Global Threat! Plus upcoming events from Space Cowboys and Friends
Hello Friendly Person:
I’d like to talk to you today about a pernicious and ubiquitous threat that we live with on a daily basis, so much so that most of us have developed a blind spot to its presence. We proceed with our lives, our daily communications, obliviously to the fact that we are precariously balanced on dark precipice from which the fall is long, painful, and damning. Most of you have figured it out by now, but for those whose blind spots have grown too complete I’ll be blunt… this threat is called “Reply All.”
Allow me to illustrate with a recent anecdote from my inbox. The names have been anonymized to protect those who have suffered enough already.
I’m supposed to go to a big wedding in Mexico next week. Let’s call the wedding party “Mr. S” & “Miss Future-Mrs.-S.” As you can imagine, there has been a lot of back and forth with the wedding party about the risk of Swine Flu. Luckily, there haven’t been any outbreaks in the resort area where the wedding is to be held, and yesterday “Mr. S” sent out a group email to that affect, along with a number of well-advised health & safety tips. Several wedding attendees replied to “Mr. S’s” email, suggesting that given the wedding’s guest list, Swine Flu might be the least of the group’s concerns. This was about the level of replies until an attendee (whom I will call “ADAM”) replied:
Fuck that virus, and the swine it rode in on. Ain't stopping me, plus I have a secret antidote which I'm planning to mix up and serve in a cocktail that'll kill any bug. I call it the Tijuana Double Rubber. After waking up on the beach with sand in your ass after drinking a bunch of these, the Swine Flu will feel like a Thai massage with a happy ending.
A reply from the groom, “Mr. S,” soon followed:
"ADAM," Thanks for the support and words of encouragement. Our parents (CC'ed) can't wait to meet you and try one of your fancy cocktails! - "Mr. S" and "Miss. Future-Mrs.-S."
Most people who know me are probably thinking it, so I’ll clarify now: I am not ADAM. But like you, I couldn’t help but think how easily I could’ve been ADAM. But what I couldn’t have done is come up with ADAM’s very-nearly graceful retort:
Oopsies! Lo siento parents of bride and groom...looks like I already put my hoof in my snout, and haven't even packed my tanning lotion yet. Despite my risque commentary, I really am a good kid (kind of)....think Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer.
So, BEWARE of the REPLY ALL! It’s just as dangerous as it ever was.
xo,
8ball at space cowboys dot org
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, May 1st – DJ Mancub at DOUBLE DUTCH
Join Mancub from 10 – 2 for old school, new school, funk and breaks
3192 16th St – SF
www.thedoubledutch.com
Saturday, May 2th – House of Lotus presents Dos de Mayo
Strap on yer six-shooters, dust off them cowboy boots and come git down with your House of Lotus DJs and a stellar guest lineup:
M3 – GreenGorilla
Shissla – House of Lotus/SpaceCowboys
Mancub – SpaceCowboys
Rrrus – SpaceCowboys
ShOOey – DeepEnd/SpaceCowboys
Ben Maybe – House of Lotus
Alibi – House of Lotus
Beth Murphy – House of Lotus
Tamo – Angels of Bass
9:30PM to 6AM
FRIDAY, MAY 8TH – SOCKET
Interface with Socket for the dark and dirty, buzzing, pulsing, rumbling, liquid bass sounds of electro in it’s many forms. Socket includes electro, electro house, indie electro, old skool, new skool, French electro, and more with a few surprises dropped here and there.
Upstairs the Evil Breaks crew and Angels of Bass tear it up with evil and nasty breaks like only they can.
Main Room:
Cosmic Selector (Opulent Temple)
BaconMonkey (Meat)
Jonboy (Dubalicious)
Rob Green (Shameless)
Sage (After Dark / Death Guild)
Lounge:
Aaron Jae (Evil Breaks)
Bam (Evil Breaks)
J9 (Angels of Bass / Space Cowboys)
Tamo (Angels of Bass)
9:30pm – after hours.
21+ with ID.
$5 < 10:30pm; $10 after.
