Tag: 1987
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D / M / S / R Subscriber Dispatch #8: September 1, 2025
The sheer celebration of life visible in every frame of Sign “O” the Times was a balm for the soul, an antidote to fascism’s anti-life equation.
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The Glamorous Life
Prince had tried before with his protégées, most notably Vanity, to Pygmalion a female version of himself; but while a few of these femme-Princes (Princesses?) could emulate him as a sex symbol, none before Sheila had the stage presence or musicianship.
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Another Lonely Christmas
It’s tempting to assume that its weird, maudlin narrative is what’s kept “Another Lonely Christmas” from becoming a seasonal radio staple.
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Lacuna: The Dawn
Underlying the mystery is the unshakeable sense that “The Dawn” holds the key to the next 15 years of Prince’s artistic development.
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Purple Rain (Verse 3)
It’s Prince’s contribution to the Great American Songbook, a modern-day standard that transcends (almost) all categories of generation, genre, and taste.
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Podcast: 40 Years of The Time – A Conversation with Darling Nisi and Harold Pride
Darling Nisi and Harold Pride return for another in-depth retrospective on the 1981 debut album by the Time.