S P A C E C O W B O Y S

Hello Space Cowboy Friends, fans, and patient followers!

Let me be the umpteenth cowboy to thank you again for all of the amazing cooperation, gratitude, advice and suggestions for Breakfast of Champions. We had thousands of dancers and friends, dozens of DJs, millions of smiles, hefty bar tabs, and bladders of steel. Seriously, I’ve never not peed so much in my life. The sewer situation resulted in many messes. Next year we might have presale catheters and barf bags for you to drop into the bay instead of on each other. And YES – that is what Ripe stands for.

We had a lot of new aspects of the event this year: New Venue (whisper is closed, permanently), presales (which sold out, thank you), an outside DJ area (aka Murphstar’s stage), a special guest from Fingerlickin (sorry if you couldn’t make it upstairs to see Soul of Man, he rocked it) and the new partnership with Kelly’s Mission Rock for our production efforts. We kept a lot of things the same: 6AM doors open, no BOC flyers, no bus pickups, no major advertising, darker than the sun upstairs, breakfast actually served, long lines of patient party goers who respected the neighborhood and each other, and an awesome security team that kept you, me, and those guys all in line.

Luckily for all, our Breakfast of Champions is only once a year. We promise to look in to solving all the problems we faced this year, and can guarantee that 2011 BOC will be even better. We couldn’t have done anything this past decade without the support, accolades, complaints and suggestions from everyone that attends our events. Much love and gratitude for the magic that is the San Francisco underground scene! We’re still rocking it underground, just a bit older and more professional than before.

Keep an eye out for Space Cowboy DJs and Friends in and around San Francisco. We’ll try to update you best as we can, but stay tuned to our website, facebook profiles and other non tree damaging promotional efforts so we can all see each other and give those big BOC hugs year round.

I hope your year has been off to a great start.

xx
Andrea

Space Cowboy’s RIPECAST is now live on iTunes

Another HUGE thanks to the tireless work and amazing passion and love of the music to our newbie Zach Moore.
Along with 8ball, Deckard and myself we tirelessly these past two weeks begging Zach for the sets. ALL of the sets from BOC were recorded!!! We will be releasing them (pending permissions and perfectionists) via our own RIPECAST podcast. You can get this music into your own iTunes in two ways:

1 http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=350074808
(this link will only work if you have iTunes)
2. Searching for “RIPECAST” at the Apple iTunes Store

The first release is the opening set on the patio by Trav. Stay tuned for future releases from all of the Cowboy and FOC friends who played their heart out for you (and me, and him, and them) on that first Friday of the year.

Happy RIPEcasting!!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday January 16th The SHOW featuring the SPACE COWBOYS
Saturday January 16th, $10 w/ RSVP to http://www.sensesf.com/show
10PM – 6AM, 21+, with ins-n-outs until 9AM
at the End Up, 401 6th St @ Harrison

The Space Cowboys comeback to the End Up for a second annual installment of THE SHOW.
Our friends are crazy enough to host a monthly at the end up (For over 2+ years! Congrats!!), and it looks as though our DJs are crazy enough to come back and transform the dance floor into our own little cowboy domain.
Be sure to sign up for your $10 RSVP for special admission rates at http://sensesf.com/show

Space Cowboy DJs: 8ball, Mancub, Kapt’n Kirk, rrrus, Ernie Trevino,Aaron Jae, Shissla, shOOey, Deckard, Zach Moore and Pickles

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241839412610&ref=ts#/event.php?eid=206109039489&ref=ts

Saturday January 23rd
Ice Breakers Ball
$15, 10PM-4AM, 21+
Mighty, 119 Utah Street, SF
Presale link: http://www.sunsettickets.com/events/66543/Icebreakers-Ball-with-DJ-Icey

Featuring: DJ Icey (Zone Records)
Dj Platurn (Oakland Faders)

Special Guest: Zach Moore – (Space Cowboys)

Alongside Fringe DJs: Motion Potion, Mycho Pan Cocoa, U9Lift, Absurge, Ground Control, Big $Bill and more

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241839412610&ref=ts#/event.php?eid=216167479712&ref=ts

Saturday January 30th
Aquarius of Champions! Sharon Schmidt & Kerry Genie Birthdays
$5, 21+, 9pm-2am
Shine, 1337 Mission St.

