September 13, 2008 Earth­dance, Lay­tonville, California
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it pisses off the pig.

According to Moonalice legend, the days before Mendocino became a county full of Europeans, it was home to a wide range of native tribes. The Yuki, Pomo, Wintun, and Moonalice coexisted happily for centuries. Legend suggests that the key to their Kumbaya was the high quality hemp products and low tones of the Moonalice tribe. When the Europeans arrived, they discovered the benefits of hemp and music and decided to create California. When California joined the United States in 1850, they did two things. In a stroke of genius, they created Mendocino County. That was brilliant. Then they got greedy. They decided they wanted the Moonalice hemp for themselves, so they got rid of the Yuki, Pomo, and Wintun tribes. Guilt and remorse set in, so the natives of Mendocino county have worked ever since to share their agricultural bounty with the rest of the world.

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Earth­dance – Morning
City, State:	Lay­tonville, California
Date:	September 13, 2008
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M112

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Notes

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

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August 26, 2008 Jewels in the Square, Union Square, San Francisco, California
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, the tribe has always preferred female leadership. Tribal men have always found it easier to say, “yes, dear!” than to come up with ideas of their own, particularly after 4:20 in the afternoon.

I bring this up because the tribe in its heyday was an oasis for independent women. Faced with limited rights in European, Asian, and African cultures, women who wanted respect and political power found a home in the Moonalice tribe. For all intents and purposes, Moonalice had a monopoly on matriarchy as a political system, but the tribe worked hard to spread its philosophy. They didn’t make much progress for hundreds of years, until the women’s suffrage movement took root in urban cultures in the late 19th century. Leveraging its thought leadership, the tribe fought to make suffrage happen as the first step towards matriarchy.

The moment of triumph came 88 years ago today. That’s when the 19th Amendment became law in the United States and women got the right to vote. Unfortunately, the 19th amendment came after the 18th, which was the law that banned alcohol. Prohibition shook the tribe to its core, depleting its numbers and resources at the moment of triumph. As a result, women’s rights stalled for another fifty, sixty, seventy years. But if you heard Michelle Obama’s speech from the Democratic National Convention, you know we’re back on track.

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Jewels in the Square, Union Square
City, State:	San Francisco, California
Date:	August 26, 2008
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M105

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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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August 15, 2008 Summer Sounds, St. Clair Park, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, Greensburg, Pennsylvania began its life as the village of Newton, a stop along the wagon trail from what is now Pittsburgh to what is now Philadelphia. Right after the Revolutionary War, a colonial veteran established an inn right here to cater to teamsters driving wagon loads of hemp from Fort Pitt in the Three Rivers area to Philadelphia. As you may know, hemp was the most important crop in America in those days, due to the essential role of ships of sail in the colonial economy. That first crop of hemp from the Three Rivers region produced excessive flowers, which made it unsuitable for rope. Luckily, ol’ Big Greens Moonalice was sleeping off a hangover out back of the inn in Newton. He arose from his stupor just long enough to demonstrate other uses for flowery hemp, saving the crop and the day. Everyone rejoiced! Philadelphians loved the new hemp products, which caused them to love each other as brothers. And the people of Newton immediately changed the name of their village to Greensburg. The rest, as we say, is legend.

According to Moonalice legend, education is really important. Especially higher education. That’s why we were pleased to see that the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg campus is located in Hempfield Township. Everyone there gets a full Moonalice education. And the local secondary school is called Hempfield High. We are not making this up. Chubby has a Spartan hat to prove it.

According to Moonalice legend, Acadians are French-speaking Canadians who may or may not have been affiliated with the tribe. Uncertainty exists because no one in the Moonalice tribe really knows what an Acadian is. However, they sound like nice people. Plus, they got pushed around a lot, which is also true of the tribe. We raise this because August 15 is Acadian Day. We encourage you to salute Acadians tonight with the herbal remedy of your choice. They may not appreciate it, but you will.

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Summer Sounds, St. Clair Park,
City, State:	Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Date:	August 15, 2008
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M102

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Notes

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

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August 9, 2008 Don Quixote’s, Fel­ton, California
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, August 9 is the designated day when really bad leaders are supposed to resign. Unfortunately, really bad leaders generally lack self-awareness, so they don’t know how bad they are . . . and they generally don’t leave office without help from a firing squad. In fact, the only really bad leader who ever took advantage of the tribe’s Really Bad Leader Resignation Day was Richard Nixon in 1974. Everyone should freshen the air in honor of Tricky Dick’s exit from public life. If enough people do so, perhaps others will follow Nixon’s example.

Felton’s role in the legend has expanded since the last time we were here! According to Moonalice legend, all school age children in the tribe must complete a three-year course in freedom fighting before their 16th birthday. Taught by tribal elders, the course prepares young Moonalice for a life of independence, free from prohibitions. One of the great benefits of the course is the development of immunity to the power trips of others. The best example in recent times occurred in Felton on July 13, LINdependence Day. The Moonalice tribe has campaigned for Freedom from Windows since 1990. While our allegiance is to the fruit of Cupertino, we came tonight in solidarity with the LINdependence Freedom Fighters of Felton. Windows sucks!

According to Moonalice legend, you can lead a horse to water, but why would you want to?

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Don Quixote’s International Music Hall
City, State:	Felton, California
Date:	August 9, 2008
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M99

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Notes

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

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July 24, 2008 Mystic Theatre, Petaluma, California
Moonalice poster by David Singer

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, the hemp fields of Sonoma County are protected by the spirit of Smokitall Moonalice. As a child, Smokitall was nothing special, but he was incredibly impatient. He grew up in a thermonuclear family, with five generations under one roof. All day long, every day, he nagged his family with a single question: are we there yet?

Smokitall was tone deaf, so he had no choice but to go into agriculture. There his impatience produced an innovation: Beaujolais Hemp. Smokitall had an insight: if you harvest hemp when it’s six inches tall, you can smoke the stems. The tribe tried to tell him he was crazy, but Smokitall persisted in his dream. He inhaled prodigious quantities of Beaujolais Hemp, resulting in black lung and early death. His spirit has lived in the fields ever since.

According to a different part of Moonalice legend, the shortest distance between two points doesn’t matter. What matters is how sharp the points are.

Poster Details

Artist:	David Singer
Performers:	Moonalice, Riders of the Purple Sage
Venue:	Mystic Theatre
City, State:	Petaluma, California
Date:	July 24, 2008
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M95

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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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