Comments on: Found Magazine

Found Magazine

cadastral — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:29:20 -0800

Found Magazine is worth a look. It documents the detrital scraps of our modern lives, found in gutters, break-room bulletin boards and under car windshields. All pieces are reader submitted, and some are of suspect authenticity. Sublime, simply sublime... PS. Page me later

By: muckster

muckster — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:41:56 -0800

We've seen this before, but I'm glad to be reminded.

By: cadastral

cadastral — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:49:03 -0800

ah... search was timing out "since day one"... so I only searched for the last year... apologies If you like the mag... pick up a paper copy of it at your newsstand of choice. There are some amazing "nuances" (and content, for that matter) that aren't on the website.

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:53:40 -0800

Darn you, cadastral. A friend introduced me to Found a little while ago and I was thinking the other day what a great (re-)post it would make. Could you not leave me "Page me later" to assuage my grief? Here's my newest favorite. (Be sure to click and see it open.)

By: GaelFC

GaelFC — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:35:34 -0800

I found a disturbing note outside the Star Tribune newspaper back when I worked there and sent it to Found. It seems to be someone's note reprimanding himself or herself for habits he/she has. It says: "Quit saying 'OK' and 'ya' and putting hand up to mouth. Quit saying 'stuff.' Quit squinting. Play with each bite of food before eating it like my dad did. And 'what not.'" Every time I think of it, I get this chilling image of this troubled person fighting their own internal wars over these tiny quirks.

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:37:13 -0800

Sorry, couldn't resist a few more highlights. "Crossing the Delaware" (the caption really makes it.) "You Can Fly!" "That Box" "Jazz Hands" Alas, my favorite found writing doesn't qualify, as I don't have the original. This poem (song lyrics?) was scrawled in the margin of my 10th-grade driver's ed book: Time--don't let it slip away raise yo drinkin glass-- Here's to yesterday In time we're going to trip away Don't piss heaven off-- we get Hell to pay I've always thought it was interesting that "Hell" is capitalized and "heaven" is not.

By: biscotti

biscotti — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:37:16 -0800

Since this was last posted, the Ypsilanti All-Starz have become legendary to my friends and I. The lyrics are sublime...the way "dddaaaaaaaamn" fills in for forgotten lines...sheer brilliance. Check the audio section, you won't regret it.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:01:50 -0800

hippugeek: That's from an Aerosmith song. (No, I didn't know that. I guessed it wasn't original and googled it.)

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:55:02 -0800

Oops. I just added this to this thread, while working my way up the page, because I was reminded of it by the "lost and found" reference. I wouldn't have bothered if I'd gotten up to this point and seen this thread. cadastral, that wasn't what inspired you to post it, was it?

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:21:53 -0800

Ah. Thanks, jpoulos. I'm a bit disappointed that it's not original (though I suspected it wasn't, which is why I never googled it myself). I am, however, consoled by the discovery of a nearby piece of grafitti: "I Hate the Mayonnaise Boy Rules!"

By: hootch

hootch — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:49:31 -0800

Some related sites y'all might be interested in. I might have come across these in the original thread though... Object Not Found I Found It Royal Journal of Found Art

By: 111

111 — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:53:26 -0800

Heartbreaking.