annual ascent up to Tahoe for a very white weekend. More details to follow, but mark your calendars. 

### New Mixes ###

** Kapt'n Kirk has just informed me that his mixes can be found on his Podomatic site:
kirksmartin.podomatic.com


** DJ Evinrude from Space Cowboys says:
"My friend Frogger is hosting a new, free DJ mixes site - www.hellamixes.com - and I've got three up there. They're easy to find. It's where I'm pointing people now for mixes of mine since I'm too janky to host anything myself. Lots of other good stuff up there too.

Also, Lud Dub, Tonic, Mancub and I host NetAmp radio every Wednesday night, 8-10 pm PST, and you can listen through www.nsbradio.co.uk or www.netamp.com. While NetAmp has been around for nearly three years, we're a new show on Nuskoolbreaks.co.uk - which calls itself "The world's biggest breaks radio station" (so we're really stoked, to say the least). We've got some great guests coming up, including Felix the Dog next Wednesday, 1/17, and Audiovoid on Wednesday, 1/24, and there are some guest mixes from UK and Euro folks in the works. Say hi in the chatroom if you get a chance." 

** And finally, there's a new Deckless Wonder mix from 8ball currently available via the evocative Modifyer mp3 blog: 
http://modyfier-modifying.blogspot.com/2006/12/process-part-001.html

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More info: www.spacecowboys.org


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