We’re nearing the end of our miniseries on the University of Salford’s interdisciplinary Prince conference, but there are still a few treats in store–starting with today’s conversation with Carmen Hoover. Carmen is a current professor at Olympic College in Washington, and a former First Avenue employee who watched Prince conquer the world from Minneapolis in the early 1980s. We talked about the conference, the time she saw Prince at a gas station, and most importantly, her paper on the evolution of a particular moment (you know the one) between Prince and Wendy in Purple Rain. If your interests are anywhere near as prurient as mine, it’s a can’t-miss.

00:00:00   “Computer Blue” (from Purple Rain, 1984)

00:07:15   The Revolution Play “Let’s Go Crazy” at First Avenue, September 2016

00:13:33   “The Second Coming” (Live at the Met Center, 1982)

00:15:52   Prince at the Minnesota Black Music Awards, May 24, 1982

00:16:43 “All the Critics Love U in New York” (Live at First Avenue, 1982)

00:19:13   Some Background on Sue Ann Carwell and Prince

00:20:30   Intro/”Let’s Go Crazy” (Live at the Orange Bowl, Miami, 1985)

00:26:12   “Modernaire” by Dez Dickerson (from Purple Rain)

00:26:40   The (Fictionalized) First Avenue Crowd in Purple Rain, 1984

00:27:31   The August 3, 1983 First Avenue Footage (Watch It While You Can)

00:32:23   Hear More About Jane Jones’ Presentation Here

00:35:19   William Robinson’s and Kimberly Moffit’s Prince Protest Mixtape

00:42:43   “Controversy” (from Controversy, 1981)

00:43:23   My Podcast with Zack Stiegler

00:45:55   The Upcoming Prince from Minneapolis Conference

00:47:51   CNN’s Van Jones on Prince

00:49:57   (We Recorded This Podcast Shortly After the White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville)

00:51:28   “Computer Blue” (Live at First Avenue, 1983)

00:53:40   “That Moment,” Figure 1: 8/3/1983

00:55:08   “That Moment,” Figure 2: Albert Magnoli’s Screenplay for Purple Rain (See Scene 82)

00:57:08   “That Moment,” Figure 3: Wendy Takes the Phallus, September 2016

01:00:10   David Bowie and Mick Ronson: The Original Guitar Fellaters

01:01:27   More on Prince’s “Sexualized Play” with Gayle Chapman

01:04:10   The Extended “Hallway Speech” Version of “Computer Blue” (from Purple Rain – Deluxe Edition)

01:06:30   Prince’s Liner Notes for The Hits

01:10:43   Podcast with Leah McDaniel on the “Was Prince a Feminist?” Issue

01:15:46   “Father’s Song” (1983 Recording, from Purple Rain – Deluxe Edition)

01:22:37   “Electric Intercourse” (Live at First Avenue, 1983)