Tickets
VIP Service
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 $10
Tickets at www.roshambowinery.com
More info
RECOMMNEDED EVENTS
Friday, May 8th – Freqo de Mayo
The 4th annual spring celebration returns with the most eclectic and exciting production to date. Following past performances from Bassnectar and Tipper, the 2009 edition has scoured the basslines from across the globe to assemble the freshest sonic flavors to launch summer proper! All proceeds will support “Mr Janky’s Barge” mutant vehicle trip to the playa.
Featuring: Vibesquad, Kid Kenobi, Sabo
Special Guests: Motion Potion, Big$Bill, LittleJohn, Absurge, Victor Vega, Tim Dietz, Mycho Cocoa, Ben Maybe
103 Harriett
NEW MUSIC
One Space Cowboys’ favorite DJs and breaks producers has a banging new remix out this week. Marcello de Angellis aka Plaza de Funk imprinted his funky style over the Groove Diggerz new track “Funky Heroes” (Breakin Even Records). Everyone knows that Funk increases exponentially, and that means this track actually contains more Funk that the law allows. Luckily there are bigger problems around the world these days, otherwise Interpol would be all over this shit.
You can sample and buy the track on Beatport
Check out a track review
Zach Moore has some fantastic new additions to his podcast.
Zach says:
“Live recordings of Meat Katie, Dylan Ryhymes, Syd Gris and Zach Moore in the mix from the Opel 7-Year Anniversary party! Search “The Gough Street Sessions” at the iTunes store to subscribe to the podcast or download each set individually. For more information on the podcast visit www.goughstreetsessions.com
“Do It Like That” from J9 and Bassben
Most times when couples start getting all hot and heavy, you wanna holler, “Get a frickin’ room!” But this new collaboration from one of Space Cowboys favorite couples is one of the few forms of acceptable PDA, and now they want to share it with you!
New Music from H/8Ball…
Here’s another generous portion of mostly drum and bass (with a handful of surprises layered into the sandwich like bacon and peperoncini). The inspiration for this one is that big bright thing that coincidentally showed upright when the weather started getting real nice.
Here’s the mix: http://spacecowboys.org/files/DnB_in_the_Sunshine_(April_2009).mp3
More H/8Ball mixes can be found here:
http://spacecowboys.org/pages/8ball-mixes
Holiday Acceleration Rates 2
According to astrophysics the universe is expanding, interest rates are declining and as of this week we are officially in a recession all of which would suggest things are actually slowing down, but yet things just seem to get faster and faster. I hadn’t even finished eating my Thanksgiving turkey (actually we hadn’t even gotten to dinner yet), when the conversation turned to New Years Day! So yes, every year holiday planning starts earlier and earlier, and that true for even the Space Cowboys and our Breakfast of Champions. The DJs are writing letters to Santa for their favourite new tracks and the rest of the crew is readying supplies, signing up for shifts, preparing the bacon, and trying to figure out how else to improve upon one of the best parties on earth. We have a couple of ideas, and we’re always open to hearing yours… so feel free to comment below (keep in mind that the unpredictable whether and access to Whisper prior to the event poses some challenges)
What a great way to start a new year….
seeing all you happy people smiling at 6am in the morning….
Have a great holiday season everyone. -pk.
The Space Cowboys’ Breakfast of Champions
New Years Day, 01 Jan 2009,
6am until “you cry Uncle”
Whisper, 535 Florida Street,
Between Mariposa and 17th,
21+
Happy Thanksgiving
From all of us at the Space Cowboys we say thank you. Thank you for helping us do what we do, thank you for appreciating what we do, thank you for doing what you do. Most importantly thank you for being there for us. I mean this internally and externally. Hell, Trip recently quoted Oprah on the Shine blog, so I’m gonna have to pull out the big guns here to one up him here… And go deep to the Golden Girls theme song when I: ”...say thank you for being a friend…..”
-pk.
Undecideds, Obamathon, Beats for Boobs, Ghostships and more
Hello Friendly Person:
I don’t get Undecideds. Probably because in most things I like having 2 speeds: On, off.
Ok, let’s pretend the Election is a big wild ass house party, like at the end of Weird Science, and instead of casting votes we’re really all just trying to get laid.
