The Prince oeuvre, song by song, in chronological order.

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Prince Track by Track: “Pretty Man”

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Post date September 17, 2018
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"Beautiful," played by Donnell Rawlings, arrives at the Playa Haters' Ball on Chappelle's Show, 2003; © Comedy Central.

I know, I know, I’m running behind again. But part three of “Controversy” will be out soon–no promises, but I’m aiming for this week–and once that monolith is out of the way I expect things to pick up accordingly. In the meantime, here’s my latest appearance on Darren Husted’s Prince: Track by Track podcast, talking about the hidden track that may technically be my favorite song on Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic:

Prince Track by Track: “Pretty Man”

Thanks to those of you who have been waiting patiently for the next d / m / s / r post, as well as the likely much larger number of you who don’t give a shit!

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Dystopian Dance Party: The Prince Issue Podcast with Guest Erika Peterson

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Post date May 11, 2018
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Callie's cover art for Dystopian Dance Party 1.

As you may or may not know, Dystopian Dance Party is the other, more irreverent project I do with my sister Callie. We recently launched a physical magazine, the first issue of which is dedicated to art and writing inspired by the music of Prince. On this episode of the DDP podcast, Callie and I are joined by our friend Erika Peterson to talk about her work for the magazine–an exhaustive guide to the 3 Chains O’ Gold film–the most absurd/surreal moments of Celebration 2018, and our ongoing (one-sided) beef with Questlove. It’s definitely a bit looser and sillier than the average d / m / s / r podcast, but if you enjoy my other stuff, you’ll probably enjoy this, too:

Dystopian Dance Party: The Prince Issue Podcast with Guest Erika Peterson

And if you can’t get enough of Erika, remember that she also recently appeared on our friend KaNisa’s excellent Muse 2 the Pharaoh podcast. Take a listen if you haven’t already:

Muse 2 the Pharaoh #1

Tags 3 chains o' gold film, 3rdeyegirl, 9t99, apollonia 6, babyface, beautiful experience, bilal, bonnie raitt, c+c music factory, carlos santana, carmen electra, cat glover, celebration 2018, celine dion, chaka khan, chanhassen, curly fryz, d'angelo, darling nisi, deele, detroit, diamonds and pearls tour, dr dre, dystopian dance party, egyptian lover, erika peterson, eve, eye wanna melt with u, family, gangster glam, george clinton, glam slam club, graceland, graffiti bridge film, grand funk railroad, greg brooks, hide the bone, hot wit u, janelle monae, jerome benton, jesse johnson, jimmy fallon, joan osborne, kate bush, kirstie alley, la reid, larry graham, levi seacer jr, lisa coleman, lisa wechtenhiser, love bizarre, lovesexy tour, mark farner, matrix revolutions, mayte, minneapolis, morris day, morris hayes, mountains, mr happy, muse 2 the pharaoh podcast, my computer, nandy mclean, new power generation, O(+>, one of us, p, paisley park studios, partyman, prince, purple rain, purple rain film, questlove, rave un2 the year 2000, ready for the world, revolution, richard avedon, rick james, rita ora, sheila e, sheryl crow, sign o the times film, stephanie kemp, stevie wonder, susan rogers, susannah melvoin, tevin campbell, time, tomasina tate, tonight show, twinz, under the cherry moon film, undertaker film, vanity, vanity 6, wally, wally safford, warner bros records, wax poetics, wendy melvoin, white mansion

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Podcast: The Evolution Will Be Colorized – Zack Stiegler on the Salford Purple Reign Conference

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Post date August 4, 2017
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Cover for "The War" CD Promo, © NPG Records.

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This episode, it’s 2 Zacks United 4 Prince Conference (sorry) as your usual host, Zach Hoskins, talks to Zack Stiegler, Associate Professor in Communications Media Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. As in my last episode with Jane Clare Jones, we’re here to talk about Zack’s time at the University of Salford’s interdisciplinary Prince conference back in May; but we also touch upon a lot of other interesting subjects, including Prince’s ever-shifting attitudes toward the Internet, his racial consciousness, and the subtle (/sometimes not-so-subtle) current of Afrofuturism in his work.

Tags alex case, allen beaulieu, alt.music.prince, anil dash, blade runner, bob george, camille, controversy, david bowie, dereca blackmon, emale, face down, funkadelic, gil scott-heron, graham central station, housequake.com, jam of the year, jam of the year tour, james byrd, jane clare jones, joan osbourne, john coltrane, kirk johnson, larry graham, let's go crazy, madonna, manchester, michael jackson, minneapolis, monique couvson, moonbeam levels, mr happy, my computer, napster, npg, npg music club, one nite alone tour, one of us, paisley park studios, parliament, prince, purple reign conference, rashad shabazz, revolution, revolution will not be televised, ronald reagan, sign o the times, somebody's somebody, sun ra, the war, uh huh, university of salford, uptown magazine, warner bros records, zack stiegler, zaheer ali