March 27, 2010 Dart­mouth Col­lege, Amos Tuck School, Hanover, New Hampshire
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, the original funding for Dartmouth came from a Native American preacher named Samson Occam. Cool story, but it raises a question. Where did Preacher Occam get all that money? The legend knows!! It turns out that preacher Occam was friendly with the Moonalice tribe in Woodstock, VT. The Moonalice tribe had a strong commitment to higher education, so they worked with preacher Occam to make Dartmouth happen. How did they do it? Bake sales. Hemp brownies were the key.

According to Moonalice legend, Dartmouth was created “for the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land in reading, writing and all parts of Learning … as well as in all liberal Arts and Sciences; and also of English Youth and any others.” Unfortunately, no one in the Moonalice tribe was able to pass the entrance exam.

According to Moonalice legend, today is the 12th birthday of Viagra. On this day in 1851, the first white people discovered Yosemite Valley in California. The soldiers went there to beat up local tribes. What they found was paradise. They also found a small band of Moonalices smoking hemp. The soldiers surrounded the Moonalices, but were quickly overcome by hemp smoke. The soldiers immediately craved a cheeseburger in paradise. The rest, as they say, is legend.

Poster Details

Artist:	Chris Shaw
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Dart­mouth Col­lege, Amos Tuck School
City, State:	Hanover, New Hampshire
Date:	March 27, 2010
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M257

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Notes

• Listed in the art database at ExpressoBeans.com.
• Listen to this show now at Moonalice.com.

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March 19, 2010 Temec­ula The­ater, Temec­ula, California
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, for thousands of years Temecula has been home to a small, but influential clan of Moonalice. For reasons no modern Moonalice can appreciate, the ancient Temecula Moonalices loved both hemp AND red wine. They loved hemp and wine so much they decided to cross breed them. True to Moonalice tradition, the hope was that cross breeding would save a whole lot of effort for a tribe didn’t want to work hard. Unfortunately, the experiment was only partially successful. The wine was great – it had just a hint of rope in the finish – but the hemp was a disaster. By the time the tribe got done with the crush, the hemp tasted like last week’s gym socks.

According to Moonalice legend, the second post office in the state of California was right here in Temecula. You might reasonably ask, “Hey Chubby, how come the 2nd post office in California was right here in Temecula?” And I would answer, the post office supported the mail order business of Temecula Moonalice’s Coast-to-Coast Hemp Catalog, which burst onto the scene on April 22, 1859. With hemp products ranging from paper to fabric to rope to entertainment, the catalog prospered for about six hours, until 4:20 that first afternoon, when the employees consumed so much inventory that they decided that California was not ready for mail order.

According to Moonalice legend, Temecula was home to Erle Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason. Gardner apparently wrote 100 Perry Mason novels here, including the never-published Case of the Mysterious Moonalice Munchies, wherein Della Street buys some special brownies at a Moonalice bake sale and shares them with Perry and Lieutenant Tragg. Alone among Mason thrillers, this one had no murders. Della, Perry, and Tragg spend the entire book driving around LA looking for a donut shop.

According to Wikipedia, on this day in 1915, astronomers took the first photo of Pluto, but did not recognize it as a planet. According to Moonalice legend, they recognized it as Mickey Mouse’s dog.

Poster Details

Artist:	Chris Shaw
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Temec­ula The­ater
City, State:	Temec­ula, California
Date:	March 19, 2010
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M252

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Notes

• Listed in the art database at ExpressoBeans.com.
• Listen to this show at Moonalice.com.

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February 20, 2010 John Henry’s, Eugene, Oregon
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw

Legend

According to Moonalice legend – and Wikipedia – Eugene is the undisputed grass seed capital of the world . The tribe thanks you.

According to Moonalice legend, today is February 20th – 2/20. We realized that if it’s 2/20 here, it must be 4/20 somewhere. We consulted the legend and discovered that our instincts were correct. When it’s February 20 here, it’s April 20 in the central time zone. Given the winter they have had, a spring day would be welcome. At midnight, the central time zone will return to its regularly scheduled blizzard.

According to Moonalice legend, tonight’s poster shows the High wire act of John Henry Wallenda Moonalice. John Henry popular because he got higher than any other high wire performer . . . and he shared. The HIGHlight of his act was a cartwheel that he did off the wire. The key to the cartwheel was the landing. Apparently John Henry did the cartwheel only once. Fortunately, we caught it in this poster.

According to Moonalice legend, today is Hoodie-Hoo day. This is a day to fight the blues and welcome the approach of spring. You were supposed to go outside at noon, wave your hands above your head and chant “Hoodie-Hoo!” It’s guaranteed to make you feel good. Let me see a show of hands. How many here were NOT aware of Hoodie Hoo day? I have good news for you! We can go back in time!!! All we have to do is declare Moonalice Standard Time and we can go back to any time we like. Are you ready to chant Hoodie-Hoo? Okay. 3 – 2 – 1 … It’s NOON! Hoodie-hoo!!

