http://showhype.com/music/q_tip/ The Web's top Q-Tip news from ShowHype - find more at http://showhype.com/music/q_tip/ en ShowHype http://backend.userland.com/rss http://images.dailyradar.com/media/img/showhype/logo_120x60.png http://showhype.com/music/q_tip/ 120 60 http://showhype.com/article/norah-jones-to-fight-for-her-brownstone-rights/ <p> Some days are good to just max and relax with your friend Q-Tip or make a folk-influenced brand of vocal jazz that is incredibly pleasing to the masses/your parents. Other days, you&#8217;ve got to fight the man. And one of our favorite ways to fight the man: more windows! We imagine this to be the general mindset of songstress Norah Jones as she navigates her way through a classic Brooklyn brownstone battle. You see, earlier this year, Jones purchases a brownstone home in Brooklyn&#8217;s idyllic Cobble Hill for $4.99 million. Now the nieghborhood says her request to add &#8220;10 double-hung windows to the side brick wall&#8221; goes directly against the architectural spirit of the neighborhood&#8217;s predominantly Greek Revival design and that &#8220;breaking this precedent is wrong.&#8221; Jones has responded defiantly, as any good man-fighter is wont to do, by writing a kind-spirited e-mail explaining she went through the appropriate request process and is simply trying to keep the&nbsp;...</p><p>Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: <a href="http://showhype.com/music/">Music</a>, <a href="http://showhype.comhttp://showhype.com/music/norah_jones/">Norah Jones</a>, <a href="http://showhype.comhttp://showhype.com/music/q_tip/">Q-Tip</a></p> http://showhype.com/article/norah-jones-to-fight-for-her-brownstone-rights/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:40:25 +0000 Music Norah Jones Q-Tip