Come celebrate birthdays the best way we know how, with friends of the Aquarian brand! Sharon’s turning dirty 30 and Kerry’s turning dirty 30 again! These girls are usually a bit shy about their birthdays, but this year they want you all to know how much you mean to them. So come celebrate with our hippie Aquarians, friends and DJs at Shine!

Featuring: Deckard, sh00ey, Shizzla (Space Cowboys)
and Trav & Murphstar (SEISMIC)
and the lovely and talented Kevin Wardell banging the bongos!

No theme, just your sexy butts on the dance floor!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241839412610&ref=ts#/event.php?eid=239868358217&ref=ts

Saturday January 30th
Dress to Ingest!
THE DONNER PARTY
A Blood splattering Westward Hoedown with all the trimmins’
Daytime location in Golden Gate Park, 1PM – 6PM, all ages
Evening romp at MILK, 1840 Haight Street (at Stanyon) 6PM-2AM, 21+

Live folk music + brass + square dancing + grilled meats + an elaborate Donner-inspired production
This is a two part party, with a daytime blood spray and a nighttime hoodlum hoedown

With DJs: Adrian & The Mysterious D of Bootie, Mace, DingDong, JoeJoe, & Ernie Trevino of Brass Tax, Mancub of Space Cowboys and a very special Live Evil acoustic set!

All of this high concept rigamarole will be set against and inside one of the most impressive mutant vehicles on the Playa two years running: JIMMY THE COVERED WAGON of the Wagonistas. The Donner Party’s profits will go to Jimmy as well as other 2010 Playa Visions.

SO, start trawling Ebay for colorful bonnets, coonskin caps, Pioneer Chic, mutilated false limbs, and BUCKETS OF BLOOD.
This one’s uh gonna be UNFORGETTABLE! Thank ya very much for listnin!’
~JOHN

Check the facebook invite for more details:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241839412610&ref=ts

Saturday February 6th
Space Tax Presents: Bachelors of Science and SU:REAL!
$10, 21+, 9:30 – 2:00
Shine, 1337 Mission St.

Hold tight, massive! We’re kicking off our AIDS/LifeCycle fund raising with Horizons Music recording stars, Bachelors of Science! Still riding high from winning best dnb track at the 2009 beatport awards, the boys have been in the studio and are getting set to drop their next album, Warehouse Dayz. Not to mention, we’ve got Su:Real in from NYC! Beautiful, talented, and driven, she made a huge impact on the scene in Puerto Rico with her hard hitting drum and bass while living in San Juan for the past 10 years. Plus, Ernie Trevino, bassben, Jive and Larry are gonna warm things up with a dark n’ dirty two-hour tag set.

All proceeds from the door will go to supporting the Brass Cowboys AIDS Life/Cycle Team. We’re riding our bicycles 545 miles in 7 days, from SF to LA, to improve the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS. You’re support is immensely appreciated!

Go here to track our progress or make a donation:
http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/brass_cowboys

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196828427165&ref=ts

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Here is the link one more time to the Space Cowboy’s leap into the podcast world!
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=350074808

Space Cowboy DJ Brad Robinson has been a standout in the group for years. If you’ve seen him play a Space Cowboy party any time in the last 10 years, you’ve probably also seen a whole squadron of cute girls getting freaky in front of the decks, while this tall, skinny guy rocks out behind them. Brad’s known for bringing that old school flavor of house: big, funky, and fun.

