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

We here at the Space Cowboys are very, very excited for our return to the playa. After our much needed break last year (twelve years in a row ain’t bad) we’re re-charged and ready to rock. We’ve got a great bunch of events planned, a great bunch of other camps we’re stoked to collaborate with; and of course we’ve got an incredible line-up of djs, from our own amazing crew, to our international “celebrity” friends, all excited to rock your world (or at least shake the dust off your ass!). We never like to ruin the surprise of great music, so you won’t find any line-up cheatsheets here (that just takes the fun out of it). but its gonna go a little something like this:

Monday night – The UNIMOG, SC djs & special guests go BLUE (Happy Birthday Chrissy!) at the Braindrop (11pm – 4am)

Tuesday afternoon The UNIMOG, SC djs and friends rock out the greeters! Just our way of giving back, and saying hello.

Tuesday night – The UNIMOG shows its dark side at False Profit.

Thursday sunrise – The UNIMOG & SC djs say arrrgh at Swashbuckler Sunrise (the saloon out by the fence).

Thursday afternoon – The UNIMOG strips with the SC djs at the Chinchilla Lingerie Show (3pm-6pm), somewhere behind our camp, listen for the Mog, or ask us before.

Thursday night /Frday early AM – The UNIMOG, SC djs, guests & a laser show rock the Flaming Lotus Girls’ SOMA. (1am- 4am)

Friday afternoon – The UNIMOG & SC djs Shissla & ShOOey rock out Rock Bottom (formerly known as the Deep End)!

Friday night – The Space Cowboys 9th Annual Black Rock Hoe Down at the Raygun Gothic RocketShip. With the UNIMOG, Martha, Jimmy, The Janky Barge, Garage Mahal’s Ganesh mobile and a flotilla of other art cars. We’ll have a BYO cup bar for your drinking pleasure, grilled cheese and bacon at sunrise. This IS the one not to miss folks, why do you think we’ve been doing it so long?

Saturday afternoon – The UNIMOG, SC djs and those Rock Bottom Deep Enders, get the dust off all afternoon at Disorient’s ArtCar Wash


There’s more to come…. but we know how everyone likes to plan everything out with the best intentions, if only to be distracted by cool beats and blinking lights!

Questions? Requests? Drop a line to pk (at) spaccowboys.org

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Swing by our camp, the ol’ RIPE Ranch at 3:30 & Esplanade!

See you out there!

Hello Friendly Person:

(This one’s long and NSFW, so if you’re in a hurry or if the boss is looking over your shoulder you can skip to our cool upcoming events like the Beyond The Fence trunkshow this Saturday, or our recommended fundraiser event DODOCALYPSE… otherwise, buckle up and hold onto your junk!)

Back in the olden days of 2007, people on the interwebs were getting all hot and bothered about something called Second Life. For those of you who are too young to remember, Second Life was basically just like Burning Man—a big, wide open landscape where people were free to wave their freak flags and behave inappropriately 24/7, except whereas Burning Man is just a week or so and takes place in a real space on a big ass playa, Second Life is all year ‘round and takes place in a fake space on a bunch of computers. So keeping all that in mind, let me tell you about my buddy who I’ll call “Ralph” and the adventure he had when he went into Second Life.

