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Diso Fever!
FOUND by John F. Ybarbo
in South Austin, Texas
My son and I were walking through the parking lot of our local grocery store when I came across this little gem. The Saturday Night Fever theme song burst out of my mouth when I picked it up. It's nice to see that the seventies are alive and well (and misspelled).
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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...
I've been laughing all day! And the laughs keep on rolling! This Is the BEST FIND EVER!! LMAO! This looks just like me in 1978!
Thanks for putting up with me yesterday, y'all. I'll simmer down now. xoxo
Disco Fever! Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight! Whooo-hoooo!
this is brilliant.
my hair used to look like that!
...but I never had 'the fever'
somebody has too much time with sharpies
i love the tiny raptor-like appendages
unrelated but interesting - guess the humane society doesn't know about FOUND!
http://www.tmz.com/2007/09/04/humane-society-a
the mis-spelling can be blamed on the boogie. i like the little flowers, more lucy in the sky with diamonds than stayin' alive but altogether a very happy scene
That is very pretty.
It reminds me of my college days. (Which weren't that long ago.) I was one of the best disco dancers in the town. I remember that most of the women in school with me were secretly jealous.
If it was truly that they were secretly jealous, than how would you know this?
Norma Jean, what are you thinking? Would you be secretly jealous?
I had diso fever some years back. I had to stay in bed for a week.
Guess what? I got a fever! And the only prescription.... more cowbell!
ha ha, it's too early, I thought all those things above her head were coming out of her head! Gotta love markers! (and Disos!)
Fantastic drawing!
I love this one soooooo much I wish I could smell it!
Reminds me of my favorite joke....
HOW DO YOU MAKE A KLEENEX DANCE?
PUT A LITTLE BOOGY IN IT!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ME SO FUNNY
me make you laff longtime!
I am impressed by such great art, but I find it creepy! ;)
Oh , Lord ..who is exposing their kid to disco ? I'm exposed to it myself at work , my boss plays it all day . Help me . There's even disco remixes to almost every song ever made . The disco " Bohemian Rhapsody " is a modern tragedy .Poor baby .
At first I wondered what was on her neck, then I realized those are her arms. Picture is too funny. I remember the colored dance floor at Uncle Sams.
I remember Uncle Sam too. We had some good times dancin the night away, did we?
Are those worms coming out of the ball?
Was anyone else in dancing contests back in the seventies. I know it blows people away when I tell them that I was in college in the seventies, cause I sure don't feel (or look) like it.
Here we go again with your looks .
Lots of fun sniffing those scented markers....
this makes me want to dance!!
Doesn't the smear in the red tendril on the left look suspiciously like this is drawn on a white board with dry erase markers?
That being said, my favorite part is the happy eyes.
Thank gawd I have been able to miss the disco version " Bohemian Rhapsody ".
It's a half-blue-haired alterna-chick gettin' down at the only discotheque in town with hippie wallpaper!
Kinda makes me wanna drop a hit of acid, pop a few 'ludes and blow a big fat line of coke all at the same time.
Very very good find! Boogie down! Flargy, whatever happened to 'ludes?
Hot Mom: Who brags about their looks on a "found" message board? If you were were in college in the 70's, then that would make you in your 50's...at the least. You haven't gotten over being materialistic yet? Or were you really really fat for awhile and you lost some weight and now are just kind of fat? I'm lost on this one.
I'm going to venture a guess and say you live in Ohio.
I am going to assume that you are one of those women who resent me without getting to know me because you are jealous. I pity you that you are not as self assured as I am and I hope that you don't have any daughters that you can spew your hatred on. I AM from Ohio, and yes, I am in my 50's, but am willing to bet that I would win any contest with you...hands down.
That disco ball is something fierce.
come on, people. Hotmom is vain, but not that vain. That's clearly the impostor poster, trying to stir up shit again.
Diso fever had me in its grip, for a while. Who didnt want to get their groove on like the big J.T. (that's travolta, not timberlake) I got over it, tho, when my mom bought me a "learn to diso" album.
I guess one of the hazards of Diso Fever is the inability to control your hips. She's jutted out so far, her tailbone is leading the way. What a whore.
Shake your groove thing.
are those things in the background flowers or people?
This looks to me like someone with a little cartooning experience, who has read a few "How To' books on drawing faces, started this drawing and maybe gave it to another person to finish... like a "grownup" starts the basic pic and a little kid gets to finish up, explaining the flowers and misspelling. Just a theory. The pic got a good laugh though!
diso fever had me too...for a minute.
