Photo by Ellis Scott

Converse China is supporting the burgeoning independent music scene in China through a compilation album and documentary film that follows Maybe Mars artists PK14 and Queen Sea Big Shark on a 2-week roadtrip through China. Queen Sea Big Shark is my favorite Chinese band and we featured a review of their self-titled album in Issue 15. Shot by documentary filmmaker Liu Feng during last year’s Olympic Games in Beijing, the film follows the two acts as they play sold out shows in five Chinese cities—Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Changsha, Wuhan, and Xian. Check out the Love Noise microsite to listen to the compilation and watch clips of the documentary.

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Photo by Melanie Campbell

Congrats to our Rome Snowboard winner! Our winning photo from Melanie Campbell shows her enjoying sun and slopes at Wyndham with a crew of girl friends.

Check back often for more giveaways from Theme!

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In an age of apocalyptic media predictions in the form of tweets, Brooklyn-based NEWWORK is a refreshing black-and-white large-format indie publication. Check out their 3rd issue, FACE, in its entirety online and support your local indie publisher!

NEWWORK magazine is a large-format arts publication for conneusiers of fresh ideas. Designed and published biannually by studio NEWWORK, each issue features new work from a wide range of artists and creators in the worlds of fine art, design, high fashion, culture, and politics. NEWWORK’s contributors are united in their passion to push the boundaries of their disciplines. Among the magazine’s special features are bold, custom-designed typefaces and a twist on the traditional newspaper format, offering a stimulating juxtaposition of striking design and everyday simplicity. Since pages can be separated, each layout can be hung on the wall as an individual art piece.

While the second issue of NEWWORK explores the role of imagination in creative life: changing styles, changing minds, changing worlds, the theme of issue no. 3 is FACE as an idea that is both literal and abstract. It invokes our contributors to break down “face” and show how it manifest itself in their work.

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Happy Birthday Mr. Marley. People all over the world thank you for your music and your message. One Love!!

DJ Concerned put together a birthday mix for the occasion! Download it here.

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Photo by Rome Snowboards

Photo by Rome Snowboards

Don’t you love it when you wake up on the first morning of an epic trip to the mountain? At Theme nothing gets us going more than to see the snow falling and the mountain waiting for us. Seeing as mother nature has dumped a whole lotta champagne fluff on most of the country, we’ve teamed up with Rome Snowboards for an awesome giveaway!

You, can win this Rome SDS Lo-Fi piece of laminated perfection! (Designed specifically for women.)

Photo by Rome Snowboards

Photo by Rome Snowboards

Here’s how Rome describe the board: “Roll into a park these days. Women riders are lining up to hit the big jump lines and lay down their personal styles on the jib lines. The same is true in the backcountry—riders like MFR are delivering next-level footage off kickers and natural drops. The Lo-Fi is a new series from the SDS for this type of rider. Defining its feel, a smooth flex profile balances the softness needed for rails with the support needed for landing big jumps. Carbon in the tip and tail give it pop in both directions.”

Just send us your* best photos from this snowboard season. Whether it’s a photo of your best frontside cab-9, or just a pic of the mountain right when the sun rises, all perdy and natural-like. We will pick one winner, and post submitted images in our gallery so we can all share one communal snow hug.

Details:
You may enter up to 3 images. One submission per day.
Send JPEG images at 800x600 pixel dimensions at 72 DPI only.

DEADLINE: January 31, 2009! Send in your entry NOW.
Email pics to
along with your name, age, location and contact info.

On Feb 1st, we will pick one winner and the winner will be contacted by email.

By sending in your picture, you are agreeing to us posting the pics on this website.

Photo by Rome Snowboards

*make sure you own the rights to the pics - ie, don’t steal other people’s pics so you can win free gear.
**although the board is a WOMEN’S SPECIFIC board, we’re opening this contest to people of any gender. Just make sure the pic is good, and you’ll have a chance to win.

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Photo by Peter Dean Rickards

Peter Dean Rickards, photographer, filmmaker, and one-man band behind First Magazine, chopped down a wall with a Banksy stencil and is selling prints from this project on ebay. Buy the set of 10 prints and get the wall for free! Don’t sleep, the ebay auction wraps up at the end of the month!

The Afflicted Yard: The Rock from Rickards Bros. on Vimeo.

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Cover Art by Mick Bailey

Kevin Byrd, photographer, designer, and art director based in Atlanta, has somehow found time in his busy schedule to put together a great compilation of music released quarterly since 2004! Each Chirp mixtape has a cover designed by one of his talented friends...i especially love the slow moving alligator featured on the cover of his Winter 2008 mix. Offering a broad selection of music from mostly independent artists, I look forward to checking out his new selections...its like the Chirp mix ushers in the changing seasons.

Download the new Fall 2008 mixtape here.

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My favorite thing to do in New York City is hop on my bike and just ride through the city. It’s amazingly liberating to not be enclosed in a crowded subway or in a cab with a crazy driver on a mission to maim you. When you bike, you’re in the open and connected to the city. The whole experience can be made that much better if you had a Giant Metro Suede bike like this:

This is the sickest city cruiser you’ll ever own. With a virtually maintenance-free 3-speed automatic drivetrain by Shimano and a saddle with memory foam, you’ll be traveling in serious comfort and style.

So how do you get your hands on this baby? You can either fork up the $800 or you can enter our “Give Theme a Bike Tour of Your City” contest. It’s pretty easy and it’ll be tons of fun.

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