Here’s what Brad Robinson had to say about the party:

It was so impressive walking into the Treasure Island warehouse that night to the Ghostship party. With a busy schedule this year, I didn’t have much time to help with the preparations, and couldn’t have imagined the amazing hard work and detail the SC team and friends put into this one. The energy in that warehouse during the party was pretty great as well. I think that the bridge closure required a lot of people to go through extra effort to get to Treasure Island, so we ended up with a room full of very dedicated Space Cowboy fans. There is of course nothing better :)

He played:

1. Disco Junkie – Time to Move On
2. Hirshee – Upside Down (Club Mix)
3. Totally Random feat. Marcus Valentine – That Feeling (Mass Motion Remix)
4. Paul Gardner – You Can’t Hide From Yourself (Original Phat Club Mix)
5. Jesse Perez – Hoochie Mama
6. Wax Master/Benjamin Shook/PM Project – Ghetto Shout Out (Benjamin Shook 2009 Mix)
7. Hirshee – California
8. DJ Delicious & Till West – NYPD
9. Wolfgang Gartner – Push & Rise
10. Pre Modelo – The Rhythm, The Rhyme (Pre Modelo Original)
11. Wolfgang Gartner – Flashback
12. Fatnatikz – Bringin It Back (Gramatik Mix)

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You can find more info about Brad here

Thank you all for another amazing Breakfast of Champions! I’m sure this will be the first of many thank yous from those of us here at the ranch. It was an amazing day, and while there may have been a few bumps in the road, the overwhelming number of smiling (and often surprisingly familiar) faces always makes up for it. It was a magic day, even with not so hot weather. Being on the bay was amazing, the bartenders were great, the DJs phenomenal, and a dancing crowd full of superstars aka you.

We do apologize for the lack of restrooms. We had asked Kelley’s to provide more porta-potties, and that didn’t happen, there was nothing we could do. On the other hand the breakdown of the downstairs bathroom(s) was unforeseeable, and in their defense Kelly’s did everything they could to have them repaired. Those of you outside all morning (like myself) saw the plumbers make two separate visits working super-hard both times. It was our first time there, and rest assurred that both ourselves and the club worked tirelessly to make your BoC the best it could be!

As for the lack of Jameson, now that a different story. I assure you, that will never, ever, ever, happen again! Somehow the bar got confused, even though we had the RIPE cheerleaders doing J-A-M-E-S-O-N cheers at our planning meeting with the club, apparently the distributor thought that Bushmills would do. Foolish rabbit, Bushmills is for kids (not mine though, they deserve the good stuff)!

Now as for the line…. please, please, please, listen to us when we tell you to come early. We don’t like to have our parties so crowded they are uncomfortable, so the best way to make sure you are there for the rocking is to get there early. Capacity is capacity, and for $10 its ther best party, dollar for dollar anywhere!



So for those of you who missed it, or just can’t get enough, the Space Cowboys bring you another $10 marathon of good times! The mayhem starts at 10pm on Saturday January 16th and goes until 6am on Sunday the 17th, with ins-n-outs until 9am! Just RSVP at www.sesnsesf.com/show. Get to the End Up at 10pm and you’ve got another 8hrs of your favorite Space Cowboy djs rocking you all night.

Many of your favorite SC djs are going to be playing early on in the night (to make room for our new crop of rock-stars)...
I’m not joking when I say you want to be there before 11pm… Please no complaining when you miss what should have been your favorite set of 2010. Last year the place got bumpin, so be sure to show up super-early to avoid any lines and get your drink & groove on!

with SC DJs (in no particular order & subject to change):
Kapt’n Kirk
8ball
Mancub
Rrrus
Ernie Trevino
Aaron Jae
Shissla
shOOey
Deckard
Pickles
Zach Moore

Also, please remember this is the End Up, it’s physically one of the the coolest venues I know; you can dance outside on a heated deck (while smoking even), they have a pool-table, a fireplace, a fire-pit, hell they even have a freakin’ waterfall. They also have one of the strictest security policies out there, So please bring your proper IDs, and do not try to bring anything illicit into the club (even in that small pocket in your jeans). There are certain things you should do before leaving your house, like going to the bathroom! Did I mention that we’ll have INS-N-OUTS until 9am?

See you next Saturday!!!