BANANA UPDATE: Banana sex cult leader hunted by police in Papua New Guinea

Police in Papua New Guinea police are hunting the leader of a sex cult who promised villagers a bumper banana harvest if they had sex in public. From the London Telegraph.
The man and his followers fled naked into the wilderness when police tried to arrest them at the weekend, the Post Courier newspaper reported. It said the villagers in Morobe province, about 120 miles north of the capital Port Moresby, had been promised their banana harvest would increase 10-fold every time they had sex in public. It said the cult leader was wanted for a range of alleged offences over the past four months, including threatening people and illegal sexual activity. Inspector Adam Busil said officers had surrounded the man's hut early on Saturday but he refused to come out. The suspect then made a dash for freedom with about seven naked followers. "He used his two wives as a human shield to avoid being shot at by the policemen," he said.
"They were called on to surrender but they refused." He said extra officers were being called in to track down the members of the group.

BANANA UPDATE: BANANAS

Artist, antiques dealer & fellow CCA(C) alum Andy Phares of Alameda, CA sent me this fantastic kid's magazine from 1978 (I remember ordering Bananas, Hot Dog! & Dynamite from the book order). It awesome combines two of my current obsessions: Chinese Newspapers & Jewish pencil toppers. Thanks Andy!

BANANA UPDATE: BROWN SPOTS

Brown Spots, a portrait of Andy Warhol by Basquiat (1984). Lars Ulrich almost made me lose my interest in Basquiat, but luckily i was able to come to my senses. When a painting sells for $14 million it really does change everything. What it does not change, however, is the fact that Brown Spots is a fantastic painting & a fantastic concept. It's a shame Basquiat hasn't been here to continue his work, imagine all the stuff he'd have done from then (1988) until now! Live artists are better, as they are able to antagonize the poncy wankers that collect their work. Period. &, my son Henry's first word is quite possibly BANANA.