Some people show up to the party with a date, so they already know who they’re going home with—in fact these people could’ve just skipped the party completely and stayed home with thighs covering their ears.
There are others who show up without knowing exactly who they want to nail, but they’ve got a type. Maybe they’ve got yellow fever and they go for Asians or Gaysians, or maybe love ass. Maybe they go gooey for bangs and big sunglasses, or hairy chests and ironic beards. Whatever; the point is they know what they like, and when they see it they all over it like gravy on a biscuit.
Some people don’t have a type, they like to keep their options real wide. Let’s say they’re pansexual, and everyone at the party is looking good. This is a blessing and a curse, because they see a little sumthin-sumthin worth trying in just about everyone at the party. But let’s say these happy, adventurous people are also pragmatic, and around midnight when thepickins are at risk of thinning out, they’ll do a couple shots of tequila and hop on the next sweet thing that doesn’t move faster than they do. If it doesn’t end up working out, worst case scenario is they come back (in 4 years) and try for someone new and friskier.
But then there are people who can’t make up their fucking minds. Maybe they’re like our pansexuals – except instead of everyone at the party looking Hot, to them everyone is looking really, really Not. The party would be a lot more fun for these people if they’d drink some of that tequila. Their options would certainly start looking better. Or maybe the problem is—like the dummies on bad dating reality shows are always saying – these people are waiting for what they think of as “the complete package.” And wouldn’t that be nice? But while they’re waiting for that complete package to materialize, time’sawasting and soon the party will be over.
These people who stand around while everyone else is hooking up around them are the Electoral Undecideds. But the problem is, unlike in the party metaphor, when they don’t make the right decision everyone gets fucked.
xo, h8
PS: In keeping with this socially aware edition, please note the Obamathon on Friday, Beats for Boobs (recommended) on Thursday, and Litquake Crawl on Saturday (non-DJ-related, that one). Info below.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, 10/10 – OBAMATHON @ Verdi Club Come shake your money-maker at an all-night dance-a-thon with spankin’ hot DJs rrrus, 8Ball, benchun, Zack Darling, Dyslexic, Betty Ray, DJ Pause, and Marty Aranaydo (http://www.obamathonsf.com/details.html – this link will be updated with actual line up) who will be keeping the dance floor hot with funky beats and groovy rhythms. Cheap eats, make-your-ownObama gear (bring a t-shirt), happy hour deals, and a better way to show your patriotism than flag lapels await you. There’s no admission fee, but all proceeds go the theObama campaign so donations are greeted very enthusiastically. You can give at the door or raise $$ from your friends to sponsor your dance moves (visit www.obamathonsf.com for how). Bring the kids and grandparents too – all ages are welcome. Check it:
ObamathonSF.com United We Dance Friday October 10th : 5pm – 2 am Verdi Club : 2424 Mariposa at Potrero : San Francisco, CA RSVP DONATE More info info@obamathonsf.com
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Sunday, 10/12 – DECOMPRESSION – HEAT THE STREET FaIRE!
Look for the Space Cowboys and the Unimog at our new Decompression spot on Indiana between 20th and 22nd.
On Indiana Street between Mariposa and 22nd, SF
Noon SHARP till 12 am
Outdoor sound ends at Mariposa Stage at 11pm; 10pm other outside areas
Public Entrance: 19th & Minnesota
$10 donation in Black Rock Couture/Costume; $20 in streetwear
All ages outdoors; kids under 12 absolutely free!
Age 21+ inside Cocomo (club closes 1:30am)
More info
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Saturday, 10/18 – WEAPONS OF MASS CREATION @ BUS STOP GALLERY
A collaborative art show, featuring djs:
- Sneak-E Pete (blunted funk/blunted breaks)
- pUrEvil (space cowboys/purevilsound)
featuring artists:
- Eva4 (aka: Moody Eva)
- Barrett Cox
- Cindy Johnson
- Vanessa
- Jonesy
- Nice
- Rodman
.... and more!!!!
