The Prince Blog Runs Dry...

People, where is the content here? Doesn't anyone know prince stories but me?

Today's tale is not so much a tale as a tid bit.



Remember when Prince went yellow? We all know Prince loves purple, but there was a very short period of time that he switched to yellow. It was during this time that my playmate from daycare had her brush with Prince. You see her dad does Piano refinishing for a living. and he was contracted to paint Prince's piano yellow. How exciting was that? I remember he told EVERYONE! I was probably in second or third grade and he told me!

Thank god Prince went back to purple, but if he had kept the yellow thing, he could have made a sequel to Purple Rain entitled Yellow Rain. Need I say more?

My Second Tale

This ditty comes from a friend of an old roommate,

So this guy is a lighting guy, I don't know what else to call him. He does lighting for theatres and concerts and such. Anyway, the lighting guy got a call one day from Prince's people saying they wanted the lighting guy to do lighting for a music video. Naturally the guy agrees to meet with Prince to hash out the details.

So the lighting guy goes to Paisley Park a few days later to meet with Prince. After he enters, a big bouncer-esq dude leads him into a white room with a mirror and a chair in it. The bouncer dude tells him to have a seat and leaves into the next room. The lighting guy waits in the stark room for a few minutes until the bouncer dude returns to tell him, "Prince says hello." The lighting guy is very confused and says, "Tell Prince I say hello." So the bouncer leaves again for a few minutes and returns. "Prince wants to know how much you charge?" It is at this point that the lighting guy realizes, the lone mirror in the room is actually a two-way mirror, and 'supposedly' Prince is on the other side watching him and communicating though the bouncer dude.

Isn't that weird???? Oh Prince, Prince Prince. I wish I could say I was surprised...

My first Prince Tale

I myself have had no encounters with the formerly known artist formerly known as Prince, however I have heard at least 5 good ones. Clearly this means I had to start a blog about the subject. So here goes my first one...

This guy I met at a going away party was in a jazz group. One of his bandmates does sound enginering on the side and was working the booth at First Ave (or something like that). Well, was having a hell of a time getting the sound levels right (you know, the knobby things in recording studios and stuff), nothing sounded right.

So he kept monkying around, when all of the sudden he realized he was not alone. Infact, tiny Prince was standing next to him, and said in his freaky low voice to the guy, "Move over." So the guy moved over and Prince rapidly corrected all of the levels to his satisfaction and then left. But, just as he was exiting the booth, he turned to the guy and said sassily (if that is a real word), "Maybe you should try taking up needlepoint instead."

Okay, so I know Prince was all about First Ave. In Purple Rain back in the 80s, but does he still just hang out there? And how weird would it be to have Prince suddenly apear next to you and then tottally make fun of you?!!! I would be in heaven if that happened to me. And needlepoint? Is that some sort of saying for people that suck at what they do? I've never heard that one!

Please Share Your Stories Here

It's a funny thing. Ask any Minnesotan if they have a strange Prince story and they just might. Sure we have had other brushes with fame, like when our third cousin twice removed was an extra in Mighty Ducks, or how your roommate's friend is the son of Garrison Keillor. The Prince stories however always top the cake. This was best exemplified on Chappelles Show when Eddie Murphy's cousin recalled his bizarro basketball game with Prince. The game ended with Prince making pancakes, of course. We in Minnesota knew it was no joke because we each have our own Prince tale, so please share...

Since I suck at blogging, I will just ask you to submit your tales by posting them. I will then approve the stories and post them myself and give you credit, you SEXY M.F.!