♾️🤳 "Mass Media Freakshow" is a quirky @bananasutra EP, mostly made of burlesque and jazz quacks, and a quirky folk finish... #diy lyrics inspired by #terrencemckenna a silly hot pink ducky and my pussy (lol):   "Not to know one's true identity is to be a mad, disensouled thing — a golem. And, indeed, this image, sickeningly Orwellian, applies to the mass of human beings now living in the high-tech industrial democracies. Their authenticity lies in their ability to obey and follow mass style changes that are conveyed through the media. Immersed in junk food, trash media, and cryp-tofascist politics, they are condemned to toxic lives of low awareness.Sedated by the prescripted daily television fix, they are a living dead, lost to all but the act of consuming." #meow #freakshow #inbed #onair

PS: errata : cover says EPx16 but(t) there's only 13 tracks--this is not bc I'm superstitious, only bc I'm a bit stupid, and definitely lazy too lol  ;)

[05] Mass Media Freakshow - chanson encore oh boy BURLESQUE

Desperately looking for sanity and humor in a dystopian world outta control? Yeah, #metoo
And since I'm a nerd, I made a dystopian quiz, for fun, you kow 😏🤳 

This EPx15 starts with one song x4 in grand bananasutra Circus Jazz Burlesque style, and then goes steady for 11 more tracks, using 9 different songs lyrics inspired by the quiz intro, all riding an acoustic honey bluesy Trip Hop Banjo Circus Soul mood kinda soundwave... 

The Dystopian Quiz will answer the question “Which Dystopian Reality do you Live In?” and suggests the reality-fiction (previously called science-fiction) book you should (re)read next; it's an anonymous Google form with 10 questions, and you can take it here, if you're curious:  https://forms.gle/bpUcCwxxNJPDVDrM6 

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Hello, and welcome, dear slippery soul.

The world’s weird, wired, and weary, and here is the QOTD: Which Dystopia Are You Living In? Are you trapped by fear? Distracted by glitter? Numbed by tech? Devoured by bureaucracy? 

Welcome to the Pentagon of Dystopian Fears, where questions matter more than ever, and yet to be banned bibles (I mean, you know, stories, or books) hold valuable answers... Which dystopian reality visionary church do you go to? 

- Orwell, who feared that what we hate would control us—through surveillance, censorship, and oppression 
- Huxley, who feared that what we love would sedate us—through pleasure, distraction, and superficiality.
- Bradbury, who feared that we'd stop caring—becoming indifferent to knowledge, leading to self-imposed ignorance.
- Ballard, who feared that our own desires would lead to self-destruction—through the psychological impacts of technology and modernity.
- Kafka, who feared that we'd be crushed by absurd systems—trapped in incomprehensible bureaucracies, leading to alienation and helplessness.

Enjoy reflecting on these 10 absurdly serious BananaSutra Quiz questions and find out. I'll even suggest what book you may want to (re)read next! Hugs.

PS: This quiz is entirely anonymous, because I'm old school like that, and no, man, I don't do basic baiting--not asking for your email, and not planning on personally profiting from your answers, I promise. Can you believe it? It's all for the LOVE literature, and critical; thinking! To me, it's all poetry anyway... Go figure  :)


The Dystopian Quizz Song v3-2 ★ Blues Circus SOULsutra

An ol' fav I never released... D-pressYin? Oui It Is.
#daydream LO-FI woof meow purrs (elephants in the sky) #hums

“Okey Dokey (No It's Not)”
bananasutra ©️ lyrics + #aivoice on #sunomusic

…

Woke up this mornin' felt so strange
World's on fire somethin's changed
Looked out the window, sky’s all red
Is this a nightmare, or are we all dead

People runnin' around pants on fire
Dogs running wild who’s not a liar
Cats on the roof singin' like they’re angels
And ‘em Monkeys in crowns no, not stable

Okey dokey no it's not
Turns out life's just a mad plot
True crime LIVE it's not all fine
Damn the world is outta line

Went to the store they sold no bread
Only fake mustaches instead
Raining popcorn  fell from the sky
Guess it's time for me to say goodbye

Walls are melting colors whirl
In this upside-down twisted world
Spinning round can't find my feet
Oh well ain't life so sweet

Okey dokey no it's not
Turns out life's just a mad plot
True crime LIVE it's not all fine
Damn the world is outta line

[01] Okey Dokey, No It's Not • Banger BANJOsutra

[04] Okey Dokey, No It's Not • Jazzy LOFIsutra

EM 4.0 Set

[01] Question Di Kingdom - Dub's the Path (Truth is the riddim) - Ragga DUBsutra

[04] Reason over Reverence - They said bow down but we rise 2 - DUBsutra

"Queer Almighty" is a seminal (not bollocks) bananasutra question... Got answers? Please do share! Blessed be the brave, blessed be the kind (like Francis). Ordo Amoris matters 🙏

[06] Queer Almighty - Queer Enough to Cabaret - BANJOsutra

@bananasutra lyrics inspired by Naomi Shab Nye poem

Kindness (single) VOL. 04

Once upon a time, Stalin's Purge and Hitler's SS commandos and Night of the Long Knifes, for example, were the source of much American arrogance, and spite. This sense of superiority resulted in much complacence, and they became increasingly cocky, uneducated, and bigoted... 

