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― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not going to believe any tmz-style shocking addiction stories
I did read one interview (maybe it was the Sheila E one?) where it was mentioned he had chronic pain issues and I'd imagine he had the same issues with the medical establishment's treatment of chronic pain that many people do, combined with his insistence on continuing to do very physically demanding stage shows.
I forgot or didn't know he had a hip replacement some time ago.
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
most ridiculous gossip story being that people saw him at a local walgreens store multiple times in the last few months
come on, some people just really like going to walgreens and buying stuff there! pretty sure i know some coworkers guilty of that one
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
maybe he was just buying some iced tea.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:34 (eight years ago) link
i often go to walgreens to buy gum and iced tea.
TMZ is not to be dismissed so quickly. They're much more reliable than the National Enquirer or any other grocery store tabloid. They have an incredible infrastructure. Great piece on TMZ in the New Yorker from February: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/22/inside-harvey-levins-tmz
Having said that, the 'Doctor D' interview appeared in the Daily Mail, so take it with a grain of salt...
xps walgreens: it wasn't a few times multiple times in the last few months, but four times in the same day. this is all post plane overdose.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
sorry, didn't mean to turn this into a "credibility of tabloids" thing
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
and your credible tabloid said "week" not "day" so ffs
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:42 (eight years ago) link
I note that the Kingdom Hall where Prince went is about five blocks away from my mother's house (we did get a lot of doorbell ringing in my neighbourhood, but never Prince himself, my mom spent about five years as a JW when she was a kid and would have relished the chance to invite him in and argue).
― jedi slimane (suzy), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
It's almost like we could just wait for the autopsy reports instead of listening to various tabloids, many of which also rolled out the long time HIV rumors within hours
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
This is all so sad.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
I'm gonna have to read that new yorker article because I've been hearing everybody fron ilx to my boss at work telling me "tmz actually gets things right a lot of the time" but every time I read about them, it's because they were on some fact-distorting bullshit. Who knows maybe I'm wrong.
― how's life, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:57 (eight years ago) link
it's hard to get things wrong when you say "person X who is Y told us Z" and then state further down "other source A said B, which contradicts the former sentence, and person X said that in 1909 so we might be wrong idk"
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link
the last 5 or so after shows and secret shows i went to were cash only so i imagine he has a scrooge mcduck style room full of bills somewhere.
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
Learned the other day that P payed $70 - 80,000 for Clyde Stubblefield's cancer treatments a few years back, but kept it quiet (for JW reasons I guess?).
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:06 (eight years ago) link
i go to walgreens and get movies on redbox sometimes
i lead a reckless life
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
we had a client meeting out in chanhassan today and my coworkers ended up driving past paisley park & they figured there was still 100-200 ppl out there, and it's kinda overcast and intermittently sprinkling today
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
I've read about a few charitable organizations he apparently had a lot larger role in than previously publicized. A lot of people keep a low profile with that, but the JW restriction made things even more under the radar.
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:48 (eight years ago) link
paisley park is in your heart
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLbtwwb1Fy5VMe5Ue1gCEkkBTis2jT8mOT&v=tEppqdoSyW8
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:51 (eight years ago) link
"You've got people with solar panels on their house in Oakland that don't know Prince paid for them"
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
just listening to "sometimes it snows in april" for the first time since he died;_;
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
that van jones video made me cry when I watched it
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:06 (eight years ago) link
same here, had to turn it off since i'm at work
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link
Oh man, I should not have clicked on that YouTube link...
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:14 (eight years ago) link
Wendy, Lisa, Mark, Fink and Bobby just posted a group video saying they're gonna do a tour as the revolution
It was so cute
I love those ppl so much
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
Susan Rogers on mixing board IMO
more details:
The probate court has not identified an executor, and estimates of Prince’s net worth and of the value of his estate have varied widely. Forbes magazine last estimated his earnings in 2005, when it said that he made $49.7 million before taxes that year.
But Prince’s worth could be much greater now, particularly since two years ago he took control of his valuable publishing catalog — the copyrights for songwriting — and negotiated a favorable new deal with Warner Bros., his former record company. Since his death, Prince has sold at least 650,000 albums and 2.8 million tracks in the United States, according to Nielsen.
