10 years of Breakfast (BoC event info & line up; more events; mixes)

8Ball — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Hello Friendly Person:

Raise your hand if you were at the first Breakfast of Champions in 2000 at Pier 23. Space Cowboys used to have this whacked-out all-nighter on New Year’s Eve at the San Francisco Motorcycle Club; it was like a psychedelic disco at a roadhouse with a speakeasy in the back. Back then, everyone was young, resilient, and had the stamina to make a New Year’s Eve stretch for several days. Of course, come the dawn everyone was completely brain-cooked and had the thousand-yard stare, but ain’t no one was thinking about bed. Before 2k, the revelers would retire from the Motorcycle Club at daybreak, and spend New Year’s Day hunkered down in someone’s apartment, drinking Budweiser, recapping party highlights, and solving the problems of the world. But in 2k, a few industrious fellas in the group got the bright idea to have a real after party. I think the official team was French Nic, Roy, and Pootie, and I don’t think the party even had a name that year. I get to take credit for coming up with the name “Breakfast of Champions” when I was designing the first flyer (for the following year). A bunch of times Nic’s made the false claim that the name was his idea, but he’s French, so who are you going to believe? Even with everyone crammed under a small tent to avoid dancing in the rain, the first New Year’s Day party was a big hit – DJs had a blast and the crackheads loved it.

(Update: I’m told it wasn’t raining the first year. My memory’s shot. It’s all a blur!)

Eventually we put the New Year’s Eve party to bed. There are a million things to do on New Year’s Eve and it’s basically amateur hour; anyone can go out to party on New Year’s Eve. But 6am on New Year’s Day is for the professionals.

We moved BoC to the Potrero Brewing Company, and had a breaks room upstairs amid pool tables. PBC folded after the dotcom collapse, but then it reopened as Whisper, and we were pleased to learn that BoC was a selling point for the new owners.

Today, we’re 10 years in, and we’re back by the Bay at Kelly’s Mission Rock. We’ve had more than 50 DJs play more than 200 sets for more than 10,000 dancers over the last decade; we’ve run bars dry, we’ve made bathrooms filthy, we’ve looked our ugliest, raggedest and sweatiest, and we’ve had more fun that ought to be legally allowed. That said, we’ve also been mainly incident-free (with the exception of the guy last year who was a “danger to himself & to others” and had to be carried out, restrained on a body-board – dude, you rock!), and we’ve always had a happy friendly vibe. As many people have put it, “Breakfast of Champions is like a reunion, where you see all your friends – the ones you see every day, the ones you don’t see enough, and the ones you haven’t met yet.”

So, on behalf of Space Cowboys, thank you to everyone who’s been part of the madness over the last 10 years. Thank you DJs, bouncers, bartenders, and most importantly all you Champions!

See you Friday!

xo, 8

EVENT & VENUE INFO, FLYERING, AND SET TIMES FOR BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

FRIDAY, JAN 1ST – BREAKFAST OF … ah, you know the rest…
Kelly’s Mission Rock
817 Terry Francois St, SF
6am til Uncle!
Tickets are $10 at the door
But for faster entry, get pre-sale tickets (still $10) at http://bit.ly/BOC2010

EVENT & VENUE INFO What can you expect at BOC 2010 at Kelly’s??
Two rooms of music inside starting at 6AM
Music starting outside at 11AM
Breakfast being served until 12pm
Lunch served 12-6pm
Coat Check
Two entrance lines – one for presale, one for cash
ATM on site
Free water pitchers on every bar, free refills on your bottled water purchase
6+ Fully Stocked Bars
Tenting and heat lamps on patio
Curtains and drapery to protect your fragile eyes inside
Over 30 DJs playing a mix of house, breaks, hip hop, disco, sneak-up-on you salsa, bend-you-over dubstep, and Original never-before-played tracks made specifically for BOC
Room for you and thousands of your friends
More space, more flow, view of the Bridge and Bay
Efficient and friendly door staff
Seriously serious security and venue staff

What is NOT allowed at BOC:
Outside food or beverages
Narcotics, paraphernalia or weapons
All backpacks and bags will be subject to search
Open or emptywater containers (Nalgene/Sigg/Camelbacks)
Rude, disrespectful or disruptive behavior(our call)
Children, Infants, or anyone without proper ID proving age
Large drums, without prior permission
Flyer distribution in the neighborhood (on cars & vehicles parked alongside venue)
Flyers are welcome inside the club – the authorities will be called either by Us or the Neighborhood if anyone is seen flyering cars outside

THANK YOU! for reading all of these important details about our event.
Please feel free to contact us or leave a comment with any other concerns.

