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(June 5th, 2008) We were down for the last 5 days due to a catastrophic failure in the power systems at our hosting provider.
Sorry about that, wish there was something we could have done, but we were just waiting on the provider to handle things on their end. (I know some folks thought this was because we had warned of downtime with the message below, but it actually was totally unrelated!)
Finally, this morning, at about 4am Pacific Time, they finally restored power and full functioning to the primary prince.org server. So, good to be back! You can check out more details, or comment, in this blog post about the incident, as well. Whew!
prince.org will be relocating to a new (faster) server shortly. Please expect the site to be down, or up in a limited capacity only, during the move. We hope to have it back up quickly, but these things don't always go as smoothly as one might hope. I don't expect it to take more than 6 hours, but just be prepared!
Thanks for your understanding!
According to the always-reliable gossip guru Dr. Funkenberry, Prince's recent studio recording of "Turn It Loose" was just a fluke - the track was an accidental leak and has been retired to The Vault indefinitely. Meanwhile, the rumor mill indicates that Prince has been keeping busy with other projects and could have at least one big appearance booked for the near future... Posted by purplecam in Prince: Music and More (103 comments)
Check out the pics from October 1st's launch party for Prince's new book, with snapshots artfully provided by the .org's own nebkheperrure. Nice work! Posted by nebkheperrure in Prince: Music and More (50 comments)
On October 1, two lucky London orgers were able to rub elbows with purple party guests at the Dorchester Hotel's launch party for Prince's 21 Nights book. Check out what contest winners nebkheperrure and KatzMcCaff had to say about the night's events. Posted by nebkheperrure in Prince: Music and More (14 comments)
Congratulations to Nebkheperrure and KatzMcCaff, the two lucky winners of the .org's 21 Nights contest! These two will be attending a special party at London's Dorchester Hotel on October 1, in celebration of Prince's new book. Thanks to everyone who entered, and thanks to Atria Books and Prince for making the contest happen! Posted by Anxiety in Prince: Music and More (108 comments)
Sheila E. and Elevate Hope Foundation will be hosting a "Bowling for the Arts: Celebrity Games" event at Jillians in Universal City, CA on October 5. Among the famous faces mowing down the ten pins will be Lisa Coleman, DJ Rashida and, of course, Sheila E. Posted by GlamA in Associated artists & people (18 comments)
USA Today managed to catch up with Prince as he prepares to release his new book chronicling 2007's London concert stint. The Purple One chats about recent goings-on, including the infamous YouTube shutdowns, his thoughts on distributing the next album, creating a possible "TV channel upstart" for his film archives, and much more. Posted by serpan99 in Prince: Music and More (317 comments)
East coast indie band Man On Earth will be joined at their October 3 gig at Crash Mansion by none other than ex-Revolutionary Matt Fink, who also guests on their latest album. Says Fink of the collab, "I thoroughly enjoyed working on this album and think that it will be a smash hit!" Posted by manonearth in Prince: Music and More (5 comments)
Dez Dickerson's 1984 song "Modernaire" was featured in a scene from the film Purple Rain but was never made available as such...until now! A quarter of a century later, Prince's former bandmate has okayed a version of the song as a red vinyl 12" single, featuring remixed and remastered versions of the song. The single is also available for sale as a digital download. Posted by blaksoulfire in Associated artists & people (57 comments)
The L.A.-based station KJLH has been playing the studio version of "Turn Me Loose", a new tune which Prince had performed live on NBC's Tonight Show earlier this year. The radio station also recently debuted a Prince-produced single by Bria Valente. Posted by daPrettyman in Prince: Music and More (238 comments)
AOL's Spinner.com offers another sneak preview of Prince's new concert pictorial with a slide show and a few words from the tome's photographer, Randee St. Nicholas. Posted by Ecnirpx in Prince: Music and More (62 comments)
UK's Guardian catches up with the Girl Bros. as they get ready to treat the world to a new album and another season of original score magic with their work on NBC's smash series "Heroes". See what the gals have to say about their days with Prince, their thoughts on the Family Jam, and a few other interesting projects they have in the works... Posted by simm0061 in Associated artists & people (42 comments)
Yet another intimate house party with the Purple One taking the stage for a few of his closest megastar friends...and a lucky fly-on-the-wall. Check out a first-hand account of what went down at Prince's after-Emmy bash on the night of Sunday, September 21. Posted by purplecam in Prince: Music and More (71 comments)
The September 21 Mail On Sunday UK newspaper featured an article by Alex Blimes which not only detailed the trials and tribulations of snagging an interview with the Purple One during last year's London concert residency (Blimes was ultimately unsuccessful), but also delivers a handful of pics from the upcoming "21 Nights" book. Take a peek! Posted by mattj in Prince: Music and More (116 comments)
During one of his recent nights on the town, Prince stopped by L.A.'s Green Door and sat in with the band Stereofox for one song. Check out the story (via Dr. Funkenberry) to read all about it, including reactions from members of the band. Posted by b3xy in Prince: Music and More (53 comments)
In a victory for small-time music copiers over the entertainment industry, a federal judge ruled that copyright-holders can't order one of their songs removed from the Web without first checking to see if the excerpt was so small that it was legal. The case dates from 2007, when Stephanie Lenz posted a video of her infant son dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" on YouTube. Universal Music Corp., which owns the rights to the song, ordered YouTube to remove the video and nearly 200 others involving Prince compositions. Posted by carlcranshaw in Prince: Music and More (91 comments)
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“Buy them all and make your own judgments.
You know what?
Sign O The Times is an album I can't listen to all the way through; Hot Thing, Adore, It, Forever In My Life and Slow Love bore me to tears.
New Power Soul however I love pretty much all the way through, bar '
Like Funky Music'.
I love Emancipation and NEWS all the way through, but by loving those two albums, I seemingly go against just what Prince fans are meant to love/hate. That said, I still consider myself a hardcore Prince fan nonetheless. Also, for me Planet Earth is 45ish minutes of great music - it's not a guilty pleasure, it's a great pleasure!
We all love different things and we all love different music. Prince fans are blessed in so far that we've got so much to listen to and so much musical diversity to love/disregard within one man's work.
If you enjoy Prince's work then legitimately buy his albums and make your own mind up - I genuinely believe that true fans will enjoy all of his work, even if they don't necessarily love it! For anybody to say that they 'hate' any kind of music seems ridiculous to me. You can surely either love music or feel indifferent to it. Why would you actually 'hate' music?
You might just see that the general view of the Org ain't necessarily your own view. That's what I've felt over the years, but it doesn't matter.
Everybody else's Jughead may be your When Doves Cry.”—Haystack, 8/08 in the forums
“Yes and no. I mean, nobody has done nasty better than Prince. But I've always respected him for aging well in this business. He's not out there still lookin' and acting like some 20 year-old sex fiend. He knows when to put things away. Seriously, how could a 50 year old man sing Head and still maintain any kind of dignity? He can still be sexy...just not THAT nasty!”—simm0061, 4/08 in the forums
“The sexy material is all preserved...whether it be within an old recording, or a memory.... If U don't love Prince, 4 the 99 other elements that He is as a musician, than I suppose you are disregarding Prince's nature...Because if you listen closely...Prince is spiritual, more than He is flirtatious.”—Tame, 5/08 in the forums
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