Beyond his music, Prince, who was born Prince Rogers Nelson, owned extensive property in the Minneapolis area. Its value is unclear, but Paisley Park, his studio complex in the suburb of Chanhassen, Minn., has been assessed at over $7 million, according to Carver County public records.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
He did not come 2 fuck around!
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:29 (eight years ago) link
love all these people but how are they gonna deal with the gigantic hole in the middle of those songs...? maybe they can get D'Angelo onboard.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:36 (eight years ago) link
Julian Lennon
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
George Clinton
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:40 (eight years ago) link
i listened to "Kevin Smith Talks About Prince" last night. saw it way back in the day but forgot all about it and wanted to revisit it. good god, it makes Kevin Smith out to sound like a complete jerk. he's basically just talking shit about Prince behind his back, making fun of how small he is, taking the job (Prince hired him to make a documentary on an album) not all seriously, complaining the whole time that Prince isn't baby-stepping him through it, and then at the very end of it all getting all pissed off that when he was leaving Prince didn't STOP RECORDING MUSIC to say goodbye to Kevin Smith.
seriously, Kevin Smith is a jackass.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:46 (eight years ago) link
would be cool if Kevin Smith had died instead of Prince imo
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
maybe it'll be like that scene in "true stories" where each audience members takes one or two lines of each song?
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― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
y'all just jealous of k smith's fashion sense, prince had nothing on this mutha
http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/la/kevin_smith_170608/kevin_smith_5152264.jpg
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2016/04/21/princes-death-is-easier-to-process-than-his-supernatural-life
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/arts/music/prince-death-album-sales-charts.html
damn. i hope an executor can be appointed and all these $$ can go in a trust for charity or something...
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link
I thought he didn't seem dickish at all. And neither did Prince. People are going to react to working with Prince differently. I don't think he was pissed that Prince didn't stop recording music - he was pissed that he did a bunch of work for free and flew his family out for the holiday and that Prince didn't seem grateful or appreciative that he put in the effort. I think it was a dick way to end the story I guess - as opposed to something along the lines of "s'all good bc I wouldn't have traded the experience for anything" which would have been most people's reactions.
Honestly when I saw the length of the video I thought there was no way I was gonna make it to the 5 minute mark, but it's a pretty thoroughly interesting story and he does a great job telling it.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
D'Angelo doing a tribute on Fallon tonight apparently
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 22:06 (eight years ago) link
I don't think he was pissed that Prince didn't stop recording music
he says he was actually in the car ready to leave without saying goodbye. then his wife said something about saying bye to Prince and he changes his mind, decides to say goodbye before he leaves. by the time he is back at Paisley Park, Prince is recording music. to me that sounds like he's upset Prince didn't drop what he was doing on a dime to thank him that moment.
he was pissed that he did a bunch of work for free
then he shouldn't be an idiot that says he will do a bunch of work without a signed contract or some legal framework. he had a crew and camera with film stock working for like a week. this is basic business stuff, it just makes Smith sound like an amateur.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 22:20 (eight years ago) link
astonished to discover that Diamonds And Pearls was his biggest album in the UK by some distance. triple platinum!
― piscesx, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:01 (eight years ago) link
every studio album b/w Lovesexy and Come hit #1!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:04 (eight years ago) link
that's p weird given that's where the wheels started to come off
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:06 (eight years ago) link
the longer you're a star, the better the masses like you, sometimes
also it's the UK, Chuck Berry had a #1 with "My Ding-a-Ling"
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:09 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, the guy was huge 4 longer than people seem 2 think, which is why when eye read comments about Prince being an "'80s phenomenon", eye find myself scratching my head.
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:10 (eight years ago) link
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius),
in Amerikay too
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:10 (eight years ago) link
oh? the shame
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link
It's often 4gotten 2 that Prince won Best International Male at the 1996 Brit Awards - yes, at the height 'o' Britpop at the same ceremony that Jarvis Cocker wiggled his arse at Michael Jackson. He also per4med the title track 'o' Emancipation at the 1997 awards, 2. Eye don't remember him being as visible after that, though... not until his newspaper giveaways, at least... but he was still a big deal in the UK in 1994 thru 1997.
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:19 (eight years ago) link
It's my impression that Prince was a huge deal esp in NW Europe from mid 80s onwards. Holland, Belgium, Sweden etc.
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:22 (eight years ago) link