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

Thanks for rockin’ the block with us again this year! Photo credit to Pilar Delatierra

After taking March off to recover from Snow Fest in Lake Tahoe, the Space Cowboys are feeling FRESH once again and gearing up to bring the San Francisco massive a very special edition of their monthly event, Friday April 4th, at Shine. Please join us as we honor drum and bass godfather and BBC Radio 1 host, Grooverider (recently sentenced to 4 years in a Dubai jail for possession of a little over 2 grams of marijuana), with a night of the bass heavy, complex, dancefloor-smashing music he’s pushed forward since the dawn of breakbeat hardcore circa 1991.

Everyday Junglists:
Mancub
Kap’n Kirk
Ernie Trevino
bassben
MC: Greg G

If you are interested in signing a petition to the United Arab Emirates to deport Grooverider to the UK and remand him into British custody, which would be a huge improvement in his situation, please follow this link:
GROOVERIDER PETITION

Hello Friendly Person:

I can’t help cringing when it’s Andy Time at the end of 60 Minutes. “You ever notice on airplanes they’re always telling you to put your seat belt on when the planes on the group going 20 miles an hour, but they let you take it off when it’s 35,000 feet in the air going 700 miles an hour? Why is that?” When he opens his mouth there’s the occasional chance he’ll say something insightful, but mostly he just makes me doubt there’s any such thing as growing old gracefully. 99% of the time the codger spins and yammers on topics that are only complex if you’re a retard whose run out of unicorn stickers and paste to eat. What I’m saying is Andy the stereotypical out-of-touch, cranky, rigid crusty fart.

So today I know I’m gonna come off like Andy, but I just gotta ask… When did everyone’s necks get so fucking cold? What the hell is up with all the scarfs? Is there some kind of deep socially-meaningful scarfism movement starting that I ain’t heard about? What the hell?

I got this co-worked who was living in Brooklyn a while, and when he came back from a recent trip he was wearing this knotted little scarf everywhere. Said so was everyone on the East Coast. “All the hip kids are wearing em.” He also mentioned NYC was under several feet of snow. And, okay, it’s a wee bit chilly in the upper Left Coast right about now, and with that temperature drop I’m willing to accept scarfism’s practicalities for the outdoors. But I see people wearing these things inside all the time, and I find myself stifling hostile urges to grab, yank, and give fools a nasty scarf-burn around the neck. I know, it’s fashion, right? But wearing a scarf indoors…? You should wear a helmet and water-wings, too. If you’ve got to wear something around your neck, make it something bold, useful, and hip. Next time you’re heading out for the day, instead of reaching for a whimpy wittle scarf, do like your hype-man Flava Flav. Yeah, you know what Time it is… it’s time to wear a big ass clock around your neck. That’s right. A Big. Ass. Clock. Around your neck. Boooiiiiii!

XO, 8ball at space cowboys dot org

PS: Hella thanks to everyone – I mean EVERYONE – who cried Uncle with us at this year’s Breakfast of Champions. The weather rocked, the Whisper folks rocked, we had a ridiculous amount of rockin’ DJ who, you know… ROCKED. And then there was the rockin’ly lovely people who also contributed to the Rockin’ Good Time™. Space Cowboys does a few events throughout the year – we pimp out the Mog sometimes, and we throw a party here and there – but Breakfast of Champions is really where it’s at for us. It funds most of what we do out on the playa, and it’s what keeps the lights on the rest of the year while we tinker on the Mog. So, again, Hella Thanks to EVERYONE! We heart you, bitches!

PPS: Now, on to upcoming events….

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, Jan 25—Mighty Breaks 3rd Anniversary @ Mighty

Mighty Breaks was founded on the idea of bringing great DJs together for a night of dancing, great music, friends and fun crews at Mighty. It was a magic formula that could only take place in the club we all feel at home. We have enjoyed bringing together the many breaks crews of the Bay Area and appreciate all of the support over the years. We would like to invite all of you to join us on January 25 for a massive night of Local Breaks. With tag team sets and two rooms of sound, all we need now is your smiling face to round out the night!

