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Mohawk Windmill
FOUND by Emily
in Southern Pines, North Carolina
I found this photocopy stapled to a bench at my local community college. I really like the second astronaut at the top- he just looks so optimistic.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
is this the evolution of lego man?
"no rest for the obsessed", huh? obviously not if you can draw this many of them, all with different personalities!
very cool legomen. mohawk windmill sounds like a band's name. hopefully their album cover would look like this
Man, I love Legos.
The little gremlin guy in the top left tossing his own head is a creep and a half.
This hot punk band from New Zealand, "Mohawk Windmill", is composed entirely of Lego astronauts. Their new album is entitled "Shoot for the Moon: Adventures."
They hate wasted space.
I'd listen to them.
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/lightning_bo
Artist - Lightning Bolt
Track 9 - Mohawk Windmill
To me this looks like someone tried to copy the album's cover art, or maybe it's a rough draft...?
The diamonds above certain plastic heads reminds me of 'the Sims'
I love it.
You can listen to a bit of Mohawk Windmill here (scroll down a bit to find it): http://www.last.fm/music/Lightning+Bolt?q=lightning
the astronaut near the middle of the page (with the number 4 above his head) looks distressed ... or like he just crapped his space suit ... possibly both.
I love this! It reminds me of sketching exercises that Charles Shultz did before Charlie Brown came to be.
"No Rest For The Obsessed" is absolutely right.
What is it with Americans being obsessed with New Zealand????
This is a very cool find.
am i the only one creeped out by the legoman laughing at the debochery going on in the bottom left hand corner?
Had a friend who would spend about half an hour drawing a house and then send his little doodles in to destroy it. He would sit and make Star Wars noises with his mouth. The drawings were so detailed and so realistic that when he was done it was still art. Coolest thing ever. I wanted to be him. I was in fifth grade. I can't quite get the "pistow!" noise right...
tucker in space: i thought of the sims thing too!!
me in newzealand: i think it's the accent :]
i noticed that this is drawn on graph paper. in class, when i'm really bored, i tend to flip to the back of my binder where i keep my graph paper and put myself to work. graph paper is so amazing for doodling. maybe this person shares the same love for graph paper as doodling paper and did this out of boredom in class one day?
boredom can result in great things.
oh, and i just listened to the song by this band and they aren't bad at all :]
Sandhills CC?
Somebody spent a lot of time on this classic spaceguy vs alien cartoon.I like the blood drops but wonder what the kite like diamonds are for.Filler?
I gotta say it.
This is creepy.
Good find. I'll have to check out the band. I like the guy tossing his head. Hey, Herve learn how to spell, you too hot mom.
Tucker, what happened to your daily witty comment? I always count on you for a chuckle. However, I can't think of one either.
A friend of mine is bi-polar and has OCD. When she's off her meds (which is too frequently, sadly) she'll sit in coffee shops for hours muttering and drawing. It's usually fantastic stuff but she'll trash it right away. This reminds me of her stuff.
Pepper, learn how to use commas.
The adventures of the Gremilins vs the Legoman. An epic struggle, where no space is wasted, and all battles are fought to the soundtrack of Mohawk Windmills.
I feel very sorry for the little Spaceman in the upper right, who's been blotted out. A casualty of war I think.
This is funny. I took a look at that album cover, and it does look the same as this. I wonder if the 'artiste' was making a copy of it, or sadly, that its some OCD bi-polar person's endless meanderings.
Pepper is too busy trying to pick out other people's mistakes to correct his/her own mistakes. I think (and I may be overly generous here) that hotmom was trying to make a little joke, spelling serious in almost the same manner that Herve spelled nervous.
"Clover! Clover! Stop looking at Found before you go to work! No rest for the obsessed!"
I think this is one of the more interesting finds I've seen. Lots to look at, lots to think about.
Someone was doing a lot of doodling in health class, maybe.