FLYER INFO:
“Kelly’s feels that it is essential to the success of Breakfast of Champions, and the continued operation of Mission Rock as a venue for our “community”, that there be no flyering of cars.

Now I’m not suggesting that any of you would actually flyer a car (i know such manual labor is far beneath y’all anyway) but you may “know” such people, or see people you “know” engaged in such activity.

If you could do what you can to help stop it from starting in the first place, or asking peeps you may know to stop, it would be greatly appreciated. We far prefer for peeps to partake in that long lost art of one-to-one flyering in the line or even in the club. i know it’s soooo old-school, but its far more effective, especially when done by those young attractive types.

More so I’m asking for you to help us spread the word….”

LINE UP: Upstairs
6AM deckard
7AM shissler
8AM shOOey
9AM 8ball
10AM mancub
11AM ernie trevino
12PM kapt’n kirk
1PM soul of man
3PM tamo
4PM j9
5PM bassben
6PM dj icon
7PM larry
8PM …

Downstairs
6AM bam
7AM aaron jae
8AM mozaic
9AM mace
10AM benchun
11AM ding dong
12PM felix the dog
1PM jive
2PM joejoe
3PM robb green
4PM kramer
5PM bob v
6PM sol
7PM erik hz

Outside
10AM trav
11AM zach moore
12PM brad robinson
1PM rrrus
2PM m3
3PM murphstar
4PM clarkie
5PM aaron pope
6PM mopo

More info

AND MORE EVENTS

Thursday, Dec 31st – SEA OF DREAMS NYE 2010 – “LegaSea”
Celebrating its 10 Year Anniversary with THE most spectacular and wonder-filled line-up EVER!

LIVE MAIN STAGE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES by:
> OZOMATLI (full live 2-hour set)
> BASSNECTAR
> GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY
> YARD DOGS ROAD SHOW
> THE GLITCH MOB
> EOTO
> SILA AND THE AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE
> LYNX and JANOVER
> RANDOM RAB

The amazing DoLab Stage feat:
> MARTY PARTY
> ANA SIA
> LOWRIDERZ feat. AN-TEN-NAE & LAURA
> EL PAPCHANGO
> SHAWNA
> DEE
> GENO COCHINO

The luxurious HOOKAHDOME feat:
> DAVID STARFIRE feat. DVINE1 (sitar) & ARADIA (bellydance)
> JEF STOTT
> DJ DRAGONFLY
> DJ FERAL

The amazing SILENT DISCO by SILENT EVENTS, feat:
> AARON AXELSON (Live 105)
> MOTION POTION
> PARTY BEN
> LAIRD
> MANCUB

INCREDIBLE CIRCUS & PERFORMANCE via CIRQULARIOUS! feat:
• DARING AERIALISTS
> Kerri Kresinki (Sweet Can Prods.)
> Anneka Deacon + Dream Frohe (Calliope/ Seattle)
> Eka.Boo.Button (Lunacy Aerial/Santa Cruz)

• THRILLING DANCERS, HOOPERS & SPINNERS
> Pyronauts (Vatra, Ka & Tuana)
> Venus in Velvet (Stasia & Co.)
> Serpent Sirens (Tatseena, Christine, Maya, and Lindsay)
> The Fosettes (Elizabeth, Melissa, Juliana & Erin)
> Summer Sahar (Bellydancer)
> Aradia Sunseri (Bellydancer)
> Samantha Franklin (Bellydancer)
> HoopGirl All-Stars (Annie, Satise, Jenny & Natasha)
> Serena Doodlbug (Hooper)
> Meghan the Kat (Hooper)
> Go-Go Bass (Jenn & Elysha)

• BRILLIANT MUSICAL CLOWNS, JUGGLERS & STILTERS
> Bronkar Lee (Circus of Sound)
> Tim Barsky + Carlos Aguirre (The Bright River)
> Dreamtime Circus (Chris, Calypso & Summer )
> Richard Hartnell (Bellingham Circus Guild)
> Daniel Sloan (DreamScience Circus )
> Gabriella Coniglio (Stilter)
> Paul Chandler (Quad Stilter)
> Will Freeman (Diablo Juggler)
+ Even More!

