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Hello Friendly Person

I’ll be honest, I’ve been having a tough time since Corey Haim died. But not just because of the tragedy of it all, I mean the guy was Lucas fer chrissake! What I’m really mourning is the passing of my dreams to snorting blow off the backsides of models with Hollywood’s finest at the Mondrian after establishing myself as a highly successful screenwriter. See, when Corey Haim was put in a coffin so was my great idea for a sequel to Lost Boy—a sequel that would reboot Haim’s career, kick-start mine, and turn the whole vampire craze inside out. I might as well share the outline with you now, since you are the only audience who will ever know about this important piece of cinematic cogitation.

FADE IN:

We have a slow opening SHOT on a foggy night in SF. We know it’s foggy because you can hear the fog HORNS, plus there’s all this FOG. It’s all very EVOCATIVE.

We’re up in Twin Peaks and it seems like a pleasant enough spooky night, until we hear the scared PANTING of some guy. Then we see him, and he’s this old cyclist in one of those gay, tight spandex cycling body suits, and he’s peddling hard and looking back over his shoulder like he’s scared for his LIFE or something. He races by the camera, and then we hear sinister LAUGHING, peddling, and WHOOSHING. We don’t see the originators of this cacophony of chaos, but we know they’re bad because they sound EVIL.

CUT TO the biker guy. He’s at the top of Twin Peaks now, he’s out of breath, but he’s prepared to keep going. Then there’s a WHOOSHING sound and get suddenly gets a FLAT TIRE. He SCREAMS. Now with a flat tire, the guy is totally at the mercy of the evil that’s pursued him, and he’s in trouble because these things have NO MERCY. The last we see of him is a shot from ABOVE, as something evil descends on him, lifts him off his bike, and carries him off into fog and LAUGHTER.

MUSIC plays and the credits roll: LOST BOYS: FIXIE HIPSTER VAMPS OF DOOM

Then we INTRODUCE the protagonist. His name is BRODY, and he’s an extremely good-looking kid from the mid-west who’s moved to San Francisco with his younger brother with dreams of opening an organic coffee shop in the Mission. For now, though, he settles for working in an organic coffee house in the Mission and working on his bicycle, which is rad. It’s clear Brody is not local, though, because he doesn’t have a beard or skinny jeans, and none of his tshirts are at all ironic.

CUT TO an evening shot of Market Street. It’s CRITICAL MASS and Brody is riding with his brother on rad bikes, attempting to make friends. Brody’s attention is captured by an extremely hot, but dark and evil-looking chick with BANGS, riding a fixie. Her name is DAPHNE and she eye fucks Brody until he starts to ride towards her, and then she rides away to join a group of extremely good-looking HIPSTER FIXIE VAMPS who are riding along side Critical Mass, looking mean. They all have these IRONIC beards, plus skinny jeans, and some of them even look HOMELESS-CHIC. Daphne rides with them and she has big SUNGLASSES. They take on look at Brody’s bike, which is not a fixie, and they laugh and ride away menacingly.

THE PLOT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE IN A CAPTIVATING WAY

Brody is compelled to hang out with the evil Fixie Hipsters, who push him to his bicycle riding LIMITS. Brody is pretty cool, but they’re like ‘meh’. Later, Brody’s brother notices that Brody is wearing skinny jeans, and he’s started to grow a beard. He’s starting to CHANGE.

THE PLOT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE IN AN EVEN MORE CAPTIVATING WAY

Later in the story, there’s a CONFRONTATION, wherein Brody is forced to confront the head Hipster Vamp. Brody’s brother enlists the help of Corey Haim and Frank Chu to fight the vampires, and Frank uses his 12 Galaxies sign as a stake, which impales the lead vampire and FREES San Francisco from the curse of the evil Hipster Fixie Vamps.

Or does IT?

