May 24, 2009 Three Sisters Park, Chill­i­cothe, Illinois
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, the Moonalice tribe around Chillicothe and Peoria specialized in equipment for hemp farmers. Armed with the profits from distilling hemp moonshine during Prohibition, the tribe re-invented the family business. Starting with the steal plow in 1843, Moonalice provided hemp farmers with the best in agricultural technology. Among the greatest innovators were the Moonalice quadruplets, four identical matriarchs – depicted on Today’s poster by David Singer – whose innovations made possible the transition from horse power to diesel power. They created the first steam powered tractor, the only drawback of which was a boiler that burned too much hemp and put the operator in a coma. They went on to make a tractor powered by the only internal combustion engine that used hempoline. They called their company Lady Bug, but it got crushed by a caterpillar.

According to Moonalice legend, today is the birthday of the great Moonalice matriarch Queen Victoria. The queen exemplified so much of what is great about the tribe. Alone among great Moonalice matriarchs, she was the target of many assassination attempts. They all failed. Queen Victoria lived forever. The Legend suggests Queen Vic may have been protected by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Summer Camp Music Festival, Three Sisters Park
City, State:	Chill­i­cothe, Illinois
Date:	May 24, 2009
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M175

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Notes

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

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May 1, 2009 Mex­i­cali Live, Tea­neck, New Jersey
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, the story of Teaneck’s origin turns out to be way more complicated than we thought. When we were here last year, the legend suggested that the first Europeans had changed the town’s name from Hempneck to Teaneck. The story turns out to be more complicated. You may recall that the Lenape tribe’s name for Manhattan was “the place of general inebriation.” It turns out that the Moonalice tribe really admired the Lenape. Frankly, they were in awe of them and imitated everything. So the Moonalice tribe named this place Hempneck, which translates rather loosely as “the place of Colonel Inebriation.” Manhattan complained about the copycat name, so the Moonalice tribe demoted itself to major. So that’s how you became Teaneck, “the place of Major Inebriation.”

According to Moonalice legend, there was once a matriarch around here by the name of Mexicali Meshuggenah Moonalice. As you can see from tonight’s poster, Mexicali Meshuggenah represented all that was good in the Teaneck tribe. She was a fantastic, if wacky, chef, known throughout Bergen County for her smoked whitefish enchiladas. She was also a prolific gefilte fisherman. Her prize catch put up a strong fight — from the Red Sea to Coney Island — before Mexicali netted it. That 43 pound gefilte remains the record catch to this day.

According to Moonalice legend, Mexicali Meshuggenah Moonalice made a tasty hemp rugelach. Her special recipe started with a matzo ball base, to which she added the Sunday Times Crossword Puzzle, glatt kosher chocolate chips, a bale of hemp, and mole sauce. She garnished with jalapeno and guacamole. She finished the whole thing off with a nice schpritz of schmaltz and a Corona with lime.

According to Moonalice legend, May Day is a very high holy day. A man the tribe generally dislikes, Ezra Pound, had an interesting perspective. He said, “hooray, hooray, the first of May, outdoor fucking begins today.” This is also Beltane, the Irish and neopagan first day of summer, celebrated with bonfires of hemp. It’s National Love Day in the Czech Republic. Here in the tribe, it’s always National Love Day, but if you are new to the tribe, we encourage you to take advantage of this high holy day to find some love. Today is also the birthday of the Duke of Wellington, Calamity Jane, and Kate Smith. But most of all, it is the first of May, the day of planting in New Jersey. The early reports from the field are that the season is off to a very good start.

According to Moonalice legend, today is the 79th anniversary of the naming of Pluto. Talk about mean people. First they told Pluto, “hey, you can be a planet.” Then, just as Pluto was getting settled in, astrologers demoted it to dwarf planet. Holy munchkin! The tribe wants Pluto to know, you will always be a planet to us.

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Mex­i­cali Live
City, State:	Tea­neck, New Jersey
Date:	May 1, 2009
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M170

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Notes

• Twittercast #4
• Listed in the art database at ExpressoBeans.com.
• Listen to this show at Moonalice.com.

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April  28, 2009 Sell­ersville Theater, Sell­ersville, Pennsylvania
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Wikipedia, the Sellersville Theater used to be the stables for the Washington Inn. That didn’t sound right, so we consulted the legend. According to Moonalice legend, this was actually the site of the curing barns for the local Moonalice tribe. Don’t believe me? Inhale deeply. See what I mean?

According to Moonalice legend, the Lizzie High Doll Factory here in Sellersville makes the best high dolls in the known universe. The tribe likes its dolls the way it likes itself, high.

According to Moonalice legend, the Phillie Phanatic is completely normal. It’s the rest of us who look funny.