Poster Details

Artist:	Chris Shaw
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	John Henry’s
City, State:	Eugene, Oregon
Date:	February 20, 2010
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M245

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Notes

• The “It’s 4:20 Somewhere” Tour
• Listed in the art database at ExpressoBeans.com.
• Listen to this show at Moonalice.com.

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February 17, 2010 Trac­tor Tav­ern, Seat­tle, Washington
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, the first European settlers in the Seattle area were known as the Denny Party. Unlike their cousins, the Donner Party, the Denny Party preferred a traditional breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast and coffee, which they called a Grand Slam. They got here in the 1850s and immediately christened the place, New York-Alki. Alki was the Chinook word for by-and-by. The local Moonalice tribe liked the Denny Party. In particular, they were big fans of breakfast. But as aficianadoes of hemp, they had a problem with all things Alki. They spent years trying to persuade the Dennys to rename the place New York-Sativa. In the end, they gave up and named it after an Indian chief.

According to Moonalice legend, downtown Seattle burned to the ground in a massive fire in 1889. Moonalice legend suggests that the fire started at 4:20pm when two young Moonalices dropped burning embers from their doobie on a pile of hay. The tribe always felt guilty about that. Until today. We just found out that the fire had been burning for nearly two hours at 4:20pm, and that it had started when a guy in a furniture shop set a vat of glue on fire. Let that be a warning to you. Glue is dangerous. Stick to hemp products.

According to Moonalice legend, yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Ann’s and my first date. We got off to an excellent start: it was a Jerry Garcia Band show at the University of New Haven Gym in New Haven, CT. I remember the smoke being thick that night. Marrying Ann was the Best decision I ever made. Jerry only lasted 15 years, but we are still rocking after 30.

According to Moonalice legend, the weather in the Seattle area is suboptimal for the cultivation of hemp. Apparently it rains a bit here. No matter. A local member of the tribe by the name of Windows Moonalice figured out a solution. He invented grow lights. Unfortunately, he also invented artificial turf, which he called Astro-hemp, but that was less successful. Two puffs and there was no point in calling a doctor. The best you could do was to call a lawyer who specializes in mesothelioma.

According to Moonalice legend, today is the 77th anniversary of the Blaine Act, which was the beginning of the end of the Prohibition of alcohol in the United States. Unfortunately, enlightenment lasted only four years, until the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. Fortunately, the tribe pays no attention. Welcome to our world.

Poster Details

Artist:	Chris Shaw
Performers:	Moonalice, Monte Montgomery
Venue:	Trac­tor Tav­ern
City, State:	Seat­tle, Washington
Date:	February 17, 2010
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M242

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Notes

• Listed in the art database at ExpressoBeans.com.
• Watch this show in HD at Moonalice.com.

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March 6, 2010 Auburn Events Cen­ter, Auburn, California
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, Auburn figures prominently in the Moonalice legend. This should come as a surprise to no one. In 1849, three French guys found gold here. Using the placer mining technique, they found enough gold to get rich. Their success attracted others, some of whom were not actually mining for gold. One of these was a young man named Endurance Moonalice. Endurance was a nice boy, but he was eight lids short of a pound. He was convinced that he could use placer mining techniques to find hemp seeds. He worked his claim 24 by 7 for twenty-five years. Every once in a while, he found some seeds, all of which were placed there by Moonalice tribe members who took pity on the poor boy. The town of Auburn also took pity; that’s how the Auburn State Recreation Area became the Endurance capital of the world.

According to Moonalice legend – and the map we looked at – the town just east of Auburn is called Cool. That means that Auburn is to the left of Cool. That’s why we’re here; we always want to be to the left of Cool.

According to Moonalice legend, Auburn was home to Ikeda Moonalice, a tribal matriarch who specialized in pies. Like the Sirens of Scilla and Charybdis, Ikeda’s pies have lured unsuspecting visitors to Auburn and then added inches to their waist lines without them knowing. Have you ever wondered how she did this? She used hemp butter in her crust, which caused customers to eat the whole pie. Works every time.

According to Moonalice legend, March is National Caffeine Awareness Month. For those of you who are not aware of caffeine, it’s a legal stimulant found in tea, coffee, some soft drinks, and our very own Howling Monkey Energizing Elixer. The tribe considers caffeine to be a food group.

According to Moonalice legend, today is the birthday of Rob Reiner, Mary Wilson of the Supremes and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. It’s also independence day in Ghana. Anyone here from Ghana? No problem! The tribe will celebrate anyway!!!

Poster Details

Artist:	Chris Shaw
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Auburn Events Cen­ter
City, State:	Auburn, California
Date:	March 6, 2010
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M249

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Poster Details

• Listed in the art database at ExpressoBeans.com.
• Listen to this show at Moonalice.com.

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