FADE TO BLACK

XO, H8B

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UPCOMING EVENTS

THIS FRIDAY, April 2nd – Funky Friday Happy Hour at Mars Bar
SF’s more whoreable DJ 8ball new school funk, breaks, mash-ups, hiphop and more. Drink specials, great food, and a back patio—what more could you need to wind down from your week.
Free, 5 – 9pm
Mars Bar – 798 Brannan Street (@ 7th)

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Friday, April 2nd in Squaw, Tahoe
Mancub plays Squaw
10-2 am $5

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Saturday, April 3 – Puttin’ on the RITZ
Dress Up and Git Down with the Brass Cowboys… a Spring Formal fundraiser! The Bently Reserve
301 Battery St, San Francisco
8PM to Late (Side rooms close at 2 AM) Presales available here

A group of good friends, DJ’s and party promoters teamed up to do the AIDS ride this year. It’s a 545 mile bike ride from SF to LA to raise money for the SF AIDS Foundation. Show us your support by coming out and having a great time. Please come dressed to impress! It’s gonna be one for the history books, folks, and it’s all for a great cause!

The party starts at 8pm with our special Happy Hour Featuring Toph One & Dr. Toast & Free Hors d’oeuvres! —> Art installation by the fabulous Peter Hudson featuring “Sisyphish”, the stroboscopic marvel! —> Silent auction including exclusive designs by local fashion designers and a Bus Party w/ Das Frachtgut (Teacher with the Bus)

Couture Fashions will be presented in a special Fashion Show brought to you by The Style Division! Designers: Alexandra von Brommsen, Gelareh, Miranda Caroligne, Miss Velvet Cream, Silver Lucy Design, and Tamo Design.

Presenting your amazing DJ line-up for the evening…
Carbon Community
3L3tronic
8Ball
Aaron Jae & Bam
Agent Zero V. Influence
Brad Robinson V. Deckard
Benchun V. Dr. Toast
DJJD
Ding Dong V. JoeJoe
Ernie Jam (ie., the ernie & larry show)
Ian Lokae
Kapt’n Kirk V. Smoove
Kramer V. Ethan Miller
Krunkle V. Ernie
Murphstar
Phoenix (aka Donna Matrix)
Shissla V. Tamo
Toph 1

First tier tickets (which include entry into a raffle for a Burning Man ticket) have almost sold out! We have a limited number of tickets available at $15 and then tickets will be $20 until the day before the show or until we sell out whichever comes first. Tickets available at the event will start at $25 or higher so get your presale tickets now. You do not want to miss this event!

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Saturday, April 3rd at Lakeside Pizza, Tahoe City by Safeway
Mancub plays for your Tahoe pleasure
10-2am $5

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Friday, April 9th – Wish bar SF 9 year anniversary
Mancub plays Wish’s anniversary party
Free 12-2am

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Saturday, April 10th – Furry Party
With Mancub
at the Stud
$10, 12-2am

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Friday, April 29th – C-mon and Kypski at The Independent
Mancub is opening
Tickets for sale through The Independent
More info

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Thursday, April 8th – NIGHTLIFE at CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
The Space Cowboys are thrilled to help host NIGHTLIFE at the Academy of Sciences on April 8th. Not only will the Unimog be rocking in front of the Academy, we will have DJs all over the academy to help kick off Yuri’s Night in the bay Area. Yuri’s Night is an annual celebration of humanity’s achievements in space. Taking place every April, it commemorates the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space (in 1961) and the first launch of the US Space Shuttle (in 1981). This year, the Academy joins the over 100 parties in 36 countries on 6 continents taking part.

The special activities of the night will include:
—-A 3D Tour of Mars in the Planetarium. Get your free tix for each screening as soon as you get inside the academy.
—-Robots roaming the museum floor courtesy of ROBOGAMES.com
—-A Tour of the Night Sky with the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers on the living roof.
—-and of course the amazing music of Space Cowboy DJs all over the place

The Space Cowboys will also be hosting an AFTER Nightlife event at MILK on Haight Street. Look for posters and details at the event, and after the academy come over to MILK for another cocktail and more music by the Space Cowboys. The event at MILK is FREE!