Ralph had been hearing about the whole Second Life thing for a while, so eventually he decided to find out what all the hub bub was, so he downloaded the app, logged in, and got himself an avatar. Ralph customized his avatar until he felt it looked sufficiently bad ass, but then he noticed his new body was missing a key component. He had no dick. This could not stand. So Ralph up and flew around the world of Second Life in search of a dick shop. Luckily, there’s plenty of dicks in Second Life, so Ralph didn’t have search long before he found a happy little shop with a wide and varied selection of schlongs. Ralph browsed the dicks until he found the nice, slightly curved length of flesh pipe that he knew would complete his avatar. Ralph coughed up a few hundred Linden dollars, and the new dick was his. Since he was new to Second Life, Ralph was unsure what the proper social protocol was for installing a dick—was this something he could do in public, or would Second Lifers react the way real lifers would if they saw some tall, shirtless dude with a pink mohawk slipping into a strap-on in public? Ralph decided to fly away to some place more private. Sailing above the islands of Second Life, Ralph spied an unpopulated beach. That was the place. Ralph landed a few virtual yards from the surf, looked around and decided he was alone. He took out his new dick and gave it a look. It was something alright. Bigger, shinier, and veinier than his own real life unit. This was a thing of beauty and power. It was the best dick ever. Now he just had to figure out how to put it on. He waved it over his crotch, hoping it would magically attach, but the dick just stayed in his hand. He tried holding it between his legs, but that didn’t work either. Finally, he decided to press it into place and then let go. When he did, the dick dropped into the sand. Unfortunately, Second Life is a world without much texture, and at times it lacks visual depth. Since Ralph’s dick was essentially the same color as the sand, it virtually disappeared the minute it hit the ground. Ralph squatted, and squinted, sifted, and scoured, but after a long time of looking he realized he’d completely lost his dick. He finally gave up and Ralph flew away, bummed and dickless.

The story has a happy ending, though. A couple days later Ralph got a package in his email from a stranger who’d found his dick and sent it back to him. So, apparently Second Life is like Burning Man in another way—people aren’t scare to handle dicks that don’t belong to them. (Oh, fine, and people are honest, yadda yadda.)

XO,
H8

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, August 15 – Beyond the Fence – A Playa Inspired Independent Designer Trunk Show
From the designers and event producers that brought you Beyond the Fence, Inspiration for the Playa, Prepare for the Playa, Funk n’ Trunk, and more… NicolePresents, Tamo Design and S&G Clothing present…

Over 40 of San Francisco’s finest independent designers are gathering together to bring you the freshest design for both on and off the Playa! For a full list of the designers participating please visit:
http://blog.nicolepresents.com

There will be fabulous DJs from all your favorite camps.
Opulent Temple – Dulce Vita
Deep End- Zach Moore
Space Cowboys – 8Ball
Green Gorilla Lounge – Anthony Mansfield
Dustfish – NoMe
Robot Heart – Bianca

Have fun! Bring your hoops, poi and staff for community practice. Isa Glitter Girl will perform at 4pm indoor and 6:20pm outside with FIRE!! Costumes encouraged. Live photo shoots by renowned photographers! Food by “What’s up dog?” with Regular, Chicken Apple & Veggie Dogs! $5 pineapple lemonade spritzers!

August 15th, Saturday
Noon – 7 pm
Mighty – 119 Utah, SF
FREE EVENT

Saturday, August 15 – Miles Dyson at 103 Harriet
Lineup:
Kapt’n Kirk (Space Cowboys)
Miles Dyson, Syd Gris, Influence, Dex Stakker, Deckard, Simple Green and more!
$10 Presale. $15 Door. 21+

Wednesday, August 18 – “Feel The Beat – Sports Basement Shopping Party” Benefits the Organ Donation Awareness Campaign
RSVP and more info
6 – 10pm at Sports Basement on Potrero Hill!

Friday August 21st – TOKE (and every 3rd Friday)
Guest DJs: Kapt’n Kirk (Space Cowboys) and Sneak-E-Pete
Resident djs: Dawn of Sound, Moody Eva at new club
AMSTERDAM
937 Geary @ Larkin
$5 cover, 21+
10pm-2am

Friday August 21st – The Return of the Wookie @ SHINE A welcome home birthday celebration for Kevin Wardell

With DJs:
Brad Robinson (Space Cowboys)
Murpstar (SEISMIC)
Jayo (BFF)
and percussion by Kevin Wardell

Shine Dance Lounge
1337 Mission Street @ 9th
Free before 11pm, 21+, $5

Aaaron Jae’s Playa Schedule…

Sept. 2/Sept. 3, Tue night/Wed morning: (3-4am) – Nexus (w/Function1 Sound this year) – Located @ 10th & Extinct
Sept. 3, Wed daytime: ( Day Party the Boombox: timeslot tba) - The Brass Tax "BoomBox" - Located 10th & Chaos
Sept. 4, Friday evening: (10-11pm) – Robot Heart (w/75,000 Watts of sound) – Location tba…..

