http://www.thememagazine.com Theme Magazine en jiae@thememagazine.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-04T20:15:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/kickstarter/ http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/kickstarter/#When:20:15:00Z Kickstarter.com is a way to (forgive the pun) Kick Start Your Ideas! Check out this story to see if Kickstarter is the jump you need or if you can fund someone else’s cause.

]]> 2010-03-04T20:15:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/top-10-albums-with-mayer-hawthorne/ http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/top-10-albums-with-mayer-hawthorne/#When:08:00:00Z Theme was dying to know what Hawthorne’s personal Top 10 Detroit LPs of All Time were, and he obliged us.

]]> 2010-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/indexed/polish-delights/ http://www.thememagazine.com/indexed/polish-delights/#When:18:45:00Z Twenty-five-year-old graphic designer/illustrator Kinga Offert clues us in to one of Europe’s hidden gems — her hometown, Poznan Poland. When not designing or illustrating, Kinga sculpts little clay lucha libre figurines and sends them to friends and strangers all over the world to be photographed in situ (think traveling gnome project). 

]]> 2010-02-26T18:45:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/the-evils-of-big-petroleum/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/the-evils-of-big-petroleum/#When:16:00:00Z Here’s a trailer for a film that’s out on DVD now that’s been garnering rave reviews.

]]> 2010-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/indexed/the-beauty-of-jozi/ http://www.thememagazine.com/indexed/the-beauty-of-jozi/#When:19:00:00Z “Jozi is not automatically romantic...It’s an acquired taste; it’s tough to find the true magic and that’s the beauty of the place,” says Mpumi Mcata, one of the founders of the Johannesburg rock band BLK JKS. Mcata makes it just a little easier to find the magic of Jozi by sharing some of his favorite spots in his hometown. 

]]> 2010-02-24T19:00:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/five-year-anniversary-group-exhibition/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/five-year-anniversary-group-exhibition/#When:16:23:00Z Jonathan LeVine Gallery Presents a Wonderful Group Show Opening This Saturday in NYC.

]]> 2010-02-24T16:23:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/the-art-of-noise/ http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/the-art-of-noise/#When:09:00:00Z Jonathan Zawada discusses with Theme his relationship with the disciplines of art and design.

]]> 2010-02-19T09:00:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/a-garage-sale-of-emotional-artifacts/ http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/a-garage-sale-of-emotional-artifacts/#When:08:30:00Z Leanne Shapton has been an author, columnist, editor as well as an illustrator and artist. She is a transitionist.

]]> 2010-02-18T08:30:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/legal-shark/ http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/legal-shark/#When:20:30:00Z The famed William Kunstler has been profiled in a film by his daughters; Emily and Sarah Kunstler. Their father represented the prisoners after the overtaking of Attica Prison in 1971, the Chicago “8” and the American Indian Movement during the standoff at Wounded Knee in 1973. 

]]> 2010-02-17T20:30:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/to-the-5-boros/ http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/to-the-5-boros/#When:21:00:00Z This is the New York I remember, before billionaire mayors and closures of major traffic areas for the walkers; Sue Kwon’s Street Level is photographic history.

]]> 2010-02-16T21:00:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/clae-shop-in-shop/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/clae-shop-in-shop/#When:17:47:00Z Our friends at Clae are having a Shop-in-Shop party-in-party at Stussy in Los Angeles. 

]]> 2010-02-15T17:47:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/indexed/sleepless-in-seatown/ http://www.thememagazine.com/indexed/sleepless-in-seatown/#When:17:00:00Z Food and travel writer Patricia Tanumihardja’s Seattle is considered her on-and-off home. We caught up with her after the launch of her new cookbook The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook to discuss places to eat and sightsee in her adopted hometown. 

]]> 2010-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/total-rekal/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/total-rekal/#When:16:36:00Z Our favorite Italian artist, Rekal (AKA Davide Zucco) has a brand new website.

]]> 2010-02-15T16:36:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/do-you-think/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/do-you-think/#When:04:26:00Z St. Vincent performing “The_Strangers” on KCRW

]]> 2010-02-12T04:26:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/wilco-broken-arrow/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/wilco-broken-arrow/#When:04:16:00Z Awesome video from Wilco’s recent performance in Portland. A must see if you’re a Tweedy fan.

]]> 2010-02-11T04:16:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/chamagraphy/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/chamagraphy/#When:16:03:00Z Chama would be used jokingly on someone who is in a high position (noble, rich, etc.)

]]> 2010-02-08T16:03:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/sony-rips-off-blu/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/sony-rips-off-blu/#When:12:01:00Z I haven’t seen such a blatant rip off of someone’s art for some time. Music industry I know you’re hurting, but come on!

]]> 2010-02-02T12:01:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/whats-new-basement-jaxx/ http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/whats-new-basement-jaxx/#When:20:20:00Z A few weeks ago, Theme’s Chad Hinson caught up with Felix Buxton from the Basement Jaxx.

]]> 2010-01-30T20:20:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/an-open-discussion-across-the-aisle/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/an-open-discussion-across-the-aisle/#When:19:18:00Z President Obama holds an open discussion across the aisle. Everyone should check this out.

]]> 2010-01-30T19:18:00-05:00 http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/scion-presents-this-must-be-the-place/ http://www.thememagazine.com/blog/scion-presents-this-must-be-the-place/#When:22:01:00Z curated by Faesthetic magazine, featuring a collection of art and oddities by eight American artists.

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