Half brown hair, half blue hair - I've seen people that look like this!
Ooooo I can feel the thumping of the beat now! And suddenly I feel like wearing my red disco dress today.
I LOVE disco! And diso. Alas, I was born in 1971 so my groove thing remained unshaken until the mid 80's. I couldn't listen to it all day every day though. My favorite is "Car Wash".
Yes! What a great find! And what in the world is going on with that disco ball?
Yay Curious! More Cowbell!!!
Those aren't worms coming out of the ball, they're the lights coming of the ball!
I can't tell if the things in the background are people or flowers, some of them seem to have faces.
they're flower children. A little bit out of their own time.
i love this picture!!! i want to put it on my fridge! i sincerely hope it was drawn using mr. sketch smelly markers. i sense lots of blueberry and cherry...
I am seriously having a 70's flashback right now. Great find.
I WANT THAT! excellent find!
I am also very put off by her cute freckled cheeks and her Shane McGowan-like mouth. Have another pint there, cutie.
Maybe she just loves Daiso, and the misspelling omits an "A" rather than a "C".
I know *I've* got Daiso Fever!
Christine! Your cowbell question had me cracking up. My boyfriend and I were just talking about that skit over the weekend. Love this find!
The math spam protection questions give me anxiety!
Okay, so I'm glad I didn't get my groove on during the 70 because of my addictive personality. My brain would be so fried from all the drugs and whatnot.
Dance on party people !!!!!!!!!!!
Message for HOT MOM in your dreams. I hope the day your chin starts to sag along with everything else, you can gracefully accept youself aging. It happens, you do know that right? In the meantime, you party on too, but don't fall and break a hip. That wouldn't be so hot of you.
I meant to type "Curious". See what happens when Im thinking and typing (or working and "Found"ing...).
My apologies.
Hmm…I’m wondering if she actually has Miso Fever—a very serious ailment that can only be alleviated by rapid and repeated miso infusions (usually in soup form) before the onset of delirium and tremors. Clearly this lady has waited too long.
check out this pic: It so goes with todays find. Sadly, there are only 10 comments. We missed it.
http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/598
HAHAA Oh my god you are from Ohio. That's so awesome.
"Spew your hatred on"? Oh you are too funny!!! You are on a roll, sister!
Or eating a roll...actually...probably just eating a roll.
I've noticed that every woman I've met from Ohio is like you. It's the weirdest phenomenon I've ever seen.
No, but seriously though, it's not your fault. The school system out there must suck, because clearly you lean on your looks (yikes) to get you through life.
Also, no daughters because I'm too young. Now go listen to some Keith Urban and cry into your wrinkly, arthritic hands.
looks like she has food coming out of her mouth...
somebody save me from this gay computer class
HotMom - Self assured and self absorbed are two very differnt things.
Methinks thou dost protest too much.
It's only the very insecure who put others down. At least that's what my mama told me.
Let me remind people who may or may not come here that often that we have the occasional impostor, just as Al Simon suggested. So don't bother getting up in arms and respond "hot mom" who is probably an 18-year-old kid lounging in what he considers his "Hugh Hefner" bathrobe.
End Transmission.
Maria! I was browsing through the old finds and found that one... what a messed up picture! That must have been one bad acid trip!
I can only hope that the artist who created this masterpiece finds it on this site. Priceless!
Not to get involved in the debate, but I'm from Ohio. I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing...
I'm intrigued by the the swelling under her left eye... Also, looks like she's missing some teeth.
Did a disco pimp put this hoe in her place?
Woah plastic! That was way harsh... what's all the fuss about again? Seriously, her (or his) handle is "hotmom in your dreams". What did you expect?
No, being from Ohio isn't a bad thing. I just have had bad experiences with moms from Ohio. Hot moms to be exact. Just kidding. Okay this is dumb, you guys are right it's probably just some teenager.
I hope.
What a wonderful time the 70's were!! I can just hear Donna Summers or KC and the Sunshine Band!!
That was back in the day when the worse thing that would happen to you in a club was you might pick up a STD (usually one a little antibiotics would clear right up!)...
...or spill your little amber vial of coke, with the built in spoon! BUMMER!!
And look at the dance floor? Remember the lighted dance floors? Gosh, I miss all that dancing!
Hey, I like this! One can say whatever one wants, and if s/he gets slammed for it, claim 'imposter'! Thanks, imposter, for giving us an easy out.
I have nothing to say about Ohio. But I can say that I love Washington state and that New Mexico is a crazy, beautiful, messed up place. Oh, and Ft. Lauderdale was scary - Don't talk to guys with long fingernails on the buses there. And that's today's tangent.
