Happy Burning Man New Year (BMNY)! Given the energy so many of our communities contribute to make Burning Man the event it is, we could use our own calendar year (particularly if it came with additional vacation days for Burners!). Like most year ends, a dose of not-too-serious reflection in our case can be a good exercise.

SpaceCowboys on-playa this year did some different things…since we reckoned “Wednesday is the new Friday”, “Orange is the new Black”, and “Breaks is the new Breaks”, we moved the timing of our annual Hoe Down to Wed. We also shifted the location to the deepest in the playa it has ever been. Based on the 1,000+ people and ~35 mobile art cars/pieces that joined in the shenanigans over the course of the night, we were simply delighted to see so many friends and communities join us ‘out there’.

We promise to have even more crazy stuff like this year’s sushi, pork, beer from Denver, and so on next year. If anyone can find the SpaceCowboys a good deal on a mechanical bull or bungee bull, please contact DJ Shissla on FaceBook. Most importantly, we look forward to more of all of you J.

Speaking of you kick-ass Hoe Down attendees, the SpaceCowboys drank a special Table Shot (long story) of Jameson to you at the end of the Hoe Down - because you were so dang professional with MOOP. We’ve never seen a cleaner playa post-Hoe Down, all thanks to you sexy, holdin’-it-down burners we’re so happy to call friends.

Now, on to the music! The first recording from the SpaceCowboys 2013 Black Rock Hoe Down comes to you courtesy of Shissla/Shizzy (or whatever you wanna call him, really). Keep an ear out on the RipeCast in the coming weeks for more rocking sets from SpaceCowboy DJs and our cadre of guests on playa.

Oh, and Happy BMNY 2013 from the SpaceCowboys to all of you!

Shissla can be reached by email at jshiss [at] hotmail [dot] com