“…sold some old pictures of all my little memories. Chump change is to unravel the mystery…” (Prince, “Old Friends For Sale” – Unreleased version) Those were the words that came to mind when I first flipped through The Beautiful Ones, Prince’s unfinished memoir co-written with Dan Piepenbring (Random House, 2019). Seeing the pictures of his… Read more

Ok, not really. My fellow Purple Funk Soldiers will recognize the titles of my posts so far. I have been a student of Prince’s lyrics for over 3 decades and often inject them into conversation. Some notice, most don’t. I don’t exactly know where this is going — but I have been writing things down… Read more