Go-Go Godfather Chuck Brown Gone

by | May 16, 2012 | Culture Music Art

from The Washington Post Chuck Brown dies: The ‘Godfather of Go-Go’ was 75 Harry Naltchayan / The Washington Post Chuck Brown, the gravelly voiced bandleader who capitalized on funk’s percussive pulse to create go-go, the genre of music that has soundtracked life in...

Bitfest @ Tiffany’s

by | May 14, 2012 | Literary News

from AP via Crain’s New York Business Breakfast at Tiffany’s to enter the digital era An e-book version of Truman Capote’s novella will be released this week for the first time. Other Capote classics will also debut in digital form, including In Cold...

O Leica 2.8

by | May 13, 2012 | Culture Music Art

from Reuters via Yahoo! News Leica camera auctioned in Austria for record $2.8 million VIENNA (Reuters) – A rare 1923 Leica went for 2.16 million euros ($2.8 million) at an auction in Vienna at the weekend, making it the most expensive camera ever sold, the...