21+ at the academy on Thursday nights, sorry kiddies!
Tickets for the Academy of Sciences are on sale now here
More info

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Thursday, April 8th – Space Cowboys presents Yuri’s Night 2010 Kickoff Party!
...after party for the Yuri’s Night Celebration at the Academy of Sciences..

Break out your silver glam and space helmet and let’s kickoff the Yuri’s Night weekend celebration cowboy style.
It’s FREE and we will hopefully have the Mog parked outside!!

Your Space Cowboy DJ’s….
Mancub
Shissler
ShOOey
Tamo

@ MILK SF
1840 Haight Street
9:30pm – 2:00am, 21+
FREE!

www.milksf.com
More info

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May 1st – ‘Uno de Mayo’ (SAVE THE DATE)
Your favorite bordello-style baccnalia is back bigger ‘n badder than ever. With DJs from SpaceCowboys, House of Lotus, DeepEnd, BrassTax and more.

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NEW MUSIC

Hey Boys and Girls,
A live recording of DJ rrrus’ set from the patio at Breakfast of Champions 2010 is now available for your listening pleasure!

There are two ways you can get rrrus’ mix. 1. By subscribing to The Space Cowboys RIPEcast at the Apple iTunes store (it’s free). The link below will get you to The RIPEcast homepage at the iTunes store and from there you just click on the “subscribe free” button under our logo Click here 2. Or if you’re not an iTunes user, you can get rrrus’ set right away (along with all the other RIPEcast mixes we’ve released to date) using this link

And now a few words from rrrus on his BoC experience… “Holy f. Ten years of Breakfast of Champion

The most amazing dancing institution of SF. This was my 7th to DJ. An honor, a privilege, and what a motherfing blow out! I came to BOC 2010 ready to play the mid-tempo breaky funk, but stepping up to the tables while a Brad Robinson dancefloor was in full effect forcedmore desperate measures. Out comes the spankin’ house. The crowd goes wild. What a gas!! – rrrus”

Here’s what happened:

1. Cuban Cigar – Da Skunk
2. Just F**k (Sandy W Remix) – Tom Neville
3. Ride Me Baby – Macca
4. Lightness – Vince G
5. Noize (Nilz remix) – Gabriel vs. Nilz
6. How it Should Be – Joshua Heath
7. Libella Swing – Parov Stelar
8. I Refuse – Joshua Heath
9. Freak Technique (rrre-edit) – Chuck Love
10. Funky-Ass Beat (Joey Youngman Heat Index Remix) – Chuck Love
11. Peaches & Herb – Neighbour
12. SuperJam (Flow Dynamics Remix) / Tricka Technology [Acapella] – All Good Funk Alliance
13. We Can Dance (All Good Funk Alliance remix) – Trotter
14. Drunk On The Funk – Neighbour
15. Joytime Radio – The Pimps Of Joytime
16. Ny Funk (Fort Knox Five Remix) – All Good Funk Alliance

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Soul of Man on the Gough Street Sessions
So earlier this week an unexpected treat was dropped into the Gough Street inbox by our good friend Justin Rushmore, one half of the extraordinary production duo known as Soul of Man (Fingerlickin’ Records). It’s the second volume in Justin’s “Breakin’ in the House” series, a delectable 86-minute everything-but-the-kitchen-sink mash-up that leaves no genre unsampled.

“In recent years DJ sets have been getting back to their eclectic roots, mashing up genres”, says Justin. “In this mix I’ve taken my favorite current house, breaks, disco, electro, techno, even dubstep tunes. These are the big ones destroying my dance floors! Subfocus, Armand Van Helden, Groove Armada, Slyde, Cirez D, Elite Force, Evil 9 and more. Plus, an exclusive tune from my new project Rushmore & Fiasco ‘The Vibe’. Enjoy the Selection!” (And enjoy it we will, Justin. No worries there. I think it’s safe to say this mix is about to find its way to the top of many iTunes playlists!)

