Save The Mon­key poster by Chris Shaw

June 7, 2008 Great Amer­i­can Music Hall, Olive Alley, San Fran­cisco, California
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, one of the tribe’s annual high holy days was called Burning Bud. It was a one-day event devoted to the building of a henge. The tribe was not very practical. It took them a while to figure out that you can’t build much of henge in one day.

The one-day limit led to much experimentation with building materials. They tried dirt. Then mud. They even tried water. They tried practically everything that was available. Then one day, someone decided to make a henge out of hemp.

They built the entire thing out of hemp and it was done in a day! It was huge!!! It smelled great!!! They wanted to call it Hemphenge. Then they set it on fire. They got really stoned. And a name came out of nowhere.

Stonedhenge.

So began the festival of Burning Bud. With it began Fire Arts and people getting buzzed and running around naked in the desert. It is our understanding that some of these customs persist to the present day.

Poster Details

Notes

• 678 Party – 25th Anniversary party for Ann and Roger McNamee.
• Listed in the art database at ExpressoBeans.com.
• Listen to this show at Moonalice.com.