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The first instalment of TLM Magazine. www.tlmmagazineonline.com

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Credits

Chief Editor - Kevon McCarthyCreative Editor - Ikenna DouglasPhotography - Anthony Joseph Ikenna Douglas Kevon McCarthy J.Hamilton

Special thanks- Stacy Nurse-Joshua Christian Lawrence-Shay Parker- Williams-Annelise Gilliyne

CONTENT

Editors letter pg4Lil Bits / Go4wd ENT pg 5-9Battle of the sexes (male) pg11Battle of the sexes (female) pg12D Madd company review pg14Madd company pics pg15J.Hamilton photography feature pg17Centerfold model (Tesha) pg18-19Anthony j photography pg20Public submissions-Soe article pg 21Public submissions - Poem pg22What is Tlm pg23Sleep is overated pg24-25Sobeit pg28-29GFX|studios GLOW-vert coverage pg30

Machel/Swappi @FULLJOYpg.31

GOT MUSIC ii ?pg.26+27

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Firstly I just want to say Thank you, Thank You Thank you. Thank you God, Thank you Mom and Thank you to our closest friends and supports. You all gave us the drive to keep pushing and making this dream a reality. After two years of ups and downs and at the age of 22 years, I am proud to say that I have accomplished my dream. This would not have been possible without my support system ranging from my personal relationship with God to my family and friends who supported me. There are so many people to name that I rather not name any at the risk of forgetting someone. However I would like to thank the team that helped me put this issue together because with out you this truly would not have been possible. To persons reading this and have a dream in your mind, I recommend to you that you stop, pray, analyze then charge with full force and always be ready to dust yourself off and start over. This magazine took me two years, in which time I passed through several ideas, concepts, names business partners and friends. I have lost many friends in this pursuit and even relation-ships but what I am most proud to say is that one thing I can safely say now is that people in my life after these few years are people I trust and appreciate very much. So to my friends if you see me and just get a random hug don’t worry be happy. There is so much more I can say but thats for a later date. Again I say thank you all for your support and I really do hope for your continued support in making the TLM brand an international brand synonymous with Truth, Loyalty and Motivation in the entertainment and cultural forums starting from Trinidad and Tobago and spreading to the Caribbean and onwards.

I thank you and God Bless.

Kevon W. McCarthy

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You may know Lil Bitts the entertainer, with hits like ‘Bump’, ‘Sweetness’ and ‘Careful’. Every Carnival she has enthralled you with her performances. Now meet Shivonne Churche the businesswoman. Spearheading the company Go 4ward Entertainment along with her brother Sherrard, the Churche siblings seek to pass on their knowledge to the upcoming artistes new to the Soca industry. Go4ward Entertainment is strictly a family affair and was christened by their mother Emerita Sam-brano-Churche who was Lil Bitts’ original man-ager. The baton is now passed to her brother and they describe the establishment as a world class entertainment outfit. Initially the company was started to manage the

burgeoning career of Lil Bitts but it has ex-panded to take on the careers of any young artist willing accept the tutelage of the Churche siblings. Lil Bitts says they take the opportunity to teach raw talent how to command the stage from vocal training to song writing and refining their perfor-mances. Sherrard has even had composi-tions make it to the semis and finals of the Junior Soca Monarch Competition. It does not stop there as junior Soca Monarchs and Synergy Soca Stars have also passed through the doors of Go4ward and they ensure that anyone booking an artiste from Go4ward Entertainment is getting their money’s worth. In 2013, Sherrard hopes to add ‘performer’ to his long resume as he intends to join his sister on stage for Carnival. As for this year, the duo stays focus on Lil Bitts ca-reer which may be expanding further as Lil Bitts is currently studying classical, jazz, and musical theatre genres so many surprises are in store. As for Go4ward en-tertainment she says everyday is a learning process. Lil Bitts says they see improve-

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ments they see improvements all the time with the company and themselves. Hearing their music on the radio or signing contracts with major companies or making it to the finals to competitions Lil Bitts says is testimony that they are doing something. The secret to their success they say is “Be yourself, keep God close at all times!”

