www.foundmagazine.com, the website of the Found Magazine (hard to believe I know) has a “Find of the Day” feature. Quite a while ago, I submitted several of my finds for consideration. As of now, four of them have been chosen. They are not my most interesting finds, but the large community which reads these finds, have left numerous comments.
I don’t remember exactly where this came from, but I have a vague recollection of someone (other then myself) finding it at a beach, and giving it to me. Possibly when I was at OperaWorks. If anyone remembers, let me know. [edit] Chelsea reminded me that she found it in the water on the beach when we were in Aruba last year[/edit]
This is an intense love letter to Alfonso. From the letter: “still, the fire hasn’t burnt out yet for us Baby, just keep holding on to me Alfonso”
The scans:
Love Letter – front page
Love Letter – back page
Because the photo I took is such poor quality, I have transcribed it here below: Read More…
I can’t recall where or when, but I found these seven photos and slides in a PG&E bill return envelope.
Envelope of old photos and slides 7
Envelope of old photos and slides 6
Envelope of old photos and slides 1
Envelope of old photos and slides 2
Here is a tag I wrote, and multi-tracked, as a custom ring tone for my cell phone.
The text:
Hello, hello hello hello! Hello, you phone is ringin’. Hello, that’s why I’m singin’: “Hello.” (Pick up your, cell, phone!)
The tag:
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For more multi-track barbershop fun, check out the “barbershop” category of this blog.
Another attempt at barbershop multi-tracking:
Still to work on:
Again, this tag is from this (No. 19) collection of barbershop tags. The arranger is not cited, but the .pdf says the tag was sung by the Dealer’s Choice in 1973.
The tag:
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Previously:
My all-time favorite finds are these three, which I found here on Arguello. They were folded into paper airplanes.
The following links are most likely “Not Safe For Work”.
When walking down Market Street on my way to visit Chelsea at work, I found this taped to the side of a newspaper vending box. Quotes: “There will be no more possible options of prostitution…” and “The Sex Bumpmobile ‘Last Option’ on Girls Lives was shut down by me weeks ago”.
Full transcription after the jump.
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I learned a good deal from the “imperfections” of my first barbershop multi-track and was anxious to try another one to put this knowledge to use. So I did.
The improvements I made were:
Areas that I still wish to improve are:
As before the music is from this (No. 98) great collection of barbershop tags. However this time, neither the arranger nor the quartet are cited.
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My friend Ben found this, and because he knows I collect these things, he gave it to me. It is a detailed drawing of what Socrates’ Myspace page would look like. Highlights: He is friends with the SF Giants. He has 583 friends, his web page is http://www.socratesrules.com. The person he would most like to meet is God. As always, click to enlarge image.
On Chamber Singers tour to ACDA some other guys and myself (currently called Four Sweaty Guys in a Practice Room) started singing some barbershop tags, which lead Paul to show me this great online collection in .pdf format. Now that we are back, I had a chance to play though a bunch of them on the piano with Jason Pano, and we found this gem: “Love Letters Straight From the Heart”
The .pdf file says it was written by Fred King in 1981 and was sung by the Pros And Cons.
I thought it would be ideal canidate for my first barbershop multi-track. So, here you all go:
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