"A.I." (To the tune of “Hey Ya” by Andre 3000)
"A.I." (To the tune of E.I. by Nelly)
"Make Tha Trap Say A.I." (To the tune of “Make Tha Trap Say Aye” by OJ Da Juiceman)
"You Can Call Me A.I." (To the tune of “You Can Call Me Al” by Paul Simon)
"UC Davis A.I.s" (To the tune of “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes)
"A.I. For Yayo" (To the tune of "Ayo For Yayo" by Andre Nickatina)
ENCORE(?):
Singularity (Put A Chip In It) (To the tune of "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" by Beyonce)
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Sunday, October 15, 2023
MASTER LIST OF LAFFY TAFFY JOKES (*UPDATED*)
Q: How long does it take Jefferey Epstein to run the 100-yard dash?
A: Under 18 secs.
Q: What’s the only thing less funny than laffy taffy?
A: Eating laffy taffy and watching Saturday Night Live.
Q: What’s the polite thing to do when someone tells you laffy taffy jokes?
A: Give em a couple mini snickers.
Q: What’s the least popular tree?
A: Poetry.
Q: Why does Bill Clinton love magazines?
A: Because he likes to get In Touch Weekly with a Cigar Aficionado and put his Business Insider.
Q: What do award-winning actors eat for breakfast?
A: Cinema roles.
Q:How did Vanilla Ice get all his jewelry?
A: He was a safe cracker.
Q: What does a pirate call his old friends from the war?
A: His army mateys.
Q: What is James Bond’s favorite basketball position?
A: Shooting guard.
Q: What’s the best hungover breakfast?
A: Jack in the Off.
Q: What’s Steve Jobs’ favorite sex position?
A: Visionary.
Q: What do you call a goth kid who works the late shift at Burger King?
A: Count Spatula.
Q: Where does a Californian samurai get his sword, and what’s the first thing he does with it?
A: A head chop.
Q: Why did JFK’s head hurt?
A: Too many shots.
Q: Why did I have to delete the pictures of yo mama’s ass?
A: They were taking up too much storage space.
Q: How is yo mama like all the best salad dressings?
A: She’s invariably high n fat.
Q: What famous musician got utterly destroyed by yo mama?
A: Chair.
Q: Why does yo mama love Jesus so much?
A: Cause he’s a scrawny black guy who’s never coming back.
Q: What do you call a fat bitch who wails on cello?
A: Yo Ma Ma.
Q: What’s the difference between yo mama’s ass and Pluto?
A: NASA doesn’t consider Pluto big enough to be a planet.
Q: What does yo mama have in common with the movie Castaway?
A: They’re both willing to show you everything in the trailer.
Q: What’s the funniest gang?
A: The quips. *
Q: What’s the worst fate that can befall a Bay Area city?
A: Being Concord.
Q: What do white people do in the evening for fun?
A: Wine.
Q: How does an Australian learn about their family tree?
A: IncestTree.com.
Q: What’s the first thing Weird Al looks for in a woman?
A: Nice parodies.
Q: How is a Polish surname similar to a globe?
A: They both have seven consonants.
Q: What do you get a lesbian for her bachelorette party?
A: Wire strippers.
Q: Why did Mary Jane start following Venom on instagram?
A: To spite her man.
Q: What does Kanye West eat for breakfast?
A: Ego awfuls.
Q: What band do my dishes listen to at nighttime?
A: In Sink.
Q: What was the teenage zoomer doing in his room for the last 8 hours?
A: Self care.
Q: What did the porn star call his memoir about turning his life around?
A: A Nude Erection. *
Q: What did everyone say about the slutty accountant?
A: It's the thot that counts. *
*= joke by "Open Mike"
Monday, July 3, 2023
Monday, March 27, 2023
BOOKS ARE BETTER THAN MOVIES
REJECTED BY "THE KERNAL," OFFICIAL ZINE OF THE ONYX THEATER IN NEVADA CITY, CA
When you see a ^ in this essay, that indicates “a book for sale at Brown Banana Books as of this writing.”