Kitten, I wouldn't talk to ANY guys with long fingernails. Come to think of it, I wouldn't talk to any guys on buses, either. That's today's safety tip.
Plastic I laughed out loud at your Ohio assumption- it was dead on. What is it with Ohio people? You can tell them IMMEDIATELY!
I laughed even harder when she confirmed it. Fifty states and you were dead on!
You're right sand. Who doesn't like a get out of jail free card, eh? But you can only cry imposter so many times.
Sand.... sadly, these are the lessons hard learned by the naive. But have met some really cool people on the bus. Actually, some bums are quite interesting. The dude with the long fingernails wouldn't leave me alone - which is when I noticed the nails and got off the bus and walked the rest of the way home.
I remember there were disco dancing classes at my elementary school! Really! You could stay after, hang out in the gym and take classes. Now I'm trying to think of which teacher would actually "teach" disco...
p.s. Please don't stereotype the Ohioans!
I believe the "Disco Fever" pinball machine from my youth is still in my parents' basement.
the man behind the curtain - I like that "Blame it on the Boogie" comment. I'm going to start blaming all my troubles on the boogie. Example (a short play):
Boss: "You're Late"
Employee: "Yeah, traffic was bad today"
Boss: "You should have left early. That's no excuse"
Employee: "well, traffic was bad, but there WAS also the boogie".
Boss: "Oh, why didn't you say so. I totally understand. Carry on."
THE END
Christine, you are my new best friend. Well, at least until I get a new job and actually have work to do. Until then, best friends forever! (temporarily)
Seriously though I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm not trying to stereotype Ohio women, but the women I have met do usually describe themselves with glittery decals that say things like, "Princess", "Diva" or something of that nature. I hate to lump people together. I'm afraid I have. Seriously though, out of 50 states I was right...that has to hold a little weight?
Alright I need to stop posting here. I have two job interviews tomorrow so hopefully you will never hear from me again.
Can anybody spell gullible?
If you said she was from Brazil or Antarctica she would have agreed to that too. Especially since it isn't really hotmom.
Obviously, you people have never been to Ohio. We actually have culture and art and literature here too. Oh, and the occasional hot mom.
You can spell gullible. Obviously. Good work.
Plastic, you make a very good point. Score for you buddy. I think it's a tie.
Good luck on your interviews. But I do hope you still post!
I once had a "boyfriend" in sixth grade who was from Ohio, but now he is gay...he's pretty flamboyant, does that count?
Freon- I don't think that it was written on a white board, I think the paper got wet and made the colors bleed (sp?).
Also, I think the things in the back look more like flowers then people, when I was little I used to love to draw flowers on everything, I thought they looked awesome (little did I know).
I love the little dimples on her cheek, and it appears she has braces, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Stayin' Alive!!!!
and Rob, I remember that pinball machine from college...it was awesome. Oops, I guess I gave it away, I too, am over 50...but not from Ohio
Why cana't more of you be like Rob in Los Angeles?
Comment on the find, don't go off in any direction the wind carries you!!!
Kudos Rob -- your comment made me laugh out loud!
Damn, I wish that excuse would have worked back in the disco era!
I needed one after all those late nights under the disco ball!
that is terrifying.
D, if you can remember the disco era then you should not be at "The Poison Apple".
Dancing Queen, banging rails in public restrooms is detrimental to your health
Thanks Dancing Queen - but this forum goes all over the place. Just wait until Capt'n All-Caps shows up and then it gets really ugly.
That must be some really good stuff. That chick is melting right into the floor. I'll take two.
Oh I just love the lights on the floor!
I also love the night life...
I love to boogie....
This is one of the BEST finds I've ever seen here.
You, plastic, get too mad all the time.
OMG! I'm being impostered again. Who the hell is Herve anyway and what kind of name is that! Norma Jean can kiss my ass. I don't know if you are really jealous, but I would venture to say you are. I am hot for my age, but I don't want to get into this again. Kiss my ass too, Herve
Usually the women that are actually asthecially pleasing don't have to tell everyone that they are, they are just contently quiet *hint hint* lol
If it please the court, I was just alluding to a piece of my past. Begging the Court's pardon.
It always makes me nervous in drawings when someone's head is so much larger than their body. *Shivers*
Of course! It's a caricature artist in training!
Kitten, Kitten what a lame handle. Mona Lisa, your last monkier was so much more clever.
Pepper, I beg to differ, Sand is the new Mona Lisa. (and we hoped we were rid of it)
Bootsy Collins is from Ohio, so it ain't all bad...
