Archive for February, 2008

 The Molecule caught up with Jonathan Fritz at his January 24th Show at Sheep Station in Brooklyn. Collaborating with his autistic pupil Gabriel Debalmann, and employing a new funky fresh medium, these works drew quite the crowd. Venturing out on a cold night was nothing compared to the heat on those canvases!
Fritz gave us a few words about [...]


Christopher de la Torre and Jose Salamone spotted in The Livingston Chronicle! As you may know, Josh Livingston is a master of words, striking down all of those mundane utterances of tragic verbage before him like mites before Zeus!
Check “Hamming it Up” below:

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It’s time for the latest THINKTANK interview. Kevin Kopelson and Bob Mendoza talk about sex, David Sedaris, Roland Barthes, and their late collaboration, “The Happy Wanker.” Don’t expect a G rating. This discussion with UM editor Christopher de la Torre gets down and dirty.

“…I had a great painting studio across from the Chelsea Piers. It [...]


UM DESIGN 2.0

11Feb08

UrbanMolecule.com is new and improved! Check it out. Any questions? Just ask!
The theme for UM1.2 is “Energy” (out April 31) – Let us know if you’d like to submit your work.
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Today, UM Editor Christopher de la Torre was featured on KnuckleCrack, the popular “lewd, loud, and irreverent” blog of Eric “ELeven” Leven.

The Bilerico project, to which Leven contributes regularly, quotes him as being “one of a new generation of gay men using new media to agitate, educate, and organize.” He is, according to Joe.My.God. creator [...]


Hey gents. Ever think about how you pee? What goes through your head when you’re standing at a urinal in a public restroom? Reading the paper on the pot at home? Irreverent as it may sound, “going to the bathroom” might be one of the most important things you do all day, and we’re not [...]


Revolutionary Perry Brass on the late Jack Nichols, organized religion, and editing the world’s first gay liberation newspaper.


Check out photos of UM events, conceptual art, contributor photo shoots, and more!
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January 9th Cup & [...]


Attention molecules!
UrbanMolecule.com is LIVE! After many months of planning, meeting and designing, UM1.1 is finally here.

ISSUE 1.1 FEATURES:
Tyler Alpern
Skyler Chen
Luis Colan
Max Falkowitz
Jonathan Fritz
Whit Honea
Kevin Kopelson
Sabina Maria van der Linden
Marco Mancassola
Bob Mendoza
Sam J Miller
Yosvany Reyes
Jose Salamone
Stewart Scofield
and an exclusive interview with revolutionary Perry Brass marks the first chapter of THINK TANK, the bi-weekly Urban Molecule interview [...]