Books Are Better Than Movies
Read me out, movie lovers. Give me about the amount of time it would take to watch a “short film” to explain myself and I’m certain you’ll come to the conclusion that I’m smart. Remember when Christopher Hitchens said women weren’t funny, and you all admitted it? This essay will be like that essay, except funny.
*ahem*
PASSION OF THE CHRIST. It’s the 53rd highest-grossing movie in US History. Young and old, rich and poor, Christian and other, we all love Mel Gibson and his wonderful movie. But did you know that its literary counterpart, THE BIBLE^ is the highest-grossing piece of physical media EVER? Over 5,000,000,000 copies sold. No movie has pulled anything close to these numbers. Remember this, next time a fellow cinephile assures you that movies are more popular than books.
Furthermore—it almost feels like a cheap shot to say so—the book is always better than the movie. We’ve heard it remarked so many times we’re tired of the remark. Everyone hates the guy who says the book was better than the movie because he never shuts up, because he never runs out of examples.
Here are some examples of books that are better than their movies: LEAVING LAS VEGAS^ (yeah, I said it!), THE SUM OF ALL FEARS^, THE CALL OF THE WILD^ QUEEN OF THE DAMNED^, RED DRAGON^, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE^, THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER^, ENDER’S GAME^, THE GOLDFINCH^, SUPERHERO COMICS^…
Why do you feel horrible after watching 4 movies in a day and smart after reading 4 books in a day? The QUANTITY of things is the same—what’s changed? Back in the days of The Scholastic Book catalogue (bet it’s a friggin APP now…QR CODES and crap) us schoolchildren were often tantilized with “novelizations,” or books based on movies. Remember those? It’s a strategy for tricking children and low-IQ adults into reading. I ordered the novelization of JINGLE ALL THE WAY, back in the dingle all the day. It was bad, like the movie, and never even had a shot a being good.
But why?
I’ll tell you why, immediately: Movies can’t handle being books. They’re the unfunny actress on the talk show with nothing to say. No depth! Sure, we love to stare at them without blinking for hours and oogle over their redonkulous, melony bazongas, but it’s always the same drama with them: Opening credits, hero’s call to action, rising action, etc. Occasionally an “indie” movie—the kind they play at the Onyx—resists this format, but even these movies hit the classic squares on the Every Movie Bingo Card: Bright lights and attractive people wearing makeup, minus-9 hour running time, music, refusal to show full penetration, etc. It’s positively infantile!
In conclusion, books are better than movies. If you imagine culture as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, books are the peanut butter and jelly and movies are the bread. THE END.
Friday, March 24, 2023
MUSIC THAT I LIKE A LOT RIGHT NOW THAT JESSE WILL FEEL INDIFFERENT TOWARDS PT. 4 BY THOMAS
Most of my posts on this blog have been about songs that would fall into the "emo rap" label. It seems that genre’s heyday has passed, gentle reader. Much like hyphy music peaking a couple years after Mac Dre's death in 2004, emo rap followed a similar trajectory after Lil Peep's death in 2017. What we are left with is the most notable artists of the genre leaning away from the rap side and into things like pop punk, post-punk, and dance music (Bladee's transition from sad cloud rap to hyperpop is something I could write a 10k-word essay on, but I'll spare you). There is only one artist from that emo rap wave that remains heavy in my rotation:
Drippin So Pretty's lyrics have always really connected with me. Idk what that says about me, because they all follow the same themes: 1. I used to do a lot of drugs 2. I have dark thoughts 3. some emo shit about a girl breaking his heart. I suppose I just appreciate the vulnerability of his lyrics. From the song above:
Tell me what you see in me because you can't let it go
Baby I'm just being me and I hate every bone
Then in the next verse he is bragging about getting his dick
sucked and threatening the listener with gun violence. DSP represents the
dichotomy of man in its purest form. We are all just a mix of cocky lil shit
and sad sack of shit.
