S P A C E C O W B O Y S: Category Burning Man

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS 2012

Andrea — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:47:00 +0000

May we be one of the first to wish you a Happy New Year once again. 2012!
That means 11 Breakfast of Champions ago, we all went out like wild crazy kids and decided to keep partying until we cried uncle. Uncle has become earlier and earlier for some, and til Tuesday for others. We’ve had thousands follow us from venue to venue, and are happy to be returning to Utah Street to dance all day with even more of you. Again!

Everything you might want to know, didn’t know, or couldn’t imagine you need to know is listed below.
Have a safe saturday evening, and we’ll see you for Breakfast of Champions once again at 6AM.

Sunday, January 1st, 2012 – Breakfast of Champions 2012 – A Block Party
Gates open at 6AM until you cry uncle!
21+, $25
Mighty 119 Utah Street
Entrance on Alameda Street (opposite end from where it was last year). No babes in arms. No dogs. No outside alcohol.
All bags subject to search for contraband and other harmful objects (our call).

Entrance is not guaranteed after 2pm. We recommend early arrival! We also have extra staff, security and patent pending entrance plans to process everyone quickly and respectfully.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TO PARTY!!!
BOC is renown for the party beginning in the line. We couldn’t be happier to provide this party to you. Thank you for respecting the neighborhood and each other while waiting.

$25 at the gates, $5 off with a box of cereal for the SF Food Bank. No sample sized, mini boxes or bowls please. Full size, sealed boxes eligible for $5 off. One credit per person per entrance fee. Other non-perishable goods accepted but not applicable towards entry fee

Proceeds from this event will go towards the Space Cowboys and our continuous efforts to support artists and projects in San Francisco, the Bay Area, Black Rock City and beyond.

There will be a fast bag check and security lines for pre-sale ticket holders.
This event is wheelchair accessible. Plenty of street parking, taxi stand, bike parking, and close to MUNI in Potrero Hill

Please bring your government-issued ID! You will need an ID to pass through the main entrance gates on Alameda Street, to get silent disco headphones AND to enter Mighty!

As always there will be an all-star DJ line-up playing from 6 AM until you cry “uncle” in four different areas of sound.
BOC will feature:
A tented, outdoor sound stage featuring a Funkwerk’s Funktion1 sound system beginning at 9 AM
A outdoor silent disco beginning at 6 AM
The main and side rooms inside of Mighty beginning at 6 AM and 7 AM

Main Room at Mighty

6 AM – Raydeus (Stirty)
7 AM – Erik.Hz (Space Cowboys)
8 AM – Bassben vs. J9 (Space Cowboys)
9 AM – MoPo (Janky Barge)
10 AM – Trav (SEISMIC)
11 AM – Clarkie (Deep End)
12 PM – Deckard (Space Cowboys)
1 PM – DJ Icon (djicon.com)
2 PM – DJ Manny (Dojo Austin)
3 PM – Special Guest
4 PM – Zack Darling (zackdarling.com)
5 PM – Pink Mammoth (pinkmammoth.org)

Back Room at Mighty

7 AM – DJ Purree (Space Cowboys)
8 AM – Ground Control (Janky Barge)
9 AM – Ernie Trevino (Space Cowboys)
10 AM – Spektrum (Memekast.com)
11 AM – Ding Dong (Brass Tax)
12 PM – Mace (Brass Tax)
1 PM – Pablo Cruise (NuFunk Boutique)
2 PM – Melyss (NuFunk Boutique)
3 PM – Big Fat Frog (NuFunk Boutique)
4 PM – Rumblemunk (FiX)

Silent Disco (Utah & 15th Street)

6 AM – Anthony James (Strategik)
7 AM – Malarky (Juke Joint)
8 AM – u9Lift (Janky Barge)
9 AM – Tim Dietz (Janky Barge)
10 AM – Aaron Pope (Deep End)
11 AM – DJ Sol (Space Cowboys)
12 PM – Big Fat Frog (NuFunk Boutique)
12:30 PM – Melyss (NuFunk Boutique)
1:00 PM – Ground Control (Janky Barge)
1:30 PM – Erik.Hz (Space Cowboys)
2:00 PM – Deckard (Space Cowboys)
2:30 PM – u9Lift (Janky)

Funktion One Sound Stage (Utah Street)

