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Old Friend for Sale: The reflection formerly known as a review of The Beautiful Ones

“…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 hisContinue reading “Old Friend for Sale: The reflection formerly known as a review of The Beautiful Ones”

Yesterday I tried to write a novel…

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 downContinue reading “Yesterday I tried to write a novel…”