One thing I love about Whirr is that their band name sounds like their music (I had to google to recall the word "onomatopoeia" lol): droning, hypnotic guitars conjuring a hazy atmosphere i.e. guitars going whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
The best form of music criticism in the post-blog 2020's is
random youtube comments and nothing tops descriptions of Whirr's music:
This song is like finishing a good book or
film, and not knowing what to do with your life after
Love it! Can't really beat that description.
Gleemer is my favorite band out right now. Just the right blend of wall-of-sound guitars, dreamy atmospheres, and accessible songwriting. The singer's vocals are great; emotional and longing, but always subtle and pushed back in the mix. I highly recommend their whole discography.
According to subreddit posts about Whirr and Gleemer, both bands fall under the rock subgenre of “Shoegaze”. This is because a common thought you have when gazing upon your shoes is "my guitar needs more reverb" (jk I know why it's called that, don't leave a snarky comment). It's a great genre though! Heavy and loud, without being angry, if that makes sense to you.
I cannot recall how I came across this song, but I have been
listening to it constantly for the last 1.5 years. Something about the singer
absolutely screaming his lungs out, while keeping a melody in his voice and the
accompanying soaring emo guitars really hits the spot for me. Shoutout to the
coffee machine and ugly lamp shade in the video. Very aesthetic!
I have this lil pet theory that the 80's set that standard for modern pop and the 90's set the standard for modern rock. You can hear 80's synths in countless modern pop songs, and it's been like that for years. Similarly, I have been hearing rock music with a strong grunge influence for over a decade now and I don't think it's going anywhere. Narrow Head have been making grungey rock for their entire decade-long career, but are so much more than a 90's revival band. Apart from the video's appearance and guitar tone, this song sounds pretty dang fresh to my ears. I love the change to a heavier tone at around 2:35 before the chorus (is this considered a bridge?). Check out Narrow Head if you are about that Seattle heroin life.
Ok that's all for now.
Rest in peace to Galen Kennedy AKA Nyquil. I'm sure he would
hate all these songs and goof on me for not continuing to bump mid-2000s Messy
Marv. Things are always changing for better or worse and I hope to appreciate
each moment in time a little more as it is happening. Some good posts to read about him: Link #1 & Link #2.
Please treat yourself with kindness.
Thomas is a former--wait no, current!--music blogger and ground turkey enthusiast living in North America. He used to have the best music blog of all time (100 Grand On My Wrist, Yeah Life Sucks) but it died. RIP 100grandonmywrist.com and RIP Nyquil. I'm still in the denial phase with both of you.
Friday, January 27, 2023
DOG BOSS
“Try to remember the best day of your entire life…the sparkle and confidence you had” said the narrator of The Dog Whisperer’s audiobook (NOT The Dog Whisperer, it’s worth noting, or even a guy with a Mexican accent). I scanned my memories of days and was a little disappointed with the “best” I pulled. Definitely wouldn’t have announced it as my best day back then.
“Draw from your memories of that day when you’re walking your dog” said the narrator. “The dog likes it when you’re CONFIDENT and DOMINANT (American accent, don’t forget!) because you’re the ALPHA.”
Okaaaaay I thought.
I was taking my new dog for a spin down 40th Street. For years, everyone in my life’d been telling me to get a dog. That’s what happens when you’re a loser for too long. Concerned relatives analyze your life and think this guy needs something to love him or he’s going to do something gnarly. It hurts. Every time they suggested it I’d think to myself HEY, FUCK, YOU! but passive aggressive people love it when you get mad at their shitty little remarks, so I just got a dog.
“No no no no no” said an ugly old woman passing me and my dog on the crosswalk. The dog was doing something she didn’t like. “What’s the matter with you?”
“It’s not my dog,” I said. “He comes from a violent background.”
That was probably true enough. My entire life, I’d been the type of guy who’d claim the thing no one wanted (black licorice, middle seat, bread heel) and convince himself it was cool just to avoid the hassle of competition. This mindset is what’d lead me to the dog pound, and to this type of dog: an aggressive pitbull.