6-10 pm at the Bus Stop Gallery,
135 Dore Street, San Francisco
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Friday, 10/31 – Halloween Inferno Paradiso @ Regency Ballroom
Basement Room 2 (Breaks) —One of Three Rooms
Space Cowboys (Ernie Trevino, Kapt’n Kirk, Mancub,
Brass Tax (Ding Dong), and Get Yer Freak On (Laird)
Basement Room 1 (House)—Sunset/Green Gorilla
Main Ballroom—Morris Day and the Time!, and a few other bands, TBA.
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Saturday, 11/1 – Space Cowboys present GHOSTSHIP 2008 – Treasure Island
25K sq.ft. of ghastly space with a haunted hanger and ghoulish guides
A Monsoon of Mobile Art Cars – featuring:
The Space Cowboys’ UNIMOG & Martha
ManyFest Destiny’s Covered Wagon Jimmy
Garage Mahal’s Ganesha Bus
The Dusty City Diner
The Disco Limo
Major Artworks & Installations by:
AKAirways
The Flaming Lotus Girls
The Kinetic Steam Works
SteamPunk Treehouse
Michael Christian and more
Maddening Musical Siren Songs and Soundtracks by The Space Cowboys DJs:
Brad Robinson, Mancub, 8ball, Kapt’n Kirk, rrrus, Moody Eva, Ernie Trevino, j9/BassBen, Pure Evil, Aaron Jae
First Deck freakish pleasure by our shipmates from Brass Tax, The Deep End, House of Lotus, SEISMIC, Disorient, Coda, Garage Mahal & Evil Breaks featuring:
Zach Moore (Deep End), shOOey (Deep End), Clark Hamon (Deep End), Shissla (House of Lotus), Murphstar (SEISMIC), Trav (SEISMIC), Smoove (djsmoove.net), DJ Balls (Disorient), Tamo (Garage Mahal), Deckard (Coda), DingDong (Brass Tax), JoeJoe (Brass Tax), Bam (Evil Breaks)
Zhombie Circus & Possessed Pirate Performers Included!
Lighting & Effects by reFRACtion.net
Sound by JK & RIPE Heavy Industries
Carpool, Taxis & Rideshare encouraged!
FREE BioDiesel SHUTTLE leaving every hour from Civic Center Plaza provided by Teacherwiththebus.com
The GhostShip sets sail at 10pm ‘til ???
$20 at the door in costume, 21+, multiple full bars on premises
Presales available at Groovetickets
RECOMMENDED EVENTS
Thursday, 10/9 – Beats for Boobs @ 111 Minna Gallery
Beats for Boobs is an annual fundraising event which raises community awareness of breast cancer through a collective celebration. Beats for Boobs is returning for its 5th year at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. Our goal for 2008 is to raise $25K, which is distributed to various Bay Area breast cancer organizations. The 2008 charity event will feature education, live art, fire performances, a fashion show, culinary delights and innovative music. All services have been generously donated by local businesses/artists.
Beats for Boobs supports Bay Area organizations specifically devoted to the eradication of breast cancer through research, education, screening and treatment.
Just remember 10.9.08… Countdown for a Cure!!!
:: DJ Lineup ::
0915 – J.Phlip (Dirtybird)
1000 – Betty Ray (Rhythm Society)
1045 – Dawn of Sound (Hustle)
1130 – Moody Eva (Good Beats)
1215 – shOOey (Deep End)
full lineup of all performers and contributors at www.beats4boobs.org
111 Minna @ 2nd (b/t Howard & Mission St)
5:30pm – 2:00am
$25 donation at the door, pre-sale & VIP tickets available at
http://www.beats4boobs.org
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Saturday, 10/11 – LITQUAKE presents the annual Lit Crawl through the Mission
This, IMO, is one of the coolest SF events around. If you haven’t heard about it, Litquake is a festival of writers and fans of writing, and this year during the Lit Crawl through the Mission, readings will literally spill from bars and book stores into the streets.
Free – from 6pm – 9:30
For details click here
NEW (ish) MUSIC
I’ve cooked up another mix of some great stuff I picked up courtesy of http://modyfier-modifying.blogspot.com. It’s about 2 hrs of tasty minimal and tech house tracks for your minimal pleasure. Get the mix here
And you’ll find the tracklisting plus more mixes available here