But then I'm in Ohio this very moment, so I'm sure I'm biased.
For the record, I have never used the word Diva or Princess in reference to myself or anyone else.
And, I'm pretty sure those are flowers in the background instead of people, but that is just my opinon...
My bad, I believe you are right.
sand is sand. there is no precedent.
You two are both wrong, and I'm insulted you've compared me to that canadian hack.
Should I be insulted or flattered that I have just been impostered?
Why must we assume hotmom is a sexy mom, perhaps this is just a play on words and she is an unsightly burn victim.
I thought she meant that she was a hotmom in my dreams, but in reality, eh, maybe not so hot.
The Hottest guy I ever met was from OHIO!! :D
Was he hot because he had Diso Fever?
It's the best disco in town, number one in disco sound! It's the place where hip people meet.
Hey Stuck in the middle, quite a few finds ago, hotmom put up a website you could go and see her picture. She not a burn victim, but she's not hot either, just old. Sand, I mean Mona should remember this.
nope, sorry, I don't. I just came along Friday. But believe what you want. I'm not here to play games.
I frequently use the word princess to describe a young lady in Ohio. She is three. The rest of us are just regular old loyal subjects.
Sorry sand, you don't sound convincing.
I don't sound like anything because I'm not speaking. But ask me if I give a damn whether you believe me or not. I'll save you some time. No, I don't.
Fuck you, sand. You are obnoxious and I wish we could go back to Thursday. Even though it wouldn't make any difference.
i love how this person in the pic. has brown and blue hair
I find it thoroughly amusing that every single day we have someone comment on how we should keep on topic of the Find.
Pepper, you're one to talk. Really, though, is that the best you could come up with?
Bootsie Collins is one ugly chick!
Kitten, busted.
Who is Bootsie Collins?
I totally agree Toast. I wonder if the artist was trying to show the different colored lights hitting the 2 sides of her head.... that's pretty impressive for what I assume is a kid.
Norma Jean, do you need a lesson on google? Bootsy Collins is a bassist, singer & songwriter from Cincinnati. He was a member of James Brown's back up band.
Wasn't Bootsie Collins in Parliament and Funkadelic?
Thanks, kate for your mean spirited answer, way to make a person feel like a dumbass. I guess all the comment bickering is getting to you too.
Maybe everyone should calm down. I suggest we all do a dance. I vote for the Hoky Poky.
I wish you would go back to Thursday, too, herve. If you had taken a bath that day, you wouldn't reek as badly as you do now. Since we can hear over the internet and all, I assume we can smell, too.
You put your right foot in. You put your right foot out. You put your right foot in, and you shake it all about. Sounds like how herve takes a bath.
Holy Tomoly! I have been improstered. Are you so lame, Nora Jean as to say fuck you to everyone when you are in Ohio?
Man, I wonder what would happen if anyone here met in real life. I bet it would be the best brawl ever. Than we could really hear the fists hitting and really smell the blood. Aahh... smells like a Wednesday.
Herve, that made no sense at all...stdy up on your English and come back next year.
Sand, you were cruel no not the right Herve. So all of your energies was wasted. But up you asses anyway.
Norma Jean, I think you misread my tone. That was not my intention.
I am here to talk about the find, not you OR me.
I'm sorry Kate, it's just that I am so worked up right now. This conflict brings up old unresolved issues.
Yeah, what sister said. Take a typing class, herve.
Pepper, I'm sure you had a point in there some where....
Herve, I loved you on Fantasy Island ;)
Oh, my bad, herve. I don't like to pick on midgets. I apologize.
What is the deal with Herve?
which conflict, norma jean?
Kitten - Bootsy was in BOTH Parlaiment/Funkadelic AND James Brown's backup band. Talk about cred. That dude's got tons. Of course he lost a tiny bit when he was in that song by Deeee Lite ("Groove is in the heaaaaaaaartaaaawawawaaaaaaa").
Kitten , I briefly thought of that . A convention type thing , with lots of drinks . There would be juice for Rex . Mona and Unworthy would be hanging on Salt's every word ,Pepper would be trying to identify who everybody was ,Flargy would let his hair down and party ,Hotmom would have a giant " hotmom" name tag , and hopefully there would be a good ( not disco ) band .
Go to www.bootsycollins.com
There's a video of him and the JBs recording the music for "Superbad".
Here we go again..
I don't even know what I bother with this. I am trying to learn about Americana by looking at the find, but am learning that Americans are just like their president. Stupid and retards.