Not to retread old trodden, treads (for me), but can you believe they’re giving those things away? Pitbulls are the best type of dog! They’re cute AND scary in equal measure! This one wasn’t exactly, shall I say, Amores Perros strong, but you never know. I named hime Lance, after Lance Fusco from The Fusco Brothers.
“You shouldn’t let him shit all over the street like that.” said the woman.
“COME, LANCE” I said, conjuring my best day. Lance was many steps ahead of me, though. In fact, he was pulling me. I was on roller blades, a la The Dog Whisperer, and he was towing.
WHOOOOSH we went, leaving the old nag in our wake.
We were approaching a red light.
Lance picked up speed.
“SLOW DOWN” I said.
Run run run, went the feet. Good thing I was so fat.
“LANCE, SIT” I said.
I gently applied the rollerblades’ heel brake to no avail. Wobbles. Desperately, I brainstormed more stopping ideas: Jump into some grass….Throw change at the dog…Get tangled in another dog’s leash….
In the end, I went with something similar to that third plan. I maneuvered so I was next to Lance and when he went right around a pole I went left. The leash stopped us. Lance gasped as the collar dug into his throat.
“CHAHCaaghgahghaghGHGH.”
I gasped too, but regained my bearings quicker than he and tied him to the pole. Better let the engine cool down a little I thought, leaving Lance there and walking back to my apartment alone.
Good old apartment #2. It was a sparse, masculine place with no windows or wall art. I opened the freezer and took out a big steak. It was for Lance. I don’t know if you know anything about dogs but pitbulls like big, juicy steaks. Mmmm I thought, looking at the steak. I’m gonna have a steak, too.
While the steaks were thawing I went to my bedroom to get some sleeping pills. These were supposed to be for the dog too, but again I felt inspired and popped a few myself. What the hell.
I jacked off twice and the steaks were ready. Hungrily, I cooked mine (rare), crammed pills into the dog’s and re-emerged into the outdoors, high on life and pills and dog ownership (which is the same thing as power, maybe?!) Lance had in fact cooled down a little but when he saw the steak he perked right back up. I remembered reading that you’re supposed to start eating before your dog starts eating, so I halted just outside of leash range and took a big performative bite.
WRONG STEAK! I’d bitten into Lance’s—the raw one with pills in it. I retched and threw the meat at Lance.
He seemed to love it.
The pills were kicking in for me now. I felt even heavier and funnier than usual. Very loving towards my new animal son. Look at my strong, manly boy, rippin’ that flesh I thought. My Amores Pero. My little alpha.
“Slow down boy!” I said good naturedly, knowing he wouldn’t listen.
Slurch slurch slurch.
“Ha ha! You don’t stop for nobody!” I said.
That’s when my big thought hit.
I like it when HE'S confident and dominant…because HE'S the PACK LEADER.
Why would I be Pack leader? I’m not confident at all!
I took off Lance’s collar. “You are the captain now” I said.
He looked up.
“Lead” I said.
He wasn’t getting it still, so I smacked him on the ass to get him going, and he bit me
“OW, FUCK!” I said.
Lance ran into the street and got hit by a car.
I power walked home and hid.
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
CREEPY TALES
Smelled like a pound of old balogna
Eiffel towered her with a homie
Bed was crowded but we all felt lonely
Met this girl, her name was Elizabeth
Did what we did and we both have to live with it
Everything she said was ignorant
Wrote her love letters, but she was illiterate
Met this girl, her name was Star
Had a big butt but she looked like Bill Maher
Whenever Star was in my car
A gallon of gas got me less far
Met this girl, her name was Courtney
Used to financially support me
When I turned 40, she divorced me
And I burst into tears, there in court-y
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Saturday, July 31, 2021
RHYMING POEMS ABOUT SEX: Extended Ebook Edition
DEDICATED TO
Philip G. Taylor, the tightest, most poetry poet in poetry class, who died
The regulars at the Brown Banana Books open mic
Ethan Coen (of The Coen Brothers)
Anyone who likes stupid shit
FUNERAL SPEECH
I’ll tell you this much about Katie:
She was quite the promiscuous lady
She sometimes had sex
That was very complex
But she never had sex with a baby
TO THE TUNE OF “ONE” BY HARRY NILSSON
X is the sexiest letter in the alphabet
Q is not as hot as X
But in fact it looks a little more like sex
GOLD MEDALIST
What scientists wanted to find was
What the smallest dick of all time was
They found, in a thicket
A small baby cricket
But his dick was bigger than mine was
PARANOID
A nosy young wife was suspecting
Her businessman husband of sexting
Indeed, texts were found
But her fears proved unsound
It was only his friend, Jeffrey Epstein
MISCOMMUNICATION
At Burning Man once, in a tent
I was fucked in the ass by George Wendt
My wife, just that morn
Had yelled “fuck the Norms!”
