Posts Tagged ‘Free Bananas’

another shameless plug

Friday, May 29th, 2009

In lieu of posting something worth reading, I am promoting yet another show.

Free Bananas tonight at the Redoux Parlour for the Last Friday Artwalk. 7pm. 780 Blair Blvd. Artwork by Claire Flint.

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Speaking of music, please take a listen to the Reverend John DeLore, whom I had the pleasure of hosting while he passed through Eugene on his national tour. Very good singer/songwriter from Brooklyn, NY.

Superconcert tomorrow!

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at The Indigo District, a concert featuring not one, but two, of my bands–Susurri and Free Bananas!

Early show. 7:30 PM. $5. 21+. Opening for The Janks, from Los Angeles. Also playing is local band The Chorus.

http://www.myspace.com/susurri
http://www.myspace.com/freebananas
http://www.myspace.com/wearethechorus
http://www.myspace.com/thejanks

And now for a sneak preview of the origins of Free Bananas:

"San Francisco Bay Blues" by Jesse Fuller, the original one-man band.

Free Bananas!

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Status update: content, quiet, tired, sometimes active, sometimes inactive. Riding my bike is fun in this town–up and down the hills, through the neighborhoods and parks, pissing off the cars. Saturday I was downtown, riding, looking to the sky at the brewing storm. It came, slowly, with a warm breeze and sunshine, then torrential downpour, as I took refuge in the nearest bar I could find. Sunday night I was riding a greenway in the dark, and a coyote crossed my path. Monday night, riding up 51st by my house, the passenger in a car threw the car’s cigarette lighter at me, hitting my shoulder. I almost caught up to them at a stoplight, their lighter in hand. On another note, I like to take ‘er easy. Early to bed, early to rise. Always a good night for a dumpster dive. Another aside, I have been helping out the kids in Food Not Bombs, cooking up delicious food in bulk on Sunday afternoons, serving it downtown to all the kind streetfolk. Last time, I dished up my kale specialty, with a hint of garam masala.

Enough talk, here are some fresh posters. Fresh Free Bananas posters. Each one is different–I pulled all sorts of backgrounds from the scrap piles. There are some real gems in here, but you must see them in person. My photographs are pretty terrible and heavily Photoshop-ed–ain’t no good lighting in the shop. But you get the idea:

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And I finished one today–a souvenir poster, for all them tourists wandering through the shop:

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And for good measure, here is a photo of manager Jim Sherraden printing on his massive press:

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