The Art of Moonalice
Commemorative Road Princess 2009 Crystal Polley
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw
According to Moonalice legend, the tribe’s Road Princess is Crystal Polley!
| Artist: | Chris Shaw |
| Performers: | Moonalice |
| Venue: | – |
| City, State: | – |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Printer: | PsPrint |
| Dimensions: | 12.75 in. x 17.25 in. |
| Medium: | offset lithograph |
| Paper: | 14 pt |
| Series: | Moonalice M236 |
Commemorative Best Truck Driver of 2009 Billy Grillo
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw
According to Moonalice legend, Best Truck Driver of 2009 goes to Billy Grillo!
| Artist: | Chris Shaw |
| Performers: | Moonalice |
| Venue: | – |
| City, State: | – |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Printer: | PsPrint |
| Dimensions: | 17.25 in. x 12.75 in. |
| Medium: | offset lithograph |
| Paper: | 14 pt |
| Series: | Moonalice M233 |
December 5, 2009 19 Broadway, Fairfax, California
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw
According to Moonalice legend, Fairfax was the location of the first Moonalice tribal tug-of-war. Rope is a byproduct of hemp agriculture – Big Steve calls it a side effect – and the tribe supported itself by selling rope and hemp sails for ships. But inside the tribe, no one had much use for rope. It tasted horrible when you smoked it. But a clever guy by the name of Three Sheets Moonalice figured out that you could use it to settle arguments. That was the beginning of tug-of-war. But Moonalice is a fundamentally lazy tribe, so the mere threat a tug-of-war was usually enough to cause everyone to smoke a fat one until they forgot what they were arguing about.
According to Moonalice legend, the tribe’s band – us – has gone through a metamorphosis in recent weeks. We are now a quintet. We think of ourselves as the High 5. If we want to get high with someone, we just use the traditional band greeting.
According to Moonalice legend, today, December 5, is a high holy day in the Tribe. On this day in 1933, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. Do you remember the 21st Amendment? It ended Prohibition. Alcohol may only be a back-up form of entertainment in the Moonalice tribe, but we stand up for the rights of drinkers!!! We believe everyone should be free to imbibe whatever entertainment they can handle without bothering anyone. By the way, it is traditional for the tribe to celebrate this great anniversary by smoking up a storm.
According to Moonalice legend, December 5 is the Day of the Ninja. Originally created to promote the whole Ninja vs. Samurai fighting thing, it has evolved into a International Creep Like a Ninja Day, a Ninjas vs Pirates celebration which some people consider an alternative to International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Ridiculous. No matter how sneaky, no day can match Talk Like A Pirate Day. Arrrr!!!
| Artist: | Chris Shaw |
| Performers: | Moonalice |
| Venue: | 19 Broadway |
| City, State: | Fairfax, California |
| Date: | December 5, 2009 |
| Printer: | PsPrint |
| Dimensions: | 12.75 in. x 17.25 in. |
| Medium: | offset lithograph |
| Paper: | 14 pt |
| Series: | Moonalice M229 |
October 23 & 24 2009 Magnolia Festival, Live Oak, Florida
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw
According to Wikipedia, no one really knows precisely when Live Oak, Florida was founded. If there was ever a record, it has been lost. Artifacts suggest the town was founded some time between 1850 and 1875 by a bunch of railroad workers who enjoyed resting under the oaks and decided to put down roots. The artifacts included unused shovels and hammers, as well as a roach clip. According to Moonalice legend, these artifacts tell an amazing story. The railroad across Florida took many years to build and hemp from the local Moonalice tribe was turned into rope and fabric for the railroad, as well as entertainment products for the workers. Given the latter, it’s no surprise that the tools were unused and the records disappeared.
Today’s poster features the great matriarch Magnolia Moonalice. According to Moonalice legend, Magnolia lived right here in Live Oak. In the tradition of the great Moonalice matriarchs, Magnolia was both clever and wise. Clever? She could roll doobies with one hand while wrestling an alligator with the other. Wise? She understood the importance of making the hemp crop last all year.
According to Moonalice legend, October 23 is Mole Day. You might assume that Mole Day is just a hangover following yesterday’s Highest of High Holidays, Wombat Day. But you would be wrong. A Mole turns out to be one of the seven base units of International Standard measuring system. It’s not a number that rolls off the tongue – 6.02×1023 – but scientists like it enough that they celebrate it today. Since we weren’t together yesterday, I recommend that we pretend it’s still Wombat Day!
| Artist: | Chris Shaw |
| Performers: | Moonalice |
| Venue: | Magnolia Festival |
| City, State: | Live Oak, Florida |
| Date: | October 23 & 24 2009 |
| Printer: | PsPrint |
| Dimensions: | 12.75 in. x 17.25 in. |
| Medium: | Offset Lithograph |
| Paper: | 14 pt |
| Series: | Moonalice M225 |
October 20, 2009 The Jewish Mother, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw
According to Moonalice legend, when Christopher Newport arrived here in 1607, he was apparently a very liberal minded man. I say this because he sailed for 144 days on a ship with 105 men and boys. They arrived and established the first permanent settlement of white people. All men. The local Moonalice chiefs took one look and realized that Christopher Newport was not likely to be interested in the Moonalice matriarchy. It was all cool. But there was one major consequence. The Virginia commonwealth focused its agriculture on tobacco, rather than hemp.
According to Moonalice legend, Virginia Beach is famous for the first geodesic dome built in the United States. The Alan B. Shepard Civic Center is named after one of the twelve men who walked on the surface of our tribe’s home planet. Apparently someone didn’t appreciate the Moonalice connection, so they razed the dome in 1994.
According to Moonalice legend, today is the 42nd anniversary of the filming of Bigfoot by Patterson and Gimlin. This is the most famous Bigfoot video and we strongly recommend it to you. We also recommend the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose noodly appendages keep us all from flying into space.
| Artist: | Chris Shaw |
| Performers: | Moonalice |
| Venue: | The Jewish Mother |
| City, State: | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Date: | October 20, 2009 |
| Printer: | PsPrint |
| Dimensions: | 12.75 in. x 17.25 in. |
| Medium: | Offset Lithograph |
| Paper: | 14 pt |
| Series: | Moonalice M224 |