Piñataland is a Brooklyn-based musical group created by David Wechsler and Doug Stone. Their songs are often about obscure historical events and people,
Pinataland: Musical History
''National Public Radio'' including:
*The pygmy Ota Benga ("Ota Benga's Name")
*The painter John Banvard ("The Ballad of John Banvard")
*The daredevil Sam Patch ("The Fall of Sam Patch")
*The elephant Topsy Topsy may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Topsy, a character in the novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''
* Topsy, a character in the 2018 film ''Mary Poppins Returns''
* ''Topsy and Eva'', a 1928 film based on ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''
* ''Topsy and Tim'', ...
("Coney Island Funeral")
*The spiritualist John Murray Spear
John Murray Spear (September 16, 1804 – October 5, 1887) was an American Spiritualist minister who was most known for his attempts to construct an electrically powered Messiah which he referred to as the "New Motive Power".
Early life
Spea ...
("Dream of the New Mary")
*The journalist William Cobbett's efforts to rebury Thomas Paine ("American Man")
*Edward Leedskalnin
Edward Leedskalnin ( lv, Edvards Liedskalniņš) (January 12, 1887 – December 7, 1951) was a Latvian immigrant to the United States and self-taught engineer who single-handedly built the Coral Castle in Florida, added to the National Reg ...
's Coral Castle ("Latvian Bride")
*The Inuit Minik Wallace ("If Ice Were Warm")
Pinataland have often performed at historical sites such as the Old Stone House (Brooklyn), the Cobble Hill Tunnel, and Green-Wood Cemetery. They have also covered historical tunes, such as President John Quincy Adams' campaign song "Little Know Ye Who's Comin'".
Discography
*''Piñataland'' - EP (1997)
*''Songs from Konijn Kok'' - EP (1999)
*''Songs for the Forgotten Future Volume 1'' (2003)
*''Songs for the Forgotten Future Volume 2'' (2008)
*''Hymns for the Dreadful Night'' (2011)
References
External links
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* Pinataland on Allmusic
Pinataland: Musical History
''National Public Radio''
Pinataland article in New York Observer
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Pinataland: Best dark old-weird-history orchestrette
Pinataland in Village Voice's Best of 2004
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Alternative rock groups from New York (state)
Musical groups established in 1998