Date & Timeslot In the Works:
Purgatory Cruiser – date & time tba….
Space Cowboys – on the Unimog …....
Garage Mahal – Art car set…....

RECOMMENDED

Friday August 14th – Space Cowboys recommend a very special fundraiser for a tremendous art car
DODOCALYPSE//the christening
Behold The Winged Beast As Beats Send Booties A’Soaring
Il Pirata
2007 16th St, SF
21+, $10 donation requested on sliding scale

Every few years a camp stands to stand out on the playa with an energy that you either didn’t notice because you were too busy with your own projects, or you missed out (FOMO) because of the 1800 other events going on that minute of the day. Our friends from Monticello – The Camp have been working their flying fingers to the bone to get their airship ready to launch for the playa in a few short weeks. We would love your support as well as attendance at a great event to meet and greet with the Dodo wise-crack team!

More info on Facebook

Big thanks to those who came out and played with us on Sunday (not to mention your support)... Next time, we’ll see you there probably will not be water for miles! We will have a “beachfront location” though, you’ll find us parked at Esplanade & 3:30 for Burning Man this year! Though you know our motto: “have UNIMOG will travel”. We’re especially looking forward to our Black Rock Hoe Down, which will be right after the launch of the Raygun Rocketship on Friday Sept. 4th! If you’ve got any questions about our return to the playa give me a shout: pk(at)spacecowboys.org .

Thanks again, we look forward to rockin’ the block with ya soon!

Hello Friendly Person:

Got a quick pitch for our friends South of the Boarder.

Last week our intrepid local DJ and promoter, Murphstar, and his paramour, Courtney, tied the knot in a beautiful ocean-side ceremony in Sur Baja California, Mexico. They also agonized a lot before the wedding over whether asking their friends and family to defying the H1N1 “Swine” Flu and travel to Mexico was the right thing to do. Bottom-line, though, was that Los Cabos and the surrounding area didn’t have a single case of the flu, most flights were either direct or connected in cities that were also safe, so they called “Game on!” But many, many other people who’d planned trips down south called “Game off!” and as a result, we basically had Cabo to ourselves. Our flight down there was only 1/3rd full and most people had their own aisle. Our hotel – the Hilton Los Cabos – was at about 8% occupancy and they had just laid off 30% of their staff. We had the beaches to ourselves, the bartender at the swim-up bar reserved his blender for our margaritas, we got excellent service, and everyone down there is ready to cut a deal. Basically, Swine Flu cut Mexico’s tourism off at the knees, and I tell you all this because, if you’re fond of sand dunes and salty air, now is the time to pull the trigger on your next beach vacation. You’ll be a hero for going down there to spend money when they need it most, and you’ll get way more of all those things (sun, tranquility, service, fun) you look for in a vacation by going now when the place is more than 1/2 empty.

XO,
h8b

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, May 16 – Garage Mahal presents Shiva-lution! (A 2009 Art Car FUNraiser) Please join us for some nasty beats, funky fashion, and all your favorite peeps. The party will be rocking in the old 12 Galaxies space in the heart of the Mission. As promised, the line-up will be off thef’in hook!

PART ONE
6 pm – 9 pm Early is the new late!!
Downstairs Room:
Sonic Valium Live! / Guerilla Bass
Matt “All Night” Long v Scottino – Garage Mahal / Fix
Mancub v Kapt’nKirk – Space Cowboys

Upstairs Room:
Spiral v Kuze – Garage Mahal
Shissla v Deckard – House of Lotus / Coda

Plus – Arrive early for reduced cover and $2 drink specials!
Special performances by the Cheese Puffs and The Bombshells as well as a special striptease fashion show auction!

