Why does urban middle-class India hate Mayawati so much?

The woman the fashion industry is sending in to do battle against the global economic meltdown is tough, strong and fond of leather, studs and tarnished metal. She sometimes wears shoulder pads.

A mixed-media piece offers appeal among the usual clutter of illustrative, editorial and fashion photography.

Last Saturday L.A.-based emcee and music aficionado Micah James re-posted the video for “Run Run,” a Summer favorite from last year by Swedish girl-group Those Dancing Days, on his Facebook wall. Earlier the same day I resolved to finally delete Swedish Indie-Pop Lolita Lykke Li’s outstanding 2008 debut Youth Novels off my iPod to make room for something else. Freshly reminded of the awesomeness of Scandinavia’s music scene, and with storage space practically begging to be filled, I picked up a pair of new releases bearing some notable Nordic names.

The initials of the first of these names, PB&J, are of course synonymous with one of the most classic lunch items in all of creation, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The band who shares those initials—eclectic Stockholm, Sweden-based Pop trio Peter Bjorn and John—made those three letters and an ampersand their own when they released the feel-good song of the century, “Young Folks,” in 2006 to widespread acclaim and countless licensing deals. Since they made the whole world whistle along with their infectious hit they’ve released a mostly instrumental digital and vinyl-only album, played around with solo projects, and group-member Björn Yttling produced the afforementioned Youth Novels for Lykke Li. This week they finally release Living Thing, the long-awaited follow-up to their 2006 breakout Writer’s Block.

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The Urban Electric Company is pleased to announce an exclusive lighting partnership with designer Richard Mishaan to be launched Spring 2010.

NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters Life!) - Chicago has come top of a global list of 29 cities where men would most like to live, boosted by Barack Obama’s presidential victory. The inaugural list by men’s website AskMen.com put Chicago on top when comparing eight rating categories — 2009 livability, sports and entertainment, culture, fashion, sex and dating, health, power and money and the good life. …

Mumbai, Mar 31 : Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan sashayed down the ramp for fashion designer Manish Malhotra’s collection at Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) in Mumbai on Monday.

Dave Bias was one of the original founding fathers of Ropeadope and the very first person to show me how the internet worked.  His graphics were signature and almost every Ropeadope album from the glory days was spun by he.  We always wonderin' where the man is at, click here and get biased.
 

Dave Bias was one of the original founding fathers of Ropeadope and the very first person to show me how the internet worked.  His graphics were signature and almost every Ropeadope album from the glory days was spun by he.  We always wonderin' where the man is at, click here and get biased.
 

Kyle "Scratch" Jones is always one step ahead, and he keeps pace in the race this month as he drops his long (long, long) awaited follow up to Ropeaodpe's 2002 debut - Embodiment of Instrumentation.  K7 drops the fresh lost for wordsz. Dig in deeper here.