Thomas Fawcett, aka the Reverend GetDown, is a freelance music writer with much knowledge and heart. He covers some of […]
Stories from a Prince Fan: John Speice IV
John Speice’s Prince origin story is a heartbreaker. I first heard Speice play with Hairy Apes BMX, Austin’s ass-shaking jazz punk insanity in […]
I Owe Prince My First Pair of Heels
I first heard Prince as an uncommonly innocent 8th-grade tomboy (all green and no purple, you might say) but from […]
NPR Loves Prince, Too
NPR’s blindingly cute TV critic Eric Deggans was recently interviewed about how Purple Rain changed his life, by the incomparable Michele Norris […]
‘Darling Nikki’ with Centaur and Equestrienne
In 2009, in the adjacent universe where I’m a dancer, choreographer and producer, Daddy and I co-produced a variety show called […]
Stories from a Prince Fan: Kat Moore
Writer Kat Moore got the experience that I was forbidden: The irreplaceable joy of being 14 and seeing Prince in concert […]
Stories from a Prince Fan: Sælok Kit
Sælok Kit grew up so close to Prince’s house in Minneapolis that she got to stalk him with her grandparents. I’ve never met […]
The Summer of Purple Rain
In June 1984, Purple Rain came out. In July I got a hand-me-down Walkman, and in August we visited my […]
Starfish and Muppets
One night in my 20s, the radio woke me up with an alarm clock bell. Wondering, what the hell? I […]
From the Inside
Vibe‘s Keith Murphy interviewed Susan Rogers, Prince’s engineer during the ’80s. WOW. Talk about stories: Darling Nikki was her first song! […]
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