j.frede - ProfilesArchive

About Me

j.frede (j fred) pronunciation

a. Vegetarian, straight-edged mammal existing in Los Angeles, originating from Southeastern New Mexico.

b. Conceptual artist working in sound, photography and sculpture see
www.jfrede.com for more details

Aliases include (but not limited to): James Frederick, red don, the gloved intruder, Don Frederick, chapter 23, ect...

My Interests

skateboarding, design, minimalism, interzone, fashion, photography, lomography, phonography, vintage motorcycles, cafe racers, darwin, japanese girls, straws that break the camels back, herman nitsch, gordon matta-clark, andy goldsworthy, and at least one or two other things im sure,,,

I'd like to meet:

people who read,,,,, and think,,, its a lot ot ask....

Music:

cat stevens, christian death (only with rozz), hank williams, coil, the denver gentlemen, 2pac, crass, the carpenters, misfits, garth brooks(circa late 80s), duke ellington, 50cent, hedwig, lionel richie, death in june, steve wonder, and more

Movies:

scent of a woman, gummo, happiness, the godfather, spotless mind, lost in translation, virgin suicides, etc .. ..

Television:

Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, All in the family, MXC, Rome, Deadwood, good times, sopranos

Books:

burroughs biography, beat hotel, howl - the poem that changed the world,

Heroes:

charles darwin

My Blog

eyespy #006 - duck dodgers

eyespy #006Monday the 11th of JunePulling up to the Overland Blvd exit off the the 10 fwy, I see the car in front of me veer slightly and I notice they were dodging a mother duck and her five duckling...
Posted by j.frede on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:51:00 PST

eyespy #005 - no tolerance for torture

eyespy #005Thursday the 7th of JuneTo my left,, a Gold Silverado, the entire back window has a massive window graphic / sticker of three dolphins laughing (I say they are laughing, because its my sto...
Posted by j.frede on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:48:00 PST

eyespy #004 - Lifetime Exterminator

eyespy #004 Tuesday the 29th of May,Driving eastbound on the Santa Monica freeway I glance up and notice 3 gunmetal gray Toyota Prius's in a row, side by side, perfectly parallel in the three inside...
Posted by j.frede on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:15:00 PST

eyespy .003

eyespy #003Monday the 21st of May, Got off on Washington to get gasoline, on the opposite side of the street I see a grown man in a nice black suit and white shirt riding a kids chrome BMX bike. He wa...
Posted by j.frede on Wed, 30 May 2007 11:36:00 PST

eyespy #002

eyespy #002Tuesday, 15th of MayDrove up next to a man in a bright yellow corvette today, he was drinking out of a bright yellow plastic cup, and had a matching yellow cup in the other drink holder in ...
Posted by j.frede on Sun, 20 May 2007 01:38:00 PST

eyespy #001

eyespy #001I have decided to start a blog of all the things I see in transit in the city of angels. I commute 30+ miles a day in Los Angeles, from how to work I travel on 3 different freeways in absur...
Posted by j.frede on Mon, 14 May 2007 01:30:00 PST

j.frede gray rooms - exhibition press release

PRESS RELEASE j.frede - gray rooms august 26 - september 24 {open} books.music.magazines.art. 144 linden ave. downtown long beach, ca 90802 562.499.OPEN // a...
Posted by j.frede on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:35:00 PST

grey | area review....

"The works that spoke to me immediately (in part due to their sheer mass and odd shape) were Alert by Los Angeles artist sound sculptor j.frede, Postscript (T.W, L.C., N.S, A.M., L.C., D.B.) by Portla...
Posted by j.frede on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:25:00 PST

grey | area exhibition - Portland, OR

GUESTROOM GALLERY ANNOUNCES grey|area -- CURATED BY TJ NORRIS Portland, OR, May 15, 2006 . . . Guestroom Gallery has announced it will host one of the summers most exci...
Posted by j.frede on Wed, 17 May 2006 03:15:00 PST

taxi update,,,

just a quick update,,,, many of you have emailed me or commented about the lull in the taxi blog,,, i have a months worth of stories to put up soon i just have to find time to type them out,,, so it w...
Posted by j.frede on Wed, 17 May 2006 03:14:00 PST