April 1, 2010 Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz, California
Moonalice poster by Ron Donovan

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, UC Santa Cruz is home to the Grateful Dead archive. Contrary to popular belief, the archive is not a dumpster full of paper masquerading as a tax deduction. It’s treasure trove waiting for anthropological study. But are you aware of the Moonalice Papers? They are more modest in scale and more functional in mission. I have a pack of 40 Moonalice papers here. Best thing is you don’t need to be an anthropologist to enjoy them.

According to Moonalice legend, today is Edible Book Day. The concept of edible books is new to us, but apparently not to foodies. The festival is organized around a website – books2eat.com – where the contestants sent photos today of book-like food that they will eat tonight. We are celebrating Edible Book Day with a short story called, “Cupcake.” Crystal has examples.

According to Moonalice legend, today is the 53rd anniversary of the greatest April Fool’s joke stunt ever on television. On this day in 1957, the BBC current affairs program Panorama aired a 3-minute segment on the record spaghetti harvest in Switzerland. They showed farmers harvesting spaghetti from spaghetti trees and giving thanks for the absence of the spaghetti weevil. This was before the pasta craze in England, so lots of people called in to find out if spaghetti trees would grow in English gardens.

According to Moonalice legend, today is the 40th anniversary of the day when tobacco companies were required to add warning labels to cigarettes. We take great comfort from the fact that no such warning label is required on hemp products.

Poster Details

Artist:	Ron Donovan
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Moe’s Alley
City, State:	Santa Cruz, California
Date:	April 1, 2010
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M259

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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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September 17, 2009 Jew­els in the Square, Union Square, San Fran­cisco, California
Moonalice poster by Ron Donovan

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, September 17 is one of the great days in the history of the tribe. Every few years, something incredible happens on this day. In 1630, it was the founding of the city of Boston. In 1776, they founded the San Francisco Presidio. In 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia. In 1814, Francis Scott Key finished the Star Spangled Banner. In 1859, Emperor Norton I began his reign here in San Francisco. In 1862, September 17 saw the Civil War’s bloodiest battle – Antietam. In 1920, they formed the NFL. In 1991, Linux was released. And today, we are playing this free show in Union Square. This gig may not be as big a deal as the signing of the Constitution, but we thinks it ranks right up there with Emperor Norton and the NFL.

According to Moonalice legend, the tribe played a role in the creation of San Francisco’s cable cars. In its early days, San Francisco’s growth was constrained by the challenge of getting people and stuff up the hills. The city solicited proposals to remedy the situation. The Moonalice tribe, which was never big on exercise or hard work, suggested that the city provide a supply of hemp buds at the bottom of every street to eliminate the desire to go up hill. The city rejected that idea and went with cable cars instead. To add insult to injury, the city built the system with metal cables, rather than hemp rope. In the end, the tribe got involved the old fashioned way, by providing passengers – and perhaps even cable car employees – with the finest hemp products in the land.

Poster Details

Artist:	Ron Donovan
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	Jew­els in the Square, Union Square
City, State:	San Francisco, California
Date:	September 17, 2009
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M214

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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 29, 2009 The Mint, Los Angeles, California
Moonalice poster by Ron Donovan

Legend

According to Moonalice legend, the University of Southern California may be considering the formation of a Department of Crypto-Zoology. Crypto-Zoology is the study of creatures that no one has ever seen . . . and it is one of the core academic fields of Moonalice scholars. We just got back from Alaska, where we hunted for the Common Rhino Puffin and the Arctic Hippo. The Rhino Puffin is reported to have an invisible horn that it uses to spear fish. The Arctic Hippo is exceptionally large and is rumored to disguise itself as a boulder in rivers or a small island in larger bodies of water. While we had no confirmed sightings, we are pleased to report evidence of the presence of both Crypto-Critters. Around here, we are in hot pursuit of the Fire Breathing Knucklehead, a near sighted member of the moron family that may be responsible for the forest fires around here. If Crypto-Zoology sounds like your kind of academic field, we would encourage you to write the president of USC and demand the creation of a new department. The president’s name is Steven Sample. We have the address and phone number if you are interested.

According to Moonalice legend, a great mystery exists about why LA doesn’t have a professional football team. You used to have a football team. More than one, in fact. But that experiment was apparently deemed to be a failure. Why? We consulted the Legend and discovered the truth. It turns out that professional football in LA posed a threat to the Moonalice way of life. Each year the local hemp harvest suffered as crops went to seed while LA fans stayed glued to their games. You can imagine the quality crisis that resulted from this. It was clear that LA just wasn’t able to balance a life of hemp AND professional football. Obviously, the football addiction had to go. We feel bad about that, but hemp must always take precedence over fun and games.

According to Moonalice legend, August 29 has been an important day in history. Today is the 43rd anniversary of the Beatles’ last concert. On this day in 1786, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers was the first tax rebellion in America. Shays Rebellion accomplished nothing other than inspiration for generations of birthers and tea baggers. Today is also the 167th anniversary of the Treaty of Nanking, which ended the first opium war. How they all got it together to have a second opium war after that is beyond us. Elsewhere in war news, today is the 148th anniversary of the Second Battle of Bull Run, where the 420 Moonalice signal brigade distinguished itself with billows of hemp smoke that confused the Yankees and motivated the Confederate soldiers to victory.

According to Moonalice legend, today is New Year’s Day in ancient Egypt. It would also be Charlie Parker’s 89th birthday. It is also the birthday of Ingrid Bergman, who also died on this day a few years later.

Poster Details

Artist:	Ron Donovan
Performers:	Moonalice
Venue:	The Mint
City, State:	Los Angeles, California
Date:	August 29, 2009
Printer:	PsPrint
Dimensions:	12.75 in. x 17.25 in.
Medium:	Offset Lithograph
Paper:	14 pt
Series:	Moonalice M201

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Notes

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