Herve, it would be pretty naive to think that the people on "Found" are representative of all Americans, no?
I was just making a joke :( don't be mad, Herve.
Rob, how dare you sully the good name of Dee-Lite!
So Herve, you're doing social research... what a curious place to start.
Well, please do note that this is a place of make-believe where the outlandish is worshiped. We play, fight, joke and try to be witty all the time. I'd have to say that the American demographic represented here is not typical or normal.
Thanks for the info Rob. I'm checking out that video now.
James, you crack me up!
Herve , you are insulting stupid and retarded people by comparing them to George Bush .
Good call Jolly!
Have a good night everyone! Bitch at you tomorrow!
Good night, kitties.
Hey, Easy, Herpes, I voted for W. and don't regret it. I think that he is doing the best he can in this war situation. I think that he is a very good man.
hot mom, it's probably best not to delve into politics in this group. talk at y'all tomorrow.
hot mom, you would.
I LOVE this find! I especially love the brown and blue hair and what looks to be acne on her face!
This transports me right back to the 7th grade. There was a guy in my science class who would show up every day wearing his best white polyester disco outfit. All the girls had a crush on him because he was sooooo John Travolta! Well, I LOVED disco! One day the guy shows up to class and he's not wearing the usual disco apparel. This time he's wearing black leather and chains and makes a rather bold statement of "DISCO'S DEAD! LET'S BREAK LEAD!" I was shocked and hurt and felt utterly betrayed. Holding back tears I yelled back at him "DISCO'S NOT DEAD!" and ran out of the classroom to go cry in the bathroom. I no longer had a crush on him after that.
I actually liked that Dee-Lite song. I couldn't leave the comment without something funny.
I used to want to be a regular! Oh how that's changed in the past two months.
As for the (awesome) find, I'm thinking modern Diso -- Diso Dance Revolution! I know my DDR set looks JUST like that - the crazy patterns and the wiggling lights and everything. Also when i play DDR, my head expands to be three to four times the size of my body, so this HAS to be it. I am so glad that there are other people who play Diso Dance Revolution out there (it's a great form of exercise).
i think if everyone met in person, most would be socially awkward and reserved... more socially awkward. yes, definitely. the 'world wide interweb' has an amazing way of allowing everyone to grow a pair.
"She's a brick house
Yes, she's the one, the only one
Who's built like an amazon"
<adding Rob and Kevin to the invite list, crossing Kelsey off>
Does anyone remember Soap Factory Disco? it was a Disco Music Show that was on Friday nights on one of the major networks. My oldest sister used to watch it, and it really really made me detest anything Disco. (or Diso, for that matter.) But of course I sing along with all the Disco they play on the radio. (and I do like a lot of it nowdays.)
Terrie is so very.. LOL.. that's exactly what I was thinking when someone asked "who is Herve?" Oh.. he's the dude that played Tattoo on Fantasy Island!
Can someone explain the cowbell reference? I'm lost on that one. TYVM.
I have lived in Ohio, and met many wonderful people of both genders (and several in between.) I will say that many of those who fit the description proposed by Plastic had moved to Ohio from West Virginia or Appalachia or something. They figured that if they escaped their ho hum past lives and moved on up to Ohio, they were better than anyone else. (and yeah, I'm generalizing and lumping a number of people together. What?!?)
Kelsey, grow a pair of what? Certain kinds of pairs might be healthy and helpful. But superfluous pairs of things we already have might be more of a burden to carry. If this is the danger, perhaps a healthy distance from the interweb would be wise. I don't see it happening for me though.
Everyone want to know who I am!
I am truly serious when I say that Plastic is bi polar. Am I right? Plastic?
The only thing funnier than the find is plastic's comments about Ohio. Hotmom's response, real or not, gave me a good laugh.
i'm sure if i had posted yesterday, i would get all sorts of flack for this, but i just have to say i resent the comment about appalachia. it only proves the continued ignorance perpetuated by those too scared to learn about the people they don't understand.
Kitten, the way you tell James has he cracks you up reminds me of laughing too loud at your bosses jokes. Brown noser.
I was not alive during the Disco era...or shall I say Diso? :P But I certainly do hope it was exactly as this drawing depicts!
"it only proves the continued ignorance perpetuated by those too scared to learn about the toothless illiterate hicks they don't understand."
JUST KIDDING. Where is Appalachia? :-)
Appalachia is in the Appalachian Mountains.
Oh! So it's in Ohio then. Thanks, kate.
Diso fever? Is that like the Asian Flu?
That's my girl!