Sky Nation - A Parody.

DENVER – Sky Nation, the annual worldwide concert series warning of the dangers of the sky falling, took place yesterday. Sky Nation headquarters, based in Denver, CO, announced that there were concerts in several cities throughout the world. “We are glad to have concerts in Timbuktu, several villages in Outer Mongolia and Paris, as well as Denver,” said foundation president Lewis Upchuck. “It is our goal that by having these concerts, we can really raise sky-fall awareness and effect change.”

Falling sky, or sky-fall, is the phenomenon wherein the earth’s atmosphere lowers toward the ground. “The sky has been falling at a rate of 2.5 cm per year. We first noticed this in 1978, thanks to satellite readings,” said Fred LoDacrappe, researcher at the University of Colorado. “We know that the sky has been rising and falling for eons, but we have come to realize that the sky is now falling at an alarmingly abnormal rate.” Scientists believe that human freedom and individuality are the main causal factors of sky-fall. “If people would all just do as I say, then I believe we could bring sky-fall under control. But as long as the masses are resistant to the cultural elite telling them what to do and how to think, we can expect the sky to continue to fall.”

Official Sky Nation reports indicate that at least several people attended the concerts. In Timbuktu, a group of nomads was seen passing by the concert there at one point and was factored into the number of attendees. A Parisian family of twelve attended the French concert, which broke the previous year’s record attendance of seven. In Denver, the entire population of Boulder attended for the third straight year.

The Little Chix were among the bands performing at Denver’s concert this year. “Why can’t we all just do as we’re told?” asked band front man Charlie Mayer. “The sky is falling, and that’s not up for debate. We have to stop thinking for ourselves, or else something bad might happen, I guess. I mean, that’s what I was told.”