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OCT 28 :: Jillian Ciaccia & MC Mintz | Ciaccia (”thefictionist”) and Mintz (”theabstractionist”) talk about their latest collaboration and what it’s like to live and produce in one of the hottest art zones on the planet.

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OCT 7 :: Julian Lesser | This painter’s work communicates both the resilience and fragility of organic environments and the human equation. Lesser discusses his latest collection, “Future Gardens and Other Destinations” with the Molecule.

SEP 23 :: Emanuel Xavier | In 1996, Emanuel Xavier took New York City by storm with his “fresh and poignant brand” of spoken word. Delving into dark worlds of excess, this poet fought his way through and beyond the New York City poetry underground.

AUG 26 :: Tyler Alpern | Educator. Artist. Historian. Throws the formula out the window.

AUG 5 :: Sam J Miller | This young rebellious New Yorker talks about Jerry Falwell burning in hell, epitaphs of the future, and a little story called “Auschwitz Blowjob.” Our rehash of the 2007 UM interview.

JUL 1 :: Benson Lee | The Korean-American director takes us behind the scenes of his documentary Planet B-Boy, and exposes the deception that is today’s mainstream hip-hop.

JUN 10 :: Perry Brass HTML | The Molecule revisits its first THINKTANK interview, sans PDF. Oooh, how cozy!

MAY 13 :: In this special edition of THINK TANK, UM Editor Christopher de la Torre remembers Stewart Scofield | 1948-2008

APR 15 :: Street artist Bobby Hill takes us back to classic.

APR 1 :: Skyler Chen talks about his new exhibit at Doma Gallery in the West Village, the future of The Republic of Norman, and the demise of the bourgeois bullshit that is 21st century Manhattan.

MAR 18 :: Edwin Vazkez is about to appear in what Rabbid Rabbit is calling its most diverse issue ever. The artist tells the Molecule about his process, living in New York, and creating the stellar UM1.2 cover.

MAR 4:: Whit Honea | Rumor has it that Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 during the day while taking care of his kids. Is this Californian conjuring up the next great thriller?

FEB 19:: The Happy Wanker | Kevin Kopelson and Bob Mendoza talk about sex, Sedaris, Roland Barthes, and the filthy little collaboration known as “The Happy Wanker.”

FEB 5:: Stewart Scofield | The San Francisco native introduces his forthcoming book with the ‘poetic condensation’ of its first two chapters. In the THINKTANK interview, he takes us into the most private of places: the men’s room.

JAN 31:: Perry Brass | The revolutionary talks about organized religion, editing the world’s first gay liberation newspaper, and accounts the life of the late activist Jack Nichols.

A new THINKTANK interview lands twice a month, always on Tuesday. Let us know if you want to get in the hot seat.