Banana peels

[Henry Musikar]

A-and how about another NYC band, much more banana-fun oriented than 
the VU, David Peel and whatever it was. Lower East side and much more 
Pynchonesque.

On 15 Oct 96 at 12:14, David Nevin Friedman wrote:

> Date:          Tue, 15 Oct 1996 12:14:58 -0400 (EDT)
> From:          David Nevin Friedman <namdeirf at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
> To:            Jules Siegel <jsiegel at pdc.caribe.net.mx>
> Cc:            pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject:       Re: Banana peels

> Speaking of bananas and the East Village, has anyone seen the new
> Velvet Undergroun Boxed Set?  There is a removable vinyl banana on
> the cover of the box.  Aside from the phallic connotations of a
> banana (thanks yet again, Freud) does anyone know if the Velvet
> intended there to be any narcotic effect from bananas?
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Jules Siegel wrote:
> 
> > The banana peel smoking fad of the Summer of Love, 1967, was
> > probably started as a hoax. It somehow became public belief that
> > the dried inside of the banana peel was high in serotonin and
> > would get you high. I remember a parade of banana peel supporters
> > in the East Village, carrying the appropriate banners and wearing
> > banana costumes (very revealing, you can be sure). This was one of
> > the high points of the Summer of Love, itself probably the high
> > point of the psychedelic revolution. -- Jules Siegel Website:
> > http://www.yucatanweb.com/siegel/jsiegel.htm Mail: Apdo. 1764
> > Cancun QR 77501 Mexico Street: Green 16 Paseo Pok-Ta-Pok Zona
> > Hotelera Cancun QR 77500 Mexico Tel: 011-52-98 87-49-18 Fax
> > 87-49-13 E-mail: jsiegel at mail.caribe.net.mx
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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