Let me be the first to say that this was "stolen" because it was stapled to the bench, not floating around freely. So someone has to get up in arms about the fact that no one else is allowed to enjoy this because Emily had to go and steal it.
There's usually someone who says that. It's not me.
But why was something like this stapled to a bench? Stapled!
I think Mona Lisa has a beef with Pepper. What's up with that?
What is with those big-headed goblin guys in the bottom left? And also with the emo-monkey dudes in the bottom left? Odd.
Man, this reminds me of a friend of mine.... seems like everyone has one of those.
I married a NZer, and though it's true many Americans are obsessed with NZ, I've found that no one, absolutely <i>no one</i>, is more obsessed with it than my mother-in-law. Every time I think she must have run out of NZ-themed tchotchkies to send for every birthday and Christmas gift, she manages to scrounge up one more spoon rest or wine glass bangle with a godforsaken sheep on it.
The Logonaut in the middle of the page with the speech balloon 4 looks so worried. Wonder if he's next on the hit parade of the diabolical pumpkinheaded beings?
Freon, #4 Legonaut is just sad because the guy on the right is laughing at him for dropping two very stinky socks.
Thanks for the information, Turbo. Poo-socks can be so embrassing!
Freon - maybe #4 is so worried cause the dude next to him was just vaporized. There looks to be a pair of feet between him and the laughing legonaut. Perhaps the lego dude on the right has gone nuts and is now laughing hysterically.
Hehheh, you said poo-socks.
This find indicates that it is better not to delve into some minds, no? Cartoonists can be a little obsessive and crazy, and this guy seems highly disturbed by the Mohawk Windmill.
Hey Hipster, I totally agree - graph paper is the best for doodles or drawing in general. I love the stuff.
Wow, Herve... you really got us on that one! Good job, buddy! You're a really comedian.
I originally thought maybe someone from the band drew this, and that it was stapled to the bench as some kind of weird (and ineffective) promo, since someone went through all the trouble to photocopy it and staple it there... but a quick look at wikipedia tells me these guys are from Rhode Island-- complete opposite coast. Maybe the guy who drew it was just a fanatic of the band.
I think they probably made more than one photocopy, and stapled it in more than one place. To what end, I don't know... but why would you go through all the trouble otherwise? To photocopy something once, and staple it to a bench? Weird.
I really like this find. It's highly intruiging.
Oh! Those are poo socks. Thanks Turbo. I would have never guessed poo socks. But there they are. I don't know if poo socks are better than the feet of a vaporized lego dude.
Writer, I second your comment.
I also think that this could be a rough sketch of what it currently going on in Wayne Coyne's head.
Rock the Poo-sock.
hate to nitpick, Sara, but Rhode Island and North Carolina are on the same coast.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF
I'm Canadian, and I knew that. So, ostensibly, it could be band advertising. I guess. I don't know how effective it would be, tho.
(I think the guy in the upper left is juggling his three heads. Some days are just like that.)
I think the most intriguing thing about the find is the way it appears that only a portion of the "whole" picture was photocopied. The partial images around the edge make you wonder what else was there.
i bet this is a show flyer designed and posted by a local band that opened for Lightning Bolt, who i'm sure have played N. Carolina and every state in the US regardless of which coast and probably most of Canada as well. i saw them in Berlin fer chrissakes.
i think the finder cropped the show info, dates and times and what-not.
WTF Herve, WTF. You are hurt by the WTF and not the "are you retarded" comment? WTF?
I doubt they would be banned for any of it.
ditto, pepper. ditto.
it appears the impostor is enlivened by my presence.
it's interesting to note, that when I post using another alias, my comments don't seem to have the same inflammatory potential. I think you're right, Nicky.
Why continue to use Mona Lisa. Why not change?
Yay Lego man!
stubborn i guess. and pissed off, not wanting 'them' to win.
I like this weirdo drawing. I used to have a mohawk, but I never thought of using it as a windmill. I wonder if I could have powered my '82 Accord entirely with my hair (and my friends' hair) for all those years.