There are two ways you can get Justin’s “Breakin in the House” mix: 1. Directly from Box.net 2. Or by subscribing to the Gough Street Sessions

Big thanks to all of you who came out to SnowFest! It was perhaps the best yet. The Mog sounded (and looked) great and so did all of our DJs! Oh, you looked great too! Did I look great? Probably more like exhausted, cause I was, having just too much fun. I think the only time I sat down was on a chairlift. It was great riding with you all and seeing so many smiling faces. It even snowed on our parade, and it only made it better! The only negative experience I had was being forced to pull the plug on Saturday afternoon (....bitches), but y’all quickly resumed the mayhem Saturday night. Mad props all around. Friday night was the biggest (and perhaps craziest) night the Plaza Bar had ever seen (more on that some other time) no small part due to Rrrus, Brad Robinson and Tamo (w/ help from Viajay). Outside at the Lakeside was equally ridiculous (w/ djs J9, Bassben, Rrrus and Brad), especially when you factor in the temperature. The dance-floor inside just didn’t quit either (w/ Aaron Jae, ShOOey, Mancub Shissla and Kapt’n Kirk on the ones and twos).

Thanks to all of our RIPE friends, both non-djs and djs alike who gave a hand one way or another throughout the course of the weekend.

Most importantly, I want to give a special shout out to all the non-DJ Space Cowboys, who rarely get any love, but really deserve a big chunk of the credit. Next time you see them, tell them how much you loved their set, err I mean contribution, and let them know you realize it just couldn’t happen without them. They are the true rock-stars.

I’ve got to go get a massage now, but we’ll see y’all soon!

-pk.

ps. loose a Camelback? Send an e-mail to pk at spacecowboys.org

After 5 months, it was a heartwarming site to finally lay eyes on our dear Unimog. She broke down on the way out of Burning Man, just past Empire. Luckily for us their is a Unimog service center (Expedition Motors in Vallejo) that specializes in repair, parts and general Unimog upkeep and love. The Mog was towed there after the playa and has been there since. We are frequent flyers at Expedition and have been bringing our Mog there for several years and they always are amazed at the conditions that our poor truck has to face almost every year.

This past visit wasn’t so amazing. We needed to replace the recently replaced transmission. The parts were held up in customs, and add to that the entire staff of Expedition Motors was attending the international Mogfest convention in Germany. Unfortunately our truck repair lasted much longer than we anticipated, with several of those months being stored out doors in their work yard.

We brought the Mog back to her new home on Treasure Island this past February. The dome was not attached during her stay in Vallejo, so there was a large 6’x4’ hole in her back roof. Ooof! As we opened the door there were several questions that we had been asking ourselves for the past few months. Look! There is our flight case for the Rane Mixer!! Stored upside down in a puddle. And the FM transmitter! And its is wrapped in a moldy black cloth. Mancub’s boxing gloves faired much better. The MDX wood on the subwoofers expanded and required a forklift and heavy sanding to get them out. Just imagine all the post playa dust of a week in the desert, 3 months of the wettest winter the bay area has seen in years, and a 30 year old truck with thousands of dollars of modifications….Such was the moldy mood on the few Space Cowboys who were facing the inevitable “will it sill work??” question.

So we began cleaning. Deep cleaning. Amps were removed, plugs unplugged. We pulled out gear that had not been removed in almost five years since we revamped Mog 2.0 in the summer of 2005. Lots of hours of love from Burke @ Pro Audio. Diagnosis? Amps looked good. Some moisture, but not destroyed. Our mixer would survive, but the jury is still out on the transmitter. Now that we removed all this shit, it took an expert to come back and re-install and test the amps. Our resident expert is newly transformed dad-in-residence Brad Robinson. It had been several years since he/we had spent tweeked mog time together.