But now says that’s not what she meant
NAPA ROOTS
I put grapes in her butt (that’s amore!)
Lie naked, supine, in the foyer
She squats o’er my face and
North Cali wine tastin’
Is what we call step number 4A
FUNERAL SPEECH #2
Playing “cookie game” once, drunk on rum
Fearing I would be last man to cum
I pictured your mom
Now she has passed on
But I think she’d be proud that I won
META CRITIC
Little Jack Horny
Lay there forlornly
With an old man 69ing
He stuck out his tongue
Got blasted with cum
And said “why’s it all icky rhyming?”
THE RHYMING POET’S LAMENT
Limericks and pinner dicks:
They say there’s correlation
Vaginas treat a rhymer
Like a hostile foreign nation
My texts are full of sex
But the narrator’s not trusted
When I write and recite some
To a girl for whom I’ve lusted
My wordplay’s met with mockery
Derision, smirks and hate
The word gay’s used a lot on me
By those who surf and skate
But who’s more insecure:
The person getting mad at art
Or this old dirty wordsmith
With a song inside his heart?
Long ago I made my choice
That’s why I’m walking tall
Rejoicing in my voice, now
But it’s true, my dick is small
IT’S THE MOTION OF THE OCEAN, NOT...
The complexion of the erection
The viscosity of the atrocity
The immensity of the gents in me
The brevity of the levity
The BPM of the DP men
The diameter of the man in her
The amount of air in the dinghy
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
I know an old hippie named Rosco
Who hangs out at rock shows, and rock shows
His weed is sativa
His shoe is a Teva
But his wife is indica/Chaco
SIMPLE MAN
I don’t need to see dildos or plugs
While performing my manual tugs
I can still get a thrill
From a sight as vanill’
As a girl in a cage eating slugs
BOI-OI-OING
My friend told me, while drunk on Coors
That the male sex organ of boars
Is shaped like a corkscrew
And sounds, when they pork you
Like those springs that save walls from doors
CASTAWAY
A wonderful bird is the pelican
I just shot one with my pellet gun
First I shall eat
The sweet pelican meat
Then I’ll have sex with the skeleton
WEDDING VOWS
My dick’s like a tick’s, or mosquito’s
Slight in even the tightest of Speedos
But one look in your eyes
Can expand it in size
From a munchkin’s to Danny DeVito’s
THE SASSY WAITRESS
I yelled at a waitress named Ronnette
To hurry and make me an omelette
She filled my poor asshole
With so much Tobasco
The whole Hooter’s wait staff applauded
THE SOUNDCLOUD RAPPER GROUPIE'S LAMENT
Due, I think, to the drugs they ingest
The loving’s not always the best
We have dirty sex
For 1 min, 30 secs
Then their penises get quite depressed
HALLOWEEN (2007)
In a field where the crows never caw
I touched a girl under the bra
The ultimate thrill
But she stood super still
And her tits felt a lot like wet straw
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jesse Wilson is the CEO of Brown Banana Books in Grass Valley, CA (brownbananabooks.com). He enjoys reading, writing, freestyle rapping, freestyle swimming, hanging out with friends and watching adult films on his computer.
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