Checkout Jenn’s blog over the coming days.  The two are heading to South Padre Island to shoot some serious kiteboarding action.  Weekend forecast? Clear and chill with chance of love.  

Shout out to FoF Kristin Finley for taking Fred to Vegas.  What spills in Vegas stays in Vegas

So Fred was spotted with Run’s daughters on the second season of “Daddy’s Girls.”  Keep an eye out.

A year or so back, FoF Ocean wrote a piece about a little Spy Conference in Raleigh, NC.  Well, it just went on again.  Next year, I want to go.  Now, what’s so interesting about this is - well, it’s a Spy Conference - what’s not interesting about that?  But what’s interesting to us FoFs is the brilliance of a simple little Ad for the conference by an agency named The Republik.  I mean, this commercial ranks up there with my favorites.  It’s not on YouTube, so if you want to check it out, follow these instructions.  Go to http://therepublik.net - click on ‘work’ in the menu on the upper left - click on the floaty icon in the middle of the site that says “INTL SPY CONFERENCE” - click “View all work by tactic” - click “Broadcast” and enjoy.  Is that not hilarious?  Who wants to go next year?  Note: The link to the conference itself is http://www.raleighspyconference.com/ - Is there any way this isn’t actually real?  FoF Marcus

Fred was asked to cold chill in the center of the action at Whole Foods on Lamar and 5th St. in downtown Austin. And cold chill he did. Artists seen included Funeral Party and Voxtrot at Emo’s Jr., Shwayze rocked out, Joseph Israel the kickass reggae singer, Melissa Rapp who is now a special FoF. Fred also shared a ride with a writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - that was a trip. Ben Harper was amazing. And bumping into FoFs from Brooklyn was a nice surprise. Any of you FoFs make it down to SXSW? Do tell. Who did you see? Good shows?  

Michael Anthony, acclaimed chef of Gramercy Tavern, came to Queens to grill a feast with ingredients culled from the Public Farm 1 installation in MoMA’s PS1 courtyard. The architectural invention is itself a wonder: a self-irrigating agricultural system that launches majestically beyond the towering walls of the courtyard and into the Queens skyline. But the real star of the evening was the cavernous charcoal grill, fired up for a fitting send-off to outdoor cooking season.

Fred and friends recently checked out New York’s best Muay Thai and amateur boxing at the cavernous Lexington Avenue Armory. One dude got straight-up knocked out with a ferocious jab-kick to the Kenny Noggins. The fighters in the crowd cheered. The lovers looked on with concern, questioning the brutality of the sport. But then the dude got up and everyone partied.

Albert Maysles is about as humble and earnest a man you will find anywhere in the world, which makes the fact that he’s a filmmaking legend all the more amazing. He and his brother David pioneered “direct cinema” in the 1960’s, revolutionizing documentary filmmaking, and are responsible for the great films Salesman, Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter. On 8.26 Albert regaled a rapt crowd at the Rogan store on the Bowery in NYC with stories from his improbable and fascinating career, interspersing never-before-seen clips from his extensive film catalog. Criterion will soon be releasing extended versions of these gems on DVD, including a buzzed and slaphappy Marlon Brando trying to get through a press junket, The Rolling Stones listening to the mixdowns of Wild Horses for the first time, a wigged Salvador Dali speaking jibberish to a bikini-clad Raquel Welch and Muhammad Ali shadow boxing the camera on a deserted road in Africa.

Above, that’s Al and Fred [gripped tight in his right] giving an interview to Vanity Fair after the show. For a little guy, Fred is a huge fan.

Michael Stipe and designer Rogan Gregory [checkout http://rogannyc.com] launched their collaborative art exhibit at Rogan’s studio on Bowery in NYC on June 26, 08 for a month. Bronzed cassette tapes above, by Michael, represent the power of media as a blank canvas for art, retro-style. Fred was cold chillin’ at the studio in about the most humid environment of his career [a sweaty night it was]. Other interesting folk at the event included ColdPlay’s Chris Martin, brother-in-law Jake Paltrow [ NYPD Blue, Director and brother of Gwyneth ], Mike D of Beastie Boys and artists Jeff Koons, Michael Halsband and Terrence Koh. As the consummate blackbelt in hanging out, take Fred’s word for it when he says: “Checkout Rogan Jeans.” They must be Fred-friendly…