A Day in the Life is officially on newsstands and its time to party like its 2007!! Come out Saturday nite and dance the night away in a fancy Manhattan loft! Grab the newest issue of Theme, and make some new friends. Don’t forget to RSVP to by the end of today!!

BIG PARTY!!!
Yes, we’re having a big party…

Saturday, May 16
9:30PM-3AM

85 Leonard Street, 1st Floor
(Between Church and Broadway)

Music By DJ Dialectic and Miss Conspicuous

Open Bar (Saigon Beer courtesy of An Choi, Svedka Vodka) until we run out!
BYOB if coming late!

RSVP by FRIDAY:

Brought to you by: An Choi, 80%20, safe, TDINK and THEME Magazine

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One of our favorite retailers and brands in New York, BBlessing, created some custom pieces for the Refinery29 pop-up shop, Save Fashion! With a rotating cast of amazing independent brands, each week presents an alternating selection of mens and womenswear at affordable prices.

Save Fashion
641 8th Avenue(NW Corner of 41st Street)
@ The Port Authority Bus Terminal

Hours
Mon-Wed, Fri-Sat, 10-9pm
Sundays, 11-7pm
Closed Thursdays

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TAGS: Good News!, Things We Like

We covered Carsick Cars in our Beijing Olympics Issue but check their first official music video for the single, Mogu Mogu. Last summer, their label Maybe Mars commisioned director David Harris to make the first music video for Carsick Cars… it took a while, but was worth the wait…

2008年夏天，我们有幸请到了非常具有才华的导演大卫 哈里斯来为Carsick Cars制作第一部音乐录影带。虽然制作时间稍长，但当我们看到了最终的效果后，确信我们的等待是完全值得的！

导演：大卫 哈里斯
Jeremy Ball：卖蘑菇的
matt wakai：负责清洗机器和管灯的人
chen yi song : きのこ
fiona qi：吃蘑菇的
yun qing：丛林人

credits:
Directed by David Harris.
jeremy ball : spore monger
matt wakai : guy standing on top of washing machine holding a light
chen yi song : きのこ
fiona qi : mushroom eater
yun qing : jungle

CARSICK CARS - 蘑菇 蘑菇 MOGU MOGU (Music Video) from Maybe Mars / 兵马司 on Vimeo.

TAGS: Good News!, Reviews, Music Reviews, Things We Like

Mos Def dropped a brand spankin’ new video for the first single off his new album, “Casa Bey.” The Ecstatic is his fourth studio album and it’s schedule to drop on June 9th. It will include special guests Talib Kweli and Slick Rick with productions by Oh No, Chad Hugo, Mad Lib, Mr. Flash, DJ Preservation, J Dilla, Georgia Anne Muldrow.

Mos Def - “Casa Bey” - The Ecstatic - 6.9.09

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Fresh off another round of touring with Jay-Z, help DJ Neil Armstrong celebrate the release of Sweeet Part 2 at Sutra! Neil did an amazing Soundtrack for us last year for our Travel Issue that you can check out and download here!

May 14th
Sutra Lounge NYC
16 First Ave Btween 1st and 2nd St
Doors open at 10pm

DJ Neil Armstrong
DJ Jr. FLO
DJ Machine

No Cover RSVP @

PS. You can cop the new Sweeet Part 2 from our neighbors TurntableLab here!

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Listen to Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper talk about the global impact of Subway Art, 25 years later. Celebrating a quarter-century of graffiti, the two photographers are re-releasing this seminal book in a large format with Chronicle Books.

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We have 50 sets of the first 15 issues of Theme on SALE for the price of $50! First come first served! Click here!

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“Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music.”

Get involved here.

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Looking forward to checking this out.

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It’s ON!

Utne, the independent guide to magazines and general cultural issues has an annual competition where they nominate the best titles that they come across in the stacks today. Theme has been selected (independently) for outstanding Arts coverage! Wish us luck!

Here’s more from the website:
“Surely you’ve heard that print journalism is doomed: layoffs this, budget cuts that, blogs, Twitter, podcasts, paid content, and so on. We, the deciders of the 20th annual Utne Independent Press Awards, must respectfully disagree with this conventional but flawed wisdom.

Each day we work with a lively congregation of unswervingly gutsy, dynamic publications, so vital and valuable that our meeting to finalize this year’s best new publication nominees spanned two days, five rounds of voting, and an intricate tiebreak initiative.

In fact, print lovers will be heartened to know that despite tough times for nominees—perennial spiritual coverage contender ascent recently ceased publication, and Greater Good and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved online—our library of 1,300 magazines, newsletters, journals, zines, and alt weeklies had one of the strongest years in the history of our awards.”

Here is the full list of nominees.

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