According to Moonalice legend, April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, a day of remembrance for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work. Let me ask: has any of you been made unwell by work? Me, too. That’s why April 28 is a high holy day in the tribe.

Tonight we put a fan in charge: Maura Tweedie. She did a fantastic job.

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Sell­ersville Theater
City, State:	Sell­ersville, Pennsylvania
Date:	April  28, 2009
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M167

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Notes

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

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April 4, 2009 Red Lion Hotel & Casino, Elko, Nevada
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, Elko was founded as the Eastern-most depot of the Central Pacific Railroad in the years before the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. But did you know there were people here when the railroad came? Yes, indeed. There was a small Moonalice village on this very spot. It was considered by some to be the best small Moonalice village on earth. Hemp farming was not easy, so they opened a bar and wagon stop on Trail #80 heading west. Moonalice bands played every night and the travelers had a relaxing smoke after the difficult trek from Salt Lake City. When the railroad came to town, things changed. Life moved much faster. No one had time for music and smoke. They just wanted to get there. But in spite of this, the town that is now Elko persisted and then grew into a thriving community. From humble Moonalice roots, a great moonicipality was born.

According to Moonalice legend, at its height the Moonalice Bar & Bud Stop in present day Elko was the entertainment capital of northeast Nevada. The matriarch in those days was Red Lion Moonalice. Red Lion wasn’t much to look at, but she was a great matriarch. Under her leadership the Bar & Bud Stop innovated like crazy. They created Ladies Night, where Ladies got in free and guys had to pay big time. They had an open mic night, where guys named Mike got in free. They also invented the sports bra. It was actually a sports bar, but the sign painter was dyslexic.

According to Moonalice legend, the great explorer (and bass player) Greyhound Moonalice liked to stop in Elko on his travels west and east. He said he like the Cowboy Poetry Museum. In fact, he liked it so much he opened a Moonalice Poetry Museum of his own. We consulted the Legend, but we could only find one poem. It goes like this.

There once was a player named Alice She gigged playing bass in a palace Then she broke a string Which forced her to sing Which to some in the crowd felt like malice

According to Moonalice legend, today, April 4, is International Landmine Awareness Day. I don’t know if landmines are a problem here in Elko, but we’re not taking any chances. When you leave the show, watch out for land mines.

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Red Lion Hotel & Casino
City, State:	Elko, Nevada
Date:	April 4, 2009
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M160

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Notes

• Benefit for Home Health Services of Elko.
• Bass players: 5 🎸
• Listed in the art database at ExpressoBeans.com.
• Listen to this show at Moonalice.com.

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April 3, 2009 Slim’s, San Fran­cisco, California
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, the tribe has spent the past two years in search of the Howling Monkey. For those of you who are new to the tribe, Howling Monkey is the world’s finest energizing elixer. It is the mead which sustains Hardwood Moonalice and has been manufactured since the end of 2006. Tribe members scoured the land on our behalf and found most of the inventory, saving Hardwood from the foul taste of lesser energy drinks for the past two years.

Our search took us to Charleston, where we found a major clue that took us to Atlanta and then Milwaukee, where the trail went cold. Then the great chief Buckhead Moonalice – who resides in Atlanta – found the Monkey Man himself . . . right here in San Francisco! How classically Moonalice; we spent two years searching the country for something that was right here under our noses all along. This morning, Harwood, Buckhead and I paid a visit to the offices of McKenzie River Company. There we had an audience with the medicine man Howling Monkey Moonalice and his team. We immediately recognized each other as members of the tribe – and exchanged the Moonalice salute. But here is the best news: we’re going to get some more Monkey for Hardwood . . . and perhaps enough for all our fans!!!!

Henceforth, April 3 will be Howling Monkey Day in the tribe. All hail the Monkey!!!!! Best of all, the people who created the Monkey are here with us tonight. Please show them some love!!!!

According to Moonalice legend, the best way to see America is to stay awake and keep your eyes open.

According to Moonalice legend, on this day in 1860, the Pony Express completed its first successful delivery. Few people know that the Pony Express was the successor to a Moonalice delivery service called Pony Whenever. Pony Whenever was exactly what it sounds like, a very unreliable delivery service. The inventor, Notsoquick Moonalice, loaded up a pony with a bale of hemp and sent it off with a whack on the butt. The problem was it never occurred to Notsoquick to use a human rider, so the pony would run just far enough to be out of sight. Then it would stop, dump its load and eat the hemp.

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Slim’s
City, State:	San Francisco, California
Date:	April 3, 2009
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M156

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Notes

• 1 of 5 posters created for CD Release Party.
• Bass players: 5 🎸
• Baked goods: cupcakes 🧁
• Twittercast #1
• Listed in the art database at ExpressoBeans.com.
• Listen to this show now at Moonalice.com.

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