It's the music, Erni, not the monster. Have you ever had to listen to bagpipes for more than 30 seconds? The thought of that 'music' makes be go oh Nooooooooooooooooooo

After seeing some of these horrible photos I think I'll stick to Mars bars...and my alto recorder. val

this is nice- Anna is such a nice person- had the chance to meet her a few times in SanFrancisco. I will try to go bananas sufficiently for this group. Dawg

Is this group "Going Bananas", "Gone Banana's" or just plain "Bananas" !!!!

Look what I saw docked...don't tell me they made it to the US already!!???

MISSING!!!!

REWARD OF A BUNCH OF BANANAS.... FOR....

NEWS AND/OR A SIGHTING OF DEAN

Where is our Big Banana?

I think he's split.

Just back from going Bananas in the Canary Islands where I had funny Banana Ice Cream on a stick, a Banana Split (of course), and my greatest discovery was bananas on my vegetarian pizza!!!  Yes, you must try putting bananas on pizza the next time you make one, you will be pleasently surprised.

Welcome to Carina, Madawag & Amy.  But I must warn you, now that you are in the Banana Band, the Paparazzi will be following you everywhere.

Welcome back to our leader; it was a long, quiet week in the banana group.

Warning note to Carina, Madawag and Amy: Beware Papa Razzi.

Mama PapaRazzi can be pretty nasty too.

Great! (Where does mama Razzi keep her bananas?)

Ok, I am bananas today!   This piece was laying on top of my mail pile.  It arrived the day before I left for vacation, so I set it aside to scan when I returned home.  This morning, still suffering from jet lag, and not wearing my glasses, I thought "WOW", that would make a great banana, mail art piece.  When I put my glasses on, I found.......Yikes!  It is Great Banana Mail already!  Dean made this card for me.  I don't know how I forgot it.  It looked so new & fresh and had three (3) bananas.....  That was all I could see without my glasses.....  The back is funny too!  Thank you again, Dean.  :-)

 I have a photo that I took while on vacation shows actual, captured, bananas under refrigeration. Will post at another time with a banana story.

My "BANANA DOMINO PLATE":

Banana Domino Plate: 3 thumbs UP !

Welcome to Mike.  But I must warn you Mike, now that you are in the Banana Band, the Paparazzi will be following you everywhere. (A Ha, the photo uploaded today.  Look at the intense concentration on this guy, very serious stuff!)

This is my first banana-related artistamp. It was a tribute to Anna Banana:

WOW Mike, a real work of art.  Can you really draw a banana?  I have to cut them out of supermarket ads.  I always think about the guy who has his master's in photography from a big University, and his job is to take photos of bananas for supermarket ads.  I wonder if he gets to eat his subjects after the photo shoot?

Welcome back, Big Banana! And welcome to the newbie bananas, too! Dean is back from his trip to the Canary Islands, and i am away on my trip to Athens. Last night thought of ya awl while I ate a banana/choco cream pie (small piece)!

Those are too ripe. About 12 brown spots too many.

Great photos and I can't wait until the video comes out.

Racism, football and bananas (from the BBC)

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Anzhi Makhachkala have criticised Lokomotiv Moscow's "interference" after the Moscow club claimed its fans did not throw a banana at Chris Samba.

Lokomotiv spokesman Denis Novoselov angered Anzhi vice-president German Chistyakov by saying it was "thrown by a fan of the Dagestani [Anzhi]".

Chistyakov said: "It seems FC Lokomotiv is trying to interfere in the investigation... with this statement.

"We are confident this is nothing but an absolute nonsense and foolishness."

Anzhi had called on Lokomotiv to identify the fan who threw a banana at former Blackburn defender Samba in Sunday's game, which hosts Lokomotiv won 1-0.

Sounds like a good deal, Erni. I should apologize for my bad attitude about overripe bananas--it slips out every now and then.

Janine: it was a report about a football match, in which the supporters of one team threw a banana at a black player of the other team. The banana is seen as a form of racist abuse towards black players. It is pure racism: do not try and understand it as it is not worth the effort.

