Getting Laid Off – Haiku
Someone cut the light while I worked. It surprised me. Click. Black ribbons falling.
Author: fiftystatebanana
Obscurity is eternal.
The Most Unreasonable Request I Ever Honored During My Trendy Waiter Days
Click this to listen to Beck’s “Broken Train” off Midnite Vultures while reading blog entry. I was waiting tables at a trendy Thai restaurant going full-bore on a Friday night when … Continue reading The Most Unreasonable Request I Ever Honored During My Trendy Waiter Days
Beck’s new album Morning Phase, streaming – check it
Beck’s new album Morning Phase It’s gorgeous, stunningly beautiful arrangements, harking back to the melancholy shores of Sea Change. If Gilbert O’Sullivan and Boards of Canada had a baby, it … Continue reading Beck’s new album Morning Phase, streaming – check it
“I’m so out of …
“I’m so out of ideas I’m painting soup cans and bananas, for Christ sakes!” Bill Hader as Andy Warhol in Men in Black III (2012)
Pussy Riot – Putin Will Teach You How to Love
Straight outta of Sochi! If you stop for a moment and think – this is real, these people are being beaten by cops and was that a whip? – these … Continue reading Pussy Riot – Putin Will Teach You How to Love
A Big Fracking Mess!
Look at this map. This is scary as shit. I had no idea I lived in a crater of death. Look at the huge number of wells with no … Continue reading A Big Fracking Mess!
Doc Ellis and the LSD No-No
No Mas presents cool video of Doc Ellis’s anecdote of the 1971 no-hitter he pitched against the San Diego Padres apparently scoobied on blotter acid. One of those characters, pitcher … Continue reading Doc Ellis and the LSD No-No
I Still Rock the Vinyl in 2014 – Led Zeppelin – Presence
This is a 1971 Admiral solid state with some ghetto speakers spliced in. Fire extinguisher because rock ‘n’ roll is red hot.
Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll Hilarity: Venom frontman Cronos
Venom frontman Cronos banters with crowd at City Gardens in New Jersey. Freakin hilarious! BTW this recording circulated for years around NYC and is referenced in a Beastie Boys song … Continue reading Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll Hilarity: Venom frontman Cronos
Lost Lounge: A Ten-Year Search for a Solid State Record Player
I used to have a solid state KLH record player. The speakers and the turntable fit in a sky blue hard shell suitcase. You removed the top, unstrapped and plugged … Continue reading Lost Lounge: A Ten-Year Search for a Solid State Record Player
Sunset, a one hour oil painting
Oil, 12″ x 16″ I’m only doing landscapes this year. BTW I just farted turpentine. That’s not good. Here’s the painting with original photo.
Glorious, beautiful real-time animation of Earth’s wind patterns
Glorious, beautiful real-time animation of Earth’s wind patterns Realtime gorgeous animation of Earth’s wind currents.
Fifty State Banana 