It could be that classic punk hairdos are the ultimate solution to our dependence on foreign oil.
Pepper is the imposter (or one of the imposters).
You can tell, because his comments are just as lame and not-funny as the impostor's, and has the same irrational jealous hatred of Mona.
So Pepper is the impostor? Huh. Yeah, what is the deal with him and Mona? They fight like they're married!
I'm not one to get involved in petty arguments. Pepper seems to feel that everyone hates mona, but it seems that he's the only one who makes negative comments about her. Others seem to like her, or just tolerate her.
Legomen are quite charming in this unusual ink drawing. Not so much under a bare foot in the middle of the night.
Come now. Just because it's hatred doesn't mean it has to be jealous or irrational.
I like the guy in the lower left-hand corner that looks like Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas.
Rex, I have thought that for weeks now. I thought Pepper was a female, obviously jealous of the comraderie between Mona Lisa and SALT. And lacking any real personality (besides bitchiness) to attract any positive attention of her own, or to make any interesting comments about the Find of the day.
Maybe if we can all try hard to ignore Pepper and other obvious impostered comments, these assholes will finally go away. Shall we try?
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This might have been someone's notes for class, very artistically decorated so as not to seem as boring. My roommate draws pictures to help her study, so maybe this is what that is. Stapled to a bench might be someone's idea of a joke.
My earlier comment was the product of my sleep- and coffee-deprived brain. I read North Carolina as north CALIFORNIA, thus thinking they were on opposite sides of the country.
I do think this image was cropped by the finder; for one, there aren't any staple marks in the corners.
Liberty spikes must have powered the tape deck with the Dead Milkman tape stuck in it.
Yay Dead Milkmen!
Thank you for clearing that up Sara. Sorry Mona was such a bitch to you.
Hey SALT, it's National Pagean Awareness week!
I love Pegeans!
The imposters are what make this site interesting.
Alai, I'm glad that you share my love for the paper. I ran out of it today.. pretty sad considering it's the *checks calendar* fifth day of school. I suppose having a doodling habit, a physics class, a chemistry class and an advanced math class doesn't exactly keep my supply bountiful.
You know someone's over the hill and childless when they have to Google legoman to know what people are talking about.
morons. i can't believe i read all those comments. you all should be sterilized.
Ha HA. I LOVE PEPPER and I love SALT! Get it? Good one. AND Mona is as pretty as a museum picture. I love friends here to speak with on my internet.
......hu...hu...fwaaaaahahahaha
I think that Herve is Pepper also. And I'm not so sure that the cottage cheese comment was actually Mona. I don't know if I've ever read something that gross from her.
Silliness, I think that while it could be interesting if it was done differently, the impostor is just obnoxious.
Hey Herve (or whoever you are)why do you post here anyway? You have nothing of value to say.
You know this used to be a good comment board to read. I stopped reading for a while because all the petty BS, and today I decided it’s been a while and the find is really awesome so I'll check it out. It’s really sad that Mona and Pepper have nothing better to do then battle it out on the Found Comments page! It’s not interesting! Your guys suck!
I mean
You guys suck!
"bowels of cottage cheese"
No, no, it isn't coming from her ass, you dolt. Get your female anatomy right!
Serious, bowels of cottege cheese? WTF!
I love legos.
STFU, Nikki. Not even your real name.
Which one is James? Is he the owner? Does he band people who are mean? Why do they say that I am with Mona and Peppers? I am not an evil person. I have a place here. I love the find today.
My dog is named killer.
Ignorance is bliss , I don't even know what STFU means ..and I don't care .Not even my real name , HOW DID YOU KNOW ?!Pound it .
Please, Hirayuki, what is a NZer? and what are a NZ-themed tchotchkies?
Now I'm going to go read the comments to find out if anyone else asked or answered that question.
Clove, NZ=New Zealand
Nightingale, Legos underfoot in the middle of the night! Ouch!
