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

Wow! What can we say? Breakfast of Champions was an overwhelming success and The Space Cowboys would like to thank each and every one of you for coming out to Mighty to celebrate the New Year with us!

So where do I start? How about the weather? 70 degrees and not a cloud in the sky (in January??). For the second year in a row we had a permitted closure of Utah Street and the entire block from 15th to Alameda was packed with all of our favorite people. The Funktion One system provided by Funkworks for the outdoor sound stage took the block party to a whole new level and, as usual, all the DJs brought their “A game”. And while thousands of you passed through the gates over the course of the day, Mighty reported no incidents – quite a testament to the respectful, fun-loving crowd we had at BoC this year (way to go, Party People!).

We also managed to collect over 100 pounds of food for the San Francisco Food Bank with the cereal box drive that was held at the main gate (thank you to ShOOey for coordinating that effort).

I want to extend a special thanks to Space Cowboys Managing Partner, Andrea Lundquist. Breakfast of Champions was the culmination of 6 months of hard work and coordination on Andrea’s part that began last summer with our SF ISCOTT hearing. BoC would not be the celebration that it is today without Andrea’s expertise and the solid relationships she has forged with the City of San Francisco, Mighty and the many audio-visual, ticketing, security, on-site medical, food and beverage providers that are crucial to the success of the event.

Andrea is an event manager by trade and you’d be hard pressed to find a better one anywhere on the West Coast. The Space Cowboys are very lucky to have her. Andrea, thank you for everything you do for the Cowboys and our community!

We’d also like to thank these folks for their invaluable contributions to Breakfast of Champions this year:

Mighty
Sean and Isabel Manchester
Pete Glikshtern
Jordan Langer
Sgt. Chuck Limbert
Jocelyn Kane and The San Francisco Entertainment Commission
Eventbrite
Metrowize
OnSite Medical
Rich Brown and Team
Brad Mayer and Funkworks
Silent Frisco
Seoul on Wheels
Tacos San Bueno
Curbside Coffee
Eric Madigan (a.k.a. ‘Mad Dog’)
Jem Panufnik
All the fabulous DJs that played BoC
Nice and Evil Jason
Chirk, Danielle, Dano, Kelly, Justin, David and Sara
Little Joe, Jack and Dave
Steve, Kyle and Josh…

Happy New Year, Everyone, and we’ll see you at The EndUp on January 21st for The Show and at Snowfest in early March!

Photo courtesy of Tricia O’Connor Hamon

Hells yeah, we can’t wait to see you on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2009.

Can you believe it?

No bus this year, less lines really, faster service, express entrance, more port-o-potties, more tables, hopefully sun, maybe tater tots. What else do you need?

Featuring Space Cowboy DJs, Friends of Space Cowboys, lovers of Space Cowboys, Haters of Space Cowboys, and drama fiends of Space Cowboys.

Now with more tweeks & twitters!

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+

It has taken us a while but you can be sure we haven’t been sitting on all of this music. After many hours and days and nights and lots of pro-tools and bandwith, we are beginning to post some of the sets from Breakfast of Champions.

Here are a few from downstairs…enjoy! and be gentle and patient with our server.

shOOey

Aaron Pope

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Murphstar