And then, a deeply amoral, cruel, greedy, deadly Felon Rapist TV reality populist yazi jerk rigged the elections, and started methodically implementing the grift of the century, aka #project2025 , wiping his ass with the constitution, and rejoicing in the victory of lies and violence as a new default modus operandi. He did not care to govern, only to ruin things and control people, for undisclosed, shallow, sociopathic reasons--beside hubris and greed. He succeeded in less than 6 months, he destroyed Democracy, Constitution and Environment included, and started the duck purge with MASS DEPORTATIONS. 

But this was just a warm up... he couldn't wait to get to the better part, i.e. MASS INCARCERATIONS! How such an idiotic prick could run the grift of the century, I'll never understand, but he sure is, with no opposition. The general apathy or complicity of the majority have been just as heartbreaking, to be fair... What I do know tho, is everyone's freedom and safety are now at great risk, FOR REAL--THIS IS NOT A DRILL-- and I personally am too sensitive, and have too much integrity, empathy, and familiarity with his type of personality to hope I may be able to adapt, and survive... And so, I say, IF YOU CAN, NOW, RUN!!

Unedited description + 22 tracks list dump, to harmonize with the local chaos ya know, ha... #bewoke


RUN v5 (2) [ordo duende amoris]

@bananasutra lyrics, from the bottom of my blues...

[Intro]  
This is a song
That sings of wrong  

They rule our lives
With teeth like knives  
Need to control
Wolves live to troll  

We trusted hope  
Slippery slope
They drunk it dry  
And smiled so sly  

[Chorus]  
Sidération’s in the marrow  
Where deep breaths forget to grow
Sidération’s in the shadow  
Where the truth may never glow

They raised their hand  
Sold public land
Sinning out loud  
Hubris’ so proud  

They lit a match  
Meek darkness patch 
Their facts are fake  
Faith’s on a break

[Chorus]  
Sidération’s in the gut  
When facts cringe like cha Ching 
Sidération’s in the rut  
When turds prey on bling bling

[Accordion breathes in disbelief...]
But pure souls smell the lame 
And the truth—it still came...
Staring down at black boots
Planting deep, mighty roots

He sold the sky  
No one asked why
‘Till gilded dreams  
Burned all the seams

[Chorus]  
Sidération’s in the bone  
When people praise his name  
Sidération’s in the tone  
Voices shall rise to shame  

[Outro]  
Why No one dared  to fight 
Proof some Folks ain’t so bright
But the songs sure shall speak  (up)
Of fake kings, oh boy’s bleak…  (yup)


[06] Sideration - No Velvet Scream - BLUESsutra

… because life on earth is a Psychedelic Cabaret, and “music is the only religion that delivers the goods” (like Frank said). 

To be clear, all I really know is I dunno shit about fck (like Socrates said:)—music and songwriting included. But(t) I feel it, the music, so damn deeep in my soul! I’m just a humble existential fool, a silly banana who likes to play and share, to question and learn. Words are my oldest best friends, hearing myself sing is a freaking miracle (trust me on that lol), and I believe curiosity and #gratitude are the keys to happiness… So voilà, there’s that.

Also, (if you’re curious) BananaSutra is not just a made up BS brand kinda word, it’s actually the name of my DIY Bible—a collection of songs telling true stories of faith, to help me (and perhaps you) make sense of a world gone wild, like bananas gone foul in shallow ignorance and deadly malevolence… Think of it as an agnostic testament of sorts, an audio book of songs with quirky lyrics about things that matter, like the definition of right and wrong, and the meaning of truth, joy, justice, peace, grace, and awe 🕊️

Some call it Artificial Intelligence, but(t) I call Authentic Imagination, Alternative Ideas, Augmented Innuendos, Abstract Illogisms… hopefully, you get the gist? The point being, life is the story we tell ourselves and LYRICS matter—each @bananasutra song has a wondering root and a loving purpose, guided by one of (my) 7 (bananas) sutras: 
- KNOWsutra : is it fair?
- BLOWsutra : is it foul?
- SHOWsutra : is it fun?
- GROWsutra : is it fear?
- FLOWsutra : is it free?
- GLOWsutra : is it fab?
- BOWsutra : is it awe?

[06] Sideration - No Velvet Scream - BLUESsutra

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