>>>May 09, 2002

Lay lady lay

Go bananas! Whether hosting a kids’ show in sleepwear or having its absence celebrated in popular song (as in “Yes we have no”), the banana has made an indelible mark in mass culture—witness The Banana Museum. The online presence of an actual, physical museum, located in the Auburn, WA, apartment of Ann Mitchell Lovell, this site features some of the best of the over 4,000 banana-related items in the collection. Highlights include figural representations of the Dole and Chiquita bananas, their bloody rivalry set aside, and a cryptic poster impelling us to “Ban the Banana.” Find some ap-peal at www.geocities.com/NapaValley/1799/.

Urine stain: With moving season coming fast and arbitrarily, one of the common sights is the old, disgusting mattress parked on the sidewalk like a decomposing beached whale. But what happens to these odorous, spring-laden behemoths? Find out at Mattress Trash Authority. Lay it on at www.streetmattress.com. :

—Michael Citrome

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