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Mikhail

In every relationship there is a domi-nant and submissive partner, society has taught that the man should always be the dominant partner and the wom-an the submissive. Feminism as well as an increased number of women be-coming educated beyond the primary level has caused a shift in woman’s roles in society. Women have grown virtually independent of men they no longer need us to provide for them as they often now make more money than their partners. Single parenthood has also caused women to assert themselves and forced them to adopt both male and female roles in the family. As a result gender roles have also shifted to al-

low for a near total participation of the woman in the running of the household. This translates into an uphill battle for most men who ac-tually do their jobs. Our women use the cover of equal rights to bully and badger us into a subservient role where men no longer have a voice in their rela-tionships, they are now trying to do to us what was done to them by our forefathers. Men are now made to feel as if we have no rights in our relationships. Its as if our birthrights are being taken away from us. The saying “A man’s home is his castle” holds true even to this day, however “a king who can com-mand no respect is no king” and a man who’s woman constantly challenges him can never feel like a real man.

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SoniaIn every relationship there is a dominant and submissive what? What statistics highlighted that fact? Men usually hide behind society and cultural differences to defend their egotistical need to be in con-trol. However, with great power comes an even greater responsibility and some men’s inability to accept such a task defi-nitely blurs the gender roles.The question of “who wears the pants?’ is a figure of speech from olden days when women’s roles were to run the home, a herculean task that was reduced to images of ‘barefoot and pregnant’, It was a time when women were not allowed to wear the literal pair of ‘pants’. Today however, women not only wear pants, we wear po-lice badges and stethoscopes, women fight fires in burning buildings, in the court-room, at work and in the bedroom. We are mothers, sisters, wives, lovers, teachers,

breadwinners and leaders. So to trivial-ize the strides that women have made over the years to mere ‘feminism’, a word most men can’t spell is an insult and a clear indication of why our soci-ety deals with issues with such aggres-sion and ignorance.Women now have greater access to education, which al-lows them to make a significant con-tribution financially to the household, FACT! My question however, do men equate their role as strictly financial. Who says that providing for me is lim-ited to money! I have mental, physical and spiritual needs as well. A man’s home is STILL his castle, but any true king deserves an equally yoked queen. If men truly feel so emotional about women taking away their ‘birthright’, ‘man up’, have a discussion with us, let’s communicate and iron out all these misunderstandings we BOTH have from the geriatric teachings of our fore parents. We won’t bite……. at least not unless you want us to. ;)

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I had so much to say about my views on D MAD Company that I literally wrote 4 ver-sions of this review. In the end I decided to just say what came to mind and not be too technical. The following is my opinion both positive and negative about D MAD Compa-ny.Before we even get into this firstly on be-half of the entire Inter-Local Marketing and TLM Family I would like to say congratula-tions to D MAD Company on winning the NYAC (National Youth Action Commit-tee) award for Excellence & Outstanding achievement in “Community Service”. It is great to know that these hard working in-dividuals are being recognized for their ef-forts. I wish that they keep up the effort and keep producing this great quality of work.Politics, crime rate, kidnappings, floods, S.O.E.... these are the primary things that come to mind when you think of reviewing 2011. This however was not the case at D MAD Company’s “2011 in Review” improv show held at UWI in December. This show was my second exposure to the styling of D MAD Company and I must say they never cease to amaze.From the moment you enter the building you can just feel an atmospheric change in terms of the there is always at least two par-ties greeting you at every turn simply say-ing welcome and thank you. Myself being someone involved in customer service found this admirable and it should be maintained. At first I thought that they knew my intent on doing this review because at first it seemed as though I got special treatment because not one cast member passed me with out a smile or a good afternoon. However on looking

around I noticed that this was the treatment given to all persons attending, from the little child who was playing during the intermis-sion to my former secondary school princi-pal from Queen’s Royal College.The show in an of itself was extremely enjoyable as it followed the format of one I previously attended however their were some tweaks which from the expressions on the faces of the cast weren’t expected or planned. None the less the cast conquered any challenge that was presented. The show was completely in-teractive as the cast fed off the audiences en-ergy and continuously invited them to share their opinions and to even come up on stage to partake. Each actor/ actress had their own personality and somehow they all worked together without any hindrance. Looking in as an audience member you would not be able to tell that they had been awake since 6 am prepping for the show. They were pro-fessional, disciplined (kinda, except for the slight hint of madness among them all) and they showed excellent team work.To sum-marize the show itself there were many parts however my favorite and most memorable is the segment where an audience member tells a life event and has the opportunity to choose which actor they wish to represent the characters of their life experience and watch the entire event replayed in a serious yet comedic fashion. This segment showed the versatility of the cast as they had to act on spot because they were not prompted before hand about the story or did I even see them speak to each other to decide how the roles would be played. Within two minutes after the audience member completed their story they were performing.

