Sunday, October 23, 2011

Surprise Morley Scavenger Hunt!



'Morley Men' Rescue Mission!



Morley is hosting a surprise scavenger hunt all over Los Angeles. The theme is 'Morley Men' and the hunt features customized, or should we say Morley-ized, army men. Each is wearing hand drawn glasses and a unique Morley mini-poster. Of course these army men come complete with parachute.

There are 24 Morley Men hidden throughout Los Angeles. Details and clues on where to locate the Morley Men can be found on the 'Highly Confidential Mission Dossier'. Morley advises to hurry as he doesn't plan that these will last long.

***Note: We usually don't grab stuff from scavenger hunts but we did snag the Morley Man the one from the corner of Melrose and Fairfax this morning. The Morley Man was wearing a poster that said 'Thank You for Finding Me'. Since M&F was the first to cover Morley's street art--way back before he even took on the name 'Morley', it just seemed like it was meant to be. We have loved watching Morley's career take off, and even if the Morley Men are parachuting, Morley's career continues to skyrocket. Stay up~***







***HIGHLY CONFIDENTAL - FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
* MORLEY MEN *
- RESCUE MISSION -
INTRODUCTION:
While the title “Morley men” may sound like I’m opening an all male exotic dance club/massage parlor, it is in fact the code
name for America’s daring, highly trained mission force. Their purpose: to bring messages of humor, hope and advice to the
general population of Los Angeles. With their trusty ‘M’ parachutes, they have been scattered throughout the city and it
us up to you to follow the clues that will lead to their rescue.
Once discovered, you may keep all that you find. May their messages serve you well.
If you become the proud owner of a genuine Morley man, please give a short debriefing to the official Morley facebook
page
. This means: take a photo of it, list the location that you found it and detail any amusing anecdotes on how the mission went.
it is up to you to bring these soldiers home from the battlefront and to the safety of your desk drawer, windowsill or
spare change jar. Are you up for the challenge? If you answered with: “dude, this is totally lame. I thought morley was a
cool street artist, not a kindergarten teacher!” then you’re clearly not ready for this. If not…

INTEL
LOS FELIZ
Vermont between Franklin & Hollywood.
1. The site of the very first Morley poster. Since then, more than 30 of his posters have been buffed off of it.
ONCE THERE, Look up.
2. Contrary to popular belief, the name of this location is not just a popular indie rock band,
whose only album was released in 2003. Once there, look for red wood.
3. to find this morley man on Franklin, go to the square root of 22259524.
ONCE THERE, face the street and look UP for a small metal box.

4. On a phone pad – type “ G O I L” search for this number on MELBOURNE.
Once there, follow the wooden pole upwards.
5. Independent bookstores are awesome - and this one is a gem among them.
Once there, look behind Miguel de Cervantes’ classic tale of a fearless dreamer from La Mancha.
SILVERL AKE
Sunset between fountain & Edgecliffe.
1. This spot is famous thanks to the man who wrote the following lyrics:
“If patience started a band, I'd be her biggest fan. Look at me, I'm talking to you.”
Once there, keep an eye out for something that amplifies sound.
2. the great Gatsby… Nick's second cousin & the wife of Tom.
Once there, look where birds fear to go.
3. GUNEMONSTER wants to play here.
4. A place to buy gas masks.
Once there, ask the clerk where he keeps the ‘flight suits’. Search behind the hanging suits.
5. Skullphone is keeping his eye on you here.
6. PICTURE CLUE…
Once there. Look for a nice place to eat breakfast- if you were a bird.
WARNING: Some light F ence climbing required.
DOWNTOWN HOLLYWOOD
Sunset between vine & La brea.
1. You could see the remake of footloose here… If you wanted to… Yeah, me neither.
ONCE THERE, look behind a wall of rain.
2. go to the best record store in los angeles.
ONCE THERE, Look up the LP version of one of my favorite all-time albums… “THE SUNSET TREE” by The Mountain Goats.
3. T’WILL BE THE SEASON. BED BATH AND BEYOND. Christmas ornament section.
4. check the white rose bushes outside the ‘company lot’ where Crystals are dark and babes have the power.
(LA BREA & DELONGPRE)


ECHO PARK
w. Sunset Between Alvarado & Marion.
1. The first sign that you’ve entered echo park… literally.
2. MEGHNA once sold gas here.
ONCE THERE, examine the pumps.
WARNING: Some light ‘f ence gap shimmying’ required.
3. Shepard fairey’s number one gallery.
Once there, look to the lamppost just outside the entrance.
4. A wall once literally covered with street art, now only with the painted scraps of the art that was.
MELROSE
Between La brea & Fairfax.
1. The mannequin outside of ‘New York speed’ looks awful hot in that big thick parka. I mean c’mon! We live in Los Angeles!
Just sayin’.
2. Moist.
To get this one, you’ll have to go upstairs.
3. You can only park for two hours in front of snyder & AMK’s killer collabo wall…
Unless it’s Sunday- or you have some sort of bribery deal worked out with the parking people.
4. Across the street from ron english’s boxer there is a hole in the ground. Peek in.
5. Melroseandfairfax … the non-website version. Better not jaywalk.

NOTE: if you find the location and there is no Morley man, it could be because someone has already rescued him
or he was killed in the line of duty by the dreaded beautification team. TI ME IS OF T HE E SSE NCE !!***

2 comments:

  1. just saved the soldier at the Elliott Smith Mural. Great placement-almost missed it-Fun stuff-Thanks Morley
    Will document as asked-

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  2. "we'll never have this moment again...
    So let's make the best of it"

    Big F-off to Morley for making look at christmas stuff WAY TO EARLY! ;)

    The other three in Hollywood were MIA. Hope they were not captured by the wrong people.

    Then I ate Jack in the Crack and supported the local skate shop, Pharmacy, by buying some Powell reds.

    Thank you MF and Morley for a fun afternoon.

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