Still Life With Bananas

I have photographed this fruit bowl, which was made by my grandfather, before, using my Lumix, but here it is using the ubiquitous 'Dramatic' effects filter.

L.
11.12.2012

Edit: I've just noticed that this is my 1,000th blip (including 130 backdated entries)

Blip #870
Consecutive Blip #083
Day #991
Still Life series


Lozarhythm Of The Day:
Velvet Underground and Nico - All Tomorrow's Parties (1966)
To continue the banana theme I thought about choosing something from Kevin Ayers' Bananamour, but in the end the inspiration of the famous Warhol cover for this album proved irresistible.
The world was introduced to the sound of the Velvet Underground and Nico with this song, which was released in an edited form as their first single in July 1966, with I'll Be Your Mirror on the flip. It was recorded at Scepter Studios in New York and went through a few changes before its release. Although it did not chart, the song has proved to have longevity. Notable artists who have covered it include June Tabor (with the Oysterband), Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jeff Buckley, Buffalo Tom, Japan, Bauhaus, Icehouse, Bryan Ferry, Deerhoof and Hole.
Among the songs more avant garde features are its ostrich guitar tuning by Lou Reed and its pioneering use of prepared piano.
"The song was recorded at Scepter Studios, New York, during April 1966. It features a piano motif played by John Cale (initially written as an exercise) based largely on tone clusters. It was one of the first pop songs to make use of prepared piano (a chain of paper clips were intertwined with the piano strings to change their sounds). The song also features the ostrich guitar tuning by Lou Reed, by which all of the guitar strings were tuned to D.
"Nico provides lead vocals. The song was originally recorded with only one track of her vocals; they were later double-tracked for the final album version. Most versions of the album use this version of the song, though the initial 1987 CD release uses the original mix without the double-tracking." - Wikipedia