Fans And Friends Of Chuck Brown May Say They Final Farewells To The Godfather Of Go-Go At An All-day

Fans and friends of Chuck Brown may say they final farewells to the Godfather of Go-Go at an all-day public viewing Tuesday, May 29 at the Howard Theatre and a memorial service on Thursday.

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When the file-sharing service LimeWire was shut down for copyright infringement in 2010, you would have thought that the RIAA got exactly what it wanted. After all, shutting down a major source of digital music piracy should be considered a victory in a war where the RIAA has had few. But no, that wasn't enough. Now the RIAA and 13 of the record labels that it represents are sueing LimeWire for the grand amount of $75 trillion. That's right, "trillion" with a T. That's 75,000 billion and 75,000,000 million, if you're counting.

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The concept of DIY has been abused to send people down the wrong roads of professionalism. In olden times, DIY for rappers was essentially rapping, making CDs and selling them out of the trunk. The 2012 version of the DIY rapper is tasked to be his own CEO or music mogul. That’s just unrealistic as a MC who tries to handle every aspect of his business is doomed to fail. He needs a team of people with varied skill sets to help get his career off the ground. Here are eight people ever rapper needs on the squad to help him reach the next level.

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                              I recently took my daughter on a trip to Seaside beach here in Oregon. As 5 year olds do, she randomly became ravaged with hunger as we were walking down to the beach. We walked back up to the street and went in the first sandwich shop we could find. As I walked in, I noticed some broken video games stacked in one corner and a man standing next to a greasy grill with a loaf of store bought white bread next to it. I smiled, nodded and promptly left with my daughter. In web terms, this is what we call a “bounced visitor.” One of the great pioneers of web analytics, Avinash Kaushik describes website bounce as a visitor who comes to your site, pukes, and then leaves. For a website owner, this is about as bad as it gets. A potential fan or customer lands on your site and then immediately runs the opposite direction. And it’s likely they won’t come back and certainly will not recommend it to others. Here are 5 Tips to Avoid the Bounce:

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Rolling Stone pays tribute to the late great Adam Yauch in the new issue, on sale May 25th. The cover story delves into the Beastie Boys rapper’s complicated, fascinating life and untimely death. In a pair of web exclusives, Yauch’s bandmates Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond speak out for the first time on the death of their friend and partner.