All the hydraulic lifts still worked. Speakers stood tall and proud and we reconnected the High and Mid amps. We had to borrow a janky mixer from the Brass Tax crew (thanks JoeJoe!) and turned everything on. SOUND! Hooray! But there was a strange look on Brad’s face. He paced around the speakers on the truck and analyzed the output, then went back to the amps. He messed with a few cables and came back around to the front of the Mog. “Does it sound any different?” he asked, as he went back and plugged then unplugged a few cords at the back of the amps. I thought it sounded the same. When I asked what cable it was that we was plugging and unplugging, he informed me that is was the stereo input.

Noooooooo. Could it be true? For the past couple of Burning Mans, Love Parades, Howeird and one or two Decompressions we have all been listening to the Unimog in..in..Mono??? Sure enough. All in mono. Unimog 3.0 bitches. Now in Stereo.

In addition to the new world of stereo sound, we also have some beautiful new bullet-fancy ports thanks to the guys at Neo-Drive. We have also replaced the ripped cone that was blasted out at Burning Man during the Braindrop party. Repaired subs, new ports, cleaned out amps, changed oil, 2nd transmission in two years and now in fucking stereo.

See you on the mountain tops!

xx Andrea

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Friday, March 5 to Saturday, March 6th – SNOWFEST

Everybody goes to Tahoe, right? And who’s to say what weekend is better than another all things being equal (snow, roads, holidays)? The Space Cowboys! That’s who. You want your winter recreation served to you by seasoned veterans who aren’t afraid to put it all on the line in the name of steaming up your goggles with get-down goodness.

The Olympics are over so get your vicarious ass off the sofa and shake it in front of the rolling avalanche hazard we call the UNIMOG. Daytime, nighttime, follow the locals, follow the funk to Snowfest. Tire chains optional, party skills required.

Friday March 5th 11am-8pm at the Olympic Deck, 8pm-2am in the Plaza Bar, Squaw Valley USA

Starting at 11am the UNIMOG will be on the Olympic Deck at Squaw providing the soundtrack for your day on the hill. Once the sun sets the torch light skiers, lasers & fireworks light up the mountain for the official Snowfest Opening Ceremonies right at the base of KT-22. The festivities continue until 2am with the Cowboy DJ’s inside, including rrrus, Brad Robinson & Tamo, at the official after party right there in the Plaza Bar.

Saturday, March 6th
11am-5:30pm at Olympic Plaza, Squaw Valley USA

The UNIMOG will again be rocking the Olympic Plaza deck all day at Squaw and provide the tunes for an excellent happy hour on the deck.

8pm-2:00am at the Lakeside in Tahoe City

After the lifts close, come join us at 8pm for an Apres Skis San Francisco Style. We’ll be heading down into Tahoe City for our annual SnowDown, again this year at the Lakeside (on the lake right behind Safeway). There is a an outdoor deck with a killer view of the lake, not to mention the Unimog, pizza and entrees, and the Space Cowboy’s DJs and friends throwing down groovin’ break beat and hearth warming house music all night long.

8pm-2am, $10, $5 before 10pm
The Lakeside is located at:
850 North Lake Blvd. Tahoe City, CA, 96145 (behind Safeway)

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Friday, March 5th – FUNKY FRIDAY Happy Hour (1st Fridays) at Mars Bar

The whoreable DJ 8Ball spins new and old school funk and other formats at Mars Bar during happy hour on the first Fridays of every month. Drink specials, pool table, and outdoor patio.

Mars Bar 798 Brannan Street (at 7th), SF 5 – 9pm FREE

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Thursday, March 25 – Space Cowboy DJ 8Ball joins Twestival SF

Twestival is a globally held event brought together by the twitter community to raise money for charity. San Francisco’s goal is to help bring awareness to Concern World Wide (@concern) on March 25, 2009. Helping educate children who are in need, helping educate teachers, and build schools where needed.