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Other parts of the show ranged from the “Da DO Run Run” which is basically a rhyming game where the audience choose the word they had to rhyme. Then there was the sto-ry telling session where the audience gave them a word and the entire cast told differ-ent stories however they were told some-what simultaneously and they interrupted each other whenever they saw fit to con-tinue their story in true “mad” fashion. My words cant begin to explain the enjoyable experience and I wont even try.Honestly I could go on and on about this one show but my one true suggestion is to attend a show yourself and bring a friend. Tell them I sent you and m sure even though they do not

know who I am that you will receive the same royal treatment I received. Before I end I must be fair and also state the negative. I found only one very serious negative aspect which is that the next show is quite Easter 2012 and I will have built up a lot of stress in the in-terim. This however is a problem that can be solved by your support.D MAD Company is a non profit organization that relies strictly on public support. Get in contact with them and show them that they are doing great work. En-courage them to continue their efforts because I know I will be in contact with them because I need a show in January.

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The music, the drinks, the fellas, the la-dies. The camaraderie among everyone in events. Some of these can be used to de-scribe the sights and feelings of summer time. Summer time is the one of the biggest times in Trinidad and Tobago. The use of the word summer time causes problems be-cause it shows how great the North Ameri-can culture has influenced us in Trinidad and Tobago. Next to carnival, “summer time” is the most important date to promot-ers. These promoters use this time to plan their events; some hit and some miss. Some we wish never happen and some we wish never finished. Unfortunately the joys as-sociated with summer time were cut short, due to the implementation of the state of emergency. The state of emergency was called in the latter part of August. Many promoters had to cancel or change up their format. Parties that were scheduled to be in the night time became day time events. The State of Emergency also known as the SOE changed the whole culture and lifestyles of Trinbago. Night life stopped and jobs were affected. Night life limes have now become a thing of the past. No longer is there liming on the avenue till early morning, this has been replaced by afternoon or early eve-ning limes. But wait, Christmas is around the corner! So with the cut in jobs, sala-ries and early closing of businesses, what

will be the status of Christmas? Would it be a bleak Christmas or would everything pick up? No-one knows; only time will tell. We can be guaranteed of certain things though; there would be an abundance of food, drinks and laughs in the households of Trinidad. One can assure, that as De-cember comes near, Furniture stores would be filled with potential customers. Also in typical trini fashion, Christmas Eve people would still be painting or cleaning. There truly is nothing like a trini Christmas. After Boxing day, we have the greatest fes-tival on earth: Carnival. This is the most an-ticipated festival to Trinibagoians. People fly in for this event, people save money to go to all the big fetes. This festival some-times takes over Christmas, since some people cannot wait for Carnival to come. It is enjoyed and appreciated by many. So as one can see, no matter the situation Tri-nis can adapt and transit to suit. This high-lighting the uniqueness and joys of being a Trinibagoian. The question still arises though, Would this SOE be prolonged into Christmas or even Carnival? Even if it is, I am sure that our Trinis though disappoint-ed, would make the best of the time a lotted to have several events!

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The enchanting beauty of love, Mesmerizes me as he sweeps his way through my heart. The wind whispers ever so soft and sings as sweet as a dove,As his love and desires encompass my soul.

In my eyes reside dreams of him, His voice echoing in my heart, Making the distance harder to bear. Crazed with love I am, That my face escapes into an uncontrollable smile.

Hand in hand we walk, As close as the moon is to the night, On a cloud of love from the heavens above, My path strewn with stars and flowers, And the air saturated with the fragrance of love.

Here two besotted lovers hold each other in one gaze, While expressing the depth of our love without words. A kiss so gentle and sweet as honey, A touch so tender as a feather’s delicate sensation. Immersing ourselves in each other’s love, Into the moonlight of the night.

By: Amanda Baboolal

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What does TLM stand for?TLM is an acronym which stand s for Truth, Loy-alty and Motivation. These are the watchwords of the TLM Project and the qualities which we look for in each person we feature or interact.

Is TLM just a magazine?No, TLM in an of itself is a brand which signifies change in the cultural and entertainment industry of Trinidad and Tobago and by extension the Ca-ribbean and the world. The TLM brand was de-veloped by Inter-Local Marketing as a non-profit project geared towards promoting and enhancing newly developing talents and achievements.

What do you mean TLM is a non-profit brand?What is meant by TLM being a non-profit brand is that any project we embark on bearing the TLM name does not directly profit Inter-Local Marketing or its owners.

Where does the money go?All proceeds received from these projects goes to a fund which is geared towards developing the International Academy of Culture and Entertain-ment.