Val

Thanks for the explaination Val, I was on the same line as Janine.  OH football, that's where I bow out.

Its a Friday!

This is one of my first Bananafish stickers. I created the character as tribute to J. D. Salinger's short story "Perfect Day for Bananafish" in 1976 first as sculpture and later as a graphic for my Mail Art:

This is an excerpt from the story:

This is what the 3-D version looks like (the piece is called: "A Hot Day for Bananafish"):

Very good bananafish sticker, Mike Dickau. I remember that story. And the dominoes with banana--it just does something for me in a big way though I don't know why. Just does. 

More Mike, More Mike, and then what happens to them?  Great story, scary in fact, might we be related somehow?

It is Freudian symbol-laced tale of madness-not a happy ending. My imagined bananafish (double-phallic symbol) goes on and survives in my world as sculptures, Mail Art, etc-in a surreal, existential, pop-funk kind of way...

"Stranger on the Shore":

Let me guess, Janine has really gone Bananas!  And Erni as well with his Anna Banana stamps.  What is the world coming to when Germans and Swiss go bananas?   Does this mean that you can now wash and hang out your clothes on a Sunday?

And go shoppingon a 'long' Saturday?

Great come back Erni, you amaze me.  Very funny.

You two are surely Bananas.  Where do you get this stuff?  I like the photo of Erni's bedroom!

Oh Sorry, I thought that was your bedroom and not a Banana Museum.  Well the Banana Museum is now on my list of things to see, but I'm afraid it is after the train museum in Hamburg.

Awww. Erni saves Janine from Mean Dean. That is sweet.

OH sorry Janine, the photo with the man in stocks with a banana in his ear is very nice.  There Nancy, is that good enough?

  But really Janine, I did like the female winking Banana... and not wearing a shirt?

I have sympathy for everyone, now including Dean. Some new photos will follow shortly. An incredible banana discovery.

Ok, this morning my cat Ramsay walked two blocks to the beach (by herself!) and found an asemic banana lying on the sand. A drugged-up neighbor watched her bite it open and eat the banana flesh, and she then dragged the skin home, with asemics fairly intact. Ramsay was exhausted, I thought banana flesh would provide more sustenance than that. She dropped it on the floor of my studio, and my camera took three photos, one every four hours. Now the banana skin is dead and the asemics have become one with the overripe skin and I've had to put it out for garbage pickup tomorrow to avoid fruit flies.  

Ever seen one of these? Me neither. Just felt it was my duty to report it. 

An asemic banana, this takes all. Dean is going to go bananas when he sees this tomorrow. Good kitty Ramsay.

Brillant Nancy, very funny and I am laughing.  I actually think your cat wrote on the banana.  I can see in one part it looks like it reads; "I want Friskies Banana Flavor" 

Well a big WELCOME to Alicia who joins the Banana Band at a very funny time ... Dean is in hot water with Janine, and Erni is sending Janine rolled up bananas that looks like hearts.  The TV series is meant to be coming out this Fall, and don't worry, we will find a part for you.  Maybe Dean's body guard?

Cool Cats in Paris?  Well here they are: VIDEO LINK:  http://youtu.be/bzG9O_2Avcs

I received a banana card from PC (Tic Tac), and note she has her own banana stamps!   I have heard of this 1994 film: Bananas is my Business, abut I have never seen it. I'll be looking out for the DVD the next time I go shopping.  But maybe it was just a hit in Germany?  Thank you PC, I must peel one off to you soon.

And look at this collection of Banana stickers:

Up coming events and Banana stamps from Anna Banana.  What does one do with Banana stamps?

OH my Centre Pompidou?  I don't know.  I still trying to get Erni into the Louvre!

What did Mr. Banana say to Vizma's Red Bag?

Go on Katerina, complete the trilogy: Banana + Red Bag + Arty Slide!

The red bag is great.  I didn't know it was flat.  That Vizma! asking us to send it around and put things in it!

Nor did we know it was SOOOO BIG!

Well well--you ARE a distinguished white bag, Erni.