9 AM – J-Rod (DISTRIKT)
10 AM – Murphstar (SEISMIC)
11 AM – Shissla (Space Cowboys)
12 PM – 8Ball (Space Cowboys)
1 PM – Zach Moore (Space Cowboys)
2 PM – Mancub (Space Cowboys)
3 PM – Kapt’n Kirk (Space Cowboys)
4 PM – ShOOey (Space Cowboys)
5 PM – rrrus (Space Cowboys)

Like last year we will have bars inside and out (with more outdoor bars than last year). There will be plenty of port-o-lets, outdoor seating and food trucks by:
Tacos San Buena
Curbside Coffee
Seoul on Wheels
Oceanic Restaurant

$20 Pre-sale tickets are available now at Eventbrite.com ! We’ll see you on New Year’s Day

SC supports big art (so should you)! Fundraisers: FLG on Dec. 3rd / FLUX Dec. 8th

pk. — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:29:00 +0000

Our two favorite artist collectives, The Flaming Lotus Girls and FLUX Foundation are throwing fund-raisers to build more art (and get out of debt from building past works that blew minds as well as budgets). And we’re happy to lend our skills to their worthy cause.

- In the Red: The Flaming Lotus Girls –

You need more art. You want the Flaming Lotus Girls spread across your wall, 24/7. Yes you do. And so do your friends. Come to our photography show, buy our signed archival prints and have a damn fine evening of dancing with Ambient Mafia and the Space Cowboys DJs.

Music by Space Cowboys DJs: Deckard 8ball & Erik Hz

Ambient Mafia: Olde Nasty, DJ Unagi, Redstickman, Mo Corleone

For more information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=294190043938514

Saturday December 3rd
SomArts, 934 Brannan Street, SF
6.00PM – 2.00AM.
Free to attend. Donations encouraged.

_ Holidays in FLUX! _

A Holiday Fluxtastic Celebration with your favorite local Big Art Instigators

Thursday December 8th 2011 6pm -12am

Celebrate and support the FLUX Foundation with:

Space Cowboy djs: rrrus, ShOOey, 8ball and Deckard

Live Music at the Bordello by:
American Nomad
Megs of MegaFlame
Shovelman and more!

A fanstastic array of cocktails at Minx’s Bar & Absinthia’s Speakeasy with wine from Green Barrel

Silent auction in the Poplar Gallery including all sorts of great gift ideas: framed photograghs of FLUX work , giant steel cactus sculpture, treats from the Sugar Plum Elves, surfing lesson personal portrait session, massage session, landscaping consultation, tickets for an afternoon at the DiRosa Preserve, antique jewelry and more!

Chester, the Fire breathing Horse artcar!

Dirty santas and elves, art installations, holiday costume contest, libations and good ol’ holiday cheer

Thursday, December 8th
Poplar Gallery @ American Steel Studios
1960 Nelson Mandela Parkway West Oakland, CA. 94607
6pm-12am

Free (donations highly encouraged by the Sugar Plum Elves)

Post-playa mayhem

pk. — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:11:00 +0000

Thank you Black Rock City!

The Space Cowboys want to thank everyone who made Burning Man 2011 such an amazing experience. First off, thanks to everyone who has sent us notes and facebook comments expressing appreciation for our efforts. Y’all are the reason we do what we do.

Second, thanks to everyone who came out to our daytime Hootenanny on Wednesday, especially JonH of Fort Knox Five and Ali B of Air Recordings for music that was damn near perfect. And thanks to everyone who came out to the Black Rock Hoe Down including our special musical guests Elite Force, Peo de Pitte and Plaza de Funk.

Of course we’re more than stoked to have such a great array of guests (including all of our friends from SF) play with us throughout the week, and big thanks to our own djs for throwin’ it down all week long. Big ups to Distrikt for being such good sports, and enduring their spelling lesson with a grin, and being our good playa buddies. And props to the Flaming Lotus Girls, for whom we provided infrastructural support and got to hang out with all week long. Tympani Lambada was amazing and we’re glad we could do what we could to help.

We’re dusting off our gear, but we don’t have time to rest on our laurels… Ghost Ship 2011 is just around the corner. The fourth installment of our Halloween fest on Treasure Island will be on October 29th and tickets will go on sale shortly. Remember, tickets sold out last year (did we start another trend?), so watch this space for more info….

Enjoy the rest of the summer, we’ll see you soon! Hee haw!

Burning Man 2011 !

pk. — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:38:00 +0000

For the past 15 years the Space Cowboys have been shaking your business on the playa. And this year will be no different. Sure we’re making some changes, like throwing a big daytime event at our Ranch & Saloon (4:45 & Esplanade) on Wednesday; and the UNIMOG has been upgraded yet again, now with 8 21” subs, additional lighting effects, and a completely new electrical system. But other things will be the same, like love from Martha and some of the best tunes to be found in the dust.