What is the (IACE) International Academy of Culture and Entertainment?The IACE is a futuristic project of Inter-Local Marketing which will be one building in Trini-dad and Tobago that houses a music studio, photo studio, radio station, television station, li-brary, museum, and lounge. The IACE will also be a school which will be focused on educating and motivating young artists, photographers, models and so forth on the their desired career paths. The facilities of the academy will be open to the public however at a cost. This school is not

intended to compete with any other insti-tutions which already offer these facilities but we intend to partner with them to truly benefit the upcoming talent.

What is TLM Magazine?TLM Magazine is the pilot project under the TLM brand. It is currently a quarterly pub-lication which solely relies on sponsorship from our advertisers to generate revenue. The magazine will be our primary platform for alerting the public as to our upcoming projects as well as spot light various other talents by which we have come across. We accept articles, poems, photographs as well as art from the public as well as suggestions on topics. This magazine is geared to be the people’s magazine therefore your input will be greatly appreciated.

I want to become a part of Team TLM, how do I go about this?Firstly Team TLM is simply our supporter base. These are our true supporters and fol-lowers who are passionate about our cause and volunteer their time to assist us in our various upcoming projects which will in-clude but not limited to photo shoots, fash-ion shows, concerts, poetic recitals and so forth. This is basically your way of say-ing I am in support of the TLM brand. To become a supporter you must purchase at least the official TLM Supporter T-shirt and any other TLM branded memorabilia there-after your name will be inputed into our da-tabase. You will be the first to be notified about all projects and given the opportunity to interact with key team members or even become a key member of the TLM brand.

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“Sleep is overrated” laughed the 27 year old au-thor, fashion designer, graphic artist who maintains a day job as a make-up artist at Sephora in New York.Trinidadian born Sparkle Richards hails from the hills of Laventille, and sought a life in the visual and literary arts. She has launched her book “De Next Bacchanal”, but she also has a deep passion for graphic arts as well as an Associate’s degree in fash-ion design. She hopes one day to produce a fashion line in Trinidad, probably for fashion week, however right now her life is in New York.She says that the transition to New York from Trini-dad was a bit jolting at first. She sighed, “The trains are horrible!” “In Trinidad it was a lot calmer, in New York it is a different culture of people, very very fast paced and I had to adapt quickly.” She seems to have done so with so many pursuits. She spoke about her love of reading and drawing from an early age. As a child she always found an interest in literary and visual arts. “I was to draw, I wanted to write” she said and she wasted no time waiting. She has been writing short stories since she was six and would let her fun wild imagination lead her. “I read a lot of books. I remember one summer I had exhausted myself by reading what was available at my house. I would read encyclopedias and dictionar-ies, novels, anything.” She has been drawing since she was able to climb onto her mother’s dresser and mimic Picasso with lipstick and a vanity mirror for her canvas. As she grew older she delved into Japa-nese anime which shaped her art skills but she added her own twist. Later she went on to study Fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York where she dabbled in Art History and Modern Art. She said she has “always loved classical art and finds the human form fascinating.” Her exercises as a young writer helped with her art, as her stint as a

young writer at Vox, a Sunday magazine featured in the Trinidad Express introduced her to James Hack-ett. He was doing the imagery for the magazine at the time. Hackett’s group “We Does Draw” was founded in 2010. This group’s aim is to bridge artists from the Caribbean and all around the world. The group grew from a small handful to over 500 in a year. She describes the group as being “refreshing for all the artists, yesterday they painted a wall, it was beauti-ful. We meet up and merge all styles, all genres, all ages. It is an inspiration being around such creative energy.”In 2005, before the global merging done by Facebook, she started a magazine that sought to do for writers what ‘We Does Draw’ does for artists. ‘Cane’ was the name of the magazine and its mission was to bring together talented Trinbagonian writers and artists. However, her team has since dissemi-nated due to financial hard times and was unable to sustain the magazine.The global village is more closely knit and she hopes to soon revisit the idea with a revamped initiative. “My plan this time around is to work on stability and self renewal as this is what keeps a business afloat.”Her personal ventures seem to taking flight as her first novel ‘Another Trini Bacchanal’ was re-leased as an e-book in 2005. Her current book is ‘De Next Bacchanal’ which centres on seven Trinidadian couples with varying life experiences, finances and sexual appetites. She describes the book as being “about life, about how we treat others, about how they treat us, the pitfalls, and the victories, and with it comes a lot of drama and a lot of bacchanal.” Her inspiration came from all around her. “The first rule of writing is to write what you know,” she boasts*. So her writing absorbed from the people that she knew all her life or those she only met for a while and shared a brief conversation. She let her imagination