Sponsors include: Paypal, LIVE105, Tap11, Eye-Fi, PopChips, and more! Full Details of our event can be seen at http://www.twestivalsf.com

If you have any questions please email us at info@twestivalsf.com Follow @twestivalsf on Twitter or reach out to @krystyl (SF Coordinator) directly.

Horizon Lounge 498 Broadway Street, SF

Tickets are available at: http://www.amiando.com/Twestival2010_Sanfrancisco.html

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Saturday, April 3rd
Putting on the RITZ: Dress up and get down!
With support from the Space Cowboys, Brass Tax, False Profit, The Deep End, Swag, Strategik, SEISMIC and Angels of Bass, our spring formal is taking on EPIC proportions! In addition to what you’d expect musically from such a far reaching collection of San Francisco dance music crews, we’re having a fashion show by Style Division (featuring Miranda Caroligne, Tamo, Silver Lucy, Alexandra von Brommsen, Gelareh, and Miss Velvet Cream), a can-can routine by the Cheesepuffs dance troupe, and Peter Hudson’s stroboscopic marvel, Sisyphish! It’s gonna be one for the history books, folks, and it’s all for a great cause.
A group of us from different camps teamed up to do the AIDS ride this year. It’s a 545 mile bike ride from SF to LA to raise money for the SF AIDS Foundation. Please show us your support by coming out and having a great time!

The Bently Reserve
301 Battery St.
San Francisco, CA
8PM till Late
(Come early for hors d’oeuvres and prize giveaways!)

$25 Donation
Limited discount presale tickets available on Eventbrite

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Thursday April 8, 2010
Space Cowboys host
NIGHTLIFE at the CA Academy of Sciences
http://www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife/
55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park

Join the UNIMOG and Space Cowboy DJs along with Robogames guys are going to take over the academy! It looks like this will be the official kick off to Yuri’s Night 2010, and what better way to prepare than to get our science geek on and pull out the Unimog to blast you out of the park. Look for the Mog to be parked out front, rain or shine, but be sure to buy your presales to come inside and get DOWN in the aquarium. We can’t wait for this amazing opportunity.
and afterward…
NIGHT LIVES The official after party of Nightlife MILK
www.milksf.com
1840 Haight Street

All of the space cowboy DJs and of course our Unimog will be cruising over to MILK afterwards. All FREE! Hope to keep getting geeky with you until 2AM.

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Space Cowboy’s RIPECAST is now live on iTunes

ALL of the sets from BOC were recorded!!! We will be releasing them via our own RIPECAST podcast. We have several podcasts up and running, but there are another 20+ hours of BOC coming your way. You can get this music into your own iTunes in two ways:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=350074808 (this link will only work if you have iTunes)

or by searching for “RIPECAST” at the Apple iTunes Store

Happy RIPEcasting!!

We have been working tirelessly the past month on reviving the soaked sound system on the Unimog. We have our skis sharpened, snowboards waxed and our BASS booming!

With some help from our friends at Neo-Drive (the guys who brought you Robot Heart’s rig) and the triumphant return of Brad Robinson, there are some improvements to the Mog’s subs, and have re-polished, re-tuned and re-cleaned the truck through and through for it’s first outing since the playa! Unimog 3.0 is up and running and now, wait for it, IN STEREO!!!

We hope to see you on Friday at Squaw! Even if you can’t take the day off, be sure to join us that evening for the fireworks, Miss Snowfest Crowning, torch light skiers, laser mountain spectacular and then a Robinson rockout time in the Plaza Bar (We’re throwing down till 1:30 AM!).

And remember this year’s SnowDown is at the Lakeside in Tahoe City on Saturday night. The action starts early, 8pm! And it’s only $5 before 10pm.

See the link below for all the details!

SnowFest!
@ Squaw Valley USA & the Lakeside in Tahoe City