James Brown on the Block

A handwritten break-up note from JB goes for $2400 bucks, a red Sex jumpsuit goes for $4750 in a James Brown auction at Christies.

James Brown. Herb Alpert.

Congratulations to all of us. We live in a world where:

• There is a conference at Princeton University on James Brown. Link
• Herb Alpert (with an implied Tijuana Brass) has donated $30 million dollars for an interdisciplinary music school at UCLA which will include jazz studies, ethnomusicology, media technology, and classes on the music business, music in the public sector, and music and health. Link