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Moon Man Landing in Joshua Tree, CA

Moon Man
9" x 14" edition of 6 on archival paper
Signed and numbered
Installation in Joshua Tree, California installed June 3, 2011.

Made out of wood, canvas, paint, spray paint, some souped-up Converse Earth boots, an earth-grade fish bowl and a lot of duct tape, Ralph the Moon Man made his first visit to Earth to plant a moon flag in payback to the American flags planted on the moon. This photograph of the momentous event is evidence that this happened and a harbinger that it may happen again, at any time.

Art for the people of Earth!

Love Always,
The Moon
$65

Here are some installation shots:

Moon Man Set to Land in Joshua Tree, Plant Flag

There are six American flags on the surface of the moon, one for every Apollo landing and base that was set up during the missions to the moon.

The original flag cost $5.50, presumably off a Hardware store shelf. The team who engineered it operated in secrecy, as planting a flag on the moon in the first place was a delicate issue: the United States was side-stepping its own international treaty which "bans the national appropriation of outer space or any celestial bodies."

The waviness in the flag is a result of the faulty telescoping rod on the top, which the flag was sewn around. The astronauts struggled with getting the rod to extend all they way (you can see this in the footage) but did the best they could, hence the ripples in the flag.

Because NASA wanted all of the flags to have a similar look, they engineered the following telescoping rods for each remaining flag to have this flaw, which gives the flag the appearance of waviness.

At this point, there is speculation that the flags are now either bleached white by the sun or possibly were destroyed during the lift off of the lunar module(s).

To see them setting up the first flag:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1B2UPkelNw

For more on this, check out this article:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Apollo11MoonLanding/story?id=8113235&page=1

-Rob Faucette

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Baltimore Peckertracks

Dick Skidmark, the Fearless Leader of the Baltimore Peckertracks, the most famous team never heard of.



Despite his paunch, Shambles was an impeccable first baseman as well as a clunky base-stealer: his slides typically turned to somersaults and rolls into base, spikes out. His characteristic slouch came from his early days as a coal miner in Pennsylvania as a boy.



Chauncey's contribution to the game: He was the first man in baseball to sport a moustache. Some of his team-mates soon follewed, among them: one-eyed pitcher Bo Peepers, Pancake Williams, and Curly Dacus.

Early Baltimore Peckertrack Cards

The Baltimore Peckertracks were a AAAA ball club in the teens and twenties, but crashed with the stock market crash of 1929. Notable players included Thaddeus Clubberfoot, Dick Skidmark, Curly Dacus, Hoke Tithonker, and Salty Shambles. One of their finest pitchers, albeit it short lived, was none other that Bo Peepers, who lost his eye in either a brothel accident or on the farm, depending on whose story you believe. He and the team's catcher, Sparky Pooternips, both played in the Great Game of 1927.

This is perhaps the earliest known card of Bo Peepers, commonly referred to as the Orange Card. It is ultra rare as Peeper's eye patch is on the wrong eye, as he was 'right-eyed'.


Although the condition is fair to poor for this card, it is an early printers proof of this Peeper's action card.


The great Sparky Pooternips

Shangri la

Shangri la - June 26, 2010 - Joshua Tree, California.



Girl Friend Beer is a product without an actual product. This is an on-going project. Girl Friend Beer acted as a sponsor for Shangrila.



Eight 30-packs of name brand beers were purchased, unpackaged, re-labeled, and re-packaged.



One Hundred Coozies were made and distributed.



We stayed at the Joshua Tree Inn



There was Cowboy art on the walls



And Ice Cold Girl Friends in the Fridge



A series of signs were installed that led up from the highway to the site



1. Shangrila/Turn Left Here








2. The Ballad of Sam McGee










3. Tell Your Ma






Installation shots:

spray paint and oil on canvas on plywood, 40" x 96"