We look forward to rocking out with you all with the Mighty Breaks ALL STAR lineup:
Murphstar (SEISMIC)
The Geometrist (Space Cowboys)
Aaron Pope (Deep End)
Shissla (House of Lotus)
Tamo (Angels of bAss)
sh00ey (Deep End)
Bam (Evil Breaks)
Mozaic (Nexus)
Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist (True Skool)
Tim Deitz (The Fringe)
Syd Gris (Opel)
Samira (SEISMIC, Sister SF)


Mighty – 119 Utah St., SF
Doors at 10pm
$10 or $5 RSVP info@mighty119.com

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Friday, Feb 1 – FRESH presents FREE DIRT @ Shine

February Fresh Space Cowboy host Ernie says:
Hope everyone is having a great start to the new year. February is just around the corner. So is the next rendition of Fresh.

I am very proud to announce that we will have Dirt dropping his tracks from his new self produced full length CD Girth of the Earth. The first 50 people in will receive his CD. This sht is raw as fck so be prepared and get there early to nab your copy.

We will also have our very good friend Moody Eva fresh from San Diego and now residing back in the East Bay to drop her mad flava houseness on us.

Our last guest is no small potatoes. Erik Hz will be gracing us with his tectonic madness to keep you up on your breaks knowledge. This is a going to be one for the books so drink your water, take your vitamins and get your rest. Cuz this trio will surely do damage.

Shine – 1337 Mission Street, SF
$5 – 9PM til 2AM
www.shinesf.com

Dirt’s page

Moody Eva’s set at Breakfast of Champions

Erik Hz’s page

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Friday, Feb 22nd – Evil Breaks & False Profit present DIRTY @ DNA

Aaron Jae says:
I know a bunch of people were expecting a show from E.B. in January, but instead of pushing forward with a show that just wasn’t quite right, we decided to move it to February. So here we are, coming at you with a show that we KNOW will deliver. We’re teaming up with False Profit for this one, and along with the 2 UK headliners and a stellar local lineup, this is really one you can’t afford to miss.

Upstairs:
Diverted (Diverted Traffic/TCR/Sokolov Sounds/Mofo/ibreaks) – UK
AMB (Chi-Recordings/Sinister/Money Shot/Audio Therapy) – UK
Carbon Community (Sober Music/Bless Records/Moonshine/E.B.) – SF
Aaron Jae (E.B./Space Cowboys)
Bam (E.B./Invibe)
M.O.D. (E.B.)


False Profit upstairs:
Dr. Toast (FP)
Alxndr (Downlow/FP/Transported SF)
Obi-J (FP)
DJJD (FP)


DNA Lounge ( 375 11th st.)
$10 presales available soon
$10 b4 11pm/$15 after that
10pm – 4am??
21+ w/ID
www.EvilBreaks.com

NEW MUSIC

BOC Mixes ONLINE!
Hella new mixes on the site for you to listen to, including ALL the sets from Breakfast of Champions.

Check them out here

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New 8ball Mix
Finally! What you’ve hella been waiting for…. Another 8Ball Deckless Wonder mix special, just for you!

Tracks:
01. escort / starlight / 118bpm edit
02. fannypack / nu nu yeah yeah
03. the gossip / listen up! / mstrkrft mix
04. mark ronson / stop me feat daniel merriweather / chicken lips malfunction rmx
05. dorfmeister v mdla / boogie no more / reversoo mix
06. the rapture / get myself into it
07. escort / a bright new life / morgan geist rmx
08. she wants revenge / black liner run
09. junior boys / in the morning
10. zoot woman / holiday home
11. the human league / don’t you want me
12. css / let’s make love and listen to death from above
13. spoon / don’t you evah
14. ghostland observatory / paparazzi lightning
15. djosos krost / better place
16. kid dub, cozzy d, d dub / genesis / audiofly rmx
17.royksopp / remind me
18. chromeo / 100%
19. ashley beedle, london heavy disco revue / magic sky / glass robot mix
20. colette / i didn’t mean to turn you on
21.trabant / the one / black ghosts rmx
22.lcd soundsystem / time to get away / gucci soundsystem rmx
23. the pase rock / sexy mf feat amanda blank / dj eli rmx
24. latour / people are still having sex
25. kissy sell out / her / metal on metal rmx
26. le castle vania / tigertron feat factory aire
27. hilary duff / stranger / vission v aude mix
28. christopher just / i’m a disco dancer / misc rmx
29.calvin harris / the girls
30.ciara / get up feat chamillionaire
31. kid sister / let me bang / xxxchange rmx
32. jem / they / cut chemist rmx
33. muscles / jerk
34. chikinki / hello hello / mcsleazy rmx
35. chromeo / tenderoni / mstrkrft rmx
36. robyn / bum like you
37. arabian prince / strange life
38. hyper crush / sex and drugs


And you can find a bunch more 8ball mixes here