August 14, 2009 Hop Monk Tav­ern, Sebastopol, Cal­i­for­nia
Moon­al­ice poster by Chuck Sperry

Accord­ing to Moon­al­ice leg­end, Sebastopol was orig­i­nally founded as a Moon­al­ice exper­i­men­tal com­mu­nity. The notion was to pro­mote free think­ing and alter­na­tive lifestyles within a tribe that oth­er­wise focused nar­rowly on hemp and bass play­ing. Judg­ing by our drive through town today, the Sebastapol exper­i­ment has been a huge suc­cess. Sebastopol got started with Graven­stein apples, but then traded up to wine. As a com­ple­ment to hemp, wine ranks right up there with Chee­tos and Cherry Gar­cia. We also like Sebastopol’s atti­tude towards rela­tion­ships. The tribe has ben­e­fited enor­mously from your exam­ple. But we have a ques­tion for you: is it true that every­one in Sebastopol had sex in the hot tub before show?

Accord­ing to Wikipedia, there is some con­fu­sion about the orig­i­nal of the name Sebastopol. Some say it was the result of a drunken wager. Oth­ers sug­gest aliens landed here and cre­ated a utopian com­mu­nity. Big Steve Parish claims that King Arthur was born here and he named it. What­ever the story, the apples and hemp around here are fantastic.

Accord­ing to Moon­al­ice leg­end, the per­fect health reg­i­men begins with a good night’s sleep. The Med­i­cine Man Gen­eral — Dr. Parish — rec­om­mends that you not get up before noon. Begin your day with wrist curls as you first brush your teeth, then con­sume a refresh­ing Howl­ing Mon­key ener­giz­ing elixer. Loosen up your fin­gers by check­ing out Moonaliceband.com, Face­book, and Twit­ter. Then roll a cou­ple of fat ones. Test one to make sure they’re okay. Then take a nap. We can­not empha­size enough the impor­tance of get­ting enough sleep. Test another doo­bie to make sure it hasn’t gone bad while you were nap­ping. Have some­thing to eat. Repeat the above as nec­es­sary until you pass out.

Accord­ing to Moon­al­ice leg­end, on this day in 1888, one of the first record­ings ever made was played at a press con­fer­ence to pro­mote Thomas Edison’s phono­graph. You know what it was? Arthur Sullivan’s The Lost Chord. The high­light of the press con­fer­ence was Edison’s demon­stra­tion of the use of an album cover as a plat­form for rolling doobies.

We will need to con­sult the Leg­end to be sure, but it appears this was our first show with 6 — SIX!!! — bass players.

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