Piñataland is a Brooklyn-based musical group created by David Wechsler and Doug Stone. Their songs are often about obscure historical events and people,Interview with Douglas Stone, Swordfish: Justin Vellucci on Music. Originally published in Delusions of Adequacy, September 27, 2004.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 ("Coney Island Funeral") The spiritualist John Murray Spear ("Dream of the New Mary") The journalist William Cobbett's efforts to rebury Thomas Paine ("American Man") Edward Leedskalnin'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
[ Pinataland on Allmusic] Pinataland: Musical History, National Public Radio
Pinataland: Best dark old-weird-history orchestrette, Pinataland in Village Voice's Best of 2004