Rest in peace to J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye:
- Complete list of winners at the worst Grammy Awards ceremony…since last year (grammy.com)
- Rapper Apache of Flavor Unit, “Gangsta Bitch” fame dies (allhiphop.com)
- US Justice Department approves Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger (wired.com)
- Historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States, dies at 87 (nytimes.com)
- Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey relaunches J Dilla Foundation (detroitfusicology.wordpress.com)
- Just Blaze closes down Baseline Studios (hiphopdx.com)
Short and squalid: Mr. J. Medeiros, The Art of Broken Glass EP (potholesinmyblog.com), Oddisee, Odd Winter (oddisee.bandcamp.com)