Interactive Decorated Dreamscapes by:
> THE DOLAB (LA)
> HOOKAHDOME
> INFLATABLE ARTS
> ANONDECOR
> SILENT DISCO
> GREEN SECTOR
> OMSHANTEA HOUSE CHILL ZONE

Electrifying Art, Sculpture & Environments from:
> ANDREW JONES (+ a live performance by PHA-DROID)
> SHRINE (Temple of Dreams + live painting)
> ROSANNA SCIMECA (Epic Outdoor Fire Sculptures)
> KYER WILTSHIRE (Tribal Revival Book + Photobooth)
> IAN ROSS (Live Painting)
> Zsuzsi Magik & the VideoLab (Immersive Dance)
Kat Cuba – NoMe Edonna – Ezra Li Eismont – Lars Gilstrom – Stephanie Heald – Audrey Heller – Rachel Lyra Hospodar – Damien Jones – Bonnie Reiss – Jeff Rosier – Debi Tonge – Les Phillips – Edi Hsu – Jessica Perlstein – Danyol - Ben Stoneberg – Scott O’Keefe – Robert Bengtson & Memortrees w/ Art Curation by Will Chase Arts

PLUS.. Elegant VIP Areas.. & VENDOR VILLAGE ..
& Current Confirmed Vendor Roster.. Click here!) plus Kostume Kultur .. Coat Check .. Full Bars .. Transformation Stations ..
Photo Portraits by Kyer Wiltshire .. AMAZE-ing Art .. Playzones .. Hot Food.. Healthy Food .. Outdoor Sculpture Garden ..
Insanely Beautiful People plus SO much MORE!

AND THE MIGHTY MULTIPLE MIDNIGHT MAJESTIES
featuring Incredible Arrays of Bay Area Talent!
Costumes More than Encouraged – Come Dressed as your Dream! Share that Dream with Others

8PM-4:30AM (Come Early—See it ALL!)
HTTP://SEAOFDREAMSNYE.COM
@ SF CONCOURSE EXHIBITION CENTER
635 8th St. San Francisco, CA 94103

Saturday, January 9 – Legion of Honor
For those that like a taste of the upscale… ArtPoint will be donning diamonds and rolling out the red carpet for an evening of elegance, fashion, and everything Cartier. With Shissla (SpaceCowboys) and ShOOey (SpaceCowboys) behind the decks all night. The evening will be an exploration of one of the most celebrated jewelry designers of the 20th century with delicious hors d’oeuvres, haute cocktails, and entertainment from an era when glamour reigned.

Legion of Honor Museum
100 34th Avenue (at Clement)
San Francisco, CA 49121
8:30-Midnight

Tickets $50 for ArtPoint Members $65 general public

The Space Cowboys Show – Sat. Jan. 16th @ the End Up
The Space Cowboys will once again be rockin’ the legendary End Up for the January installment of The Show!

Lift off is at 10pm sharp on Saturday January 16th, and the Cowboys play until 6am Sunday the 17th! Stamps are good for ins-n-outs until 9am. RSVP now for $10 entry! http://www.sensesf.com/show

Some of your favorite SC djs are going to be playing early on in the night (to make room for our new crop of rock-stars)... And last year the place got bumpin, so be sure to show up super-early to avoid any lines and get your drink & groove on!

With SC DJs (subject to change):
Mancub, Kapt’n Kirk, 8ball, Shissla, shOOey, Ernie Trevino, Aaron Jae, Deckard, Pickles & Zach Moore

More info

NEW MUSIC

And as a special holiday treat, here’s a new 27-track/90-minute mix of new school funk, old school house, and disco from yours truly, 8ball.

Get the mix here

Breakfast of Champions’ special guest Soul of Man has a new mix to share, and hopefully it’s a taste of what you can expect to hear during his BoC set. Get the mix here

S P A C E C O W B O Y S: 10 years of Breakfast (BoC event info & line up; more events; mixes)

10 years of Breakfast (BoC event info & line up; more events; mixes)