Anyone familiar with FOUND Magazine?

I stumbled across the FOUND coffee table book when ordering Post Secret from Amazon.com (They’re so sneaky! Their suggestive “Those who bought this also bought this” technique always gets me!). Anyway, FOUND was nothing short of amusing–chalked full of found love letters, to-do lists, random notes and messages–some completely bizarre and many freakin hilarious, which force you to ask the question, “What is this person’s deal?”

The guy who started FOUND Magazine one day discovered a random note, meant for someone else, on his car. It read:

Mario,

I f**ing hate you. You said you had to work then whys your car HERE at HER place?? You’re a f***ing LIAR. I hate you. I f***ing hate you.

Amber

P.S. Page me later

After this, he began a project, collecting found items and eventually putting them all into a magazine in June 2001. The most recent–FOUND Magazine #5 The Crime Issue–will be released for September 2007 and features FOUND items such as “a former FBI agent’s life story, prison guard poetry, found notes about arson, pot and self-amputation, academic crime, crimes of the heart, found eyeballs, found crack, and the story of a guy who found a million dollars in the road.”

On September 11th, the FOUND folks will start the There Goes the Neighborhood Tour 2007, including three stops in our area. The tour includes recent finds and readings from FOUND Magazine #5, and they encourage people to bring their own random finds.

Start searching the buses and alleyways for crack notes, Seattle!

October 23, 2007

Bothell, WA: North Creek Events Center (CCC), Time TBA, 425-352-8119

October 24, 2007

Olympia, WA: Capitol Theater, Time TBA, 206 E. 5th Ave., 360-754-3635

October 25, 2007

Seattle, WA: Venue TBA

[ 826 Seattle benefit ]

(I’m assuming venue and time details will be updated as the dates approach.)