Brooklyn: West Indian Day Parade

Hello Brooklyn! The West Indian Parade is TOMORROW. For a schedule of the festivities and more about the parade with exact locations, visit: http://wiadca.com

DOWNTOWN CALLING - NYC 7/28

If you live and participate in NYC culture, this is a MUST SEE - DOWNTOWN CALLING (narrated by DEBBIE HARRY from BLONDIE). Trailer and info are below.

Downtown Calling
9:00 PM Wed, Jul 28
SVA Theater Screen 1
23rd Street Bet. 8th and 9th Ave.,

LINK TO TIX:
http://nylatino.bside.com/2010/films/downtowncalling_shannicholson_nylatino2
010#screenings

INFO:

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en masse housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the "Big Apple" hostage, a family of homegrown
cultures that would forever change the world began to emerge.

Downtown Calling not only documents, in detail, the evolution of New York City's fertile music and art subculture during this period, but how its collective output continues to play a prominent, driving roll international fashion, art and music industries today.

TRAILER LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHd1lvwRbRQ

99 Problems and Your Period Ain't One

Apparently there's a serious problem - girls in developing countries are less likely to attend school and more unlikely to attend school when they're on the rag. Of course human beings sometimes tend to be short sighted and focus on the obvious instead of digging a little bit deeper.

With that in mind, what has happened recently is that a flood (pun intended) of companies like Procter & Gamble are supporting programs such as the Protecting Futures Program, which provides sanitary pads and hygiene education to girls in Africa. But guess what they have found out? Just because you give girls the "protection" they need doesn't mean they'll go to school.

New evidence shows that a sanitary napkin isn't going to get girls to school but what will get girls to go to school is re-examining the culture that surrounds it - meaning - changing attitudes about females in school, their importance to the contribution of the society in which they live as well as attitudes on gender roles, sex, reproduction and worth. HELLO!

Check out a related article from the NY TIMES

Swedes Got the Beat - NYC Annivesary Event

Flyer Designed By: Jenny Mortsell

Join The Swede Beat as they celebrate one year of bringing you the best in new Swedish music, fashion and art. LLadies love Lydia Kellam, the editor who has been a part of the Ladies Lotto team, and runs one of the freshest online magazines we've come across in a minute.

The Swede Beat Magazine: One Year Anniversary Party
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
10pm-2am

White Slab Palace
77 Delancey Street @ Allen
New York, NY
RSVP: editor (AT) theswedebeat (DOT) com

DJ sets by
Taken By Trees (Stockholm)
Korallreven (Stockholm)
Scribe (NY)

Birthday gifts for y'all brought to you by Labrador Records, Sonic Boom Records and The Swede Beat.

Drink Specials + Cake

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The Swede Beat Magazine is an online magazine dedicated to contemporary pop culture being produced by young Swedish creators.

Hyper Ghetto Launch!

Hyper Ghetto is Launching!!!! Hyper Ghetto celebrates hood culture via photography and jewelry while creating an opportunity for social impact.

Witness a glorious exhibition of never before seen photography and bling. Hyper Ghetto is the first of a three part artistic series that you can not miss!! Join us for the gallery viewing and after party with live musicians.

For more information please visit www.hyperghetto.com.

RSVP and questions via facebook, hyperghetto@gmail.com or text 248.909.9503 by Jan 14th

Downtown Calling

Photo by Nick Taylor

Ring, ring. It's not London calling but Downtown NYC -- all the way from Austin, Texas. After the world premiere of Downtown Calling -- narrated by Ladies Lotto fave, Deborah Harry -- Austin denizens can check out the after party at Creekside Lounge. LL's Mina Rofeh helped throw this shindig together. Oh and, one of LL's most ardent non-XX supporters produced the film. Hey, we like to keep it in the family.

Saturday, October 24th
10:30pm-2:00am

Lure Productions Presents
DOWNTOWN CALLING
World Premiere After Party
A night of golden era New York loft, garage, no wave & hip hop classics

Creekside Lounge
600 East 7th Street
Austin, TX 78701

Featuring DJs
Prince Kla$$en (Fully Fitted)
Shan Boogie (Director, Downtown Calling)


Click that mouse:
www.downtowncalling.com
www.lureproductions.com

Cultural Influencer? Depends on Where You're Living

Think you're living in the burgeoning cultural sphere? Think again. Above are views of cultural happenings in New York and LA. The "Geography of Buzz" is a study compiled by Elizabeth Currid (USC) and Sarah Williams (Columbia). Read in-depth here.

Booty Booty Booty Rockin Everywhere

Move over titties*, Americans have learned to favor another female body part - BOOTY!!!!

It seems over the past decade Americans have learned to love the tuchus. Blame it on Sir-Mix-Alot or J Lo. Whatevs, for those of us who've got junk in the trunk & spilling out of Uniqlos cause they don't cut them right - Halleluyah! It's about time.

Check out this article published on Alternet.org exploring the varying perspectives of booty (including body politics, Brazilian butt-implants, radicalized bodies & sexual stereotypes) in America and around the globe alas emphasizing that women should be based on their character, not their booty.

As an added bonus, Lady Ass Alot for your viewing pleasure. She's proud, so more power to you girl.

*Please note the obsession with titties will not be going anywhere anytime soon.

Who the Eff is Judy Nylon?

For those of you who came to LLNY's meeting at Socialista, it was revolutionary! One of the surprise guests was cultural icon Judy Nylon. Judy grew up amongst Boston Irish in the fifties, became an ex-pat in London in 1971 and was one of only four Americans included in the first days of British punk. Hence her connection to Ari Up. In terms of cultural significance, she has been ranked with Patti Smith, The Raincoats, Chrissie Hynde, of The Pretenders, The Slits, Lydia Lunch, Siouxsie of Siouxsie and the Banshees and even Nico. Her motto remains "Live Now, Wise Up and Die Well".

More on Judy Nylon here.

Typical Girls

Album you must not live without #1: The Slits - Cut



The Slits were formed in 1976 when lead singer, Ari Up, was but a mere 14 years old. Cut, produced by renowned reggae producer Dennis Bovell, was released 3 years later in September of 1979 and completely took the world by storm with its punky reggae dub sound. The song Typical Girls is a diatribe against confinements of socially constructed gender roles. And I Heard it Through The Grapevine is a fun and quirky cover. But most importantly, this album really influenced those who influence contemporary culture. Probably why Chloe Sevigny had The Slits perform at her fashion week party in February. Listen here.

Here's a video for you to check out.