Podcast: Vous êtes très belle – Joni Todd and Karen Turman on the Salford Purple Reign Conference

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Just under two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with two more presenters from the University of Salford’s interdisciplinary Prince conference: Joni Todd and Karen Turman, who you may know by reputation as the “esoteric French panel.” But if all that sounds too highbrow, don’t worry; we mostly talked about Prince’s impeccable fashion sense and uncompromising artistic vision, just with a lot of references to Charles Baudelaire and Marcel Duchamp. It’s probably the only Prince podcast you’ll hear that mentions both “Pussy Control” and Walter Benjamin, and that’s the best endorsement I can give.

00:00:00   “Do U Lie?” (from Parade, 1986)

00:01:10   The First Post-Conference Podcast with Jane Clare Jones

00:07:39   “All the Critics Love U in New York” (from 1999, 1982)

00:15:50   “P Control” (from The Gold Experience, 1995)

00:19:00   The Car Karen Saw During Her Brief Career as a Prince Stalker

00:21:34 “Prince Welcomes Black Journalists Association for an Unusual Night at Paisley Park”

00:23:20   Actual Footage of Prince Reacting to Karen at Paisley Park, 2015

00:24:55   Intro from the Paisley Park Piano & a Microphone Show, January 2016

00:29:18   “Kiss” (from Parade)

00:36:18   “Just My Imagination” (Live at the Trojan Horse, The Hague, 1988)

00:43:23   My Podcast with Harold Pride and Felicia Holman

00:45:37   “Hot Thing (Extended Remix)” (1987 Single)

00:56:10   “Mia Bocca” by Jill Jones (from Jill Jones, 1987)

01:00:45   The “Raspberry Beret” Cloud Suit

01:01:39 The Suit Prince Wore for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Performance, 2004

01:03:00   The Purple Rain Outfit

01:03:17 The “Raspberry Beret” Video

01:03:29   The Atrium in Paisley Park

01:05:05   Monica Miller’s Slaves to Fashion

01:11:43   “When Doves Cry” (from Purple Rain, 1984)

01:13:23   Rising Star by Rhonda Garelick

01:13:32   Prince on the Cover of Esquire, 1995

01:15:39   “I’ll Do Anything” (1992 Recording)

01:16:22   Marcel Duchamp’s “L.H.O.O.Q.” (1919)

01:16:55   Duchamp’s “Fountain” (1917)

01:17:16   Duchamp’s “Bicycle Wheel” (1916-1917)

01:17:48   Duchamp’s “In Advance of the Broken Arm” (1915)

01:19:42   “Nasty Girl” by Vanity 6 (from Vanity 6, 1982)

01:20:30   Duchamp as Rrose Sélavy, 1921

01:22:15 The Revolution’s Androgynous Doubling, 1985

01:22:58 Cat (or Prince?!?!) on the “Sign ‘O’ the Times” Single Cover, 1987

01:23:44   “Rockhard in a Funky Place” (from Camille, 1986)

01:24:36   Ben Greenman’s 1997 Interview with the Artist

01:24:49   Herculine Barbin, Prince’s Possible (If Not Probable) Inspiration for Camille

01:26:49   George Cukor’s Camille (1936)

01:28:33   “Erotic City” (1984 B-Side, available on Purple Rain – Deluxe Edition)

01:33:33   Walter Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”

01:33:55   Duchamp’s “Box in a Valise” (1935-41)

01:38:04   “1999 (The New Master)” (1999 Single)

01:50:06   “To Be Yourself Completely: The Collective Grief of Losing Prince”

01:51:39   “New Position”/”I Wonder U” (from Parade)

01:53:21   The Upcoming Minneapolis Prince Conference