Bananarchy

Bananarchists,

We’ll be selling $1 halfsies all day Wednesday, May 15 from noon to 10 pm in celebration of our fourth bananaversary (or bananniversary, if you want to be British about it).

Thank you for your love and support.  We would not be here without all of you.

xoxo,
Your co-laborers in the bananarchist cause

Bananarchists! As the dawn of a new season draws near, it’s time to once again stand up to The Man. Thanks to years of protests, research, and the help of ageless British spies, we have come to a disturbing conclusion: the event known as “SXSW” is, in fact, run by The Man.

It was a shock for us as well, but it’s the truth: SXSW is the mainstream, ever propagating the rat races of advertising, self-promotion, and commercialism. The enemy is spread far and wide, and he has much swag. We need your help.

This year, Bananarchy is infiltrating SXSW.

The Photo Contest Protest
Infiltrate The Man’s festival by photographing Bananarchists you see in the wild, or photographing yourself in the Bananarchist headgear we’ll be handing out around the Capital City. Share them with Bananarchy online (We’re “bananarchyatx” on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram) throughout the week. Come to Bananarchy on South First, and your free frozen dessert will be waiting for you! Stay tuned to @bananarchyatx for news from the photo contest front.

You have your mission, Bananarchists. This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds.

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Dear Bananarchists,

As you know, SXSW is a special time in Austin. It’s a time to kick back and enjoy the culture, see lots of shows, get free swag from everyone ever, impress your friends with the hipness of your Instagrams, and RSVP for events you probably won’t show up for, right?

WRONG!

WHEN: MONDAY, MARCH 11 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: 6th Street and San Jacinto, unless The Man makes us move.  Keep updated on our twitter (@bananarchyatx).

We’ll be returning from our winter hibernation on Monday, March 11, at the same location (603 W. Live Oak). Please be there not only with bells on, but preferably also with whistles and castanets and possibly a gutbucket or two.

A message for the Bananarchist movement:

Edit: Please wear a costume! If you will!

This year, we were sort of at a loss about what to do for the Grand Hibernation Party. We sat at a dimly lit table at our neighborhood dive, sipping coffee and kombucha, thumbing at the spoons on our heads and ignoring the glances of the Cakeists at the next table, wondering what we could possibly put on a Facebook event page to make people want to come to our party. Should we invite them to do what WE normally do at parties? Mingle, eat hors-d’oeuvres, and not drink alcohol? Somehow we didn’t think it would attract enough attention.

We threw around various ideas ranging from John Williams listening parties to forgiveness parties to kiddie-pools-filled-with-maple-syrup parties to avant-garde combinations of live music and human megaphones, and finally settled on the only one that sort of made sense: BINGO. Feeling rather self-conscious about the potential uncoolness of Bingo in public perception, however, we felt inclined to overcompensate by adding other contests. “We could have a banana eating contest!” we said. “A costume contest! A balloon popping contest! A Mozart listening contest!” We congratulated each other on trudging through this momentary block.

A NIGHT OF CONTESTS for top-peelers and bottom-peelers alike! Including:

Greetings, Bananarchists!

As some of you know, the end of our season is October 31.  This means that we will be closed for the winter beginning November 1, and will remain closed until March.  You will have to listen to our seasonal sad voicemail greeting if you call us, and shiver in your threadbare nightdress by the embers of your summertime dreams.  You will look for us, but you will not find us (unless you go to extreme measures).

A couple things for the end of October:

• GROUPON.  If you have a Groupon, it expires on October 31.  If you have a delivery Groupon, please be sure to schedule the delivery far enough in advance so that we can accommodate you!  Instructions for those with delivery Groupons are here.
• OCTOBER 20.  We’ll be closing early for catering (around 7:30 p.m.) on Saturday, October 20.  We are taking the entire stand with us, so you won’t even be able to sneak in.
• GRAND HIBERNATION PARTY.  Our third annual Grand Hibernation Party will take place on Monday, October 29.  More details on that to come.

Thanks to all of you who purchased a Groupon yesterday or today for delivery of either 2 dozen, 3 dozen, or 4 dozen half frozen bananas!  Here’s what you should know:

• Except in special circumstances, we can only make deliveries during our business hours.
• Deliveries need to be made before the last day of the season (and the expiration date of the Groupon), October 31, 2012.
• Please request delivery at least 72 hours in advance of the time you would like the delivery made.
• Look at our menu to create your order.
• To place your order, use the contact form.  Include your name, the date and time you would like your delivery made, and your order.

Heya, gang!

Fantastic Fest is this weekend!  For those headed out there, you should know that we are offering 50 CENTS(!) off a frozen banana to anyone with a Fantastic Fest badge!  So after you culture yourself with a good movie, come and get more culture delivered directly to your stomach!  And always remember what Ray Bradbury said: “You don’t have to burn bananas to destroy a culture.  Just get people to stop eating them.”

Finally figured out how to embed this video from earlier this year… Turns out you just paste the link.

Video by Come And Tape It with music by Christopher Hallum.

Hey!  Ho!

The esteemed musician Lauren Turner, who also happens to be an esteemed bananarchist, threw down this cover of the classic “Yes, We Have No Bananas” recently and we thought we’d share it with you for your edification!  Rumor has it that LT may be working on a banana-themed album, but this remains unconfirmed.