Blocking herve (and you ) would be literary justice.Good day !
Clover, if you're still around, a tchotchke is a knickknack or souvenir that sits around and usually gathers dust. I believe it is Yiddish in origin.
It has been a good one. I wonder how many people there really are on here...two, five?
I lived in Providence, RI for a few years, and I'm almost certain this is the artwork of Brian Chippendale, the drummer for the Providence band Lightning Bolt. Aside from being an incredible drummer, Chippendale is a cartoonist and one of the founders of the Fort Thunder art collective. The band tours fairly often, so it's not unlikely they've been to North Carolina.
It's awesome that he or someone else just stapled it randomly to a bench for someone to find. Seriously though, the whole Providence noise rock scene is worth checking out, especially Lighting Bolt.
Don't be too hard on SARA, Mona. (or imposter, as the case may be.) When I first glanced at the find blurb under the pic, I thought it said California, too.
The find reminds me of when I was in San Francisco for some Jazz Festival in Golden Gate Park. I found a little Star Wars Storm Trooper LegoMan in the sand. It's one of my most prized trinkets.
Dancing Queen, I agree! For instance, the first Legonaut in the second row down. What's he saying? "what's up!"? "shut up!"? ("STFU"?)
Interestingly, I had only seen the word spelled "chotchke". Dictionary dot com tells me that both are acceptable and correct. Learn something new every day.
I really love this find. I don't think anyone should be banned. Today's comment board is heee-reekin'-larious!
Freon, thanks for telling me about a tchotchke. Makes sense. I wonder what it is about New Zealand tchotchkes that makes them unique in the world of knicknacks.
As pointed out by Hirayuki, the thing that makes NZ tchotchkes unique is that they are all covered in sheep. Why sheep you may ask? Well, good old NZ supposedly has a lot of sheep. It is of constant amazement to me why tourists find sheep so fascinating as to stop in the middle of a road way out in the wop-wops and waste a whole film taking pictures of them, but thats what they do. Please don't ever do this when visiting. EVER.
And what is up with the gremlins?? Astronaut lego are so cute but the gremlins around the outside look like they're trying to kill them all. I think thats what happened to the pour soul in the top right with the blotched out face.
Me in New Zealand, thank you for a delightful new word to refer to the non-urban world: wop-wops! I've heard "out in the sticks", "out in the boonies", "out in Podunk", and a few other terms not to be shared in polite company (though that's not often not a term to describe this board!) But wop-wops is a new term that I adore! And I promise that if I ever make it to New Zealand, I won't shoot scads of pictures of sheep.
By the way, I always assumed the fascination with New Zealand sprang from the popularity of the Jurassic Park and Lord of the Rings movies. The landscape there is a beautiful treasure.
This is a photocopy from the book Ninja by Brian Chippendal of Lightning Bolt. In between the chapters of the Ninja story are collections from Brian's sketch books. This find is located one page before the start of chapter four and its only the top half. Forgive me if someone already pointed this out.
Finder here.
I cropped the side off, I think. There wasn't anything else there, no words, dates, whatever. Just more drawings, pretty much the same as the rest. Copies were stapled to all the benches on campus, taped to the light poles, on trees, everywhere. And the next day they were all gone. Confusing.
Wow... i love the drawing, very cool stuff. Seems like someone is definately obsessed with 2 things, 1 is legos the other would be Lightning Bolt.
They wrote "No Rested For The Obsessed" and "Mohawk Windmill"
It's nice to see there are fans of Lego Men...
I love lightening bolt! they played my toilet in south beloit wisconsin! so much noise and body milk! weeee! woooo! weeee!
I think this might be a drawing by comic artist Brian Chippendale.
I have a book by him, "Ninja", and the style is VERY similar.
Cool find!
this is definitely chippendale's work. the song titles are from hypermagic mountain (2005). they played their hometown recently. too much sweat.