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young writer at Vox, a Sunday magazine featured in the Trinidad Express introduced her to James Hack-ett. He was doing the imagery for the magazine at the time. Hackett’s group “We Does Draw” was founded in 2010. This group’s aim is to bridge artists from the Caribbean and all around the world. The group grew from a small handful to over 500 in a year. She describes the group as being “refreshing for all the artists, yesterday they painted a wall, it was beauti-ful. We meet up and merge all styles, all genres, all ages. It is an inspiration being around such creative energy.”In 2005, before the global merging done by Facebook, she started a magazine that sought to do for writers what ‘We Does Draw’ does for artists. ‘Cane’ was the name of the magazine and its mission was to bring together talented Trinbagonian writers and artists. However, her team has since dissemi-nated due to financial hard times and was unable to sustain the magazine.The global village is more closely knit and she hopes to soon revisit the idea with a revamped initiative. “My plan this time around is to work on stability and self renewal as this is what keeps a business afloat.”Her personal ventures seem to taking flight as her first novel ‘Another Trini Bacchanal’ was re-leased as an e-book in 2005. Her current book is ‘De Next Bacchanal’ which centres on seven Trinidadian couples with varying life experiences, finances and sexual appetites. She describes the book as being “about life, about how we treat others, about how they treat us, the pitfalls, and the victories, and with it comes a lot of drama and a lot of bacchanal.” Her inspiration came from all around her. “The first rule of writing is to write what you know,” she boasts*. So her writing absorbed from the people that she knew all her life or those she only met for a while and shared a brief conversation. She let her imagination

carry the stories to another level. She finds most gratifying when people read the novel and sees themselves in a character, “that tells me that the story is relatable,” she expressed.She likens the book producing process to child birth. She says, “The thoughts are our pregnan-cy. Bringing them to fruition is like giving birth, it can come easily, or it can fight with you, it can be painful but in the end, you’re glad you did it, a beautiful thing emerges.” She says it was a combination of sheer determination and strong family support that compelled the publishing of the book. “It took a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of sacrifices and a lot of tears.” She added that she worked hard and saved money to run off the first hundred copies through a company in Indiana that specializes in self-publications. She would not have been able to get through it if not for the support of her family, friends and her significant other. “I have the greatest friends and a fabulous family who supported me through it all, who made sure I didn’t give up even when I could see no way.” Having put her all in the first two books, she faces the challenge of the third book, which de-scribes as being “much much more difficult to produce”. She intends to re-introduce “Another Trini Bacchanal” as a prequel in 2012 for all the readers who did not get the initial opportunity to read her work.She hopes to someday produce a fashion line as it was her initial intention after graduating. “There would be a line, there would be my clothes, after the books, after the art show, when things in my life slow down…..if it ever does.” She laughed. She described the balancing act of graphic arts, fashion ad writing as cyclical. “I have months of dresses, months of risqué drawings, months of sketches; colour and then I would get an idea for a chapter or a book and suddenly all the art stuff gets put away.” Her first love she joked being handsome men, but when it comes to choosing one of her crafts as a primary though, she finds it tumultuous. “It is like choosing between an arm and a leg, you need them both, you are glad you have them both, if you had to live without one it would be devastating.”Much more is on the horizon for this ‘Jenny of all trades’ that as a child was enamored with flight attendants. The ambitious ingénue in-tends to add film maker to her list of talents,

with hopes of making one of the books into a movie. “The product has to be of high quality first then the business would follow.” She admires both J.K. Row-ley and Stephanie Meyer for their ability to turn their books into films. However, her initial influences in the literary field are Samuel Selvon, V.S. Naipaul and Earl Lovelace, having met him at the Bocas Literature Festival. She describes him as being a gracious human being. She also adores the writing of Anne Rice and Stephen King to name a few.Family is extremely important to this rising star, she dreams of creating her own some day. “If there is one thing I have learned it isn’t success that makes you happy but when you turn around, the people that stand with you, they make it worth while”

The latest release by Sparkle Richards en-titled “De Next Bacchanal” can be pur-chased at Nigel R. Khan Booksellers in

Trinidad and Tobago or via her website - www.bacchanalbook.com

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TLM Magazine is a Non-Profit Promotional Project of Inter-Local Marketing. We rely solely on the submissions of our volunteer writers, photographers, models and so forth to make each issue a success.If you are interested in becoming a part of TLM Magazine please feel free to contact us at [email protected]