PART TWO
9 pm – 2am
It’s time to evolve!
Downstairs Room:
Robb Green v Influence – Shameless / Strategik
Anthony v Manny – Green Gorilla Lounge
j9 / ViaJay / Tamo – Garage Mahal / Angels of bAss
Jive v Mace – Garage Mahal
Smoove v Patricio – Funketronic / LABA / DoLab

Upstairs Room:
Syd v Dex – Opulent Temple
John Schiffer v BassBen – Sound Current / Space Cowboys
Kramer v Zach – The Deep End
Ethan – Friends & Family
JoeJoe v Ernie v Ding Dong – Brass Tax

6 pm – 2 am
$10 before 9pm, $15 after
The Blue Macaw
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd

Sunday, May 17 – House of Lotus Bay to Breakers @ Milk
Are you ready to race House of Lotus style? Get your freakiness warmed up and stretch out your big dance moves, cause Bay to Breakers is this Sunday. Join us for a full day of debauchery, as we migrate from Golden Gate Park to the Milk Bar. It’s been a long year of training and this year we are readier than ever …

• We’ve been pumping beats instead of iron
  
• We’ve ben doing windsprints with coolers of Tecate strapped to our back
  
• We’ve been skipping rope to a 4/4 beat in pouring rain
  
• We’ve been on a strict diet of sunhiney funky dance your ass off goodness

WITH DJs:
Mancub (SpaceCowboys)
Shissla (House of Lotus)
Murphstar (Seismic) Beth Murphy (House of Lotus)
ShOOey (Deep End)
Clarkie (DeepEnd)
Dulce Vita (Opulent Temple)
more TBA!

The Milk Bar
1840 Haight Street @ Stanyan
12:00 noon till late!
$5 at the door – burning man fundraiser

More info .com/editevent.php?success=1&picture&eid=86275296738#/event.php?eid=86275296738

Sunday, May 31st – Beats and Brunch at Triple Crown
Space Cowboy DJ rocker rrrus, DJ Deckard, & Trav are the special guests along with YOU at Triple Crown’s Sunday family affair. Drinks specials include a Bottomless Mimosas ($9), Build-You-Our-Bloodymarys ($7) And bring an appetite for their All You Can Eat Buffet ($16.75)
Triple Crown – 1760 Market Street (@ Octavia)
NO COVER, 11am – 3pm
www.triplecrownsf.com

Saturday, June 6th – 7th ANNUAL ROCK PAPER SCISSORS TOURNAMENT with ROSHAMBO WINERY at CORNERSTONE (Sonoma)
Space Cowboys will be bring the Mog and the music to this year’s Rock Paper Scissors Tournament, and just like last year it promises to be another great Day event (hence keeping with the theme of this edition of the announcement)!

Naomi from Roshambo says:
To hoards of Bay Area faithful, early June signals the most outrageously fun sporting event of the year… Roshambo Winery’s annual Rock, Paper, Scissors Championship. The winery’s signature event will be held at their tasting room at Cornerstone-Sonoma on Saturday, June 6th, and like every year, is expected to draw hundreds of people throwing fists and fingers for their slice of the $1700 pie. Last year’s tournament drew 256 competitors and hundreds of spectators – from as far as Sydney , Tazmania, Toronto, Tokyo , D.C. and New York . “It’s a great excuse to get dressed up, slip into character, and celebrate life,” says Roshambo’s president and self-proclaimed “Wine Hero,” Naomi Brilliant. “Especially in times like these.”

Cornerstone-Sonoma, 23570 Hwy 121, Sonoma , CA
High noon ‘till 6pm
Competitors $20 – Spectators $10
Tickets at www.roshambowinery.com
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NEW CREW FOR YOU

Aaron Jae has a new group – he’s putting Evil Breaks on hiatus, and shifting his darker impulses to C.O.N.

More info Facebook group