So here it is, our tentative playa itinerary… (but this is BM so don’t hold us to it)

with Space Cowboy djs: Shissla, Tamo, Deckard, Zach Moore, Pickles, Erik Hz, Spektrum and very special guests

> Sunday night: grand opening at the greeters station / gate 10pm-3am?

> Monday night: at Hudzo’s Charon 10pm-4am? with guests Ding Dong & Joe Joe (Brass Tax) and Lee Coombs

> Tuesday: tbd

> Wednesday afternoon: SC hootananny at the SpaceCowboys’ Saloon (4:45 & Esplanade) high noon – sunset with special guests Ali B. (Air, UK) and John H. (Fort Knox)

> Thursday dawn: Samurai Sunrise (outer playa) dawn-10am with guest MoPo (Janky Barge)

> Thursday afternoon: Lingerie Party – Camp Chinchilla 3pm – sunset with guest Andreas (Humbolt)

> Thursday night: tbd

> Friday night: The 14th Annual Space Cowboys Black Rock Hoe Down (1:11 & outer playa) 10pm till sunrise with special guests Elite Force, Plaza de Funk & Peo de Pitte (UK)

> Saturday night: at the Flaming Lotus Girls’ Tympani Lambada 10pm – 5am? with guests Kramer (Distrikt), Derek Hena & Gravity (Pink Mammoth) and (Disorient)

> Sunday: Black Sabbath Pancakes (location & time tbd.)

So if you’re going to be getting dusty next week, swing by 4:45 and Esplanade and say howdy!

- The Space Cowboys.

Thanks! See you on the playa!

pk. — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:46:00 +0000

Big thanks to everyone who came (biked) out to UN Plaza on Friday. It was a great way to re-activate downtown. Both times we have done events down there, foreigners have come up to me in sheer bewilderment: What is this? Who are you? How can you do this? After a brief explanation they always walk away murmuring something about how great this city is. And I’m forced to look up, take a breath, smile and agree….

Friday marked the beginning of the annual playa pilgrimage. While the Flux Foundation is taking the year off to focus on bringing BrollyFlock to the Nocturnal Festival in September, there are many other Cowboys working on various art projects and I wish them the best as they make final preparations; our own Mararet Long is spearheading the Flaming Lotus Girls’ Tympani Lambada, and FOCs Pete Hudson, Orion Fredericks, Marco Cochrane and their crews all creating things that we can’t wait to see.

We’ll see you out there too. The Cowboys as usual have made some pre-playa improvements to the UNIMOG and our ranch (now with poker saloon) and we’ve got a jam packed schedule for you to rock out to.
Including the 15th Annual (I lost count actually) Black Rock Hoe Down on Friday night (location tbd)
Full SC Burning Man schedule to come… watch this space!

UNIMOG at UN Plaza this Friday!

pk. — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:03:00 +0000

This is a call for pARTicipation! In the spirit of Burning Man, we invite YOU to come out to celebrate and pARTicipate in the launch of the Burning Man Project non-profit. Whatever your unique style of participation, BRING IT to help mark this momentous occasion at San Francisco’s UN Plaza next Friday August 5th from 5pm to 8pm!

anything except fire, sorry!

Here’s a video from NBC about Burning Man’s hopes for the mid-Market area, which we now call home: http://bit.ly/mPpMFN

Burning Man Project Launch Event @ UN Plaza – Aug. 5th, 5pm-8pm Sponsored by Black Rock Arts Foundation

Theme: Welcome Home

Art Cars: Front Porch & the Space Cowboys’ UNIMOG

Performance: 5:00pm - Christen Lien (www.itsnotaviolin.com)

Greetings and Remarks: 5:30pm - Mayor Ed Lee – invited - Board of Supervisor President, David Chiu – confirmed - Burning Man Project Vision & Call to Participate: 5:45pm

Performance: 6:00 - Loyd Family Players (www.theloydfamilyplayers.com)

the Space Cowboys DJs 6:20-8:00

Rolling Renaissance 8:00-12:00 - Central Market & Tenderloin Art Walk/Ride - Galleries: Grey Area Foundation for the Arts (www.gaffta.org), Maltese Embassy (www.malteseembassy.com), Evergold Gallery (www.evergoldgallery.com)

Bike Parking at Huckleberry Bikes (www.huckleberrybicycles.com) supported by SF Bike Coalition (www.sfbike.org)